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
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2001-2006	16	24	3	1044	204*	49.71	1164	89.69	3	3	1	143	17
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2025	18	32	2	1469	182	48.96	1690	86.92	3	8	1	189	8
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1993	17	25	2	840	129	36.52	988	85.02	2	4	3	110	14
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	36	44	8	921	85	25.58	1138	80.93	-	4	2	125	13
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	16	31	1	1266	116	42.20	1571	80.58	3	7	2	202	14
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2025	19	31	1	1300	158	43.33	1637	79.41	3	9	1	144	16
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2025	12	20	3	925	184*	54.41	1205	76.76	2	5	-	101	19
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2021	6	10	1	420	153*	46.66	567	74.07	1	3	-	53	7
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2022	6	12	-	445	108	37.08	602	73.92	2	1	1	61	4
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	21	36	9	491	42	18.18	665	73.83	-	-	5	63	15
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	35	58	4	2112	129*	39.11	2881	73.30	3	15	2	276	15
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2023	14	28	4	466	46*	19.41	639	72.92	-	-	1	62	3
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	24	34	2	2057	291	64.28	2871	71.64	5	12	1	287	16
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2015	20	31	4	713	123*	26.40	1011	70.52	1	3	6	91	13
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	16	25	1	600	78	25.00	853	70.33	-	2	4	78	11
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	16	30	1	1221	146	42.10	1737	70.29	5	5	2	133	32
DA Warner (AUS)	2013-2023	25	49	-	1740	145	35.51	2488	69.93	3	13	4	224	14
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	24	32	5	1075	174	39.81	1575	68.25	3	5	1	147	11
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	13	23	1	921	182	41.86	532+	67.66*	3	4	2	91+	13
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	22	43	8	356	56*	10.17	527	67.55	-	2	11	49	4
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	7	14	-	461	118	32.92	683	67.49	2	2	3	74	4
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	110	152	21	2683	169	20.48	3981	67.39	1	11	23	333	37
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	49	78	7	2389	167	33.64	3561	67.08	3	16	8	326	55
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2006	12	23	1	603	213	27.40	900	67.00	1	2	4	88	4
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2013-2019	12	22	1	419	56	19.95	626	66.93	-	2	4	60	0
TM Head (AUS)	2019-2025	11	22	1	754	163	35.90	1132	66.60	1	4	1	108	7
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2025	36	61	5	2360	205	42.14	3552	66.44	7	11	2	290	12
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	14	25	-	660	106	26.40	994	66.39	2	2	5	109	3
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2025	32	55	2	1969	267	37.15	2980	66.07	3	11	5	271	5
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	37	57	6	883	84	17.31	1340	65.89	-	3	8	102	21
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	59	89	4	2969	208	34.92	4510	65.83	8	13	8	368	40
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2006	34	47	3	857	90	19.47	1303	65.77	-	3	8	109	12
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	48	75	11	2330	126*	36.40	3545	65.72	4	15	8	284	10
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	57	96	3	4714	226	50.68	7211	65.37	15	19	6	603	39
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	11	19	1	628	79*	34.88	965	65.07	-	6	1	84	4
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	10	20	1	620	95	32.63	953	65.05	-	5	1	80	5
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	32	58	2	2374	152	42.39	3651	65.02	7	10	3	346	9
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	37	45	16	489	49*	16.86	754	64.85	-	-	10	66	9
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1930-1938	19	31	4	1475	232	54.62	1632+	64.64*	4	4	1	103+	3+
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	61	102	5	4069	258	41.94	6295	64.63	11	20	9	478	88
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2025	10	20	-	916	269	45.80	1423	64.37	4	-	-	110	12
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1997	16	28	1	905	179	33.51	1408	64.27	3	3	1	120	3
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	14	28	2	605	84*	23.26	943	64.15	-	3	8	92	5
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2023	61	104	9	3834	167*	40.35	6006	63.83	7	21	9	483	30
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	73	125	9	5341	277	46.04	8490	62.90	15	22	7	715	11
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2011	31	55	1	2358	156	43.66	3767	62.59	7	11	5	295	19
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	5	9	-	373	113	41.44	599	62.27	1	2	-	42	6
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2021	14	27	4	755	154*	32.82	1214	62.19	1	4	2	100	8
C Milburn (ENG)	1966-1968	8	15	2	515	126*	39.61	830	62.04	1	2	1	74	10
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-2001	5	9	-	416	136	46.22	673	61.81	2	-	-	61	2
DL Vettori (NZ)	1999-2008	14	24	4	487	81	24.35	788	61.80	-	4	1	65	1
BC Lara (WI)	1995-2004	24	45	1	2109	202	47.93	3417	61.72	6	11	2	323	10
SN Thakur (IND)	2021-2025	10	18	-	304	60	16.88	500	60.80	-	3	3	37	7
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	13	19	3	371	84*	23.18	612	60.62	-	2	2	51	5
Babar Azam (PAK)	2018-2025	9	16	2	677	81	48.35	1117	60.60	-	8	-	106	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2009-2015	14	27	-	931	176	34.48	1545	60.25	1	5	1	134	10
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2010	13	25	-	1076	202	43.04	1787	60.21	3	3	2	143	6
JL Langer (AUS)	2001-2006	12	21	3	770	105	42.77	1286	59.87	2	3	-	107	3
MA Starc (AUS)	2013-2025	18	33	8	565	66*	22.60	945	59.78	-	5	4	68	8
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2025	92	162	16	8032	254	55.01	13458	59.68	25	39	6	930	23
AL Logie (WI)	1988-1991	9	12	2	484	95*	48.40	813	59.53	-	3	-	68	1
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2013	9	17	1	672	160	42.00	1136	59.15	2	3	2	88	6
CH Lloyd (WI)	1969-1984	20	30	1	1221	132	42.10	2067	59.07	2	8	-	134	12
IA Healy (AUS)	1989-1997	24	33	5	838	102*	29.92	1424	58.84	1	5	2	101	1
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	24	34	2	837	100	26.15	1423	58.81	1	4	-	109	12
FM Engineer (IND)	1967-1974	9	17	2	563	87	37.53	958	58.76	-	4	2	63	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2015	17	33	-	806	97	24.42	1372	58.74	-	6	3	101	8
DR Martyn (AUS)	2001-2006	16	27	4	931	133	40.47	1591	58.51	4	4	2	129	1
DG Bradman (AUS)	1930-1948	19	30	4	2674	334	102.84	4570	58.51	11	3	2	236+	4
DM Jones (AUS)	1989-1989	6	9	1	566	157	70.75	968	58.47	2	3	1	59	1
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	30	4	711	82	27.34	1217	58.42	-	3	2	109	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	29	55	2	2745	215	51.79	4700	58.40	9	12	1	336	22
MS Wade (AUS)	2019-2019	5	10	-	337	117	33.70	578	58.30	2	-	1	47	1
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2009-2015	18	32	2	780	121	26.00	1342	58.12	1	5	3	96	5
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2012	10	19	1	650	193	36.11	1130	57.52	1	4	1	85	2
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2012	6	11	-	313	106	28.45	545	57.43	1	-	-	44	1
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	17	32	4	1804	274	64.42	1273+	57.42*	5	11	1	189+	7
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2010	14	26	1	384	58	15.36	670	57.31	-	2	7	62	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	67	96	22	2273	111	30.71	3969	57.26	1	10	7	261	19
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2014	19	36	2	1148	92	33.76	2017	56.91	-	9	4	159	12
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	52	88	5	3533	228	42.56	6225	56.75	11	10	8	517	28
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2008	10	20	3	633	133	37.23	1116	56.72	2	2	1	78	9
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1998	11	19	2	588	205	34.58	1039	56.59	1	1	1	77	0
AT Carey (AUS)	2023-2025	7	13	1	380	66*	31.66	672	56.54	-	2	-	47	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	73	119	8	5333	174	48.04	9431	56.54	14	29	6	657	38
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2015	30	56	7	1963	187	40.06	3476	56.47	5	7	5	248	1
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	47	85	7	3920	219	50.25	6942	56.46	11	19	6	575	25
RD Rickelton (SA)	2022-2025	8	15	1	579	259	41.35	1027	56.37	2	-	1	69	4
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1990	14	23	3	537	92*	26.85	956	56.17	-	5	4	67	4
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2011-2017	14	26	4	433	61	19.68	771	56.16	-	1	1	55	3
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2008	11	21	-	633	77	30.14	1128	56.11	-	5	2	95	2
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-2001	16	24	4	466	45*	23.30	832	56.00	-	-	1	57	7
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1995-2001	9	17	-	662	176	38.94	1182	56.00	2	3	-	93	1
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2010-2011	13	18	1	618	130	36.35	1106	55.87	2	3	3	70	4
ME Waugh (AUS)	1993-2002	26	43	5	1800	137	47.36	3227	55.77	5	9	-	224	9
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	42	65	13	1361	137*	26.17	2446	55.64	1	6	8	178	7
JC Buttler (ENG)	2014-2021	35	58	2	1846	152	32.96	3339	55.28	2	11	4	229	23
AZ Lees (ENG)	2022-2022	7	13	-	327	67	25.15	592	55.23	-	2	-	45	1
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1995	23	33	2	502	69	16.19	909	55.22	-	3	3	59	1

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]