Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	16	24	6	147	35	8.16	17+	205.88*	-	-	7	11+	1+
SK Sharma (IND)	1990-1990	1	2	-	38	38	19.00	28	135.71	-	-	1	7	0
FAW Freer (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	1	28	28*	0.00	21	133.33	-	-	-	3	1
GE Tribe (AUS)	1946-1947	3	3	1	35	25*	17.50	27	129.62	-	-	-	6	0
JA Richardson (AUS)	2019-2021	3	3	-	18	9	6.00	14	128.57	-	-	-	0	2
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	-	1	-	16	4
TJ Murtagh (IRE)	2019-2019	1	2	-	18	16	9.00	15	120.00	-	-	-	4	0
KMA Paul (WI)	2019-2019	1	2	-	21	12	10.50	18	116.66	-	-	-	5	0
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	16	29	1	377	45	13.46	103+	108.73*	-	-	4	22+	3
AS Wassan (IND)	1990-1990	1	1	-	15	15	15.00	14	107.14	-	-	-	1	0
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2004-2005	3	4	1	79	42*	26.33	75	105.33	-	-	-	8	2
P Kumar (IND)	2011-2011	3	6	-	110	40	18.33	105	104.76	-	-	1	16	4
JP Faulkner (AUS)	2013-2013	1	2	-	45	23	22.50	43	104.65	-	-	-	4	1
MG Neser (AUS)	2021-2021	1	2	-	38	35	19.00	37	102.70	-	-	-	5	1
Al-Amin Hossain (BAN)	2014-2014	2	3	2	47	32*	47.00	47	100.00	-	-	-	2	5
Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK)	2016-2016	1	1	-	4	4	4.00	4	100.00	-	-	-	1	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	1	1	3	3*	0.00	3	100.00	-	-	-	0	0
IR Siddiqui (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	1	29	24	29.00	30	96.66	-	-	-	3	1
HH Alexander (AUS)	1933-1933	1	2	1	17	17*	17.00	18	94.44	-	-	1	2	0
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	9	8	-	123	39	15.37	131	93.89	-	-	2	6	5
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2023	31	45	4	806	77*	19.65	868	92.85	-	4	4	81	34
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	2	-	18	11	9.00	20	90.00	-	-	-	3	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2007-2007	2	2	1	9	9*	9.00	10	90.00	-	-	1	1	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2012	28	47	2	2060	293	45.77	2330	88.41	7	7	9	300	24
D Paterson (SA)	2020-2020	2	4	3	43	39*	43.00	49	87.75	-	-	-	7	0
PK Lee (AUS)	1933-1933	1	2	-	57	42	28.50	65	87.69	-	-	-	9	0
HH Massie (AUS)	1881-1885	9	16	-	249	55	15.56	64+	87.50*	-	1	2	35	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2007	27	39	6	1466	152	44.42	1702	86.13	4	8	7	182	26
G Gladstone (WI)	1930-1930	1	1	1	12	12*	0.00	14	85.71	-	-	-	2	0
T Panyangara (ZIM)	2004-2004	2	4	2	101	40*	50.50	120	84.16	-	-	-	13	2
GC Viljoen (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	1	26	20*	26.00	31	83.87	-	-	-	4	0
JDS Neesham (NZ)	2014-2015	2	3	-	119	85	39.66	142	83.80	-	1	-	16	3
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2000	1	2	-	31	18	15.50	37	83.78	-	-	-	5	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	41	56	8	1943	163	40.47	2009+	83.57*	3	11	5	215+	27
MR Adair (IRE)	2019-2023	3	6	1	136	88	27.20	163	83.43	-	1	1	17	3
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	2022-2022	1	2	1	10	8*	10.00	12	83.33	-	-	-	0	1
TRO Payne (WI)	1986-1986	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	-	-	-	0	0
MM Patel (IND)	2006-2006	2	3	1	19	11*	9.50	23	82.60	-	-	-	2	1
AJ Bichel (AUS)	2002-2003	3	4	-	101	49	25.25	124	81.45	-	-	1	16	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2021	12	16	2	202	54	14.42	250	80.80	-	1	3	31	1
MJ Henry (NZ)	2015-2023	8	12	3	176	72	19.55	218	80.73	-	1	2	26	6
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2022	14	24	1	966	146	42.00	1203	80.29	3	6	1	116	27
SN Thakur (IND)	2021-2022	3	5	-	122	60	24.40	152	80.26	-	2	1	14	4
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2024	5	9	1	712	214*	89.00	891	79.91	2	3	-	68	26
KK Nair (IND)	2016-2016	3	3	1	320	303*	160.00	403	79.40	1	-	-	35	4
SN Khan (IND)	2024-2024	3	5	1	200	68*	50.00	252	79.36	-	3	1	24	5
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2022	5	9	-	124	29	13.77	158	78.48	-	-	1	9	9
HI Ebeling (AUS)	1934-1934	1	2	-	43	41	21.50	55	78.18	-	-	-	-	0
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2022	22	35	10	379	56*	15.16	485	78.14	-	2	8	40	12
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2009-2016	3	3	-	45	36	15.00	58	77.58	-	-	-	8	0
P Utseya (ZIM)	2004-2004	1	2	-	45	45	22.50	58	77.58	-	-	1	5	1
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1991-1991	1	2	-	69	52	34.50	89	77.52	-	1	-	10	0
PW Hasaranga (SL)	2021-2021	1	2	-	31	19	15.50	40	77.50	-	-	-	4	0
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	24	30	11	234	26	12.31	304	76.97	-	-	6	29	7
Abrar Ahmed (PAK)	2022-2023	4	5	2	39	17	13.00	51	76.47	-	-	-	7	1
T Murphy (AUS)	2023-2023	2	4	-	76	34	19.00	100	76.00	-	-	-	10	3
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	24	5	468	73	24.63	618	75.72	-	4	5	42	23
HH Pandya (IND)	2017-2018	7	11	1	342	108	34.20	453	75.49	1	2	1	42	11
Riaz Afridi (PAK)	2004-2004	1	1	-	9	9	9.00	12	75.00	-	-	-	2	0
NLTC Perera (SL)	2011-2011	2	3	-	47	25	15.66	63	74.60	-	-	-	8	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2015	28	52	3	1747	195	35.65	2342	74.59	1	13	6	209	39
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2010-2010	4	8	2	184	79*	30.66	249	73.89	-	1	-	22	4
Sohag Gazi (BAN)	2013-2014	4	6	-	144	42	24.00	195	73.84	-	-	1	16	4
MN Waller (ZIM)	2016-2017	3	6	-	144	68	24.00	195	73.84	-	1	2	15	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1999-2006	12	20	1	579	92	30.47	791	73.19	-	5	2	71	15
PC Strydom (SA)	2000-2000	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	41	73.17	-	-	-	5	0
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2018-2022	8	12	3	466	83	51.77	641	72.69	-	4	2	44	12
S Elworthy (SA)	1998-2002	3	4	-	69	48	17.25	95	72.63	-	-	-	10	0
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	21	38	2	1405	129*	39.02	1945	72.23	2	11	1	174	7
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	50	4	2869	291	62.36	3979	72.10	8	15	2	390	34
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1982	5	7	1	125	57	20.83	174	71.83	-	1	-	20	1
Zulfiqar Babar (PAK)	2015-2015	5	8	3	78	56	15.60	109	71.55	-	1	1	8	2
FA Rose (WI)	1997-2000	6	9	1	107	48	13.37	150	71.33	-	-	1	13	2
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-2007	16	20	7	202	38	15.53	284	71.12	-	-	1	20	6
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2018-2020	3	5	-	172	56	34.40	242	71.07	-	2	-	21	0
CJ Anderson (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	76	67	38.00	107	71.02	-	1	-	15	1
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1974	7	9	1	216	72	27.00	306	70.58	-	1	1	24	3
PM Pushpakumara (SL)	2018-2018	2	4	1	60	42*	20.00	85	70.58	-	-	-	9	1
Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2005-2010	5	10	1	223	82*	24.77	317	70.34	-	1	1	37	1
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1999-2015	30	44	5	560	54	14.35	798	70.17	-	1	4	80	5
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	11	19	2	874	158	51.41	1249	69.97	3	2	-	107	15
JC Buttler (ENG)	2018-2021	5	9	1	381	64	47.62	547	69.65	-	3	-	36	1
CC Lewis (ENG)	1991-1993	2	3	-	78	45	26.00	112	69.64	-	-	-	12	1
RA McLean (SA)	1951-1964	20	38	1	1068	142	28.86	157+	69.42*	3	4	5	90+	6
OD Gibson (WI)	1995-1995	1	2	-	43	29	21.50	62	69.35	-	-	-	8	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1958-1959	4	4	-	9	5	2.25	13	69.23	-	-	1	0	0
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1976	10	14	1	430	121	33.07	623	69.02	1	3	-	59	5
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	-	198	92	66.00	287	68.98	-	2	-	29	2
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2014-2023	20	35	5	1117	103	37.23	1626	68.69	1	7	1	105	3
S Dhawan (IND)	2014-2018	13	24	-	996	190	41.50	1452	68.59	3	2	-	134	4
PJ Newport (ENG)	1988-1988	1	1	-	26	26	26.00	38	68.42	-	-	-	3	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	750	137	53.57	313+	68.37*	2	6	1	97+	2
SS Iyer (IND)	2022-2024	5	9	-	324	92	36.00	475	68.21	-	2	-	37	5
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2010	30	51	2	1779	333	36.30	2627	67.71	4	8	8	249	25
Shuvagata Hom (BAN)	2016-2016	1	2	1	31	25*	31.00	46	67.39	-	-	-	5	0
SB Doull (NZ)	1997-1999	7	11	1	140	46	14.00	209	66.98	-	-	2	20	0
LJ Tucker (IRE)	2023-2023	3	6	-	206	80	34.33	309	66.66	-	1	-	29	0
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2019-2019	3	5	-	160	81	32.00	240	66.66	-	1	-	15	5
DJ Vilas (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	-	34	26	17.00	51	66.66	-	-	-	6	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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