Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates Held in Australia for Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	55	75	11	2936	149*	45.87	3606	81.41	7	17	9	350	43
C Hill (AUS)	1897-1912	30	56	0	2308	191	41.21	931+	75.08*	4	13	5	175+	0+
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2003-2012	11	22	0	1031	195	46.86	1382	74.6	2	5	2	136	9
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1989	22	39	2	1760	208	47.56	2392	73.57	4	11	4	225	12
TM Head (AUS)	2018-2026	37	59	3	2999	175	53.55	4113	72.91	11	11	5	341	26
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2024	58	101	7	5438	335*	57.85	7472	72.77	20	15	6	620	40
VT Trumper (AUS)	1901-1912	25	49	4	2061	214*	45.80	1337+	69.55*	6	8	5	219+	3+
CG Macartney (AUS)	1907-1921	12	23	1	794	170	36.09	753+	69.18*	2	4	1	88+	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2005-2009	5	10	1	449	165*	49.88	654	68.65	2	1	0	48	12
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	12	21	2	879	159*	46.26	1297	67.77	1	3	0	85	15
MJ Prior (ENG)	2010-2013	8	12	1	359	118	32.63	533	67.35	1	2	3	42	2
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2019-2024	4	8	0	370	95	46.25	558	66.3	0	2	1	36	4
A Symonds (AUS)	2005-2008	18	27	3	1044	162*	43.50	1602	65.16	2	6	3	111	17
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2026	60	77	20	1260	84	22.10	1958	64.35	0	6	5	126	27
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2019	7	14	1	557	166	42.84	867	64.24	2	1	2	78	0
DS Lehmann (AUS)	1998-2004	14	20	1	759	177	39.94	1182	64.21	2	4	1	91	3
AT Carey (AUS)	2021-2026	25	36	4	1115	111	34.84	1739	64.11	2	6	1	106	5
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	8	12	4	690	269*	86.25	1079	63.94	3	1	1	88	0
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2015	31	51	8	1885	169	43.83	2967	63.53	3	13	3	192	39
ML Hayden (AUS)	1996-2009	56	98	8	5210	380	57.88	8285	62.88	21	16	5	614	47
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2020	10	20	1	793	290	41.73	1280	61.95	1	3	2	108	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2021-2026	8	16	0	439	85	27.43	709	61.91	0	3	2	57	1
H Larwood (ENG)	1928-1933	10	15	1	318	98	22.71	516	61.62	0	2	2	38	2
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1996-2007	5	10	0	313	112	31.30	517	60.54	1	0	0	43	4
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	11	18	3	666	100	44.40	880+	60.45*	1	4	2	71	1
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1985	20	36	3	1616	149	48.96	2369+	60.27*	5	9	2	189	10
FE Woolley (ENG)	1911-1925	15	26	1	899	133*	35.96	1369+	60.18*	2	6	4	92	3
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2005	19	35	0	1469	277	41.97	2444	60.1	4	4	4	189	6
APF Chapman (ENG)	1924-1929	8	14	1	350	58	26.92	583	60.03	0	2	1	33	7
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	92	154	21	7578	257	56.97	12630	60	23	38	9	839	26
K Srikkanth (IND)	1985-1992	7	12	0	426	116	35.50	711	59.91	1	2	1	66	1
CE Pellew (AUS)	1920-1921	4	6	0	319	116	53.16	534	59.73	2	0	0	30	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2025	6	11	1	352	91	35.20	590	59.66	0	2	0	48	2
JA Burns (AUS)	2014-2020	18	31	1	1127	180	37.56	1904	59.19	3	6	4	147	12
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2025	74	78	21	772	41	13.54	1307	59.06	0	0	9	87	12
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2015	9	17	1	389	84*	24.31	659	59.02	0	2	0	53	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1991-2012	20	38	4	1809	241*	53.20	3067	58.98	6	7	3	209	7
SC Ganguly (IND)	1999-2008	11	20	0	696	144	34.80	1180	58.98	1	4	1	84	2
DG Bradman (AUS)	1928-1948	33	50	6	4322	299*	98.22	5230+	58.68*	18	10	5	390	2
W Bardsley (AUS)	1910-1925	17	32	1	1101	132	35.51	1838+	58.59*	1	10	3	90	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	69	91	11	1533	99	19.16	2618	58.55	0	8	12	165	16
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2007	6	12	1	304	89	27.63	520	58.46	0	2	1	33	7
GA Faulkner (SA)	1910-1911	5	10	0	732	204	73.20	1256	58.28	2	5	0	90	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1987	12	22	3	388	54	20.42	666	58.25	0	2	1	31	7
DW Hookes (AUS)	1977-1985	11	19	2	632	68	37.17	1089	58.03	0	5	2	70	1
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2003	5	10	0	633	183	63.30	1091	58.02	3	0	2	78	8
RB Minnett (AUS)	1911-1912	5	10	0	305	90	30.50	526	57.98	0	3	2	39	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2014	53	86	11	4654	329*	62.05	8035	57.92	17	13	2	509	16
MR Marsh (AUS)	2014-2024	22	35	5	1025	181	34.16	1770	57.9	2	4	2	132	15
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1990-1999	9	17	1	419	123	26.18	728	57.55	1	2	0	55	4
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2005-2012	10	20	1	748	122	39.36	1306	57.27	2	3	2	92	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1999-2010	9	18	0	574	111	31.88	1015	56.55	1	3	1	77	6
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	34	49	10	1009	92*	25.87	1791	56.33	0	7	5	120	13
JM Parks (ENG)	1965-1966	5	6	0	290	89	48.33	518	55.98	0	3	0	24	3
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-2001	33	57	3	2842	219	52.62	5110	55.61	9	12	4	304	13
GS Sobers (WI)	1960-1969	10	20	0	927	168	46.35	1010+	55.44*	4	3	1	129	3
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1972-1984	15	28	1	1097	101	40.62	1969+	55.35*	1	10	3	122	4
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	18	26	9	554	79*	32.58	1001	55.34	0	5	4	58	0
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1937	20	31	1	1273	187*	42.43	1585+	55.26*	2	9	3	138+	2
Babar Azam (PAK)	2016-2024	8	16	0	404	104	25.25	731	55.26	1	1	1	45	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2003-2010	21	36	2	1504	131*	44.23	2724	55.21	3	11	3	166	4
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2001	9	16	1	474	78	31.60	859	55.18	0	4	0	56	5
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2016	9	17	1	734	196	45.87	1331	55.14	2	3	1	80	3
DL Murray (WI)	1975-1980	9	15	0	419	66	27.93	761	55.05	0	4	0	43	5
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1987	18	32	1	937	138	30.22	1703	55.02	2	3	4	107	9
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	16	32	4	881	107	31.46	1602	54.99	1	7	4	100	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2026	62	108	19	5301	239	59.56	9652	54.92	19	20	6	557	31
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	27	48	6	1892	158	45.04	2184+	54.85*	5	5	3	172+	4+
PV Simmons (WI)	1992-1997	6	9	0	283	110	31.44	518	54.63	1	1	1	30	3
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	13	23	1	768	168	34.90	1344+	54.53*	2	3	2	89	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2009	5	10	0	390	113	39.00	716	54.46	2	1	1	48	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2007	55	96	5	4428	250	48.65	8137	54.41	15	13	5	526	15
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2019-2026	37	66	6	3114	215	51.90	5728	54.36	9	17	0	323	11
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1999	7	14	1	413	98*	31.76	760	54.34	0	4	2	50	5
CJL Rogers (AUS)	2008-2015	10	20	0	899	119	44.95	1661	54.12	2	9	0	119	0
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2016-2019	5	10	0	381	137	38.10	704	54.11	1	3	1	36	1
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1991	24	45	4	1824	136	44.48	3378	53.99	5	8	2	203	0
PA Jaques (AUS)	2005-2008	7	12	0	591	150	49.25	1095	53.97	2	4	1	66	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-2006	9	16	5	394	67*	35.81	732	53.82	0	2	1	45	4
Shan Masood (PAK)	2019-2024	5	10	0	337	68	33.70	627	53.74	0	3	1	34	2
AM Rahane (IND)	2014-2021	12	23	2	884	147	42.09	1653	53.47	2	4	2	93	6
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	41	44	8	831	62*	23.08	1554	53.47	0	3	5	106	10
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	5	10	1	391	161	43.44	732	53.41	1	2	2	44	4
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1996	43	55	10	600	42*	13.33	1125	53.33	0	0	11	48	2
KC Wessels (AUS/SA)	1982-1994	17	29	2	1304	179	48.29	2457	53.07	3	7	3	140	2
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1977	9	18	0	618	136	34.33	1166	53	1	3	2	65	1
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1991	13	25	1	753	91	31.37	1423	52.91	0	6	3	103	3
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2014	15	26	1	1144	227	45.76	2165	52.84	2	6	1	123	8
MS Wade (AUS)	2012-2021	19	30	6	752	102*	31.33	1425	52.77	1	3	1	76	6
Majid Khan (PAK)	1972-1981	11	21	1	716	158	35.80	1315+	52.77*	2	2	4	81	1
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1992	5	8	0	385	106	48.12	730	52.73	2	2	0	43	0
CL McCool (AUS)	1946-1948	8	10	2	318	104*	39.75	604	52.64	1	1	0	30	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1974-1977	7	13	0	505	110	38.84	961	52.54	1	3	0	72	1
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2025	18	34	1	1542	169	46.72	2940	52.44	7	4	2	166	5
VVS Laxman (IND)	1999-2012	15	29	1	1236	178	44.14	2364	52.28	4	4	2	165	0
PSP Handscomb (AUS)	2016-2019	9	15	3	566	110	47.16	1087	52.06	2	2	0	62	1
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2013	45	76	14	3794	195	61.19	7302	51.95	14	14	7	404	24
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2002	61	99	6	4019	140	43.21	7738	51.93	11	23	7	396	15
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2015	27	50	3	1867	120*	39.72	3595	51.93	2	13	3	230	13
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1992	8	12	1	305	106	27.72	588	51.87	1	1	0	33	0

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]