Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1990	22	34	4	983	110	32.76	790+	92.27*	2	5	4	108+	16
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2023	6	11	1	503	182	50.30	601	83.69	1	2	-	58	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2005	14	19	2	803	152	47.23	975	82.35	2	4	-	101	14
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	35	39	9	781	63*	26.03	987	79.12	-	3	2	109	9
V Sehwag (IND)	2002-2011	10	17	-	635	180	37.35	844	75.23	2	2	4	89	4
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	36	41	8	596	73	18.06	671+	73.32*	-	5	9	51+	29
Q de Kock (SA)	2017-2021	6	11	1	422	141*	42.20	593	71.16	1	3	1	47	7
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	15	21	3	546	121	30.33	623+	69.02*	1	3	-	59+	5
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	72	101	6	5193	291	54.66	5859+	68.88*	16	26	4	586+	56
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	108	148	22	2599	169	20.62	3813	68.16	1	11	25	329	33
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2006	10	19	2	732	213	43.05	1085	67.46	1	4	1	100	5
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2013	20	34	1	829	106	25.12	1230	67.39	1	3	3	99	21
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2019	9	17	-	431	86	25.35	643	67.02	-	2	-	48	8
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	48	74	13	2482	131*	40.68	3703	67.02	5	15	7	300	10
TM Head (AUS)	2019-2023	10	20	1	734	163	38.63	1101	66.66	1	4	1	106	7
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2023	23	42	2	1479	267	36.97	2223	66.53	3	6	4	195	4
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	47	72	7	2274	167	34.98	3437	66.16	4	14	9	296	50
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	14	22	2	520	78	26.00	786	66.15	-	2	3	65	10
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2023	18	31	7	368	41	15.33	557	66.06	-	-	3	53	6
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	58	97	4	4943	226	53.15	7519	65.74	16	21	5	622	41
DR Martyn (AUS)	2001-2005	10	16	2	560	118	40.00	853	65.65	2	3	-	81	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2023	21	36	3	1187	205	35.96	1821	65.18	2	6	1	135	6
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2016-2018	9	15	1	365	54	26.07	563	64.83	-	2	1	42	1
TM Dilshan (SL)	2006-2011	7	13	-	559	193	43.00	864	64.69	1	4	1	72	3
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	14	24	2	1055	232	47.95	1632	64.64	2	4	-	103+	3
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2010-2011	8	16	2	406	79*	29.00	632	64.24	-	2	-	39	9
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	68	106	4	3210	208	31.47	5001	64.18	8	13	9	398	42
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2022	11	20	-	614	146	30.70	960	63.95	2	2	1	72	12
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2009-2022	8	16	1	447	96*	29.80	702	63.67	-	4	1	56	2
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	29	39	2	729	90	19.70	1153	63.22	-	2	9	82	9
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2022	9	15	-	473	146	31.53	753	62.81	1	2	3	63	5
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1996	9	16	2	574	205	41.00	919	62.45	1	2	-	78	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2023	62	106	8	3801	167*	38.78	6089	62.42	7	21	9	485	28
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2023	24	47	-	1249	85	26.57	2003	62.35	-	11	5	167	8
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2015	27	39	4	453	53	12.94	728	62.22	-	1	8	60	13
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2003-2003	4	7	1	353	160	58.83	568	62.14	1	2	-	41	3
C Milburn (ENG)	1966-1968	8	15	2	515	126*	39.61	830	62.04	1	2	1	74	10
SJ Benn (WI)	2008-2015	17	24	-	331	42	13.79	535	61.86	-	-	4	46	8
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2006	80	138	6	7485	400*	56.70	12183	61.43	21	32	10	977	58
B Lee (AUS)	2001-2008	17	22	5	343	63*	20.17	559	61.35	-	1	2	42	5
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2015	15	30	-	796	97	26.53	1302	61.13	-	6	3	98	6
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2008	6	12	2	391	101	39.10	640	61.09	1	2	1	47	7
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2023	54	92	5	3391	176	38.97	5563	60.95	9	17	9	390	71
MR Marsh (AUS)	2015-2023	7	13	2	339	118	30.81	559	60.64	1	1	1	44	8
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1997	17	25	1	801	179	33.37	1322	60.59	2	3	1	101	1
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1996-2001	5	10	-	423	176	42.30	699	60.51	1	2	-	57	1
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2023	17	29	7	508	66*	23.09	844	60.18	-	4	5	59	8
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2004	11	20	-	769	125	38.45	1294	59.42	3	4	2	105	8
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	38	45	14	428	49*	13.80	724	59.11	-	-	10	54	8
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2023	81	144	14	6916	254	53.20	11707	59.07	22	31	7	802	25
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2009-2022	10	20	-	796	128	39.80	1351	58.91	3	3	1	97	7
FM Engineer (IND)	1962-1974	12	23	2	673	87	32.04	958+	58.76*	-	5	3	63+	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2023	24	46	3	2538	215	59.02	4330	58.61	9	10	-	299	20
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1948	19	30	4	2674	334	102.84	4570	58.51	11	3	2	236+	4
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	34	49	6	1727	130	40.16	2675+	58.31*	1	11	3	214+	7
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	64	112	8	4158	317	39.98	7142	58.21	8	25	9	599	53
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2018	6	12	1	441	102	40.09	763	57.79	1	2	1	55	5
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2021	15	30	4	1021	154*	39.26	1782	57.29	1	6	3	139	8
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	64	97	6	4102	178	45.07	3554+	57.23*	10	23	2	390+	42
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2012	31	55	2	2581	206	48.69	4531	56.96	9	8	2	283	18
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1995	25	37	2	547	69	15.62	965	56.68	-	3	5	64	2
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	46	83	8	3638	219	48.50	6427	56.60	9	20	4	535	20
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2018	6	11	-	473	160	43.00	836	56.57	2	1	-	62	3
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2014	19	35	2	1043	92	31.60	1852	56.31	-	10	4	125	18
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2015	15	26	2	694	121	28.91	1235	56.19	1	3	1	85	6
RWT Key (ENG)	2002-2004	8	12	1	481	221	43.72	857	56.12	1	1	-	61	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1995	18	23	1	364	51	16.54	649	56.08	-	1	4	42	6
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1968	16	30	1	1354	201	46.68	1011+	56.08*	3	6	2	106+	4
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2023	39	70	14	1932	202*	34.50	3445	56.08	2	8	4	239	31
S Dhawan (IND)	2014-2018	10	18	-	422	84	23.44	754	55.96	-	1	-	55	1
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	19	35	3	2231	277	69.71	3990	55.91	9	6	1	268	7
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2010-2011	13	18	1	618	130	36.35	1106	55.87	2	3	3	70	4
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2023	31	48	13	1171	137*	33.45	2097	55.84	1	5	4	149	6
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2015	17	24	1	371	77	16.13	666	55.70	-	2	5	49	2
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-2006	20	34	3	1484	148	47.87	2680	55.37	5	8	2	188	5
JN Rhodes (SA)	1994-1998	8	12	1	495	117	45.00	895	55.30	1	2	-	51	5
N Dickwella (SL)	2018-2021	5	9	-	324	96	36.00	586	55.29	-	2	-	34	0
R Ashwin (IND)	2014-2023	13	19	3	552	118	34.50	1000	55.20	2	1	-	58	4
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	44	73	5	2087	155*	30.69	3786	55.12	3	12	9	274	22
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	20	28	3	670	100	26.80	1216	55.09	1	2	-	87	6
JC Buttler (ENG)	2014-2021	37	62	5	2019	152	35.42	3677	54.90	2	14	5	251	22
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001-2005	14	26	4	931	177	42.31	1696	54.89	3	1	2	128	5
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	49	83	5	3516	197	45.07	6430	54.68	14	7	5	463	8
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2005	14	27	3	1270	146	52.91	2325	54.62	5	6	1	144	11
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2012	12	20	2	298	54	16.55	547	54.47	-	2	1	46	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	69	115	15	4637	235	46.37	8516	54.45	16	25	7	580	19
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2008-2018	10	17	2	294	61	19.60	540	54.44	-	1	1	39	1
PV Simmons (WI)	1988-1996	14	27	2	566	87	22.64	1042	54.31	-	2	2	87	1
IA Healy (AUS)	1989-1999	31	46	5	960	102*	23.41	1770	54.23	1	5	7	102	3
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2004	4	8	1	367	108	52.42	677	54.20	2	1	1	43	3
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2001	30	50	6	1998	139*	45.40	3691	54.13	5	13	2	215	12
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1983-1990	11	16	3	279	110	21.46	516	54.06	1	-	3	26	1
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2017	14	26	2	1208	311*	50.33	2238	53.97	3	4	-	159	3
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1987-1988	8	9	2	383	91*	54.71	710	53.94	-	2	-	41	2
MS Wade (AUS)	2012-2019	8	16	1	535	117	35.66	992	53.93	3	-	1	63	4
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1985-1985	6	11	-	424	119	38.54	788	53.80	1	1	1	51	4
SR Watson (AUS)	2009-2015	16	29	-	1000	176	34.48	1867	53.56	1	6	1	141	5
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2015	29	53	6	1870	187	39.78	3497	53.47	4	7	3	218	5
A Sandham (ENG)	1921-1930	7	10	-	659	325	65.90	702+	53.41*	2	2	2	36+	0
AT Carey (AUS)	2023-2023	6	11	1	314	66*	31.40	591	53.13	-	2	-	38	4

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

West Indies v India at Port of Spain, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 20-24, 2023 [Test # 2513]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]