Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records for New Zealand (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	56	70	6	1109	77*	17.32	1197	92.64	-	5	13	115	48
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2005	6	8	2	487	162	81.16	561	86.80	2	3	-	68	13
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2016-2022	19	26	5	1074	120*	51.14	1317	81.54	2	6	2	110	31
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2019	7	13	-	622	126	47.84	791	78.63	1	6	-	98	4
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2017	4	8	1	517	217	73.85	715	72.30	2	2	1	78	3
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2010	5	8	2	362	105	60.33	540	67.03	1	1	-	47	9
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	49	81	6	3591	302	47.88	5373	66.83	8	19	9	429	67
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2009	3	6	-	379	129	63.16	570	66.49	1	3	1	44	7
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2005	9	15	3	581	122*	48.41	900	64.55	1	4	2	77	5
PA de Silva (SL)	1991-1997	7	13	-	595	267	45.76	926	64.25	2	2	2	72	7
BC Lara (WI)	1995-2006	7	11	-	406	147	36.90	636	63.83	1	3	1	61	0
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2010-2019	5	10	-	493	146	49.30	784	62.88	2	1	-	76	6
GS Chappell (AUS)	1974-1982	8	13	2	786	247*	71.45	1253	62.72	3	1	2	104	3
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2005-2015	6	11	2	549	203	61.00	876	62.67	3	-	-	64	5
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	6	8	1	521	192	74.42	839	62.09	2	1	-	65	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1974-1977	5	9	2	506	250	72.28	816	62.00	2	1	-	63	3
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2011	7	12	1	571	201	51.90	923	61.86	2	3	3	69	4
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	43	59	8	1501	103	29.43	2095+	61.81*	1	7	4	174+	12
GN Edwards (NZ)	1977-1981	6	11	-	342	55	31.09	556	61.51	-	3	1	50	3
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	41	49	16	623	66*	18.87	1013	61.50	-	1	7	67	30
IDS Smith (NZ)	1981-1992	32	39	10	930	173	32.06	1518	61.26	2	2	3	112	7
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1985	24	33	3	595	64	19.83	792+	60.60*	-	1	1	53+	17
AC Voges (AUS)	2016-2016	2	3	1	309	239	154.50	510	60.58	1	1	-	39	3
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2012	57	85	11	2470	137*	33.37	4080	60.53	4	11	11	312	10
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2022	54	87	14	3905	217*	53.49	6482	60.24	12	15	3	490	34
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-2005	27	42	5	1760	142	47.56	2934	59.98	3	12	2	235	32
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2024	4	7	1	313	138	52.16	522	59.96	1	2	1	38	2
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-2004	31	51	1	1860	158	37.20	3111	59.78	4	12	5	205	52
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2012	6	12	2	572	125*	57.20	974	58.72	2	3	1	68	2
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2010	5	6	-	297	168	49.50	506	58.69	1	1	-	40	2
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2016	7	12	1	473	149*	43.00	816	57.96	1	3	1	60	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2009	11	18	1	842	160	49.52	1469	57.31	2	5	1	113	6
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	10	15	2	556	170	42.76	972	57.20	2	2	2	80	4
CH Gayle (WI)	2006-2008	5	8	-	540	197	67.50	947	57.02	1	3	-	72	10
IM Chappell (AUS)	1974-1974	3	6	-	359	145	59.83	634	56.62	2	-	-	44	3
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-1999	4	6	-	312	170	52.00	551	56.62	1	2	2	40	4
HD Rutherford (NZ)	2013-2015	10	18	1	555	171	32.64	982	56.51	1	1	2	74	7
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1995-1999	4	5	2	535	275*	178.33	949	56.37	2	1	-	64	4
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2023	33	49	6	2069	200*	48.11	3720	55.61	8	8	4	233	6
TA Blundell (NZ)	2017-2024	20	32	5	958	138	35.48	1725	55.53	2	5	2	121	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2003	9	15	3	715	135*	59.58	1305	54.78	2	4	1	99	3
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-2002	6	10	2	521	200*	65.12	955	54.55	3	-	-	67	5
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2024	49	81	10	4747	251	66.85	8705	54.53	19	19	4	531	19
DR Martyn (AUS)	1993-2005	7	11	2	551	165	61.22	1012	54.44	1	3	-	81	2
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1985-1995	10	16	2	479	140	34.21	884	54.18	1	2	4	62	1
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2019-2024	14	21	3	809	102*	44.94	1504	53.78	2	6	1	70	17
R Ravindra (NZ)	2022-2024	5	10	-	466	240	46.60	874	53.31	1	2	1	53	4
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2008	13	21	4	625	119*	36.76	1174	53.23	2	2	2	76	8
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1992	7	11	1	454	138	45.40	868	52.30	2	2	1	62	5
JM How (NZ)	2006-2009	11	19	1	415	92	23.05	794	52.26	-	2	2	55	1
HM Amla (SA)	2012-2017	6	11	2	342	63	38.00	664	51.50	-	3	-	54	1
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2016-2024	4	7	-	297	140	42.42	578	51.38	1	-	-	40	1
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-2000	5	9	2	379	83	54.14	740	51.21	-	4	-	43	1
CJ Anderson (NZ)	2013-2016	7	12	1	352	77	32.00	689	51.08	-	2	2	49	8
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2006	38	62	7	2175	222	39.54	4259	51.06	5	12	5	286	24
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2023	9	16	1	788	226	52.53	1551	50.80	2	4	2	71	8
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1992-1997	6	9	-	587	173	65.22	1156	50.77	3	2	-	72	1
IJL Trott (ENG)	2013-2013	3	5	-	282	121	56.40	560	50.35	1	1	-	37	0
AN Petersen (SA)	2012-2012	3	6	-	261	156	43.50	520	50.19	1	-	-	34	2
DM Bravo (WI)	2013-2020	4	8	-	294	218	36.75	586	50.17	1	-	1	42	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1993	9	14	2	928	271	77.33	1261+	50.03*	3	3	-	94	6
VVS Laxman (IND)	2002-2009	5	9	1	322	124*	40.25	649	49.61	1	2	2	56	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1984-1992	6	9	-	420	142	46.66	850	49.41	1	2	-	61	4
DP Conway (NZ)	2022-2024	10	17	-	688	122	40.47	1397	49.24	2	4	2	79	5
TWM Latham (NZ)	2014-2024	42	70	4	2862	264*	43.36	5835	49.04	7	12	4	332	13
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2013	5	9	-	344	129	38.22	705	48.79	1	1	1	32	4
HJH Marshall (NZ)	2005-2006	8	13	1	479	160	39.91	985	48.62	2	1	1	65	3
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2000-2010	15	21	7	281	80*	20.07	578	48.61	-	1	4	32	4
CM Spearman (NZ)	1995-2000	8	15	1	440	112	31.42	916	48.03	1	-	1	46	4
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2004	6	10	1	686	211*	76.22	1433	47.87	2	3	1	93	8
RW Marsh (AUS)	1974-1982	8	11	-	238	47	21.63	500	47.60	-	-	-	36	1
SA Thomson (NZ)	1990-1995	11	21	3	532	120*	29.55	1118	47.58	1	2	2	65	4
AM Rahane (IND)	2014-2020	4	7	-	253	118	36.14	532	47.55	1	-	-	34	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1995-2004	7	12	2	587	137	58.70	1237	47.45	2	3	-	80	2
BKG Mendis (SL)	2015-2023	6	12	1	507	141*	46.09	1073	47.25	1	3	1	70	0
G Gambhir (IND)	2009-2009	3	6	1	445	167	89.00	946	47.04	2	1	-	54	2
L Vincent (NZ)	2001-2005	14	25	1	680	224	28.33	1457	46.67	1	4	4	76	6
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2009-2016	19	35	1	1237	189	36.38	2657	46.55	2	8	3	151	12
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2014-2023	8	16	-	640	152	40.00	1377	46.47	1	5	2	67	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2001-2009	8	14	1	437	117*	33.61	941	46.43	1	2	-	58	3
BA Stokes (ENG)	2018-2023	6	11	-	358	91	32.54	774	46.25	-	2	1	50	2
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2008	6	12	-	254	63	21.16	552	46.01	-	1	1	29	4
AD Mathews (SL)	2014-2023	8	16	3	668	120*	51.38	1454	45.94	2	4	-	66	8
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-2000	10	17	2	529	151*	35.26	1152	45.92	1	3	2	67	1
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1987	6	12	1	618	213	56.18	1354	45.64	1	4	-	70	13
JA Rudolph (SA)	2004-2012	6	10	3	505	154*	72.14	1107	45.61	2	3	2	76	3
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2008	54	89	2	2947	192	33.87	6481	45.47	2	21	9	393	12
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2008-2008	3	6	-	274	177	45.66	604	45.36	1	-	1	34	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2001-2009	8	14	1	718	203	55.23	1587	45.24	1	5	3	90	5
M Prabhakar (IND)	1990-1990	3	5	1	235	95	58.75	521	45.10	-	2	-	25	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1999-2012	8	13	2	649	150*	59.00	1439	45.10	3	2	2	86	6
T Bavuma (SA)	2017-2022	5	9	-	289	89	32.11	643	44.94	-	2	-	37	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1985-1985	3	5	-	248	96	49.60	553	44.84	-	2	-	25	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2022	5	10	2	239	159	29.87	537	44.50	1	-	1	34	2
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1995	32	52	4	2401	299	50.02	5404	44.43	8	7	3	305	7
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-2002	6	10	1	397	106	44.11	894	44.40	1	3	-	45	2
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2010	5	7	1	479	118	79.83	1079	44.39	2	2	-	63	2
DN Patel (NZ)	1987-1997	22	38	5	648	99	19.63	1462	44.32	-	2	5	69	3
JA Raval (NZ)	2016-2019	17	26	1	930	132	37.20	2106	44.15	1	7	1	121	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1974-1987	28	44	8	1544	174*	42.88	2954+	44.07*	3	8	2	167+	5

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]