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Men Test: Lowest bowling strike rate

Minimum 20 wickets


Rank	Player	Teams	Lowest bowling strike rate	Matches	Bowling innings	Runs conceded	Wickets
1	George Lohmann	England	34.19	18	36	1,205	112
2	MG Neser	Australia	35.36	5	10	416	22
3	Albert Trott	Australia / England	36.46	5	8	390	26
4	Manav Suthar	India	36.60	3	6	399	23
5	Shamar Joseph	West Indies	36.84	15	29	1,550	64
6	Nathan Smith	New Zealand	36.88	8	14	859	34
7	Mike Procter	South Africa	36.92	7	14	616	41
8	J.J. Ferris	Australia / England	37.73	9	16	775	61
9	Marco Jansen	South Africa	38.29	21	38	1,880	89
10	Shane Bond	New Zealand	38.75	18	32	1,922	87
11	Bernard Bosanquet	England	38.80	7	11	604	25
12	D Olivier	South Africa	38.84	16	29	1,432	59
13	SM Boland	Australia	38.91	19	37	1,524	82
14	JC Tongue	England	38.94	14	28	1,853	70
15	George Simpson-Hayward	England	39.04	5	10	420	23
16	Kuldeep Yadav	India	39.37	19	36	1,869	80
17	Mark Gillespie	New Zealand	39.45	5	8	631	22
18	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	39.51	73	134	7,493	340
19	George Bissett	South Africa	39.56	4	8	469	25
20	Tony Gray	West Indies	40.36	5	10	377	22
21	Blair Tickner	New Zealand	40.95	6	10	604	22
22	AAP Atkinson	England	41.03	20	39	1,964	80
23	MP Kuhnemann	Australia	41.04	5	9	555	25
24	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand	41.20	4	8	407	25
25	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	41.42	6	11	920	45
26	Sydney Barnes	England	41.65	27	50	3,106	189
27	Senuran Muthusamy	South Africa	41.73	8	14	606	23
28	Will O’Rourke	New Zealand	41.77	14	26	1,203	49
29	Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka	41.96	6	12	819	33
30	Dale Steyn	South Africa	42.38	93	171	10,077	439
31	Jasprit Bumrah	India	42.86	52	99	4,631	234
32	Bert Vogler	South Africa	43.18	15	28	1,455	64
32	OE Robinson	England	43.18	23	43	1,934	99
34	Manny Martindale	West Indies	43.37	10	17	804	37
35	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	43.49	87	154	8,788	373
36	Prasidh Krishna	India	43.59	9	17	971	32
37	Anrich Nortje	South Africa	43.67	19	32	1,870	70
38	Khurram Shahzad	Pakistan	43.71	10	16	1,155	38
39	KA Jamieson	New Zealand	43.86	21	40	1,821	90
40	Michael Bevan	Australia	44.31	18	21	703	29
41	Bonnor Middleton	South Africa	44.33	6	11	442	24
42	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	44.44	20	35	1,356	58
43	Frederick Spofforth	Australia	44.52	18	30	1,731	94
44	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	44.82	18	28	622	34
45	Billy Barnes	England	44.88	21	28	793	51
46	Jack Cowie	New Zealand	45.06	9	13	969	45
47	Jack Saunders	Australia	45.12	14	27	1,796	79
48	Johnny Briggs	England	45.18	33	49	2,095	118
49	Aamer Jamal	Pakistan	45.34	9	13	810	23
50	Frank Tyson	England	45.42	17	29	1,411	76
50	SR Harmer	South Africa	45.42	14	24	1,504	69
52	Colin Blythe	England	45.46	19	37	1,863	100
53	Pat Cummins	Australia	45.56	74	137	7,056	322
54	Mitchell Starc	Australia	45.64	107	206	11,626	445
55	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	45.74	46	82	4,574	178
56	Vinothen John	Sri Lanka	45.75	6	9	614	28
57	Bill Lockwood	England	45.88	12	18	883	43
58	Blessing Muzarabani	Zimbabwe	45.93	19	29	1,840	73
59	Jayden Seales	West Indies	46.06	30	57	2,843	110
60	Tip Snooke	South Africa	46.28	26	29	702	35
61	Jermaine Lawson	West Indies	46.35	13	25	1,512	51
62	Asitha Fernando	Sri Lanka	46.37	28	47	2,594	97
63	Vallance Jupp	England	46.46	8	14	616	28
64	Brydon Carse	England	46.53	14	27	1,751	58
65	Axar Patel	India	46.66	15	29	1,121	57
66	Ranji Hordern	Australia	46.69	7	13	1,075	46
67	Malcolm Marshall	West Indies	46.76	81	151	7,876	376
68	Brett Schultz	South Africa	46.83	9	14	749	37
69	Mark Adair	Ireland	46.85	8	14	781	28
70	Allan Steel	England	46.89	13	20	605	29
71	Allan Donald	South Africa	47.02	72	129	7,344	330
72	Rehan Ahmed	England	47.18	5	9	687	22
73	Billy Bates	England	47.28	15	23	821	50
74	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa	47.64	5	9	512	28
75	Charlie Llewellyn	South Africa	47.75	15	21	1,421	48
76	Simon Jones	England	47.81	18	33	1,666	59
77	Reggie Schwarz	South Africa	47.98	20	31	1,417	55
78	Doug Bollinger	Australia	48.02	12	23	1,296	50
79	Nahid Rana	Bangladesh	48.23	12	21	1,400	38
80	Walter Lees	England	48.30	5	9	467	26
81	Mohammad Nissar	India	48.44	6	11	707	25
82	Nauman Ali	Pakistan	48.57	22	42	2,534	101
83	Wayne Daniel	West Indies	48.72	10	19	910	36
84	Mohammad Asif	Pakistan	48.78	23	44	2,583	106
85	Shardul Thakur	India	48.81	13	22	1,024	33
86	James Pattinson	Australia	48.92	21	38	2,133	81
87	Gary Gilmour	Australia	49.27	15	28	1,406	54
88	Colin Croft	West Indies	49.32	27	52	2,913	125
89	Fred Trueman	England	49.43	67	127	6,625	307
90	Simon Katich	Australia	49.47	56	25	635	21
91	Gudakesh Motie	West Indies	49.71	11	19	946	35
92	Graham Onions	England	50.18	9	16	957	32
93	Matt Henry	New Zealand	50.27	35	69	3,959	152
94	Mohammed Shami	India	50.28	64	122	6,346	229
95	Dean Headley	England	50.43	15	23	1,671	60
96	Shabbir Ahmed	Pakistan	50.50	10	19	1,175	51
97	David Terbrugge	South Africa	50.60	7	13	517	20
98	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	50.73	106	200	12,891	537
99	RJ Harris	Australia	50.76	27	52	2,658	113
100	Joel Garner	West Indies	50.84	58	111	5,433	259

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

George Lohmann leads this snapshot. Lowest bowling strike rate: 34.19. Minimum 20 wickets. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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