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
WP Howell (AUS)	1898-1904	16	24	6	147	35	8.16	17+	205.88*	-	-	7	11+	1+
AE Moss (ENG)	1954-1960	3	4	-	21	16	5.25	2+	200*	-	-	1	1+	0
SK Sharma (IND)	1990-1990	1	2	-	38	38	19.00	28	135.71	-	-	1	7	0
FAW Freer (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	1	28	28*	-	21	133.33	-	-	-	3	1
JA Richardson (AUS)	2021-2025	2	4	1	24	9	8.00	18	133.33	-	-	-	1	2
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
KS Lokuarachchi (SL)	2003-2003	1	1	-	15	15	15.00	12	125	-	-	-	3	0
TJ Murtagh (IRE)	2019-2019	1	2	-	18	16	9.00	15	120	-	-	-	4	0
MD Rae (NZ)	2025-2025	2	1	-	13	13	13.00	11	118.18	-	-	-	1	0
KMA Paul (WI)	2019-2019	1	2	-	21	12	10.50	18	116.66	-	-	-	5	0
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
AS Wassan (IND)	1990-1990	1	1	-	15	15	15.00	14	107.14	-	-	-	1	0
JP Faulkner (AUS)	2013-2013	1	2	-	45	23	22.50	43	104.65	-	-	-	4	1
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2021	5	9	2	124	28	17.71	120	103.33	-	-	1	12	6
Shoriful Islam (BAN)	2022-2024	2	4	2	32	26	16.00	31	103.22	-	-	1	6	0
Iftikhar Ahmed (PAK)	2016-2016	1	1	-	4	4	4.00	4	100	-	-	-	1	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	1	1	3	3*	-	3	100	-	-	-	0	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2008-2024	32	51	5	847	77*	18.41	863	98.14	-	3	3	87	39
S Joseph (WI)	2024-2024	3	6	-	64	33	10.66	66	96.96	-	-	1	9	2
IR Siddiqui (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	1	29	24	29.00	30	96.66	-	-	-	3	1
R Ngarava (ZIM)	2023-2025	2	1	1	19	19*	-	20	95	-	-	-	1	1
HH Alexander (AUS)	1933-1933	1	2	1	17	17*	17.00	18	94.44	-	-	1	2	0
PP Shaw (IND)	2018-2018	2	3	1	237	134	118.50	252	94.04	1	1	-	34	1
G Coetzee (SA)	2023-2023	2	4	1	47	20	15.66	50	94	-	-	-	5	1
P Kumar (IND)	2011-2011	6	10	-	149	40	14.90	159	93.71	-	-	2	21	5
BM Duckett (ENG)	2024-2024	3	5	1	178	76	44.50	192	92.7	-	2	-	29	0
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2024	3	4	1	44	21*	14.66	48	91.66	-	-	1	4	2
BJ Bennett (ZIM)	2025-2025	1	2	-	140	139	70.00	153	91.5	1	-	-	26	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	2003-2003	2	2	1	43	25	43.00	47	91.48	-	-	-	4	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	1	2	-	18	11	9.00	20	90	-	-	-	3	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2006	9	16	1	559	122	37.26	628	89.01	2	2	2	62	20
CB Mpofu (ZIM)	2017-2017	2	3	1	47	33	23.50	53	88.67	-	-	-	5	1
D Paterson (SA)	2020-2020	2	4	3	43	39*	43.00	49	87.75	-	-	-	7	0
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+	87.5*	-	1	2	35	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1984-1984	1	2	-	14	14	7.00	16	87.5	-	-	1	2	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1993	52	78	10	2434	126*	35.79	2201+	86.14*	5	12	8	272+	32
Ishan Kishan (IND)	2023-2023	2	3	2	78	52*	78.00	91	85.71	-	1	-	8	2
JA Duffy (NZ)	2025-2025	3	4	1	42	17	14.00	49	85.71	-	-	-	8	0
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	85.6	-	1	-	14	3
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2012	8	5	3	125	63*	62.50	147	85.03	-	1	-	19	1
Sohail Khan (PAK)	2016-2016	4	5	1	72	36	18.00	85	84.7	-	-	-	13	0
HC Brook (ENG)	2024-2024	3	4	-	197	109	49.25	233	84.54	1	1	-	23	2
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2007	32	42	6	1658	152	46.05	1974	83.99	4	10	3	208	24
GC Viljoen (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	1	26	20*	26.00	31	83.87	-	-	-	4	0
MV Nagamootoo (WI)	2000-2000	1	2	-	31	18	15.50	37	83.78	-	-	-	5	0
PR Stirling (IRE)	2019-2023	2	4	-	81	36	20.25	97	83.5	-	-	1	12	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	2022-2022	1	2	1	10	8*	10.00	12	83.33	-	-	-	0	1
TRO Payne (WI)	1986-1986	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	-	-	-	0	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1982	2	3	-	53	39	17.66	64	82.81	-	-	-	8	0
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2009	10	11	1	128	39	12.80	155	82.58	-	-	2	6	5
S Elworthy (SA)	1998-1998	1	2	-	58	48	29.00	71	81.69	-	-	-	8	0
Abul Hasan (BAN)	2012-2012	1	2	1	120	113	120.00	147	81.63	1	-	-	15	3
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2012	27	46	1	1709	180	37.97	2094	81.61	4	9	8	238	23
TR Ambrose (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	1	76	76*	-	95	80	-	1	-	8	2
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2005-2005	4	7	2	98	42*	19.60	123	79.67	-	-	1	12	2
SN Khan (IND)	2024-2024	3	5	1	200	68*	50.00	252	79.36	-	3	1	24	5
HI Ebeling (AUS)	1934-1934	1	2	-	43	41	21.50	55	78.18	-	-	-	-	0
FA Rose (WI)	1998-2000	4	6	-	106	48	17.66	136	77.94	-	-	-	13	2
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1991-1991	1	2	-	69	52	34.50	89	77.52	-	1	-	10	0
PW Hasaranga (SL)	2021-2021	1	2	-	31	19	15.50	40	77.5	-	-	-	4	0
G Motie (WI)	2024-2024	2	4	3	61	31*	61.00	79	77.21	-	-	-	11	0
R Ravindra (NZ)	2024-2025	6	11	2	431	176	47.88	561	76.82	1	1	-	47	8
TM Head (AUS)	2019-2026	25	46	2	2194	175	49.86	2865	76.57	7	8	3	267	22
T Murphy (AUS)	2023-2023	2	4	-	76	34	19.00	100	76	-	-	-	10	3
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-2001	7	10	3	139	43	19.85	183	75.95	-	-	1	7	6
Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2005-2010	3	6	1	167	82*	33.40	220	75.9	-	1	-	29	1
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	21	24	5	468	73	24.63	618	75.72	-	4	5	42	23
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2012	13	16	3	774	131*	59.53	1023	75.65	2	5	2	94	5
LEG Ames (ENG)	1930-1935	11	18	3	748	149	49.86	233+	75.53*	3	1	1	19+	0
EW Freeman (AUS)	1968-1969	6	9	-	220	76	24.44	247+	75.3*	-	2	-	23	5
Manjural Islam (BAN)	2002-2002	1	2	-	21	21	10.50	28	75	-	-	1	2	0
PHT Kaushal (SL)	2015-2015	1	1	1	9	9*	-	12	75	-	-	-	2	0
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	20	33	1	1502	146	46.93	2006	74.87	5	9	1	167	45
NLTC Perera (SL)	2011-2011	2	3	-	47	25	15.66	63	74.6	-	-	-	8	0
AJ Bichel (AUS)	1997-2003	11	13	-	296	71	22.76	402	73.63	-	1	2	43	2
PC Strydom (SA)	2000-2000	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	41	73.17	-	-	-	5	0
NW Bracken (AUS)	2005-2005	1	1	-	37	37	37.00	51	72.54	-	-	-	4	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2020	19	23	7	330	62	20.62	455	72.52	-	1	6	39	5
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	36	50	4	2869	291	62.36	3979	72.1	8	15	2	390	34
KR Mayers (WI)	2022-2022	1	1	-	28	28	28.00	39	71.79	-	-	-	4	1
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2024	3	4	-	207	95	51.75	289	71.62	-	2	-	22	5
LE Plunkett (ENG)	2007-2007	3	4	1	57	44*	19.00	80	71.25	-	-	2	9	0
Sajid Khan (PAK)	2024-2025	4	7	2	118	48*	23.60	166	71.08	-	-	-	7	5
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2017-2022	7	11	2	447	105	49.66	629	71.06	1	3	2	48	10
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2002-2005	8	16	-	471	113	29.43	663	71.04	1	3	1	64	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
BC Strang (ZIM)	1996-2001	5	10	3	100	37*	14.28	142	70.42	-	-	1	15	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2012	14	21	1	1124	226	56.20	1599	70.29	3	6	2	127	7
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2012	25	39	5	564	70	16.58	803	70.23	-	2	6	83	7
Alok Kapali (BAN)	2002-2003	4	8	-	198	85	24.75	282	70.21	-	2	2	27	3
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	13	23	4	963	141*	50.68	1376	69.98	2	7	1	116	15
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	14	25	1	1608	214*	67.00	2299	69.94	6	6	2	191	33
J Weatherald (AUS)	2025-2026	5	10	1	201	72	22.33	288	69.79	-	1	1	31	1
A Balbirnie (IRE)	2019-2023	2	4	-	62	55	15.50	89	69.66	-	1	1	11	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2020-2024	6	9	1	373	121	46.62	536	69.58	1	3	-	49	1

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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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]