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
Abdur Razzak	43	17	5	3	252.94	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Aug 2011	Test # 2002
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
Harbhajan Singh	37	18	4	3	205.55	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
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
Aamer Sohail	46	27	11	0	170.37	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Feb 1995	Test # 1288
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
BRM Taylor	49	31	10	0	158.06	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
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
NB Mahwire	50*	34	8	2	147.05	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
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
SR Clark	32	22	1	3	145.45	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
MJ Prior	61	42	9	0	145.23	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
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
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
PA Strang	38*	28	4	2	135.71	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
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
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
CB Mpofu	33	25	4	1	132.00	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Bulawayo	21 Oct 2017	Test # 2279
AM Blignaut	50	38	7	2	131.57	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
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
BC Broad	30	23	5	0	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
DL Vettori	127	98	20	2	129.59	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
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
PA de Silva	41*	32	6	0	128.12	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
AM Blignaut	41	32	4	2	128.12	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
Sikandar Raza	37	29	8	0	127.58	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210
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
BRM Taylor	92	73	16	0	126.02	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	07 Jul 2021	Test # 2427
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
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
Haris Sohail	39*	32	6	1	121.87	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	24 May 2018	Test # 2304
JC Buttler	39	32	3	2	121.87	England	v India	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018	Test # 2316
MJ Prior	73	60	10	1	121.66	England	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
GC Smith	85	70	10	2	121.42	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
JE Root	68*	56	8	1	121.42	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
SCJ Broad	57*	47	8	2	121.27	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Habibul Bashar	63	52	11	0	121.15	Bangladesh	v England	Chester-le-Street	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1753
Z Crawley	69*	57	12	0	121.05	England	v South Africa	The Oval	08 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
SPD Smith	58	48	9	0	120.83	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
A Flower	29	24	5	0	120.83	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
CH Gayle	105	87	18	1	120.68	West Indies	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SCJ Broad	35	29	5	1	120.68	England	v South Africa	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
GP Swann	41	34	5	2	120.58	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053

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Minimum of 25 runs
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]