ICC World Cup Records and Statistics - Bowling
Best Strike Rate (Min 20 Wickets)
  Player Country Matches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Avg E/R S/R Best
1 Mohammed Shami* India 18 145.0 13 744 55 13.53 5.13 15.82 7/57
2 G Coetzee* South Africa 8 63.3 1 396 20 19.80 6.26 19.05 4/44
3 L D Madushanka* Sri Lanka 9 78.2 4 525 21 25.00 6.71 22.38 5/80
4 M A Starc* Australia 28 243.1 10 1254 65 19.29 5.16 22.45 6/28
5 Shaheen Shah Afridi* Pakistan 14 128.1 6 715 34 21.03 5.58 22.62 6/35
6 B Lee Australia 17 137.3 15 629 35 17.97 4.58 23.57 5/42
7 S W Tait Australia 18 136.3 4 731 34 21.50 5.36 24.09 4/39
8 S L Malinga Sri Lanka 29 232.2 11 1281 56 22.88 5.52 24.89 6/38
9 M Morkel South Africa 14 108.3 4 506 26 19.46 4.67 25.04 3/33
10 Waqar Younis Pakistan 13 93.1 8 466 22 21.18 5.01 25.41 4/26
11 A D Russell* West Indies 14 100.1 9 576 23 25.04 5.75 26.13 4/49
12 G I Allott New Zealand 9 87.4 7 325 20 16.25 3.72 26.30 4/37
13 L H Ferguson* New Zealand 16 137.4 6 710 31 22.90 5.17 26.65 4/37
14 Z Khan India 23 198.5 12 890 44 20.23 4.48 27.11 4/42
15 L Klusener South Africa 14 100.5 7 487 22 22.14 4.85 27.50 5/21
16 G D McGrath Australia 39 325.5 42 1292 71 18.20 3.97 27.54 7/15
17 A Zampa* Australia 15 129.0 1 751 28 26.82 5.82 27.64 4/8
18 Yuvraj Singh India 23 92.3 4 462 20 23.10 5.01 27.75 5/31
19 J J Bumrah* India 20 175.5 18 744 38 19.58 4.24 27.76 4/39
20 G B Hogg Australia 21 158.3 10 654 34 19.24 4.13 27.97 4/27
21 Wahab Riaz Pakistan 20 166.4 5 926 35 26.46 5.56 28.57 5/46
22 T G Southee* New Zealand 22 195.2 16 1110 41 27.07 5.69 28.59 7/33
23 Imran Tahir South Africa 22 191.5 5 847 40 21.18 4.42 28.78 5/45
24 M G Johnson Australia 15 121.0 9 557 25 22.28 4.60 29.04 4/19
25 Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 14 112.2 7 494 23 21.48 4.40 29.30 5/35

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