Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket 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
WP Howell	35	15	6	1	233.33	Australia	v England	Sydney	14 Feb 1902	Test # 68
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
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
IVA Richards	110*	58	7	7	189.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
N Wagner	27	15	6	-	180.00	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
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
AC Gilchrist	102*	59	12	4	172.88	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
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
SR Clark	39	23	3	2	169.56	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
TG Southee	40	24	6	1	166.66	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
N Kapil Dev	89	55	13	3	161.81	India	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
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
GE Tribe	25*	16	5	-	156.25	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
TG Southee	73	49	5	6	148.97	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
SR Tendulkar	28*	19	5	-	147.36	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
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
MG Neser	35	24	5	1	145.83	Australia	v England	Adelaide	16 Dec 2021	Test # 2441
SR Clark	32	22	1	3	145.45	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
AG Chipperfield	26*	18	4	-	144.44	Australia	v England	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936	Test # 255
Sarfaraz Ahmed	26	18	5	-	144.44	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
B Lee	46	32	9	1	143.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
MR Marsh	27*	19	1	2	142.10	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
Umar Gul	65*	46	8	4	141.30	Pakistan	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967
IK Pathan	35	25	4	1	140.00	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
Q de Kock	51	37	10	-	137.83	South Africa	v England	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Yasir Shah	33	24	5	1	137.50	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	05 Aug 2020	Test # 2391
AC Gilchrist	26	19	6	-	136.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
AC Gilchrist	38	28	7	1	135.71	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
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
TG Southee	44	33	4	2	133.33	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
FAW Freer	28*	21	3	1	133.33	Australia	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
K Srikkanth	41*	31	4	-	132.25	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
NJ Astle	222	168	28	11	132.14	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
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
GJ Bailey	39*	30	3	3	130.00	Australia	v England	Perth	13 Dec 2013	Test # 2107
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
AC Gilchrist	37	29	7	-	127.58	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
NJ Astle	65	51	8	2	127.45	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
N Kapil Dev	42	33	4	-	127.27	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
BB McCullum	67*	53	5	3	126.41	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2084
DB Vengsarkar	34	27	7	-	125.92	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
L Ronchi	88	70	13	3	125.71	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
M Azharuddin	54*	43	5	-	125.58	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
CH Gayle	54	43	6	2	125.58	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	14 May 2009	Test # 1920
BB McCullum	74	59	9	3	125.42	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013	Test # 2077
RR Pant	25	20	3	1	125.00	India	v England	Nottingham	04 Aug 2021	Test # 2428
DA Warner	77	62	11	-	124.19	Australia	v England	Birmingham	29 Jul 2015	Test # 2173
PA Patel	67*	54	11	1	124.07	India	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016	Test # 2238
N Kapil Dev	26	21	5	-	123.80	India	v England	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
Intikhab Alam	32*	26	1	2	123.07	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
MS Dhoni	27	22	4	-	122.72	India	v England	Manchester	07 Aug 2014	Test # 2134
Sir RJ Hadlee	99	81	18	-	122.22	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
RJ Harris	33	27	1	2	122.22	Australia	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 2013	Test # 2094
V Sehwag	83	68	11	4	122.05	India	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
Haris Sohail	39*	32	6	1	121.87	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	24 May 2018	Test # 2304
GC Smith	85	70	10	2	121.42	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
Habibul Bashar	63	52	11	-	121.15	Bangladesh	v England	Chester-le-Street	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1753
C Hill	46	38	6	-	121.05	Australia	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1911	Test # 116
SPD Smith	58	48	9	-	120.83	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
CH Gayle	105	87	18	1	120.68	West Indies	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
BC Lara	48*	40	8	-	120.00	West Indies	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1995	Test # 1298
RA Jadeja	30	25	5	1	120.00	India	v England	Leeds	25 Aug 2021	Test # 2432
Tamim Iqbal	85	71	13	1	119.71	Bangladesh	v England	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
RA Jadeja	68	57	9	-	119.29	India	v England	Lord's	17 Jul 2014	Test # 2130
DL Vettori	50*	42	7	1	119.04	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
BB McCullum	25	21	5	-	119.04	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
V Sehwag	25	21	1	1	119.04	India	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012	Test # 2058
TG Southee	25	21	2	2	119.04	New Zealand	v England	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013	Test # 2077
N Wagner	25*	21	3	1	119.04	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	02 Jun 2021	Test # 2422
SJ McCabe	38	32	5	1	118.75	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
RT Ponting	51*	43	4	1	118.60	Australia	v England	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010	Test # 1981
DR Martyn	64*	54	10	-	118.51	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
N Kapil Dev	116	98	16	2	118.36	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
N Kapil Dev	65	55	9	1	118.18	India	v England	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
BKG Mendis	26	22	4	-	118.18	Sri Lanka	v England	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
DM Jones	40*	34	3	-	117.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
CH Gayle	28	24	3	1	116.66	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
Umar Akmal	79*	68	11	2	116.17	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	26 Aug 2010	Test # 1971
JDP Oram	36*	31	3	2	116.12	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	03 Jun 2004	Test # 1702
MA Holding	73	63	6	4	115.87	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
MR Adair	88	76	12	2	115.78	Ireland	v England	Lord's	01 Jun 2023	Test # 2504
MF Kent	52	45	7	-	115.55	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
NM Lyon	31	27	1	3	114.81	Australia	v England	Hobart	14 Jan 2022	Test # 2449
CR Matthews	41	36	6	-	113.88	South Africa	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
AJ Hall	99*	87	15	2	113.79	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656

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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

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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]