Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - New Zealand

Highest strike rates in an innings in FC+LA+T20s at SL: Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy - New Zealand

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IDS Smith	30	17	6	-	176.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
IDS Smith	31*	26	5	-	119.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
DL Vettori	55	75	10	-	73.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
Sir RJ Hadlee	27	37	3	-	72.97	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Sir RJ Hadlee	29	41	3	-	70.73	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
GP Howarth	60	94	6	-	63.82	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JV Coney	25	44	3	-	56.81	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
MH Richardson	55	101	6	1	54.45	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
SB Styris	32	62	5	-	51.61	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
JF Reid	30	62	4	-	48.38	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
GP Howarth	62	131	5	-	47.32	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
MD Crowe	26	59	2	1	44.06	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JDP Oram	74	179	15	-	41.34	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
MJ Horne	27	73	5	-	36.98	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
RG Hart	31	90	5	-	34.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
JG Wright	45	143	2	-	31.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
SP Fleming	33	109	3	-	30.27	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
MH Richardson	55	185	9	-	29.72	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
PJ Wiseman	29	109	3	-	26.60	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
JF Reid	26	102	3	-	25.49	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, South Africa in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Jul 6-8, 2025 [Test # 2593]

India vs England at Birmingham, India in England 2nd Test, Jul 2-6, 2025 [Test # 2591]

Australia vs West Indies at St George's, Australia in West Indies 2nd Test, Jul 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2592]