Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Sri Lanka 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
D Paterson (SA)	2024-2024	1	2	-	23	14	11.50	18	127.77	-	-	-	4	1
RR Pant (IND)	2022-2022	2	3	-	185	96	61.66	154	120.12	-	2	-	23	6
C de Grandhomme (NZ)	2018-2019	3	4	1	204	83	68.00	180	113.33	-	2	-	14	10
HH Pandya (IND)	2017-2017	3	3	-	178	108	59.33	165	107.87	1	1	-	16	10
JP Inglis (AUS)	2025-2025	2	2	-	102	102	51.00	96	106.25	1	-	1	10	1
AR Patel (IND)	2022-2022	1	2	-	18	9	9.00	17	105.88	-	-	-	1	1
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2017-2022	7	8	3	134	30	26.80	134	100	-	-	-	13	6
Al-Amin Hossain (BAN)	2014-2014	2	3	2	47	32*	47.00	47	100	-	-	-	2	5
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2004-2004	1	1	-	11	11	11.00	11	100	-	-	-	1	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2005-2010	11	18	1	1239	293	72.88	1241	99.83	5	3	2	184	15
MJ Henry (NZ)	2023-2023	2	2	-	76	72	38.00	78	97.43	-	1	-	10	3
DW Hookes (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	1	143	143*	-	152	94.07	1	-	-	17	2
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1982-1985	3	2	-	138	134	69.00	148+	90.54*	1	-	-	12+	2
BM Duckett (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	-	186	86	31.00	206	90.29	-	1	-	19	2
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2007-2007	2	2	1	9	9*	9.00	10	90	-	-	1	1	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2021-2024	3	3	-	25	22	8.33	28	89.28	-	-	-	3	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1989-1989	1	1	-	22	22	22.00	25	88	-	-	-	3	0
TA Boult (NZ)	2012-2019	10	12	4	99	26	12.37	114	86.84	-	-	2	9	4
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2004-2007	4	3	2	25	17*	25.00	29	86.2	-	-	1	6	0
T Panyangara (ZIM)	2004-2004	2	4	2	101	40*	50.50	120	84.16	-	-	-	13	2
JDS Neesham (NZ)	2014-2015	2	3	-	119	85	39.66	142	83.8	-	1	-	16	3
Abrar Ahmed (PAK)	2023-2023	2	1	-	10	10	10.00	12	83.33	-	-	-	1	1
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2022	8	15	1	499	85	35.64	608	82.07	-	5	2	61	5
Zulfiqar Babar (PAK)	2015-2015	2	3	1	68	56	34.00	83	81.92	-	1	-	7	2
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2021	12	16	2	202	54	14.42	250	80.8	-	1	3	31	1
GD Phillips (NZ)	2024-2024	2	4	1	131	78	43.66	163	80.36	-	1	1	8	8
SS Iyer (IND)	2022-2022	2	3	-	186	92	62.00	233	79.82	-	2	-	22	4
IDS Smith (NZ)	1984-1991	7	8	2	154	42	25.66	195	78.97	-	-	-	22	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	-	191	154	31.83	245	77.95	1	-	-	22	2
P Utseya (ZIM)	2004-2004	1	2	-	45	45	22.50	58	77.58	-	-	1	5	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1994	14	17	2	588	163	39.20	420+	77.14*	1	3	1	36+	6
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2004-2009	8	11	1	381	158*	38.10	496	76.81	1	1	-	38	6
BB McCullum (NZ)	2005-2015	12	22	2	706	195	35.30	925	76.32	1	3	3	80	21
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	-	280	111	46.66	368	76.08	1	1	-	31	3
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	11	19	-	697	101	36.68	918	75.92	1	5	1	78	1
GM Turner (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	-	71	32	23.66	94	75.53	-	-	-	9	0
S Dhawan (IND)	2015-2017	6	10	-	712	190	71.20	949	75.02	3	2	-	93	4
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	2007-2018	3	5	2	18	11*	6.00	24	75	-	-	-	1	1
Riaz Afridi (PAK)	2004-2004	1	1	-	9	9	9.00	12	75	-	-	-	2	0
MP Kuhnemann (AUS)	2025-2025	2	1	-	6	6	6.00	8	75	-	-	-	1	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1989	3	5	1	113	30	28.25	151	74.83	-	-	-	13	1
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2019-2022	4	4	-	47	26	11.75	63	74.6	-	-	1	3	4
MR Adair (IRE)	2023-2023	1	2	1	23	23*	23.00	31	74.19	-	-	1	3	0
AT Carey (AUS)	2022-2025	4	5	2	291	156	97.00	393	74.04	1	-	-	26	2
Sohag Gazi (BAN)	2013-2014	4	6	-	144	42	24.00	195	73.84	-	-	1	16	4
MN Waller (ZIM)	2016-2017	3	6	-	144	68	24.00	195	73.84	-	1	2	15	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1982-1986	7	11	1	408	129	40.80	293+	73.37*	1	2	-	30+	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2004-2007	7	11	2	383	144	42.55	525	72.95	1	2	4	40	10
DG Bedingham (SA)	2024-2024	2	4	1	66	35	22.00	91	72.52	-	-	-	6	1
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2024	3	5	-	158	118	31.60	218	72.47	1	-	-	17	4
Hannan Sarkar (BAN)	2002-2002	2	4	-	91	55	22.75	126	72.22	-	1	-	14	0
TG Southee (NZ)	2012-2024	14	19	2	239	68	14.05	332	71.98	-	1	2	17	10
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2014-2023	11	19	3	754	103	47.12	1065	70.79	1	7	-	63	3
SB Doull (NZ)	1997-1998	3	3	1	46	25	23.00	65	70.76	-	-	-	5	0
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2017-2022	3	6	-	91	29	15.16	129	70.54	-	-	-	4	8
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	11	19	2	874	158	51.41	1249	69.97	3	2	-	107	15
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1987	6	8	2	285	151*	47.50	408	69.85	1	-	1	30	3
JC Buttler (ENG)	2018-2021	5	9	1	381	64	47.62	547	69.65	-	3	-	36	1
CC Lewis (ENG)	1991-1993	2	3	-	78	45	26.00	112	69.64	-	-	-	12	1
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1982-1982	3	5	1	66	31	16.50	95	69.47	-	-	1	12	1
JM How (NZ)	2006-2006	2	4	-	70	33	17.50	102	68.62	-	-	1	9	1
PJ Newport (ENG)	1988-1988	1	1	-	26	26	26.00	38	68.42	-	-	-	3	0
A Nortje (SA)	2020-2021	2	2	-	13	13	6.50	19	68.42	-	-	1	2	0
V Kohli (IND)	2015-2022	11	18	2	1085	243	67.81	1589	68.28	5	2	1	99	6
WW Hinds (WI)	2003-2003	2	3	-	161	113	53.66	237	67.93	1	-	-	14	4
LJ Tucker (IRE)	2023-2023	2	4	-	144	80	36.00	212	67.92	-	1	-	20	0
TM Head (AUS)	2019-2025	6	9	1	425	161	53.12	627	67.78	1	3	-	56	2
RA Jadeja (IND)	2017-2022	7	9	4	326	175*	65.20	482	67.63	1	1	-	31	7
K Verreynne (SA)	2024-2024	2	3	1	123	105*	61.50	182	67.58	1	-	-	15	3
M Jansen (SA)	2024-2024	2	3	-	25	13	8.33	37	67.56	-	-	-	4	0
Agha Salman (PAK)	2022-2023	4	7	2	304	132*	60.80	450	67.55	1	2	-	31	4
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1988-1996	7	6	1	100	40	20.00	149	67.11	-	-	-	10	1
C Green (AUS)	2022-2022	2	3	-	104	77	34.66	155	67.09	-	1	-	8	0
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	-	150	83	37.50	224	66.96	-	1	1	22	2
C Connolly (AUS)	2025-2025	1	1	-	4	4	4.00	6	66.66	-	-	-	1	0
MP Jarvis (ZIM)	1994-1994	3	1	-	2	2	2.00	3	66.66	-	-	-	0	0
DAJ Bracewell (NZ)	2012-2023	6	7	1	135	47	22.50	203	66.5	-	-	1	18	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1999-2006	6	10	-	341	84	34.10	513	66.47	-	3	1	46	6
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	10	16	3	218	73	16.76	328	66.46	-	1	4	21	5
RRS Cornwall (WI)	2021-2021	3	4	-	186	73	46.50	281	66.19	-	2	-	26	4
BA Stokes (ENG)	2016-2018	4	7	-	199	62	28.42	301	66.11	-	2	1	19	5
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2023-2024	4	7	-	279	102	39.85	423	65.95	1	2	-	19	9
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2010	9	12	2	491	110	49.10	747	65.72	2	2	-	46	9
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1982-1987	7	11	2	600	176	66.66	381+	65.61*	2	3	1	22+	4
MA Agarwal (IND)	2022-2022	2	3	-	59	33	19.66	90	65.55	-	-	-	11	0
A Mukund (IND)	2017-2017	1	2	-	93	81	46.50	142	65.49	-	1	-	10	0
HC Brook (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	-	180	56	30.00	275	65.45	-	1	-	17	1
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1982	3	4	1	72	57	24.00	110	65.45	-	1	-	12	1
KD Karthik (IND)	2008-2008	2	4	-	36	20	9.00	55	65.45	-	-	1	2	2
BL Cairns (NZ)	1983-1984	4	5	-	64	45	12.80	98	65.3	-	-	1	5	2
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2004-2006	4	8	-	346	72	43.25	533	64.91	-	4	-	59	0
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2019-2023	5	7	2	195	50*	39.00	301	64.78	-	1	-	21	1
TA Blundell (NZ)	2023-2024	4	7	1	143	60	23.83	221	64.7	-	1	-	13	3
Imran Nazir (PAK)	1999-2000	2	2	-	77	64	38.50	119	64.7	-	1	-	12	1
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2018-2023	6	9	2	518	200*	74.00	801	64.66	2	1	-	42	4
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2011-2011	3	4	1	168	79	56.00	260	64.61	-	2	-	20	2
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2005-2007	7	14	1	202	64	15.53	313	64.53	-	1	1	18	6
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2010	10	17	1	584	333	36.50	909	64.24	1	1	6	74	10
JE Root (ENG)	2014-2024	13	24	2	1376	228	62.54	2145	64.14	6	2	1	125	3
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	-	159	142	26.50	248	64.11	1	-	1	14	6

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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:

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]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]