Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates Held in West Indies for Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DJG Sammy (WI)	2008-2013	16	27	1	602	73	23.15	843	71.41	0	3	3	64	20
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2009-2022	6	12	1	395	96*	35.90	582	67.86	0	4	1	50	2
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2019	9	17	0	431	86	25.35	643	67.02	0	2	0	48	8
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	48	67	4	3136	182*	49.77	2988+	66.23*	11	14	3	299+	40
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2022	9	15	0	473	146	31.53	753	62.81	1	2	3	63	5
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2002	4	8	0	438	125	54.75	699	62.66	2	3	1	62	5
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2003-2003	4	7	1	353	160	58.83	568	62.14	1	2	0	41	3
ML Hayden (AUS)	2003-2003	4	8	2	379	177	63.16	611	62.02	2	0	0	48	3
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2015	22	30	3	368	53	13.62	597	61.64	0	1	5	47	13
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2009-2009	5	8	1	406	102	58.00	664	61.14	1	3	0	40	3
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2006	65	111	5	6217	400*	58.65	10302	60.34	17	26	8	785	55
PV Simmons (WI)	1988-1996	9	17	2	385	87	25.66	648	59.41	0	2	1	58	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	9	17	1	556	120	34.75	943	58.96	1	2	1	59	10
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2022	9	17	1	824	182*	51.50	1416	58.19	4	2	1	80	5
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	25	37	4	1243	130	37.66	1862+	57.78*	1	8	3	146+	6
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2009-2009	5	9	1	541	169	67.62	943	57.37	3	0	0	63	2
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2003-2008	4	7	0	294	136	42.00	515	57.08	1	0	0	32	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1995	15	21	1	355	51	17.75	630	56.34	0	1	3	41	6
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2024	35	63	15	1853	202*	38.60	3296	56.21	2	9	4	222	32
MD Marshall (WI)	1981-1991	31	39	6	700	76	21.21	1127+	55.54*	0	4	4	65+	9
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1990	9	17	0	614	132	36.11	1109	55.36	2	1	0	85	1
A Athanaze (WI)	2023-2024	6	11	0	362	92	32.90	654	55.35	0	2	0	42	2
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	53	91	7	3437	317	40.91	6215	55.3	7	20	7	487	47
N Dickwella (SL)	2018-2021	5	9	0	324	96	36.00	586	55.29	0	2	0	34	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2015-2025	4	8	2	410	199	68.33	742	55.25	1	2	0	44	4
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2009-2009	5	7	0	430	161	61.42	780	55.12	2	1	0	42	1
JC Buttler (ENG)	2015-2019	6	11	3	288	67	36.00	523	55.06	0	3	1	34	4
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2005	7	12	1	634	135	57.63	1154	54.93	3	3	0	77	2
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2019-2022	6	11	1	336	140	33.60	612	54.9	1	1	1	46	3
KA Edwards (WI)	2011-2014	7	12	0	343	110	28.58	626	54.79	1	3	1	39	7
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	44	67	5	2881	178	46.46	1487+	54.67*	8	15	2	256+	30
BKG Mendis (SL)	2018-2018	3	6	0	285	102	47.50	524	54.38	1	1	0	35	4
A Sandham (ENG)	1930-1930	4	8	0	592	325	74.00	702+	53.41*	2	2	2	34+	0
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2003	8	16	1	774	146	51.60	1467	52.76	3	4	1	84	8
JD Campbell (WI)	2019-2025	15	30	4	646	58*	24.84	1228	52.6	0	1	3	78	6
SR Waugh (AUS)	1991-2003	14	21	5	1096	200	68.50	2140	51.21	4	4	1	99	6
SC Williams (WI)	1994-2002	19	33	3	789	128	26.30	1546	51.03	1	2	6	110	5
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2012	11	21	2	1160	206	61.05	2280	50.87	5	2	0	109	8
KL Rahul (IND)	2016-2019	5	7	0	337	158	48.14	663	50.82	1	1	0	36	3
KOA Powell (WI)	2011-2021	20	37	0	861	134	23.27	1695	50.79	1	2	2	114	5
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2023	11	15	0	660	200	44.00	1301	50.73	2	3	2	64	2
GC Smith (SA)	2005-2010	7	13	1	876	148	73.00	1728	50.69	4	3	0	96	5
RD Jacobs (WI)	1999-2004	29	45	7	1181	118	31.07	2351	50.23	3	6	7	131	16
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1994	5	9	0	316	96	35.11	630	50.15	0	2	0	43	1
CA Best (WI)	1986-1990	6	9	1	320	164	40.00	640	50	1	1	1	38	1
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	26	45	5	1320	112*	33.00	2643	49.94	2	8	3	155	19
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2010	7	13	4	790	178	87.77	1582	49.93	3	3	0	80	8
CG Greenidge (WI)	1977-1991	46	75	9	3209	226	48.62	4312+	49.74*	8	15	4	373+	26
W Jaffer (IND)	2002-2006	7	12	0	528	212	44.00	1066	49.53	1	4	1	70	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-1999	13	22	2	809	139*	40.45	1635	49.48	2	5	2	73	6
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1976	16	24	2	1310	302	59.54	1245+	49.47*	5	2	1	126+	5
CS Baugh (WI)	2003-2012	10	19	1	325	60	18.05	658	49.39	0	1	1	33	4
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2009-2022	8	16	0	528	128	33.00	1073	49.2	1	2	1	63	4
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	42	70	6	3217	194	50.26	6561	49.03	10	11	3	419	13
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	49	84	15	3868	167	56.05	6637+	48.86*	10	22	5	448+	18
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2009-2018	6	12	1	375	116	34.09	771	48.63	1	0	1	49	2
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1974	40	68	5	3064	158*	48.63	679+	48.45*	9	13	2	159+	14
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2012-2014	5	10	1	313	60	34.77	651	48.07	0	2	2	48	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	45	74	7	2555	233	38.13	5357	47.69	6	11	4	289	20
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-2002	10	14	1	620	117	47.69	1313	47.22	1	5	3	82	1
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	47	81	4	3494	291	45.37	7415	47.12	10	18	8	424	12
MJ Slater (AUS)	1995-1999	8	15	1	416	106	29.71	883	47.11	1	0	2	41	5
A Flintoff (ENG)	2004-2009	7	9	1	267	102*	33.37	567	47.08	1	0	2	30	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-1998	15	28	2	1099	143	42.26	2336	47.04	2	6	1	141	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-2001	58	77	23	447	30	8.27	951	47	0	0	14	41	10
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	23	39	1	1457	213	38.34	3114	46.78	4	6	1	200	11
D Ramdin (WI)	2006-2015	31	49	7	1148	166	27.33	2464	46.59	1	4	4	142	3
SM Katich (AUS)	2008-2008	3	5	0	319	157	63.80	685	46.56	2	0	0	31	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2015	7	13	2	435	110	39.54	935	46.52	1	1	1	39	4
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	44	75	14	4075	365*	66.80	748+	46.39*	14	12	6	210+	20
DI Gower (ENG)	1981-1986	9	18	1	746	154*	43.88	1610	46.33	1	4	0	93	3
AM Rahane (IND)	2016-2023	8	10	3	525	108*	75.00	1138	46.13	2	3	0	50	4
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2003-2008	4	7	0	238	75	34.00	516	46.12	0	3	0	24	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2011-2017	5	10	3	452	102*	64.57	981	46.07	1	4	1	41	11
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	52	75	15	809	53	13.48	1767	45.78	0	1	9	97	7
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1977-1993	7	12	0	405	114	33.75	881+	45.62*	2	0	0	41	2
PJL Dujon (WI)	1983-1991	34	46	6	1290	130	32.25	2263+	45.55*	3	5	2	132+	8
SO Dowrich (WI)	2015-2019	17	30	4	893	125*	34.34	1961	45.53	2	6	2	100	4
AN Cook (ENG)	2009-2015	8	15	3	652	139*	54.33	1434	45.46	2	5	1	69	1
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2017	8	15	0	333	106	22.20	735	45.3	1	1	3	37	1
GS Ballance (ENG)	2015-2015	3	6	1	331	122	66.20	731	45.28	1	2	0	31	6
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2016	28	51	3	1344	123	28.00	2970	45.25	2	10	5	169	19
KU Carty (WI)	2024-2025	6	12	0	229	42	19.08	506	45.25	0	0	1	22	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	16	27	3	1146	130	47.75	2535	45.2	2	10	3	142	0
D Ganga (WI)	2003-2006	12	21	1	666	135	33.30	1474	45.18	3	1	2	86	2
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1978	26	42	4	1813	158	47.71	879+	45.16*	7	7	4	173+	6
GA Gooch (ENG)	1981-1990	11	22	1	864	153	41.14	1916	45.09	2	6	2	87	2
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2010	15	27	0	881	107	32.62	1960	44.94	1	5	2	89	17
R Ashwin (IND)	2016-2023	6	5	0	291	118	58.20	653	44.56	2	1	0	26	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2016-2025	22	34	2	292	34	9.12	656	44.51	0	0	8	26	12
AW Greig (ENG)	1974-1974	5	9	0	430	148	47.77	968	44.42	2	0	0	48	4
RL Chase (WI)	2016-2025	24	43	4	1243	137*	31.87	2807	44.28	4	4	5	127	13
JV Coney (NZ)	1985-1985	4	6	1	241	83	48.20	545	44.22	0	2	0	20	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	2001-2001	5	10	1	459	134	51.00	1042	44.04	2	2	0	49	2
DS Smith (WI)	2003-2018	28	49	2	1159	108	24.65	2642	43.86	1	6	5	158	1
MJ Guptill (NZ)	2012-2012	2	4	0	277	97	69.25	632	43.82	0	3	0	34	3
BP Nash (WI)	2009-2011	11	17	0	435	114	25.58	994	43.76	2	1	0	51	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	1996-2002	4	8	1	293	130	41.85	670	43.73	1	1	0	42	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2001-2005	6	10	6	315	106*	78.75	722	43.62	1	0	0	31	2
SR Watson (AUS)	2012-2015	5	8	0	229	56	28.62	531	43.12	0	2	1	25	2

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

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

Australia vs West Indies at Bridgetown, Australia in West Indies 1st Test, Jun 25-27, 2025 [Test # 2589]