what is bowling strike rate

In cricket, bowling strike rate is a measure of how quickly a bowler achieves the primary goal of bowling, which is taking wickets, and it is measured in balls per wicket. The lower the strike rate, the more effective a bowler is at taking wickets quickly. Bowling strike rate is a relatively new statistic, having only been invented and considered important after the introduction of One Day International cricket in the 1970s. It is one of several statistics used to compare bowlers, commonly used alongside the economy rate and the bowling average to judge the overall performance of a bowler. The bowling average is the number of runs a bowler concedes per wicket taken, and the lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. A cricketers bowling average is calculated by dividing the number of runs they have conceded by the number of wickets they have taken.