Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ST Clarke	35*	18	1	4	194.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
IVA Richards	110*	58	7	7	189.65	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
IDS Smith	30	17	6	-	176.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
IDS Smith	33*	19	5	-	173.68	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	03 Mar 1988	Test # 1094
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
BL Cairns	30	18	1	3	166.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	08 Feb 1980	Test # 873
IT Botham	59*	36	8	2	163.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
BL Cairns	34	21	3	2	161.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
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
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
Taslim Arif	31	20	5	-	155.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
A Ranatunga	52	36	8	1	144.44	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
SM Patil	36	26	1	-	138.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
N Kapil Dev	36	26	7	-	138.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
N Kapil Dev	73	53	12	1	137.73	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982	Test # 942
IT Botham	66	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
B Yardley	45	33	7	-	136.36	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
N Kapil Dev	31	23	4	1	134.78	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
IDS Smith	41	31	6	-	132.25	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	16 Nov 1984	Test # 998
K Srikkanth	41*	31	4	-	132.25	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
MG Hughes	25	19	4	-	131.57	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
N Kapil Dev	34	26	5	-	130.76	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
BC Broad	30	23	5	-	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
RA Harper	26	20	3	1	130.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
N Kapil Dev	27	21	5	-	128.57	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	09 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
N Kapil Dev	42	33	4	-	127.27	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
Tahir Naqqash	29*	23	4	-	126.08	Pakistan	v Australia	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
DB Vengsarkar	34	27	7	-	125.92	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
M Azharuddin	54*	43	5	-	125.58	India	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
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
Saleem Yousuf	32*	26	3	2	123.07	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	22 Apr 1988	Test # 1097
IT Botham	27	22	1	1	122.72	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Sir RJ Hadlee	99	81	18	-	122.22	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	03 Feb 1984	Test # 976
SM Patil	68	56	11	1	121.42	India	v Pakistan	Lahore	10 Dec 1982	Test # 941
IDS Smith	34	28	5	-	121.42	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	25 Nov 1984	Test # 1000
Sir RJ Hadlee	54	45	4	3	120.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
RJ Shastri	48*	40	3	2	120.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
IDS Smith	31*	26	5	-	119.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
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
IT Botham	60	51	10	2	117.64	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
MD Marshall	40*	34	4	2	117.64	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989	Test # 1118
DM Jones	40*	34	3	-	117.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
K Srikkanth	47	40	-	-	117.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
IT Botham	27	23	5	-	117.39	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
IDS Smith	28	24	4	-	116.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
MA Holding	73	63	6	4	115.87	West Indies	v England	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
IT Botham	118	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
MF Kent	52	45	7	-	115.55	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
IT Botham	38	33	6	1	115.15	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
B Yardley	40	35	4	1	114.28	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
GRJ Matthews	32	28	4	-	114.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
K Srikkanth	71	63	11	1	112.69	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
Imran Khan	28*	25	2	1	112.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
Sir RJ Hadlee	103	92	11	2	111.95	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
Abdul Qadir	39*	35	4	2	111.42	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	01 Dec 1989	Test # 1130
Mansoor Akhtar	32	29	6	-	110.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Sep 1982	Test # 935
SMH Kirmani	43*	39	4	-	110.25	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
N Kapil Dev	55	50	8	-	110.00	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
IVA Richards	49	45	8	-	108.88	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
CJ McDermott	25	23	2	1	108.69	Australia	v England	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
GF Lawson	38*	35	4	-	108.57	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
IT Botham	38	35	7	-	108.57	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
A Ranatunga	51	47	7	1	108.51	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RG de Alwis	26	24	3	1	108.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
AL Logie	67	62	8	2	108.06	West Indies	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
WB Phillips	54	50	10	-	108.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
GRJ Matthews	27*	25	2	-	108.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
Sir RJ Hadlee	84	78	12	1	107.69	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
JG Bracewell	28	26	3	1	107.69	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
N Kapil Dev	44	41	7	1	107.31	India	v West Indies	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
MA Holding	59	55	3	5	107.27	West Indies	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
SMH Kirmani	30	28	5	-	107.14	India	v Pakistan	Nagpur	05 Oct 1983	Test # 963
IT Botham	54	51	6	-	105.88	England	v West Indies	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
IVA Richards	76	72	13	-	105.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
CS Pandit	39	37	5	-	105.40	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
N Kapil Dev	100*	95	13	3	105.26	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983	Test # 952
N Kapil Dev	97	93	14	2	104.30	India	v England	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
PL Taylor	25*	24	4	-	104.16	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
Qasim Umar	52	50	8	-	104.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
IT Botham	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
IT Botham	29	28	3	2	103.57	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
IDS Smith	29*	28	4	-	103.57	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Wellington	10 Feb 1989	Test # 1115
CD Matthews	32	31	5	-	103.22	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
IVA Richards	38	37	7	-	102.70	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
Imran Khan	39*	38	5	-	102.63	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
Wasim Akram	43	42	2	4	102.38	Pakistan	v England	Leeds	02 Jul 1987	Test # 1077
N Kapil Dev	47	46	4	-	102.17	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1085
N Kapil Dev	59	58	10	1	101.72	India	v England	Bengaluru	09 Dec 1981	Test # 912
N Kapil Dev	98	97	10	1	101.03	India	v West Indies	St John's	28 Apr 1983	Test # 956
IT Botham	149*	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
IT Botham	103	103	14	3	100.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
MD Marshall	57	57	11	-	100.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
MW Gatting	48	48	6	1	100.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
IT Botham	46	46	8	-	100.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
IA Healy	44	44	6	-	100.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]