Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Australia vs other countries Tests Batting Records - Highest Strike Rates in Career

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
FM King (WI)	1955-1955	4	7	1	46	21	7.66	3+	200*	-	-	1	0+	1
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2005-2005	1	2	-	9	9	4.50	7	128.57	-	-	1	2	0
PJ Martin (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	-	23	20	11.50	21	109.52	-	-	-	1	1
AW Wellard (ENG)	1938-1938	1	2	-	42	38	21.00	40	105	-	-	-	7	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1998-2010	3	6	-	107	46	17.83	102	104.9	-	-	-	16	3
WW Daniel (WI)	1984-1984	2	2	1	10	6*	10.00	10	100	-	-	-	0	1
Sharjeel Khan (PAK)	2017-2017	1	2	-	44	40	22.00	45	97.77	-	-	-	7	1
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	1992-2007	13	19	8	104	43	9.45	107	97.19	-	-	5	11	4
GC Tonge (WI)	2009-2009	1	2	1	25	23*	25.00	26	96.15	-	-	-	2	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2006-2006	2	4	-	104	65	26.00	110	94.54	-	1	-	8	7
Muhammad Musa (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	2	16	12*	-	17	94.11	-	-	-	3	0
JT Ball (ENG)	2017-2017	1	2	-	15	14	7.50	16	93.75	-	-	-	3	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1977-1977	2	4	-	52	43	13.00	56	92.85	-	-	-	8	0
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2025	5	10	2	170	44	21.25	184	92.39	-	-	1	13	10
JDF Vandersay (SL)	2022-2025	2	4	-	71	53	17.75	77	92.2	-	1	-	10	2
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2016-2016	1	2	1	75	65	75.00	82	91.46	-	1	-	8	4
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	15	29	2	333	48	12.33	367	90.73	-	-	5	35	14
MJ Henry (NZ)	2015-2024	5	8	-	197	66	24.62	220	89.54	-	1	-	28	6
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2016-2016	3	5	3	33	19*	16.50	37	89.18	-	-	-	7	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2025	12	22	5	276	39	16.23	311	88.74	-	-	3	36	8
SC Kuggeleijn (NZ)	2024-2024	2	4	-	70	44	17.50	80	87.5	-	-	2	9	2
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2012-2013	2	4	-	34	17	8.50	39	87.17	-	-	1	0	2
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2025-2025	3	5	-	73	37	14.60	85	85.88	-	-	-	6	3
E Peate (ENG)	1881-1886	9	14	8	70	13	11.66	7+	85.71*	-	-	1	5+	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	18	26	5	499	63	23.76	591	84.43	-	2	3	69	4
SM Curran (ENG)	2019-2019	1	2	-	32	17	16.00	39	82.05	-	-	-	3	1
JA Morkel (SA)	2009-2009	1	1	-	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	-	1	-	10	1
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1983	4	5	3	92	29*	46.00	113	81.41	-	-	-	10	0
K Rai Singh (IND)	1948-1948	1	2	-	26	24	13.00	32	81.25	-	-	-	1	1
JG Bethell (ENG)	2025-2025	1	2	-	41	40	20.50	51	80.39	-	-	-	5	0
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2025	9	17	-	454	98	26.70	565	80.35	-	2	1	51	1
JL Smith (ENG)	2025-2025	4	8	1	139	60	19.85	174	79.88	-	1	1	18	3
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2014	4	7	-	354	187	50.57	446	79.37	1	1	1	50	2
N Dickwella (SL)	2019-2022	4	7	-	206	64	29.42	260	79.23	-	2	-	21	1
S Chattergoon (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	-	19	13	9.50	24	79.16	-	-	-	2	0
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2025	9	17	1	595	85	37.18	754	78.91	-	5	1	59	7
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	3	6	1	311	174	62.20	399	77.94	1	1	-	37	1
SS Iyer (IND)	2023-2023	3	4	-	42	26	10.50	54	77.77	-	-	1	4	3
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2008	3	3	1	7	7	3.50	9	77.77	-	-	1	1	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1992	20	27	1	687	119	26.42	869+	77.33*	1	3	3	99+	4
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2010-2023	9	16	4	572	109	47.66	755	75.76	1	4	-	51	2
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2003-2013	23	45	1	1821	195	41.38	2406	75.68	3	10	3	244	12
TA Boult (NZ)	2011-2019	7	12	5	124	24	17.71	164	75.6	-	-	1	13	6
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	10	15	1	234	53	16.71	311	75.24	-	1	2	23	9
T Shamsi (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	2	18	18*	-	24	75	-	-	-	2	0
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	12	16	6	139	37	13.90	187	74.33	-	-	3	15	5
CH Parkin (ENG)	1920-1921	9	15	2	152	36	11.69	147+	74.14*	-	-	1	16	1
GN Edwards (NZ)	1977-1977	2	4	-	100	51	25.00	135	74.07	-	1	1	18	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2021-2025	12	23	-	902	189	39.21	1219	73.99	1	5	2	107	4
Amir Elahi (IND)	1947-1947	1	2	-	17	13	8.50	23	73.91	-	-	-	2	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1976	8	13	2	337	95*	30.63	325+	73.84*	-	2	2	44	0
DJG Sammy (WI)	2008-2012	6	11	1	246	61	24.60	336	73.21	-	1	2	26	9
PGH Fender (ENG)	1921-1921	5	9	1	198	59	24.75	206+	71.84*	-	1	1	16	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1930	20	30	1	578	54	19.93	640+	71.71*	-	2	4	60+	4
A Hill (ENG)	1877-1877	2	4	2	101	49	50.50	49+	71.42*	-	-	1	3+	0
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	3	4	1	40	18	13.33	56	71.42	-	-	-	5	0
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	2002-2002	1	1	-	10	10	10.00	14	71.42	-	-	-	1	0
D Pretorius (SA)	2002-2002	1	2	1	5	5*	5.00	7	71.42	-	-	1	1	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-2004	9	14	1	397	132*	30.53	556	71.4	1	2	1	62	1
RD Rickelton (SA)	2025-2025	1	2	-	22	16	11.00	31	70.96	-	-	-	4	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1983-1983	1	2	-	80	74	40.00	113	70.79	-	1	-	12	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1973	7	14	-	611	166	43.64	229+	69.86*	1	3	-	26+	0
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2010	5	10	-	255	51	25.50	367	69.48	-	1	-	37	3
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2019	4	8	1	177	49	25.28	255	69.41	-	-	1	22	1
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1991	34	54	3	2266	208	44.43	3206+	68.74*	5	14	5	297	18
BC Strang (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	2	-	17	17	8.50	25	68	-	-	1	2	0
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	12	21	2	879	159*	46.26	1297	67.77	1	3	-	85	15
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2009	15	29	2	906	102	33.55	1337	67.76	1	6	2	111	19
KSA McKenzie (WI)	2024-2024	2	4	-	138	50	34.50	204	67.64	-	1	-	20	1
SP Jones (ENG)	2002-2005	5	6	4	66	20*	33.00	98	67.34	-	-	2	10	1
S Shillingford (WI)	2012-2012	2	3	1	35	31*	17.50	52	67.3	-	-	1	7	0
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2008-2020	12	24	1	999	290	43.43	1490	67.04	2	3	2	137	5
James Lillywhite (ENG)	1877-1877	2	3	1	16	10	8.00	21+	66.66*	-	-	-	1	0
PIC Thompson (WI)	1997-1997	1	2	1	16	10*	16.00	24	66.66	-	-	-	2	1
PP Shaw (IND)	2020-2020	1	2	-	4	4	2.00	6	66.66	-	-	1	0	0
AM Smith (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	6	66.66	-	-	1	1	0
JH Sinclair (SA)	1902-1911	8	16	1	435	104	29.00	224+	66.51*	2	1	2	16+	12
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2019-2020	3	6	-	148	52	24.66	223	66.36	-	1	-	15	2
SK Raina (IND)	2010-2015	3	5	-	118	86	23.60	178	66.29	-	1	3	19	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2009-2013	18	30	4	753	118	28.96	1141	65.99	1	4	4	98	2
RJ Peterson (SA)	2012-2014	2	4	-	62	31	15.50	94	65.95	-	-	1	8	0
BOP Fernando (SL)	2022-2025	3	3	-	25	12	8.33	38	65.78	-	-	-	3	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2007	13	24	2	686	131	31.18	1044	65.7	2	2	2	89	7
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2016	16	30	1	834	145	28.75	1281	65.1	2	3	2	119	16
LPC Silva (SL)	2007-2007	2	4	-	87	43	21.75	134	64.92	-	-	1	11	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1983-1983	1	2	-	96	96	48.00	148	64.86	-	1	1	13	0
CR Brathwaite (WI)	2015-2016	2	3	-	130	69	43.33	201	64.67	-	2	-	9	5
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2023	40	67	13	1019	65	18.87	1577	64.61	-	4	8	122	18
DT Lindsay (SA)	1963-1970	10	14	-	838	182	59.85	661+	64.29*	3	4	1	92+	13
K Nitish Kumar Reddy (IND)	2024-2025	5	9	1	298	114	37.25	464	64.22	1	-	1	30	8
MD Craig (NZ)	2015-2016	4	7	3	165	41*	41.25	257	64.2	-	-	-	22	2
R Rampaul (WI)	2009-2012	4	8	2	107	40*	17.83	167	64.07	-	-	2	16	3
BS Bedi (IND)	1968-1978	12	21	11	131	26*	13.10	122+	63.93*	-	-	1	6+	0
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2025	5	10	-	616	152	61.60	967	63.7	3	1	2	74	3
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2018	8	14	-	545	104	38.92	856	63.66	1	4	-	68	4
DR Smith (WI)	2005-2005	1	2	-	14	14	7.00	22	63.63	-	-	1	1	1
KN Amalean (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	2	7	7*	-	11	63.63	-	-	-	1	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	-	80	68	40.00	126	63.49	-	1	-	9	0
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2004-2005	2	4	-	146	63	36.50	230	63.47	-	2	-	19	1
N Wagner (NZ)	2016-2020	4	8	4	45	18*	11.25	71	63.38	-	-	2	4	3

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]