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
BA Stokes	41	18	6	2	227.77	England	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022	Test # 2478
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
MA Holding	32	15	5	1	213.33	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
Shahid Afridi	31	15	4	2	206.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
Shoaib Akhtar	28	14	4	2	200.00	Pakistan	v India	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
ST Clarke	35*	18	1	4	194.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
JJ Bumrah	31*	16	4	2	193.75	India	v England	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
N Wagner	27	15	6	0	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
SJ Harmison	31*	18	5	1	172.22	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Aamer Sohail	29*	17	5	0	170.58	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1996	Test # 1332
TG Southee	40	24	6	1	166.66	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
GA Gooch	33	20	7	0	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
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
Taslim Arif	31	20	5	0	155.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
SB Doull	26	17	4	1	152.94	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
GAR Lock	30	20	7	0	150.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
JE Root	71*	48	10	0	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	0	146.15	India	v England	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
Harbhajan Singh	54	37	10	0	145.94	India	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
TWM Latham	35*	24	3	1	145.83	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2486
SR Clark	32	22	1	3	145.45	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
IDS Smith	61	42	11	0	145.23	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	26 Oct 1990	Test # 1153
MJ Prior	61	42	9	0	145.23	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
Q de Kock	29	20	5	0	145.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	04 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
OE Robinson	29	20	5	0	145.00	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2483
RS Kaluwitharana	42	29	9	0	144.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Sarfaraz Ahmed	26	18	5	0	144.44	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
MR Marsh	27*	19	1	2	142.10	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
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
BA Stokes	46	33	6	2	139.39	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
A Flintoff	58	42	6	2	138.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
Q de Kock	51	37	10	0	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
N Kapil Dev	73	53	12	1	137.73	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
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
BA Stokes	78*	57	4	3	136.84	England	v West Indies	Manchester	16 Jul 2020	Test # 2389
AC Gilchrist	26	19	6	0	136.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
RJ Sidebottom	26*	19	5	0	136.84	England	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
JE Root	56	41	9	0	136.58	England	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014	Test # 2132
N Kapil Dev	31	23	4	1	134.78	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
Hasibul Hossain	31	23	4	1	134.78	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
L Ronchi	31	23	3	1	134.78	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
HC Brook	87	65	11	3	133.84	England	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022	Test # 2478
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
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
MA Wood	36*	27	8	0	133.33	England	v Pakistan	Multan	09 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
IR Bell	57*	43	8	0	132.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	03 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	0	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
IDS Smith	41	31	6	0	132.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
HC Brook	153	116	19	5	131.89	England	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022	Test # 2478
RR Pant	146	111	19	4	131.53	India	v England	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
PA de Silva	42	32	7	0	131.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
Shahid Afridi	60	46	9	1	130.43	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
BC Broad	30	23	5	0	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
Aamer Sohail	31	24	3	0	129.16	Pakistan	v Australia	Peshawar	15 Oct 1998	Test # 1426
Shahid Afridi	103	80	7	7	128.75	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
BM Duckett	63	49	9	1	128.57	England	v Pakistan	Multan	09 Dec 2022	Test # 2480
N Kapil Dev	27	21	5	0	128.57	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
MJ Henry	27	21	4	1	128.57	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
JDP Oram	50*	39	6	2	128.20	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
SM Curran	37	29	4	2	127.58	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
JE Root	28	22	4	0	127.27	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
Kamran Akmal	102*	81	11	2	125.92	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
L Ronchi	88	70	13	3	125.71	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
CH Gayle	54	43	6	2	125.58	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	14 May 2009	Test # 1920
GP Swann	30*	24	6	0	125.00	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	09 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
RR Pant	25	20	3	1	125.00	India	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
SCJ Broad	61	49	10	0	124.48	England	v Australia	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
Z Crawley	56	45	11	0	124.44	England	v Ireland	Lord's	01 Jun 2023	Test # 2504
DA Warner	77	62	11	0	124.19	Australia	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015	Test # 2173
RA Woolmer	31	25	3	2	124.00	England	v Australia	Lord's	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
N Kapil Dev	26	21	5	0	123.80	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
SCJ Broad	47	38	9	0	123.68	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
Intikhab Alam	32*	26	1	2	123.07	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
N Kapil Dev	59	48	8	2	122.91	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
SM Warnapura	59	48	9	0	122.91	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
ME Trescothick	27	22	4	0	122.72	England	v Australia	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
MS Dhoni	27	22	4	0	122.72	India	v England	Manchester	07 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
AR Caddick	49*	40	7	1	122.50	England	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
JM Bairstow	99*	81	10	4	122.22	England	v Australia	Manchester	19 Jul 2023	Test # 2512
RJ Harris	33	27	1	2	122.22	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 2013	Test # 2094
Shahid Afridi	156	128	20	6	121.87	Pakistan	v India	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006	Test # 1782
Haris Sohail	39*	32	6	1	121.87	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	24 May 2018	Test # 2304

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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

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

England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 6-9, 2023 [Test # 2509]