Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates Held in England for Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	69	93	6	1442	77*	16.57	1571	91.78	-	5	15	155	59
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2025	23	42	2	1800	182	45.00	2066	87.12	3	10	2	227	11
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	20	30	2	738	110	26.35	852	86.61	1	4	5	96	16
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2025	24	40	1	1979	186	50.74	2315	85.48	6	12	3	221	32
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2005	16	22	3	1008	162	53.05	1188	84.84	3	5	-	140	20
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2019	9	17	-	890	126	52.35	1069	83.25	3	7	-	132	7
MJ Henry (NZ)	2015-2024	23	32	4	521	72	18.60	638	81.66	-	3	6	72	16
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2016-2022	22	31	7	1138	120*	47.41	1413	80.53	2	6	4	116	31
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	32	37	7	750	63*	25.00	959	78.20	-	3	2	105	9
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2025	12	20	3	925	184*	54.41	1205	76.76	2	5	-	101	19
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2022	46	48	26	448	38*	20.36	592	75.67	-	-	7	51	18
V Sehwag (IND)	2002-2011	11	19	-	458	106	24.10	616	74.35	1	1	3	73	3
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	27	38	2	2134	291	59.27	2957	72.16	5	12	1	299	18
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	43	69	6	2250	167	35.71	3127	71.95	4	15	9	303	55
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	15	28	-	1095	146	39.10	1577	69.43	4	5	1	122	29
Q de Kock (SA)	2017-2017	7	13	1	395	91	32.91	570	69.29	-	4	-	51	5
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2025-2025	5	10	-	411	118	41.10	598	68.72	2	2	2	63	4
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	20	35	8	457	52	16.92	667	68.51	-	1	5	65	8
Z Crawley (ENG)	2019-2025	35	61	2	1917	267	32.49	2803	68.39	3	10	6	268	6
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2017	6	12	1	569	217	51.72	835	68.14	2	2	1	84	3
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2010	9	18	2	619	129	38.68	912	67.87	1	4	1	71	13
J Blackwood (WI)	2017-2020	8	16	1	614	104	40.93	908	67.62	1	4	1	73	6
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	16	29	1	1261	197	45.03	1874	67.28	2	8	2	184	16
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2006	14	26	3	682	213	29.65	1017	67.05	1	2	2	94	4
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	59	101	6	4172	302	43.91	6265	66.59	8	24	11	501	73
TM Head (AUS)	2019-2025	13	26	1	823	163	32.92	1236	66.58	1	4	1	116	8
BC Lara (WI)	1995-2006	22	38	1	1674	179	45.24	2517	66.50	5	9	3	253	3
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2025	40	68	3	2513	205	38.66	3789	66.32	6	12	2	305	15
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	109	153	20	2676	169	20.12	4038	66.27	1	11	23	338	35
KA Jamieson (NZ)	2020-2024	15	19	4	335	51*	22.33	506	66.20	-	1	2	30	10
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	47	73	13	2483	126*	41.38	3758	66.07	5	15	6	317	11
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	14	21	3	510	78	28.33	786	64.88	-	2	4	63	10
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	31	39	5	701	90	20.61	1083	64.72	-	3	7	84	10
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	14	24	2	1055	232	47.95	1632	64.64	2	4	-	103+	3
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	58	98	3	4881	226	51.37	7560	64.56	16	19	6	614	42
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2025	8	16	-	842	269	52.62	1308	64.37	4	-	-	97	12
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2010	25	42	2	1783	156	44.57	2791	63.88	5	7	2	221	19
MR Marsh (AUS)	2015-2024	11	19	2	477	118	28.05	747	63.85	1	2	4	62	10
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	66	100	5	3423	208	36.03	5378	63.64	10	15	9	430	45
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1982	5	7	1	377	129*	62.83	593	63.57	1	3	-	57	3
DA Warner (AUS)	2013-2023	21	40	-	1019	85	25.47	1608	63.37	-	9	4	139	5
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-2001	8	15	-	684	176	45.60	1081	63.27	2	3	1	97	2
DM de Silva (SL)	2018-2024	6	11	1	396	98	39.60	629	62.95	-	4	3	51	2
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	33	40	13	394	49*	14.59	628	62.73	-	-	9	52	7
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2023	59	101	7	3637	167*	38.69	5808	62.62	7	20	9	460	26
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1996	12	21	2	767	205	40.36	1236	62.05	1	4	2	98	2
C Milburn (ENG)	1966-1968	8	15	2	515	126*	39.61	830	62.04	1	2	1	74	10
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-2004	38	63	1	2203	158	35.53	3561	61.86	4	14	5	244	64
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2011	7	12	1	571	201	51.90	923	61.86	2	3	3	69	4
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2010-2019	7	14	-	575	146	41.07	934	61.56	2	1	-	85	6
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1999	15	24	2	1146	192	52.09	1862	61.54	4	3	1	148	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2005	15	26	5	1077	122*	51.28	1758	61.26	3	6	2	137	8
TM Dilshan (SL)	2005-2011	7	12	-	558	193	46.50	917	60.85	1	4	1	73	3
IA Healy (AUS)	1989-1997	22	30	4	720	102*	27.69	1184	60.81	1	4	4	88	1
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2022	64	107	17	4613	217*	51.25	7613	60.59	13	19	4	581	42
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2009-2015	12	21	2	584	121	30.73	964	60.58	1	3	1	69	6
N Wagner (NZ)	2013-2024	47	59	19	712	66*	17.80	1177	60.49	-	1	10	81	32
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	57	82	11	2038	103	28.70	3051+	60.04*	1	12	8	241+	16
IDS Smith (NZ)	1981-1992	38	46	12	1001	173	29.44	1668	60.01	2	2	3	119	7
DG Bedingham (SA)	2024-2025	3	6	1	334	110	66.80	557	59.96	1	1	-	44	5
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2012	66	100	13	2687	137*	30.88	4491	59.83	4	13	12	342	10
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	62	103	6	3856	176	39.75	6465	59.64	9	21	10	451	71
DR Martyn (AUS)	1993-2005	17	27	4	1111	165	48.30	1865	59.57	3	6	-	162	2
AT Carey (AUS)	2023-2025	9	17	2	505	98*	33.66	848	59.55	-	3	-	64	4
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	18	34	4	1927	277	64.23	3236	59.54	7	6	2	240	4
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2013	7	13	1	361	106	30.08	607	59.47	1	1	2	55	4
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	27	51	2	2647	215	54.02	4451	59.46	9	12	1	320	19
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2006-2010	12	22	1	456	82	21.71	769	59.29	-	4	6	63	5
BL Cairns (NZ)	1975-1985	30	44	4	752	64	18.80	1075+	59.25*	-	1	2	63+	25
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2025	96	169	17	8335	254	54.83	14115	59.05	27	38	9	943	29
Moin Khan (PAK)	1992-2003	10	13	2	435	137	39.54	740	58.78	2	-	-	54	3
FM Engineer (IND)	1967-1974	13	25	2	884	87	38.43	958+	58.76*	-	6	2	76+	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1989-1990	7	11	1	586	157	58.60	999	58.65	2	3	2	62	1
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1948	19	30	4	2674	334	102.84	4570	58.51	11	3	2	236+	4
HD Rutherford (NZ)	2013-2015	12	22	1	637	171	30.33	1089	58.49	1	1	2	87	7
S Dhawan (IND)	2014-2018	9	18	-	499	115	27.72	854	58.43	1	1	1	67	2
GN Edwards (NZ)	1977-1981	8	15	-	377	55	25.13	646	58.35	-	3	2	52	3
MS Wade (AUS)	2019-2019	5	10	-	337	117	33.70	578	58.30	2	-	1	47	1
SR Watson (AUS)	2009-2015	12	23	-	848	176	36.86	1467	57.80	1	5	-	128	5
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-2005	33	52	6	1984	142	43.13	3439	57.69	4	12	4	255	36
CL King (WI)	1976-1980	7	12	2	366	100*	36.60	637	57.45	1	2	2	47	5
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	45	81	7	3644	219	49.24	6351	57.37	9	20	6	537	21
AL Logie (WI)	1987-1991	12	16	2	546	95*	39.00	959	56.93	-	3	-	74	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1993-2001	22	36	6	1404	137	46.80	2478	56.65	3	9	-	168	7
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2025	17	31	8	554	66*	24.08	979	56.58	-	5	5	67	6
TA Blundell (NZ)	2017-2024	27	45	7	1588	138	41.78	2812	56.47	4	8	3	203	11
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2015	27	46	4	1732	187	41.23	3068	56.45	4	7	2	219	3
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	14	25	-	1050	267	42.00	1861	56.42	3	3	2	130	7
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2006	13	21	2	747	170	39.31	1326	56.33	3	2	3	108	5
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	14	24	2	687	139	31.22	1220	56.31	2	3	-	98	0
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	-	556	199	55.60	988	56.27	2	2	-	82	3
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	19	26	2	622	100	25.91	1107	56.18	1	2	-	81	6
RWT Key (ENG)	2002-2004	8	12	1	481	221	43.72	857	56.12	1	1	-	61	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2016	16	28	1	1283	218	47.51	2287	56.09	3	6	1	163	11
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2008	19	33	6	1016	119*	37.62	1814	56.00	3	4	3	123	15
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2010-2011	13	18	1	618	130	36.35	1106	55.87	2	3	3	70	4
MS Dhoni (IND)	2007-2014	16	29	3	1050	92	40.38	1880	55.85	-	11	3	142	11
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	40	67	5	1972	155*	31.80	3548	55.58	3	10	7	261	20
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2017	12	17	4	427	61	32.84	769	55.52	-	3	1	55	4
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-2004	14	18	6	498	69*	41.50	898	55.45	-	4	1	57	3

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]