Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - Australia

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches - Australia

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ERH Toshack	2.3x8	1	2	5	3.80	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
IWG Johnson	5.7x8	0	35	4	11.75	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
WJ O'Reilly	12.0	5	14	5	14.40	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
RR Lindwall	16.1	5	20	6	16.16	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
CL McCool	11.4x8	1	41	5	18.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
RR Lindwall	16.5x8	4	38	7	19.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
WA Johnston	10.0x8	1	44	4	20.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
ERH Toshack	17.0x8	6	29	6	22.66	Australia	v India	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
KR Miller	15.0x8	3	40	5	24.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
ERH Toshack	20.1	6	40	5	24.20	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
RR Lindwall	15.4x8	2	32	5	24.80	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
KR Miller	22.0x8	4	60	7	25.14	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
RR Lindwall	22.0x8	3	63	7	25.14	Australia	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
WA Johnston	20.1x8	5	44	6	26.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
ERH Toshack	20.7x8	2	82	6	27.83	Australia	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
IWG Johnson	14.0x8	1	59	4	28.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948	Test # 292
ERH Toshack	19.0	13	12	4	28.50	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
WA Johnston	25.0	11	36	5	30.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
RR Lindwall	27.4	7	70	5	33.20	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
CL McCool	21.4x8	5	44	5	34.40	Australia	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
IWG Johnson	30.1x8	12	42	6	40.16	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
WA Johnston	27.3	12	40	4	41.25	Australia	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
WA Johnston	29.0	5	95	4	43.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
RR Lindwall	23.0x8	5	52	4	46.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
IWG Johnson	23.1x8	5	64	4	46.25	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
CL McCool	32.4x8	4	109	5	52.00	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
B Dooland	27.0x8	5	69	4	54.00	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947	Test # 281
RR Lindwall	40.0	8	99	4	60.00	Australia	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1948	Test # 301
KR Miller	44.0	10	125	4	66.00	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
ERH Toshack	36.0x8	6	76	4	72.00	Australia	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
WA Johnston	59.0	12	147	4	88.50	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]