Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

England 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
JA Richardson (AUS)	2021-2021	1	2	-	17	9	8.50	7	242.85	-	-	-	0	2
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	16	24	6	147	35	8.16	17+	205.88*	-	-	7	11+	1+
FAW Freer (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	1	28	28*	-	21	133.33	-	-	-	3	1
GE Tribe (AUS)	1946-1947	3	3	1	35	25*	17.50	27	129.62	-	-	-	6	0
L Ronchi (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	119	88	59.50	93	127.95	-	1	-	16	4
TJ Murtagh (IRE)	2019-2019	1	2	-	18	16	9.00	15	120.00	-	-	-	4	0
KMA Paul (WI)	2019-2019	1	2	-	21	12	10.50	18	116.66	-	-	-	5	0
BB Chari (ZIM)	2016-2016	1	2	-	9	5	4.50	8	112.50	-	-	-	2	0
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2024	3	4	-	99	48	24.75	89	111.23	-	-	-	12	3
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
A Cotter (AUS)	1904-1912	16	29	1	377	45	13.46	103+	108.73*	-	-	4	22+	3
Tapash Baisya (BAN)	2004-2005	3	6	1	84	66	16.80	79	106.32	-	1	3	12	2
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2005-2005	2	3	1	68	42*	34.00	64	106.25	-	-	-	7	2
P Kumar (IND)	2011-2011	3	6	-	110	40	18.33	105	104.76	-	-	1	16	4
JP Faulkner (AUS)	2013-2013	1	2	-	45	23	22.50	43	104.65	-	-	-	4	1
BA Carse (ENG)	2024-2024	3	4	1	54	33*	18.00	52	103.84	-	-	-	5	4
MG Neser (AUS)	2021-2021	1	2	-	38	35	19.00	37	102.70	-	-	-	5	1
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	22	36	2	644	77*	18.94	638	100.94	-	3	3	69	30
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2024	5	9	-	679	186	75.44	678	100.14	3	3	2	77	16
MW Parkinson (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	-	8	8	8.00	8	100.00	-	-	-	1	0
Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK)	2016-2016	1	1	-	4	4	4.00	4	100.00	-	-	-	1	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	1	1	3	3*	-	3	100.00	-	-	-	0	0
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2024	3	6	-	64	33	10.66	66	96.96	-	-	1	9	2
P Nissanka (SL)	2024-2024	4	7	1	247	127*	41.16	255	96.86	1	1	-	31	2
IR Siddiqui (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	1	29	24	29.00	30	96.66	-	-	-	3	1
HH Alexander (AUS)	1933-1933	1	2	1	17	17*	17.00	18	94.44	-	-	1	2	0
Shoriful Islam (BAN)	2022-2023	4	7	-	50	13	7.14	53	94.33	-	-	1	6	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	2	-	18	11	9.00	20	90.00	-	-	-	3	0
BM Duckett (ENG)	2023-2024	5	10	-	331	92	33.10	376	88.03	-	2	1	38	3
PK Lee (AUS)	1933-1933	1	2	-	57	42	28.50	65	87.69	-	-	-	9	0
HH Massie (AUS)	1881-1885	9	16	-	249	55	15.56	64+	87.50*	-	1	2	35	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2007	31	43	7	2006	162	55.72	2305	87.02	7	11	4	268	37
D Paterson (SA)	2020-2024	4	8	3	66	39*	13.20	76	86.84	-	-	1	10	1
G Gladstone (WI)	1930-1930	1	1	1	12	12*	-	14	85.71	-	-	-	2	0
MR Adair (IRE)	2019-2023	2	4	-	113	88	28.25	132	85.60	-	1	-	14	3
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2006	7	11	1	238	92	23.80	279	85.30	-	2	2	25	9
Humayun Farhat (PAK)	2001-2001	1	2	-	54	28	27.00	64	84.37	-	-	-	6	3
GC Viljoen (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	1	26	20*	26.00	31	83.87	-	-	-	4	0
C Overton (ENG)	2018-2018	1	2	1	36	33*	36.00	43	83.72	-	-	-	5	1
PR Stirling (IRE)	2019-2023	2	4	-	81	36	20.25	97	83.50	-	-	1	12	0
TRO Payne (WI)	1986-1986	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	-	-	-	0	0
D Wilson (ENG)	1971-1971	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	-	-	-	1	0
BJ Bennett (ZIM)	2025-2025	3	6	-	164	139	27.33	197	83.24	1	-	2	31	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1994	37	53	6	1562	116	33.23	1879	83.12	2	8	6	204	25
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	9	11	2	155	39	17.22	187	82.88	-	-	2	11	5
AJ Bichel (AUS)	2002-2003	3	4	-	101	49	25.25	124	81.45	-	-	1	16	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1995-1995	1	1	-	42	42	42.00	52	80.76	-	-	-	3	2
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2012	29	50	2	1704	173	35.50	2148	79.32	4	7	7	247	19
A Flintoff (ENG)	2002-2004	6	10	-	459	137	45.90	580	79.13	1	4	2	70	9
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2002	2	3	-	63	32	21.00	80	78.75	-	-	-	7	3
HI Ebeling (AUS)	1934-1934	1	2	-	43	41	21.50	55	78.18	-	-	-	-	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2013-2022	8	16	2	702	162	50.14	900	78.00	3	2	1	86	12
SC Williams (ZIM)	2016-2025	5	10	-	331	119	33.10	425	77.88	1	1	-	54	0
PW Hasaranga (SL)	2021-2021	1	2	-	31	19	15.50	40	77.50	-	-	-	4	0
S Elworthy (SA)	1998-1999	2	3	1	61	48	30.50	79	77.21	-	-	-	8	0
G Motie (WI)	2024-2024	2	4	3	61	31*	61.00	79	77.21	-	-	-	11	0
A Ward (ENG)	1969-1969	3	3	1	40	21	20.00	52	76.92	-	-	1	7	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1995	9	9	-	232	85	25.77	304	76.31	-	1	1	26	3
T Murphy (AUS)	2023-2023	2	4	-	76	34	19.00	100	76.00	-	-	-	10	3
MM Patel (IND)	2006-2009	5	6	3	43	15*	14.33	57	75.43	-	-	-	6	1
JG Bethell (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	1	260	96	52.00	346	75.14	-	3	-	38	5
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1985	3	5	-	54	39	10.80	72	75.00	-	-	1	8	0
FH Tyson (ENG)	1955-1959	4	3	2	49	27*	49.00	8+	75.00*	-	-	-	5	0
AGD Wickremasinghe (SL)	1992-1992	2	2	1	15	13*	15.00	20	75.00	-	-	-	2	0
SN Khan (IND)	2024-2024	6	11	1	371	150	37.10	495	74.94	1	3	3	44	8
NLTC Perera (SL)	2011-2011	2	3	-	47	25	15.66	63	74.60	-	-	-	8	0
Soumya Sarkar (BAN)	2017-2019	3	6	-	320	149	53.33	429	74.59	1	1	-	45	6
AF Giles (ENG)	2002-2004	6	8	3	152	45*	30.40	204	74.50	-	-	1	26	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	2022-2022	2	4	1	55	43	18.33	74	74.32	-	-	-	5	2
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2022	23	39	11	323	56*	11.53	435	74.25	-	2	9	38	8
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	22	40	1	1626	146	41.69	2190	74.24	5	10	2	184	47
N Ncube (ZIM)	2011-2011	1	2	-	17	14	8.50	23	73.91	-	-	-	0	1
Sajedul Islam (BAN)	2008-2008	2	4	-	14	6	3.50	19	73.68	-	-	-	2	0
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2016-2016	4	7	-	139	40	19.85	189	73.54	-	-	-	21	3
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2015	16	30	1	1041	97	35.89	1417	73.46	-	10	3	129	18
PC Strydom (SA)	2000-2000	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	41	73.17	-	-	-	5	0
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	13	25	1	1313	214*	54.70	1797	73.06	4	6	2	155	33
CP Senanayake (SL)	1991-1991	3	5	-	97	64	19.40	134	72.38	-	1	1	14	0
AJ Tudor (ENG)	1999-1999	1	2	2	131	99*	-	181	72.37	-	1	-	28	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2012	27	37	4	763	115	23.12	1057	72.18	2	3	5	92	20
PP Shaw (IND)	2020-2020	2	4	-	98	54	24.50	136	72.05	-	1	-	14	1
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	43	60	5	3256	291	59.20	4520	72.03	9	17	2	444	41
Sajid Khan (PAK)	2024-2024	2	3	1	72	48*	36.00	100	72.00	-	-	-	3	4
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	1	1	-	28	28	28.00	39	71.79	-	-	-	4	1
J Overton (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	-	97	97	97.00	136	71.32	-	1	-	13	2
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2018-2020	3	5	-	172	56	34.40	242	71.07	-	2	-	21	0
TA Boult (NZ)	2013-2022	14	18	7	135	24*	12.27	190	71.05	-	-	4	20	3
CJ Anderson (NZ)	2015-2015	1	2	-	76	67	38.00	107	71.02	-	1	-	15	1
GD Phillips (NZ)	2024-2024	3	6	2	117	58*	29.25	165	70.90	-	1	-	13	2
Q de Kock (SA)	2016-2020	15	27	3	1083	129*	45.12	1528	70.87	1	10	-	150	12
AS Wassan (IND)	1990-1990	4	5	1	94	53	23.50	133	70.67	-	1	1	9	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1974	7	9	1	216	72	27.00	306	70.58	-	1	1	24	3
PM Pushpakumara (SL)	2018-2018	2	4	1	60	42*	20.00	85	70.58	-	-	-	9	1
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2018-2023	6	9	-	50	24	5.55	71	70.42	-	-	3	9	1
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2019	5	9	-	282	81	31.33	401	70.32	-	2	-	33	8
SK Sharma (IND)	1988-1990	2	3	1	56	38	28.00	80	70.00	-	-	1	9	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2001-2008	8	16	-	347	63	21.68	496	69.95	-	3	-	48	3
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2000	14	13	2	516	174	46.90	739	69.82	1	3	-	75	3
RL Powell (WI)	1999-2004	2	3	-	53	30	17.66	76	69.73	-	-	1	10	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1984-1984	1	2	1	23	19	23.00	33	69.69	-	-	-	4	0

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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:

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2603 - Live]
>> 177/3 (62.0 ov, Shan Masood 77*, Saud Shakeel 6*, AK Markram 0/1) - Tea

Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe at Harare, Afghanistan in Zimbabwe Only Test, Oct 20-24, 2025 [Test # 2604 - Live]
>> 100/3 (21.5 ov, Bahir Shah 7*, Hashmatullah Shahidi 7*, R Ngarava 0/28)

Pakistan vs South Africa at Lahore, South Africa in Pakistan 1st Test, Oct 12-15, 2025 [Test # 2602]