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SRate | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | 5wI | 10wM | |
AAP Atkinson | 32.60 | 1304 | 36 | 853 | 40 | 7-45 | 3 | 1 |
GA Lohmann | 34.19 | 3830 | 364 | 1205 | 112 | 9-28 | 9 | 5 |
WP O'Rourke | 36.19 | 941 | 41 | 500 | 26 | 5-34 | 2 | - |
AE Trott | 36.46 | 948 | 54 | 390 | 26 | 8-43 | 2 | - |
MJ Procter | 36.92 | 1514 | 80 | 616 | 41 | 6-73 | 1 | - |
K Yadav | 37.37 | 2093 | 46 | 1241 | 56 | 5-40 | 4 | - |
JJ Ferris | 37.73 | 2302 | 251 | 775 | 61 | 7-37 | 6 | 1 |
SE Bond | 38.75 | 3372 | 114 | 1922 | 87 | 6-51 | 5 | 1 |
BJT Bosanquet | 38.80 | 970 | 10 | 604 | 25 | 8-107 | 2 | - |
K Rabada | 38.83 | 11961 | 402 | 6675 | 308 | 7-112 | 15 | 4 |
D Olivier | 38.84 | 2292 | 64 | 1432 | 59 | 6-37 | 3 | 1 |
JNT Seales | 39.35 | 2440 | 73 | 1468 | 62 | 6-61 | 2 | - |
GF Bissett | 39.56 | 989 | 28 | 469 | 25 | 7-29 | 2 | - |
M Jansen | 40.40 | 1980 | 59 | 1117 | 49 | 5-35 | 1 | - |
SF Barnes | 41.65 | 7873 | 356 | 3106 | 189 | 9-103 | 24 | 7 |
MKPAD Perera | 41.96 | 1385 | 33 | 819 | 33 | 6-115 | 4 | - |
DW Steyn | 42.38 | 18608 | 660 | 10077 | 439 | 7-51 | 26 | 5 |
AEE Vogler | 43.18 | 2764 | 96 | 1455 | 64 | 7-94 | 5 | 1 |
EA Martindale | 43.37 | 1605 | 40 | 804 | 37 | 5-22 | 3 | - |
Waqar Younis | 43.49 | 16224 | 516 | 8788 | 373 | 7-76 | 22 | 5 |
AA Nortje | 43.67 | 3057 | 81 | 1870 | 70 | 6-56 | 4 | - |
SM Boland | 43.74 | 1531 | 63 | 712 | 35 | 6-7 | 1 | - |
AM Fernando | 44.17 | 2827 | 64 | 1668 | 64 | 6-51 | 2 | 1 |
MG Bevan | 44.31 | 1285 | 30 | 703 | 29 | 6-82 | 1 | 1 |
KA Jamieson | 44.47 | 3558 | 187 | 1580 | 80 | 6-48 | 5 | 1 |
FR Spofforth | 44.52 | 4185 | 416 | 1731 | 94 | 7-44 | 7 | 4 |
LT Ngidi | 44.58 | 2452 | 99 | 1273 | 55 | 6-39 | 3 | - |
JJ Bumrah | 44.63 | 7722 | 306 | 3559 | 173 | 6-27 | 10 | - |
KR Mayers | 44.82 | 1524 | 77 | 622 | 34 | 5-18 | 1 | - |
W Barnes | 44.88 | 2289 | 271 | 793 | 51 | 6-28 | 3 | - |
J Cowie | 45.06 | 2028 | 65 | 969 | 45 | 6-40 | 4 | 1 |
Rashid Khan | 45.11 | 1534 | 48 | 760 | 34 | 7-137 | 4 | 2 |
JV Saunders | 45.12 | 3565 | 116 | 1796 | 79 | 7-34 | 6 | - |
J Briggs | 45.18 | 5332 | 386 | 2095 | 118 | 8-11 | 9 | 4 |
FH Tyson | 45.42 | 3452 | 97 | 1411 | 76 | 7-27 | 4 | 1 |
C Blythe | 45.46 | 4546 | 231 | 1863 | 100 | 8-59 | 9 | 4 |
Shoaib Akhtar | 45.74 | 8143 | 237 | 4574 | 178 | 6-11 | 12 | 2 |
VB John | 45.75 | 1281 | 53 | 614 | 28 | 5-60 | 2 | - |
WH Lockwood | 45.88 | 1973 | 100 | 883 | 43 | 7-71 | 5 | 1 |
AR Patel | 46.18 | 2540 | 96 | 1064 | 55 | 6-38 | 5 | 1 |
SJ Snooke | 46.28 | 1620 | 63 | 702 | 35 | 8-70 | 1 | 1 |
JJC Lawson | 46.35 | 2364 | 55 | 1512 | 51 | 7-78 | 2 | - |
VWC Jupp | 46.46 | 1301 | 55 | 616 | 28 | 4-37 | - | - |
HV Hordern | 46.69 | 2148 | 49 | 1075 | 46 | 7-90 | 5 | 2 |
SN Thakur | 46.74 | 1449 | 36 | 880 | 31 | 7-61 | 1 | - |
MD Marshall | 46.76 | 17584 | 613 | 7876 | 376 | 7-22 | 22 | 4 |
BN Schultz | 46.83 | 1733 | 82 | 749 | 37 | 5-48 | 2 | - |
AG Steel | 46.89 | 1360 | 108 | 605 | 29 | 3-27 | - | - |
PJ Cummins | 46.89 | 12614 | 464 | 6063 | 269 | 6-23 | 12 | 2 |
AA Donald | 47.02 | 15519 | 661 | 7344 | 330 | 8-71 | 20 | 3 |
W Bates | 47.28 | 2364 | 282 | 821 | 50 | 7-28 | 4 | 1 |
GD Phillips | 47.53 | 1236 | 23 | 695 | 26 | 5-45 | 1 | - |
GB Lawrence | 47.64 | 1334 | 62 | 512 | 28 | 8-53 | 2 | - |
CB Llewellyn | 47.75 | 2292 | 55 | 1421 | 48 | 6-92 | 4 | 1 |
SP Jones | 47.81 | 2821 | 78 | 1666 | 59 | 6-53 | 3 | - |
RO Schwarz | 47.98 | 2639 | 66 | 1417 | 55 | 6-47 | 2 | - |
DE Bollinger | 48.02 | 2401 | 78 | 1296 | 50 | 5-28 | 2 | - |
PWA Mulder | 48.20 | 1398 | 62 | 687 | 29 | 4-32 | - | - |
WS Lees | 48.30 | 1256 | 69 | 467 | 26 | 6-78 | 2 | - |
M Nissar | 48.44 | 1211 | 34 | 707 | 25 | 5-90 | 3 | - |
MA Starc | 48.65 | 17417 | 560 | 9932 | 358 | 6-50 | 14 | 2 |
WW Daniel | 48.72 | 1754 | 60 | 910 | 36 | 5-39 | 1 | - |
Mohammad Asif | 48.78 | 5171 | 200 | 2583 | 106 | 6-41 | 7 | 1 |
JL Pattinson | 48.92 | 3963 | 142 | 2133 | 81 | 5-27 | 4 | - |
GJ Gilmour | 49.27 | 2661 | 51 | 1406 | 54 | 6-85 | 3 | - |
CEH Croft | 49.32 | 6165 | 211 | 2913 | 125 | 8-29 | 3 | - |
FS Trueman | 49.43 | 15178 | 522 | 6625 | 307 | 8-31 | 17 | 3 |
OE Robinson | 49.94 | 3796 | 159 | 1742 | 76 | 5-49 | 3 | - |
G Onions | 50.18 | 1606 | 50 | 957 | 32 | 5-38 | 1 | - |
Mohammed Shami | 50.28 | 11515 | 364 | 6346 | 229 | 6-56 | 6 | - |
DW Headley | 50.43 | 3026 | 82 | 1671 | 60 | 6-60 | 1 | - |
Shabbir Ahmed | 50.50 | 2576 | 97 | 1175 | 51 | 5-48 | 2 | - |
R Ashwin | 50.56 | 26952 | 902 | 12728 | 533 | 7-59 | 37 | 8 |
RJ Harris | 50.76 | 5736 | 258 | 2658 | 113 | 7-117 | 5 | - |
J Garner | 50.84 | 13169 | 576 | 5433 | 259 | 6-56 | 7 | - |
RJ Hadlee | 50.85 | 21918 | 809 | 9611 | 431 | 9-52 | 36 | 9 |
VD Philander | 50.85 | 11391 | 507 | 5000 | 224 | 6-21 | 13 | 2 |
MA Holding | 50.92 | 12680 | 459 | 5898 | 249 | 8-92 | 13 | 2 |
AJY Hopkins | 51.03 | 1327 | 49 | 696 | 26 | 4-81 | - | - |
T Richardson | 51.11 | 4498 | 191 | 2220 | 88 | 8-94 | 11 | 4 |
MG Johnson | 51.12 | 16001 | 515 | 8891 | 313 | 8-61 | 12 | 3 |
CTB Turner | 51.27 | 5179 | 457 | 1670 | 101 | 7-43 | 11 | 2 |
G Motie | 51.28 | 1436 | 41 | 766 | 28 | 7-37 | 2 | 1 |
ST Finn | 51.29 | 6412 | 190 | 3800 | 125 | 6-79 | 5 | - |
R Appleyard | 51.48 | 1596 | 70 | 554 | 31 | 5-51 | 1 | - |
GA Faulkner | 51.54 | 4227 | 124 | 2180 | 82 | 7-84 | 4 | - |
SL Malinga | 51.57 | 5209 | 112 | 3349 | 101 | 5-50 | 3 | - |
D Gough | 51.62 | 11821 | 369 | 6503 | 229 | 6-42 | 9 | - |
R Peel | 51.64 | 5216 | 444 | 1715 | 101 | 7-31 | 5 | 1 |
WJ Whitty | 51.64 | 3357 | 163 | 1373 | 65 | 6-17 | 3 | - |
RWV Robins | 51.84 | 3318 | 77 | 1758 | 64 | 6-32 | 1 | - |
BP Patterson | 51.92 | 4829 | 109 | 2874 | 93 | 5-24 | 5 | - |
GD McGrath | 51.95 | 29248 | 1471 | 12186 | 563 | 8-24 | 29 | 3 |
DK Lillee | 52.01 | 18467 | 651 | 8493 | 355 | 7-83 | 23 | 7 |
A Cotter | 52.05 | 4633 | 86 | 2549 | 89 | 7-148 | 7 | - |
IR Bishop | 52.21 | 8407 | 288 | 3909 | 161 | 6-40 | 6 | - |
M Hayward | 52.24 | 2821 | 90 | 1609 | 54 | 5-56 | 1 | - |
G Ulyett | 52.54 | 2627 | 299 | 1020 | 50 | 7-36 | 1 | - |
CP Carter | 52.67 | 1475 | 47 | 694 | 28 | 6-50 | 2 | - |
JR Thomson | 52.67 | 10535 | 300 | 5601 | 200 | 6-46 | 8 | - |
N Wagner | 52.78 | 13725 | 473 | 7169 | 260 | 7-39 | 9 | - |
PAKP Jayawickrama | 52.80 | 1320 | 50 | 642 | 25 | 6-92 | 2 | 1 |
UT Yadav | 52.81 | 8979 | 245 | 5263 | 170 | 6-88 | 3 | 1 |
Shaheen Shah Afridi | 53.12 | 6162 | 206 | 3235 | 116 | 6-51 | 4 | 1 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 53.14 | 3348 | 141 | 1644 | 63 | 6-82 | 4 | - |
LS Pascoe | 53.17 | 3403 | 112 | 1668 | 64 | 5-59 | 1 | - |
B Lee | 53.32 | 16531 | 547 | 9554 | 310 | 5-30 | 10 | - |
KJ Abbott | 53.35 | 2081 | 95 | 886 | 39 | 7-29 | 3 | - |
M Morkel | 53.39 | 16498 | 605 | 8550 | 309 | 6-23 | 8 | - |
JR Hazlewood | 53.39 | 14577 | 618 | 6778 | 273 | 6-67 | 12 | - |
RGD Willis | 53.40 | 17357 | 554 | 8190 | 325 | 8-43 | 16 | - |
M Ntini | 53.42 | 20834 | 759 | 11242 | 390 | 7-37 | 18 | 4 |
KAJ Roach | 53.55 | 14620 | 532 | 7583 | 273 | 6-48 | 11 | 1 |
CL Cairns | 53.66 | 11698 | 414 | 6410 | 218 | 7-27 | 13 | 1 |
Hasan Ali | 53.68 | 4295 | 164 | 2185 | 80 | 5-27 | 6 | 1 |
WE Bowes | 53.75 | 3655 | 131 | 1519 | 68 | 6-33 | 6 | - |
Imran Khan | 53.75 | 19458 | 727 | 8258 | 362 | 8-58 | 23 | 6 |
MVT Fernando | 53.91 | 3828 | 80 | 2323 | 71 | 5-101 | 1 | - |
SR Harmer | 53.97 | 2105 | 68 | 1075 | 39 | 4-61 | - | - |
AJ Tudor | 54.00 | 1512 | 51 | 963 | 28 | 5-44 | 1 | - |
SCG MacGill | 54.02 | 11237 | 366 | 6038 | 208 | 8-108 | 12 | 2 |
NGRP Jayasuriya | 54.05 | 5243 | 153 | 2757 | 97 | 7-52 | 9 | 2 |
M Siraj | 54.08 | 4327 | 135 | 2435 | 80 | 6-15 | 3 | - |
EG Arnold | 54.09 | 1677 | 64 | 788 | 31 | 5-37 | 1 | - |
GOB Allen | 54.14 | 4386 | 116 | 2379 | 81 | 7-80 | 5 | 1 |
WW Hall | 54.27 | 10421 | 312 | 5066 | 192 | 7-69 | 9 | 1 |
AS Kennedy | 54.29 | 1683 | 91 | 599 | 31 | 5-76 | 2 | - |
FR Foster | 54.37 | 2447 | 108 | 926 | 45 | 6-91 | 4 | - |
HF Boyle | 54.46 | 1743 | 175 | 641 | 32 | 6-42 | 1 | - |
CAK Rajitha | 54.47 | 2996 | 102 | 1627 | 55 | 5-56 | 2 | - |
CEL Ambrose | 54.57 | 22103 | 1001 | 8501 | 405 | 8-45 | 22 | 3 |
KM Jarvis | 54.58 | 2511 | 79 | 1354 | 46 | 5-54 | 3 | - |
Wasim Akram | 54.65 | 22627 | 872 | 9779 | 414 | 7-119 | 25 | 5 |
SR Clark | 54.74 | 5146 | 230 | 2243 | 94 | 5-32 | 2 | - |
CT Tremlett | 54.75 | 2902 | 114 | 1431 | 53 | 6-48 | 2 | - |
TA Boult | 54.94 | 17417 | 656 | 8717 | 317 | 6-30 | 10 | 1 |
JN Gillespie | 54.95 | 14234 | 630 | 6770 | 259 | 7-37 | 8 | - |
MA Wood | 54.99 | 6544 | 196 | 3621 | 119 | 6-37 | 5 | - |
M Muralitharan | 55.04 | 44039 | 1794 | 18180 | 800 | 9-51 | 67 | 22 |
DW Fleming | 55.05 | 4129 | 153 | 1942 | 75 | 5-30 | 3 | - |
AME Roberts | 55.12 | 11135 | 382 | 5174 | 202 | 7-54 | 11 | 2 |
BA Reid | 55.25 | 6244 | 245 | 2784 | 113 | 7-51 | 5 | 2 |
Sajid Khan | 55.27 | 2432 | 63 | 1355 | 44 | 8-42 | 3 | 2 |
PADLR Sandakan | 55.75 | 2063 | 37 | 1276 | 37 | 5-95 | 2 | - |
KCG Benjamin | 55.78 | 5132 | 158 | 2785 | 92 | 6-66 | 4 | 1 |
SCJ Broad | 55.79 | 33698 | 1304 | 16719 | 604 | 8-15 | 20 | 3 |
CR Woakes | 55.94 | 9791 | 368 | 4937 | 175 | 6-17 | 5 | 1 |
Nauman Ali | 56.01 | 3753 | 111 | 1853 | 67 | 8-46 | 6 | 1 |
MJ Hoggard | 56.08 | 13909 | 493 | 7564 | 248 | 7-61 | 7 | 1 |
RAL Massie | 56.09 | 1739 | 74 | 647 | 31 | 8-53 | 2 | 1 |
CBRLS Kumara | 56.10 | 5386 | 126 | 3449 | 96 | 6-122 | 1 | - |
Q McMillan | 56.13 | 2021 | 38 | 1243 | 36 | 5-66 | 2 | - |
PM Pollock | 56.22 | 6522 | 270 | 2806 | 116 | 6-38 | 9 | 1 |
Imran Khan | 56.41 | 1636 | 50 | 917 | 29 | 5-58 | 1 | - |
JN Crawford | 56.48 | 2203 | 61 | 1150 | 39 | 5-48 | 3 | - |
ST Gabriel | 56.50 | 9379 | 269 | 5348 | 166 | 8-62 | 6 | 1 |
PS de Villiers | 56.52 | 4805 | 221 | 2063 | 85 | 6-23 | 5 | 2 |
AP Freeman | 56.54 | 3732 | 142 | 1707 | 66 | 7-71 | 5 | 3 |
R Gilchrist | 56.61 | 3227 | 124 | 1521 | 57 | 6-55 | 1 | - |
JM Anderson | 56.87 | 40037 | 1730 | 18627 | 704 | 7-42 | 32 | 3 |
C Sharma | 56.88 | 3470 | 61 | 2163 | 61 | 6-58 | 4 | 1 |
JM Bird | 56.88 | 1934 | 80 | 1042 | 34 | 5-59 | 1 | - |
Nayeem Hasan | 56.88 | 2048 | 51 | 1058 | 36 | 6-105 | 3 | - |
IT Botham | 56.95 | 21815 | 788 | 10878 | 383 | 8-34 | 27 | 4 |
CJ McDermott | 56.99 | 16586 | 579 | 8332 | 291 | 8-97 | 14 | 2 |
Mohammad Abbas | 57.04 | 5134 | 261 | 2072 | 90 | 5-33 | 4 | 1 |
BR Taylor | 57.06 | 6334 | 206 | 2953 | 111 | 7-74 | 4 | - |
JH Sinclair | 57.11 | 3598 | 110 | 1996 | 63 | 6-26 | 1 | - |
MJ Potts | 57.29 | 1776 | 67 | 906 | 31 | 4-13 | - | - |
A Fielder | 57.34 | 1491 | 42 | 711 | 26 | 6-82 | 1 | - |
H Trumble | 57.43 | 8099 | 452 | 3072 | 141 | 8-65 | 9 | 3 |
SK Warne | 57.49 | 40704 | 1761 | 17995 | 708 | 8-71 | 37 | 10 |
AJ Bichel | 57.53 | 3337 | 111 | 1870 | 58 | 5-60 | 1 | - |
Naseem Shah | 57.58 | 3225 | 84 | 1982 | 56 | 5-31 | 1 | - |
KTGD Prasad | 57.69 | 4327 | 96 | 2698 | 75 | 5-50 | 1 | - |
AS Joseph | 57.73 | 5889 | 147 | 3678 | 102 | 5-81 | 1 | - |
CA Walsh | 57.84 | 30019 | 1144 | 12688 | 519 | 7-37 | 22 | 3 |
SM Pollock | 57.84 | 24353 | 1222 | 9733 | 421 | 7-87 | 16 | 1 |
RA Jadeja | 57.86 | 17880 | 717 | 7460 | 309 | 7-42 | 13 | 2 |
GE Palmer | 57.91 | 4517 | 452 | 1678 | 78 | 7-65 | 6 | 2 |
K Higgs | 57.91 | 4112 | 194 | 1473 | 71 | 6-91 | 2 | - |
MG Hughes | 57.94 | 12285 | 499 | 6017 | 212 | 8-87 | 7 | 1 |
AR Caddick | 57.94 | 13558 | 501 | 6999 | 234 | 7-46 | 13 | 1 |
JEC Franklin | 58.13 | 4767 | 144 | 2786 | 82 | 6-119 | 3 | - |
FH Edwards | 58.19 | 9602 | 183 | 6249 | 165 | 7-87 | 12 | - |
RTM Wanigamuni | 58.24 | 4019 | 83 | 2115 | 69 | 6-70 | 5 | 1 |
KD Boyce | 58.35 | 3501 | 99 | 1801 | 60 | 6-77 | 2 | 1 |
BA Stokes | 58.39 | 11855 | 351 | 6539 | 203 | 6-22 | 4 | - |
Yasir Shah | 58.42 | 14255 | 359 | 7657 | 244 | 8-41 | 16 | 3 |
Khan Mohammad | 58.46 | 3157 | 153 | 1292 | 54 | 6-21 | 4 | - |
EL McCormick | 58.52 | 2107 | 50 | 1079 | 36 | 4-101 | - | - |
DG Cork | 58.61 | 7678 | 264 | 3906 | 131 | 7-43 | 5 | - |
E Jones | 58.65 | 3754 | 161 | 1857 | 64 | 7-88 | 3 | 1 |
JDF Larter | 58.70 | 2172 | 87 | 941 | 37 | 5-57 | 2 | - |
KA Maharaj | 58.72 | 10394 | 334 | 5403 | 177 | 9-129 | 9 | 1 |
IK Pathan | 58.84 | 5884 | 212 | 3226 | 100 | 7-59 | 7 | 2 |
Umar Gul | 58.88 | 9599 | 256 | 5553 | 163 | 6-135 | 4 | - |
FA Rose | 58.94 | 3124 | 101 | 1637 | 53 | 7-84 | 2 | - |
ST Clarke | 58.97 | 2477 | 81 | 1170 | 42 | 5-126 | 1 | - |
AY Patel | 59.01 | 4367 | 130 | 2327 | 74 | 10-119 | 5 | 1 |
AE Hall | 59.02 | 2361 | 107 | 886 | 40 | 7-63 | 3 | 1 |
MA Noble | 59.16 | 7159 | 361 | 3025 | 121 | 7-17 | 9 | 2 |
SJ Harmison | 59.18 | 13375 | 431 | 7192 | 226 | 7-12 | 8 | 1 |
CR Miller | 59.28 | 4091 | 163 | 1805 | 69 | 5-32 | 3 | 1 |
GR Dilley | 59.36 | 8192 | 279 | 4107 | 138 | 6-38 | 6 | - |
JM Patel | 59.48 | 1725 | 94 | 637 | 29 | 9-69 | 2 | 1 |
JA Snow | 59.50 | 12021 | 415 | 5387 | 202 | 7-40 | 8 | 1 |
MTT Mirando | 59.57 | 1668 | 35 | 1040 | 28 | 5-83 | 1 | - |
ALF de Mel | 59.62 | 3518 | 92 | 2180 | 59 | 6-109 | 3 | - |
P Kumar | 59.66 | 1611 | 68 | 697 | 27 | 5-106 | 1 | - |
JE Taylor | 59.66 | 7757 | 258 | 4480 | 130 | 6-47 | 4 | - |
RR Lindwall | 59.86 | 13650 | 419 | 5251 | 228 | 7-38 | 12 | - |
AM Blignaut | 59.86 | 3173 | 101 | 1964 | 53 | 5-73 | 3 | - |
TM Alderman | 59.88 | 10181 | 432 | 4616 | 170 | 6-47 | 14 | 1 |
CC Griffith | 59.90 | 5631 | 177 | 2683 | 94 | 6-36 | 5 | - |
MJ Henry | 59.90 | 6170 | 216 | 3196 | 103 | 7-23 | 4 | - |
TG Southee | 59.95 | 23082 | 881 | 11506 | 385 | 7-64 | 15 | 1 |
The list shows 217 occurrences of strike rates of 60.00 or less