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
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2024	5	9	-	679	186	75.44	678	100.14	3	3	2	77	16
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	68	93	7	1343	77*	15.61	1511	88.88	-	5	15	137	60
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	61	83	13	3423	162	48.90	4167	82.14	9	20	9	418	56
MJ Henry (NZ)	2015-2024	21	27	2	441	72	17.64	545	80.91	-	3	5	59	13
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2016-2022	22	32	5	1222	120*	45.25	1540	79.35	2	7	2	125	33
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2019	7	13	-	622	126	47.84	791	78.63	1	6	-	98	4
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2002-2012	16	31	-	1211	195	39.06	1567	77.28	2	5	2	166	11
C Hill (AUS)	1897-1912	30	56	-	2308	191	41.21	931+	75.08*	4	13	5	175+	0+
TA Boult (NZ)	2011-2022	42	41	23	399	38*	22.16	538	74.16	-	-	4	41	17
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1989	25	43	2	1837	208	44.80	2478	74.13	4	11	4	237	14
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2024	60	104	7	5477	335*	56.46	7534	72.69	20	15	6	625	40
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2017	4	8	1	517	217	73.85	715	72.30	2	2	1	78	3
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	6	11	1	497	174	49.70	694	71.61	1	3	-	67	2
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	14	21	1	477	101	23.85	674	70.77	1	3	3	66	6
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2002-2007	9	18	1	547	137	32.17	777	70.39	1	3	3	70	13
TM Head (AUS)	2018-2025	34	53	3	2439	175	48.78	3497	69.74	8	11	5	276	18
Q de Kock (SA)	2016-2017	6	10	1	491	104	54.55	704	69.74	1	4	-	61	8
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
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2010	6	12	-	578	129	48.16	844	68.48	1	4	1	76	8
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1981-1994	18	28	-	455	56	16.25	672	67.70	-	2	5	60	7
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	14	25	2	939	159*	40.82	1419	66.17	1	3	-	92	16
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	58	98	7	3980	302	43.73	6032	65.98	8	21	9	482	73
MJ Prior (ENG)	2010-2013	11	17	3	670	118	47.85	1024	65.42	2	4	3	93	4
A Symonds (AUS)	2005-2008	18	27	3	1044	162*	43.50	1602	65.16	2	6	3	111	17
DS Lehmann (AUS)	1998-2004	14	20	1	759	177	39.94	1182	64.21	2	4	1	91	3
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2015	33	54	9	1956	169	43.46	3056	64.00	3	13	3	200	42
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2004-2010	8	16	1	401	82	26.73	627	63.95	-	3	3	56	5
SB Doull (NZ)	1993-2000	24	36	5	369	40	11.90	578	63.84	-	-	9	49	5
MA Starc (AUS)	2011-2025	57	74	19	1153	84	20.96	1815	63.52	-	4	5	109	27
K Verreynne (SA)	2022-2023	5	9	1	356	136*	44.50	563	63.23	1	2	1	39	2
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2010-2019	5	10	-	493	146	49.30	784	62.88	2	1	-	76	6
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	10	15	5	999	269*	99.90	1589	62.86	4	2	1	127	3
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-1999	6	11	-	543	169	49.36	866	62.70	2	3	2	78	2
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	44	55	19	655	66*	18.19	1048	62.50	-	1	9	70	32
AT Carey (AUS)	2021-2025	22	32	4	917	111	32.75	1468	62.46	1	5	1	95	4
ML Hayden (AUS)	1996-2009	60	105	8	5407	380	55.74	8670	62.36	21	17	5	642	47
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	13	25	2	574	112	24.95	925	62.05	1	1	2	76	5
CH Gayle (WI)	2005-2009	10	18	1	989	197	58.17	1601	61.77	3	4	-	120	22
H Larwood (ENG)	1928-1933	10	15	1	318	98	22.71	516	61.62	-	2	2	38	2
GN Edwards (NZ)	1977-1981	6	11	-	342	55	31.09	556	61.51	-	3	1	50	3
Moin Khan (PAK)	1995-2003	9	14	-	411	137	29.35	669	61.43	1	1	-	53	4
S Dhawan (IND)	2014-2014	5	10	-	382	115	38.20	623	61.31	1	2	2	43	2
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	26	45	7	514	56	13.52	843	60.97	-	1	8	54	14
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	55	81	11	1889	103	26.98	2761+	60.95*	1	9	5	205+	19
IDS Smith (NZ)	1980-1992	40	53	12	1089	173	26.56	1788	60.90	2	2	4	133	7
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	1992-2006	26	46	-	1875	277	40.76	3080	60.87	5	7	5	250	6
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2022	64	107	15	4698	290	51.06	7762	60.52	13	18	5	598	34
JM Gregory (AUS)	1920-1928	11	18	3	666	100	44.40	880+	60.45*	1	4	2	71	1
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2011	11	20	1	699	201	36.78	1158	60.36	2	3	4	87	4
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	97	162	23	7940	257	57.12	13170	60.28	24	39	9	886	35
FE Woolley (ENG)	1911-1930	19	32	2	1045	133*	34.83	1369+	60.18*	2	7	4	92+	3
APF Chapman (ENG)	1924-1929	8	14	1	350	58	26.92	583	60.03	-	2	1	33	7
K Srikkanth (IND)	1985-1992	7	12	-	426	116	35.50	711	59.91	1	2	1	66	1
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2025	76	80	21	861	41	14.59	1441	59.75	-	-	8	98	12
CE Pellew (AUS)	1920-1921	4	6	-	319	116	53.16	534	59.73	2	-	-	30	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2025	6	11	1	352	91	35.20	590	59.66	-	2	-	48	2
MR Marsh (AUS)	2014-2024	26	41	5	1163	181	32.30	1958	59.39	2	5	5	150	17
SC Ganguly (IND)	1998-2008	15	28	1	890	144	32.96	1502	59.25	2	4	1	111	5
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-2007	78	102	14	1671	99	18.98	2822	59.21	-	9	12	181	18
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2002-2003	8	16	-	433	88	27.06	735	58.91	-	2	3	64	5
CL Cairns (NZ)	1989-2004	40	67	2	2334	158	35.90	3970	58.79	4	16	5	261	57
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
BL Cairns (NZ)	1974-1985	29	41	4	636	64	17.18	890+	58.53*	-	1	5	58+	17
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2012	31	56	5	2651	241*	51.98	4536	58.44	8	12	4	322	13
GA Faulkner (SA)	1910-1911	5	10	-	732	204	73.20	1256	58.28	2	5	-	90	1
TA Blundell (NZ)	2017-2024	25	42	6	1343	138	37.30	2308	58.18	4	5	3	165	11
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	1997-2012	69	106	16	2786	137*	30.95	4788	58.18	4	13	13	336	10
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-2005	34	55	6	2112	142	43.10	3638	58.05	3	15	3	270	39
DW Hookes (AUS)	1977-1985	11	19	2	632	68	37.17	1089	58.03	-	5	2	70	1
RB Minnett (AUS)	1911-1912	5	10	-	305	90	30.50	526	57.98	-	3	2	39	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2014	58	92	11	4951	329*	61.12	8541	57.96	18	14	2	549	18
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2004-2012	16	32	3	1320	125*	45.51	2280	57.89	4	6	3	160	2
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1999	14	20	2	826	192	45.88	1427	57.88	3	2	-	98	0
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2016-2024	7	14	1	585	95	45.00	1014	57.69	-	5	2	65	4
JA Burns (AUS)	2014-2020	20	34	1	1362	180	41.27	2391	56.96	4	7	5	176	12
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1985	26	47	3	1784	149	40.54	2694+	56.82*	5	9	2	203	12
JR Murray (WI)	1993-1997	7	9	2	338	101*	48.28	595	56.80	1	1	1	37	3
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2004-2015	11	21	3	1092	203	60.66	1926	56.69	4	5	1	133	6
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	16	25	3	326	88	14.81	575	56.69	-	1	5	33	4
HD Rutherford (NZ)	2013-2015	10	18	1	555	171	32.64	982	56.51	1	1	2	74	7
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2015	36	51	10	1009	92*	24.60	1795	56.21	-	7	7	120	13
OJ Pope (ENG)	2019-2024	10	18	-	486	77	27.00	866	56.12	-	3	-	58	4
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2024	59	101	11	5699	251	63.32	10218	55.77	22	22	6	658	20
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-2001	36	63	3	3019	219	50.31	5421	55.69	10	12	4	332	14
GS Sobers (WI)	1956-1969	17	30	-	1078	168	35.93	1010+	55.44*	4	3	3	129+	3
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2007	64	111	8	5009	250	48.63	9037	55.42	16	17	7	603	20
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2023	35	53	6	2130	200*	45.31	3845	55.39	8	8	5	237	7
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1993-1995	8	15	-	510	99	34.00	921	55.37	-	5	2	61	3
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1937	20	31	1	1273	187*	42.43	1585+	55.26*	2	9	3	138+	2
MD Marshall (WI)	1984-1989	13	18	1	333	57	19.58	605	55.04	-	2	2	44	4
GA Hick (ENG)	1992-1999	10	19	1	547	98*	30.38	996	54.91	-	4	2	69	7
RA Jadeja (IND)	2014-2025	10	15	3	417	81	34.75	760	54.86	-	3	-	47	5
WW Armstrong (AUS)	1902-1921	27	48	6	1892	158	45.04	2184+	54.85*	5	5	3	172+	4+
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	62	107	17	5328	239	59.20	9725	54.78	19	21	7	566	28
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1972-1985	22	40	1	1333	135	34.17	2038+	54.66*	2	10	5	146+	5
PV Simmons (WI)	1992-1997	6	9	-	283	110	31.44	518	54.63	1	1	1	30	3
JM Parks (ENG)	1965-1966	7	10	2	407	89	50.87	684+	54.53*	-	3	-	34	6
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	12	19	2	626	170	36.82	1148	54.52	2	2	2	91	5

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

West Indies Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs Sri Lanka Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Coolidge, Sri Lanka Under-19s in West Indies 1st Youth ODI, Aug 30, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1580]

India A Women vs Australia A Women at Brisbane, India A Women in Australia 3rd Match, Aug 17, 2025 [Other OD]

Australia A Women vs India A Women at Brisbane, India A Women in Australia 2nd Match, Aug 15, 2025 [Other OD]