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Men ODI: Lowest bowling strike rate

Minimum 20 wickets


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest bowling strike rate	Matches	Bowling innings	Runs conceded	Wickets
1	Gerald Coetzee	South Africa	21.48	14	14	720	31
2	Ottis Gibson	West Indies	21.73	15	15	621	34
3	Usman Shinwari	Pakistan	22.58	17	17	633	34
4	RJ Harris	Australia	23.43	21	20	832	44
5	Dilshan Madushanka	Sri Lanka	24.48	28	28	1,251	50
6	Stuart Binny	India	24.50	14	12	439	20
7	Ebadot Hossain	Bangladesh	24.54	12	11	504	22
8	Corey Anderson	New Zealand	24.75	49	43	1,502	60
9	J Theron	South Africa	25.16	18	17	667	31
10	Jayden Lennox	New Zealand	25.36	10	10	393	22
11	Mohammed Shami	India	25.85	108	107	4,955	206
12	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand	25.90	24	24	1,012	40
13	Neville Madziva	Zimbabwe	26.00	12	12	519	20
14	Nahid Rana	Bangladesh	26.25	15	15	659	32
15	Harshit Rana	India	26.42	14	14	712	26
16	Shaheen Shah Afridi	Pakistan	26.43	77	76	3,578	146
17	Haris Rauf	Pakistan	26.63	59	59	2,750	107
18	Mitchell Starc	Australia	26.87	130	130	5,826	247
19	Hamish Bennett	New Zealand	27.03	19	18	820	33
20	Prasidh Krishna	India	27.04	28	28	1,331	50
21	SW Tait	Australia	27.22	35	34	1,461	62
22	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	27.31	123	115	4,392	226
23	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	27.32	87	84	3,324	152
24	Arshdeep Singh	India	27.50	18	17	755	30
25	AM Ghazanfar	Afghanistan	27.83	21	21	630	30
26	Anrich Nortje	South Africa	27.94	22	21	982	36
27	Naseem Shah	Pakistan	28.35	34	33	1,555	60
28	Craig Young	Ireland	28.39	48	45	2,094	81
29	Tanzim Hasan Sakib	Bangladesh	28.45	15	15	655	24
30	Kris Srikkanth	India	28.48	146	33	641	25
30	Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	28.48	48	45	2,313	82
32	Harvinder Singh	India	28.58	16	16	609	24
33	Aizaz Cheema	Pakistan	28.60	14	14	593	23
34	Matt Henry	New Zealand	28.75	95	93	4,298	172
35	Tony Gray	West Indies	28.86	25	24	835	44
36	Shane Bond	New Zealand	29.21	82	80	3,070	147
37	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	29.24	71	69	2,807	113
38	Trent Boult	New Zealand	29.28	114	113	5,146	211
39	Geoff Allott	New Zealand	29.38	31	31	1,207	52
39	Hamid Hassan	Afghanistan	29.38	38	37	1,330	59
41	Brett Lee	Australia	29.43	221	217	8,877	380
42	Blair Tickner	New Zealand	29.55	18	18	913	29
43	Len Pascoe	Australia	29.58	29	28	1,066	53
44	Mohammed Siraj	India	29.61	50	49	1,925	76
44	Reece Topley	England	29.61	30	30	1,257	47
46	Jofra Archer	England	29.64	39	39	1,755	70
47	Oshane Thomas	West Indies	29.67	25	24	1,034	31
48	Jeffrey Vandersay	Sri Lanka	29.68	32	30	1,267	48
49	Barry McCarthy	Ireland	29.69	48	48	2,366	81
50	Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan	29.82	19	19	753	35
51	Shardul Thakur	India	29.84	47	46	2,014	65
52	Shoriful Islam	Bangladesh	29.91	46	46	1,927	73
53	Mohammad Wasim	Pakistan	29.93	27	27	1,175	43
54	Amit Mishra	India	29.95	36	34	1,511	64
54	Nandre Burger	South Africa	29.95	14	14	671	22
56	JA Richardson	Australia	30.00	15	15	793	27
57	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	30.09	75	74	3,350	115
58	Al-Amin Hossain	Bangladesh	30.13	15	15	608	22
59	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	30.45	169	165	6,275	288
60	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan	30.46	48	47	1,471	52
61	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	30.52	262	258	9,919	416
62	Clint McKay	Australia	30.56	59	59	2,364	97
63	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	30.61	124	122	5,076	193
64	Morne Morkel	South Africa	30.63	117	114	4,761	188
65	Liam Plunkett	England	30.64	89	87	4,010	135
66	Aftab Alam	Afghanistan	30.65	27	27	1,033	41
67	Alzarri Joseph	West Indies	30.73	88	85	3,919	141
68	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	30.90	72	69	3,283	121
69	Lahiru Kumara	Sri Lanka	30.92	32	32	1,404	42
70	Alex Cusack	Ireland	31.00	59	52	1,510	63
71	Jasprit Bumrah	India	31.08	91	90	3,585	151
72	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka	31.13	38	37	1,323	52
73	Vernon Philander	South Africa	31.19	30	28	986	41
74	Ryan McLaren	South Africa	31.20	54	51	2,102	77
75	Fareed Ahmad	Afghanistan	31.24	20	19	732	25
76	Doug Bollinger	Australia	31.32	39	39	1,482	62
77	Mitchell Johnson	Australia	31.33	153	150	6,038	239
78	Dayle Hadlee	New Zealand	31.40	11	11	364	20
78	Naveen-ul-Haq	Afghanistan	31.40	15	15	708	22
80	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	31.43	163	162	6,169	247
81	Allan Donald	South Africa	31.47	164	162	5,926	272
82	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan	31.50	74	72	3,221	110
83	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	South Africa	31.53	61	60	2,347	94
84	Shingi Masakadza	Zimbabwe	31.64	16	16	891	25
85	Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka	31.71	24	24	976	32
86	Mohammad Saifuddin	Bangladesh	31.85	30	29	1,310	42
87	Adam Zampa	Australia	31.86	121	121	5,809	198
88	Dale Steyn	South Africa	31.91	125	124	5,087	196
89	Marco Jansen	South Africa	31.93	32	32	1,640	49
90	Jayden Seales	West Indies	31.95	33	31	1,369	44
91	Kuldeep Yadav	India	31.97	121	118	5,247	194
92	Imran Tahir	South Africa	32.02	107	104	4,297	173
93	Vasbert Drakes	West Indies	32.15	34	34	1,293	51
94	Chris Pringle	New Zealand	32.17	64	64	2,459	103
95	Hasan Ali	Pakistan	32.21	68	66	3,179	102
96	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	32.26	32	32	1,555	52
97	David Willey	England	32.30	73	72	2,975	100
98	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand	32.32	38	38	1,396	46
99	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka	32.35	31	30	1,249	39
99	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	32.35	226	220	9,760	338

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Gerald Coetzee leads this snapshot. Lowest bowling strike rate: 21.48. Minimum 20 wickets. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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