Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings Held in England for Tests

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
NAM McLean	31	12	-	4	258.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
GO Jones	27*	12	2	2	225.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test # 1760
P Kumar	40	18	5	3	222.22	India	v England	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
JH Kallis	54	25	3	5	216.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
DA Warner	30	14	5	1	214.28	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
MA Holding	32	15	5	1	213.33	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
DW Steyn	58	28	6	5	207.14	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
Shahid Afridi	31	15	4	2	206.66	Pakistan	v Australia	Lord's	13 Jul 2010	Test # 1963
BA Stokes	57*	28	9	2	203.57	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	26 Jul 2024	Test # 2541
JJ Bumrah	31*	16	4	2	193.75	India	v England	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
SM Pollock	36*	19	4	2	189.47	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
MA Wood	42	23	2	5	182.60	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
SPD Smith	36*	20	5	-	180.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
N Wagner	27	15	6	-	180.00	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
MA Wood	32*	18	4	1	177.77	England	v Australia	Cardiff	8 Jul 2015	Test # 2170
SCJ Broad	37	21	5	1	176.19	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 2014	Test # 2137
CL Cairns	82	47	10	4	174.46	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test # 1700
Mohammad Yousuf	50	29	6	2	172.41	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
SJ Harmison	31*	18	5	1	172.22	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Aamer Sohail	29*	17	5	-	170.58	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1996	Test # 1332
TG Southee	40	24	6	1	166.66	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
BM Duckett	25	15	5	-	166.66	England	v India	Birmingham	2 Jul 2025	Test # 2591
GA Gooch	33	20	7	-	165.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
IT Botham	59*	36	8	2	163.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
N Kapil Dev	89	55	13	3	161.81	India	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
JM Bairstow	71*	44	8	3	161.36	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	23 Jun 2022	Test # 2467
AI Kallicharran	29*	18	1	2	161.11	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	3 Jun 1976	Test # 777
BL Cairns	32	20	1	4	160.00	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
SM Pollock	32*	20	3	2	160.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	5 May 2006	Test # 1801
SN Thakur	57	36	7	3	158.33	India	v England	The Oval	2 Sep 2021	Test # 2433
MM Ali	38	24	7	1	158.33	England	v Australia	Nottingham	6 Aug 2015	Test # 2175
MP Bowden	25	16	5	-	156.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
BM Duckett	25*	16	4	-	156.25	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	26 Jul 2024	Test # 2541
SCJ Broad	43	28	2	4	153.57	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	72	47	7	3	153.19	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
VRV Singh	29	19	6	-	152.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
GAR Lock	30	20	7	-	150.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	6 Jul 1961	Test # 509
JE Root	71*	48	10	-	147.91	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
JM Bairstow	136	92	14	7	147.82	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
Waqar Younis	28	19	4	1	147.36	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
HH Gibbs	25*	17	3	1	147.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
SR Watson	25	17	1	2	147.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
SCJ Broad	25	17	4	1	147.05	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
MG Bracewell	25	17	4	1	147.05	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
DG Bedingham	44*	30	4	2	146.66	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
BB McCullum	41	28	6	1	146.42	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
SK Sharma	38	26	7	-	146.15	India	v England	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
WPUJC Vaas	38	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Harbhajan Singh	54	37	10	-	145.94	India	v England	Nottingham	8 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
SR Clark	32	22	1	3	145.45	Australia	v England	Leeds	7 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
MJ Prior	61	42	9	-	145.23	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
VD Philander	26*	18	4	1	144.44	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Sarfaraz Ahmed	26	18	5	-	144.44	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
MR Marsh	27*	19	1	2	142.10	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
GP Swann	34	24	5	1	141.66	England	v Australia	The Oval	21 Aug 2013	Test # 2094
Umar Gul	65*	46	8	4	141.30	Pakistan	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2010	Test # 1967
MA Starc	35	25	4	2	140.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
BA Stokes	46	33	6	2	139.39	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Jun 2022	Test # 2465
A Flintoff	58	42	6	2	138.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
Q de Kock	51	37	10	-	137.83	South Africa	v England	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
SCJ Broad	62	45	9	1	137.77	England	v West Indies	Manchester	24 Jul 2020	Test # 2390
SCJ Broad	44	32	5	2	137.50	England	v India	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011	Test # 2001
Yasir Shah	33	24	5	1	137.50	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	5 Aug 2020	Test # 2391
BA Stokes	78*	57	4	3	136.84	England	v West Indies	Manchester	16 Jul 2020	Test # 2389
AC Gilchrist	26	19	6	-	136.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
RJ Sidebottom	26*	19	5	-	136.84	England	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
JE Root	56	41	9	-	136.58	England	v India	Southampton	27 Jul 2014	Test # 2132
N Kapil Dev	31	23	4	1	134.78	India	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986	Test # 1047
CJ McDermott	31	23	4	1	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
L Ronchi	31	23	3	1	134.78	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
CH Gayle	66	49	13	-	134.69	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
JL Smith	67	50	10	1	134.00	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
SJ Harmison	36*	27	3	3	133.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SJ Harmison	36	27	4	2	133.33	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
IR Bell	57*	43	8	-	132.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	-	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
CH Gayle	29	22	5	1	131.81	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
JH Kallis	54	41	8	2	131.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
RR Pant	146	111	19	4	131.53	India	v England	Birmingham	1 Jul 2022	Test # 2470
PA de Silva	42	32	7	-	131.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
BC Broad	30	23	5	-	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
BA Stokes	258	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
WJ Cronje	82	63	8	6	130.15	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
K Verreynne	39*	30	6	-	130.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
MJ Henry	27	21	4	1	128.57	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
JDP Oram	50*	39	6	2	128.20	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	5 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
AC Gilchrist	138*	108	22	2	127.77	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
SM Curran	37	29	4	2	127.58	England	v Ireland	Lord's	24 Jul 2019	Test # 2352
JE Root	28	22	4	-	127.27	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	24 May 2013	Test # 2089
YBK Jaiswal	28	22	6	-	127.27	India	v England	Birmingham	2 Jul 2025	Test # 2591
DW Steyn	33*	26	3	2	126.92	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
L Ronchi	88	70	13	3	125.71	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	29 May 2015	Test # 2163
CH Gayle	54	43	6	2	125.58	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	14 May 2009	Test # 1920
P Nissanka	64	51	9	-	125.49	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	40	8	-	125.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
SR Watson	40	32	2	3	125.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
GP Swann	30*	24	6	-	125.00	England	v Australia	Chester-le-Street	9 Aug 2013	Test # 2093
KA Maharaj	30	24	3	2	125.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
RR Pant	25	20	3	1	125.00	India	v England	Nottingham	4 Aug 2021	Test # 2428

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

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]