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
KD Boyce	26	10	3	2	260.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	02 Feb 1974	Test # 731
DJG Sammy	25	11	1	3	227.27	West Indies	v India	Kingston	20 Jun 2011	Test # 1997
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
JJ Bumrah	31*	16	4	2	193.75	India	v England	Birmingham	01 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
IVA Richards	110*	58	7	7	189.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
BC Lara	30	16	6	1	187.50	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
S Shillingford	53*	29	3	5	182.75	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	08 Jun 2014	Test # 2123
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
CH Gayle	80*	46	7	6	173.91	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	16 Jun 2014	Test # 2125
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
IVA Richards	34	20	4	2	170.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
IVA Richards	61	36	5	4	169.44	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
TG Southee	40	24	6	1	166.66	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
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
DL Haynes	34	21	4	1	161.90	West Indies	v India	Kingston	23 Feb 1983	Test # 949
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
CG Greenidge	37	23	6	-	160.86	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
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
Ishan Kishan	52*	34	4	2	152.94	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Jul 2023	Test # 2513
Shoriful Islam	26	17	5	-	152.94	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Gros Islet	24 Jun 2022	Test # 2468
CH Gayle	33	22	6	1	150.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
GAR Lock	30	20	7	-	150.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
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
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
Shamsur Rahman	39	27	4	2	144.44	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014	Test # 2139
Sarfaraz Ahmed	26	18	5	-	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
DA Warner	28	20	3	2	140.00	Australia	v West Indies	Roseau	03 Jun 2015	Test # 2164
BA Stokes	46	33	6	2	139.39	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
S Chanderpaul	100	72	15	2	138.88	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
A Flintoff	58	42	6	2	138.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
SL Campbell	29*	21	6	-	138.09	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
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
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
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
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
MS Dhoni	69	52	4	6	132.69	India	v West Indies	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
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
AFG Griffith	54*	41	11	-	131.70	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
TM Dilshan	25	19	4	1	131.57	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
SJ Benn	25	19	3	1	131.57	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014	Test # 2139
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
N Kapil Dev	34	26	5	-	130.76	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
CH Gayle	64*	49	8	2	130.61	West Indies	v New Zealand	North Sound	25 Jul 2012	Test # 2050
BC Broad	30	23	5	-	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
JO Holder	82*	63	12	2	130.15	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	11 Jun 2015	Test # 2166
RG Sharma	57	44	5	3	129.54	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Jul 2023	Test # 2513
MJ Henry	27	21	4	1	128.57	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
Shahid Afridi	122	95	9	6	128.42	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 May 2005	Test # 1752
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	-	127.27	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
YBK Jaiswal	38	30	4	1	126.66	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	20 Jul 2023	Test # 2513
Abid Ali	29	23	6	-	126.08	Pakistan	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Aug 2021	Test # 2431
DAJ Bracewell	39	31	5	2	125.80	New Zealand	v West Indies	North Sound	25 Jul 2012	Test # 2050
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
JE Taylor	40	32	5	2	125.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Gros Islet	13 Sep 2014	Test # 2139
GP Swann	30*	24	6	-	125.00	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	09 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
HM Amla	25	20	3	-	125.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
RR Pant	25	20	3	1	125.00	India	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
MJ Prior	61	49	8	-	124.48	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
SCJ Broad	61	49	10	-	124.48	England	v Australia	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
Z Crawley	56	45	11	-	124.44	England	v Ireland	Lord's	01 Jun 2023	Test # 2504
DA Warner	77	62	11	-	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
GM Ritchie	26	21	5	-	123.80	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
N Kapil Dev	26	21	5	-	123.80	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048

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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]

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]