Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN Australia

Highest strike rates in an innings in 1980s in Tests IN Australia

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Patil	36	26	1	-	138.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	07 Feb 1981	Test # 895
B Yardley	45	33	7	-	136.36	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
MG Hughes	25	19	4	-	131.57	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
RA Harper	26	20	3	1	130.00	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
Tahir Naqqash	29*	23	4	-	126.08	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
IT Botham	27	22	1	1	122.72	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
Sir RJ Hadlee	54	45	4	3	120.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Nov 1985	Test # 1029
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
GRJ Matthews	32	28	4	-	114.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
SMH Kirmani	43*	39	4	-	110.25	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
GF Lawson	38*	35	4	-	108.57	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
WB Phillips	54	50	10	-	108.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
IVA Richards	76	72	13	-	105.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
CD Matthews	32	31	5	-	103.22	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
MD Marshall	57	57	11	-	100.00	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
IT Botham	46	46	8	-	100.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
IT Botham	40	40	6	1	100.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
K Srikkanth	116	117	19	1	99.14	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
IDS Smith	44	45	7	-	97.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
IVA Richards	146	150	21	3	97.33	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
K Srikkanth	86	89	16	-	96.62	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
Zaheer Abbas	46	49	5	1	93.87	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DW Hookes	28	30	4	-	93.33	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
GS Chappell	40*	43	6	-	93.02	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
JR Ratnayeke	38	41	5	-	92.68	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
KJ Hughes	34	37	5	-	91.89	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
DI Gower	38	42	5	-	90.47	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
IVA Richards	63	70	5	2	90.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1988	Test # 1112
Sir RJ Hadlee	51*	57	5	1	89.47	New Zealand	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1980	Test # 887
IVA Richards	50	56	4	-	89.28	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
PJL Dujon	139	158	21	-	87.97	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
IVA Richards	42	48	6	-	87.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
N Kapil Dev	42	48	3	-	87.50	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
IVA Richards	68	78	11	1	87.17	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
Javed Miandad	27	31	3	1	87.09	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
DI Gower	48	56	7	-	85.71	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
PJL Dujon	41	48	6	-	85.41	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
IVA Richards	208	245	22	3	84.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
Mohsin Khan	37	44	4	-	84.09	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
SM Patil	65*	78	9	-	83.33	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
GN Yallop	68	82	8	-	82.92	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
CH Lloyd	77*	93	7	-	82.79	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
CH Lloyd	40	49	5	-	81.63	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
KC Wessels	70	87	13	-	80.45	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
IT Botham	138	174	13	4	79.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
N Kapil Dev	38	48	8	-	79.16	India	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985	Test # 1032
GS Chappell	53	67	8	-	79.10	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
Sarfraz Nawaz	26	33	4	-	78.78	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
WB Phillips	44	56	2	-	78.57	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
PJL Dujon	51	65	8	-	78.46	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
DW Hookes	68	87	9	-	78.16	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
DW Randall	70	90	5	-	77.77	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
IVA Richards	42	54	5	1	77.77	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
SMH Kirmani	35	45	4	-	77.77	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
DI Gower	136	175	16	-	77.71	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
CH Lloyd	121	156	17	-	77.56	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
DM Jones	38*	49	5	-	77.55	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
Wasim Raja	48	62	7	-	77.41	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
DW Randall	37	48	5	-	77.08	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
KC Wessels	179	233	23	1	76.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DW Hookes	53	69	7	-	76.81	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
GS Chappell	26*	34	3	-	76.47	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
Saleem Malik	54	71	8	-	76.05	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
Mudassar Nazar	44	58	2	-	75.86	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
SR Waugh	134*	177	14	-	75.70	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
M Azharuddin	59*	78	5	-	75.64	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
GS Chappell	31	41	5	-	75.60	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
IVA Richards	44	59	6	-	74.57	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
MD Crowe	137	184	17	1	74.45	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
EE Hemmings	29	39	2	-	74.35	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
Tahir Naqqash	26	35	1	-	74.28	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
CH Lloyd	114	154	14	3	74.02	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
Zaheer Abbas	56	76	4	1	73.68	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
GM Wood	56	76	5	-	73.68	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
DI Gower	72	98	9	-	73.46	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
KC Wessels	47	64	4	-	73.43	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
AR Border	57	78	6	-	73.07	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
DC Boon	80	110	10	-	72.72	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
SM Patil	174	240	22	1	72.50	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
AME Roberts	42	58	3	2	72.41	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
N Kapil Dev	55	76	6	-	72.36	India	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
Qasim Umar	26	36	3	-	72.22	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
AJ Lamb	83	115	13	-	72.17	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
GF Lawson	49	68	6	-	72.05	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
MD Crowe	79	111	12	-	71.17	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
MW Gatting	100	141	15	-	70.92	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
DL Haynes	56	79	8	-	70.88	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
KJ Hughes	213	301	21	-	70.76	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
IVA Richards	74	105	11	-	70.47	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
GN Yallop	38	54	5	-	70.37	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Sir RJ Hadlee	26	37	2	1	70.27	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
KJ Hughes	30	43	4	-	69.76	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
PJL Dujon	32	46	2	1	69.56	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
DI Gower	98*	141	13	-	69.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
LG Rowe	43	62	4	-	69.35	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
A Ranatunga	45	65	6	-	69.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
SFAF Bacchus	27	39	1	-	69.23	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
JG Bracewell	83*	120	8	-	69.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
DW Hookes	38*	55	4	-	69.09	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030

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