Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MJ Henry	27	9	1	3	300.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
SP Fleming	31*	11	6	1	281.81	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
GO Jones	27*	12	2	2	225.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test # 1760
P Kumar	40	18	5	3	222.22	India	v England	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
C de Grandhomme	33*	15	-	4	220.00	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Christchurch	20 Jan 2017	Test # 2248
MA Holding	32	15	5	1	213.33	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
TG Southee	48	23	5	3	208.69	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	12 Feb 2016	Test # 2201
Shahid Afridi	31	15	4	2	206.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
JJ Bumrah	31*	16	4	2	193.75	India	v England	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
TG Southee	77*	40	4	9	192.50	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
M Muralidaran	26	14	4	1	185.71	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
BB McCullum	145	79	21	6	183.54	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016	Test # 2202
TG Southee	45	25	7	1	180.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
N Wagner	27	15	6	-	180.00	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
MA Wood	32*	18	4	1	177.77	England	v Australia	Cardiff	08 Jul 2015	Test # 2170
SCJ Broad	37	21	5	1	176.19	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014	Test # 2137
CL Cairns	82	47	10	4	174.46	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test # 1700
IDS Smith	33*	19	5	-	173.68	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	03 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
SJ Harmison	31*	18	5	1	172.22	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Aamer Sohail	29*	17	5	-	170.58	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1996	Test # 1332
A Flintoff	75	44	9	2	170.45	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
TG Southee	40	24	6	1	166.66	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
BL Cairns	30	18	1	3	166.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
G Gambhir	30*	18	6	-	166.66	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
GA Gooch	33	20	7	-	165.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
IT Botham	59*	36	8	2	163.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
RA Jadeja	26	16	6	-	162.50	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
BL Cairns	34	21	3	2	161.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
N Kapil Dev	89	55	13	3	161.81	India	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
JM Bairstow	71*	44	8	3	161.36	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
AI Kallicharran	29*	18	1	2	161.11	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
BL Cairns	32	20	1	4	160.00	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
SN Thakur	57	36	7	3	158.33	India	v England	The Oval	02 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
MM Ali	38	24	7	1	158.33	England	v Australia	Nottingham	06 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
TA Boult	38	24	5	1	158.33	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 2020	Test # 2385
Tamim Iqbal	30	19	5	1	157.89	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010	Test # 1953
C de Grandhomme	71*	45	6	2	157.77	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
Umar Akmal	52	33	6	2	157.57	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
N Wagner	66*	42	8	4	157.14	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2020	Test # 2395
C de Grandhomme	32	21	6	-	152.38	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	25 Nov 2016	Test # 2237
GAR Lock	30	20	7	-	150.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
TG Southee	73	49	5	6	148.97	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
JE Root	71*	48	10	-	147.91	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
JM Bairstow	136	92	14	7	147.82	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
SCJ Broad	25	17	4	1	147.05	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
MG Bracewell	25	17	4	1	147.05	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
BB McCullum	41	28	6	1	146.42	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
SK Sharma	38	26	7	-	146.15	India	v England	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
Harbhajan Singh	54	37	10	-	145.94	India	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
BB McCullum	195	134	18	11	145.52	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
SR Clark	32	22	1	3	145.45	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
MJ Prior	61	42	9	-	145.23	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
TAM Siriwardana	26	18	3	2	144.44	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
Sarfaraz Ahmed	26	18	5	-	144.44	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
Z Khan	33	23	6	-	143.47	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
JP Duminy	33*	23	2	3	143.47	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
C de Grandhomme	76*	53	4	5	143.39	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019	Test # 2349
MR Marsh	27*	19	1	2	142.10	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
C de Grandhomme	105	74	11	3	141.89	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	01 Dec 2017	Test # 2284
GP Swann	34	24	5	1	141.66	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013	Test # 2094
Umar Gul	65*	46	8	4	141.30	Pakistan	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967
MJ Greatbatch	48	34	8	1	141.17	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
TA Boult	38*	27	5	2	140.74	New Zealand	v West Indies	Wellington	11 Dec 2013	Test # 2106
BA Stokes	46	33	6	2	139.39	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
V Sehwag	25	18	4	-	138.88	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
AB de Villiers	68	49	8	1	138.77	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
K Rabada	47	34	4	4	138.23	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
A Flintoff	58	42	6	2	138.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
Mashrafe Mortaza	29	21	4	1	138.09	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
Q de Kock	51	37	10	-	137.83	South Africa	v England	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
SCJ Broad	62	45	9	1	137.77	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
SCJ Broad	44	32	5	2	137.50	England	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
Yasir Shah	33	24	5	1	137.50	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	05 Aug 2020	Test # 2391
TA Boult	37*	27	5	2	137.03	New Zealand	v West Indies	Hamilton	09 Dec 2017	Test # 2287
BA Stokes	78*	57	4	3	136.84	England	v West Indies	Manchester	16 Jul 2020	Test # 2389
AC Gilchrist	26	19	6	-	136.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
RJ Sidebottom	26*	19	5	-	136.84	England	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
JE Root	56	41	9	-	136.58	England	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014	Test # 2132
KA Jamieson	30*	22	2	2	136.36	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Christchurch	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2400
V Sehwag	34	25	5	1	136.00	India	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
SK Warne	50*	37	5	2	135.13	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 2005	Test # 1742
MR Gillespie	27	20	3	2	135.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
N Kapil Dev	31	23	4	1	134.78	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
L Ronchi	31	23	3	1	134.78	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
N Wagner	47	35	6	3	134.28	New Zealand	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019	Test # 2349
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
TG Southee	44	33	4	2	133.33	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
SJ Harmison	36*	27	3	3	133.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SJ Harmison	36	27	4	2	133.33	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
TG Southee	28	21	3	2	133.33	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	06 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
LRPL Taylor	138	104	19	4	132.69	New Zealand	v Australia	Hamilton	27 Mar 2010	Test # 1957
IR Bell	57*	43	8	-	132.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	03 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	-	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
NJ Astle	222	168	28	11	132.14	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
C Overton	33*	25	5	1	132.00	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2299
HC Brook	54	41	7	2	131.70	England	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	16 Feb 2023	Test # 2492
BB McCullum	75	57	13	1	131.57	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2192
RR Pant	146	111	19	4	131.53	India	v England	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
PA de Silva	42	32	7	-	131.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
Moin Khan	47	36	8	-	130.55	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

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]