Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JW Martin	55	67	4	1	82.08	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
RB Kanhai	31	41	4	-	75.60	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
RB Simpson	49	68	4	-	72.05	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
GS Sobers	168	234	25	1	71.79	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
AK Davidson	35	51	4	1	68.62	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
NCL O'Neill	40	66	3	-	60.60	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
CW Smith	37	63	5	1	58.73	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
LE Favell	51	87	5	-	58.62	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
CW Smith	55	94	9	-	58.51	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RB Kanhai	38	65	7	-	58.46	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FCM Alexander	73	126	5	-	57.93	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FCM Alexander	108	190	9	1	56.84	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
KD Mackay	74	136	4	-	54.41	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
CC McDonald	91	175	6	-	52.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
RB Kanhai	84	165	13	-	50.90	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
CC Hunte	34	68	3	-	50.00	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
NCL O'Neill	71	148	10	-	47.97	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
NCL O'Neill	70	146	8	-	47.94	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RN Harvey	85	185	9	-	45.94	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
CC Hunte	110	249	9	-	44.17	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
RB Simpson	27*	62	1	-	43.54	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
CC McDonald	34	81	1	-	41.97	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RB Simpson	92	231	10	-	39.82	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
RB Kanhai	25	65	3	-	38.46	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
PD Lashley	41	107	4	-	38.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC Hunte	31	84	4	-	36.90	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FMM Worrell	82	224	11	1	36.60	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
SM Nurse	43	118	5	-	36.44	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
GS Sobers	64	179	5	-	35.75	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
PJP Burge	68	194	7	-	35.05	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FCM Alexander	72	214	7	-	33.64	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
RB Simpson	75	237	5	-	31.64	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
JS Solomon	45	143	3	-	31.46	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC Hunte	52	166	4	-	31.32	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC McDonald	27	89	2	-	30.33	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
PJP Burge	53	195	8	-	27.17	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
SM Nurse	70	259	1	-	27.02	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960	Test # 500
KD Mackay	39	155	2	-	25.16	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
NCL O'Neill	48	197	5	-	24.36	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
JS Solomon	36	175	3	-	20.57	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
NCL O'Neill	181	-	22	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
CG Borde	177*	-	13	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
Hanif Mohammad	160	-	17	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
Imtiaz Ahmed	135	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
GS Sobers	132	-	21	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
Saeed Ahmed	121	-	11	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
PR Umrigar	117	-	14	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
RB Kanhai	117	-	14	2	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
PR Umrigar	115	-	11	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
RB Kanhai	115	-	12	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
PR Umrigar	112	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
Saeed Ahmed	103	-	10	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
Mushtaq Mohammad	101	-	19	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
ML Jaisimha	99	-	12	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
RB Simpson	92	-	7	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
NJ Contractor	92	-	7	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
FCM Alexander	87*	-	10	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RB Desai	85	-	7	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
RB Simpson	85	-	4	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
NJ Contractor	81	-	9	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
AK Davidson	80	-	8	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
Javed Burki	79	-	13	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
CC Hunte	79	-	6	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
R Benaud	77	-	7	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
VL Manjrekar	73	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
FMM Worrell	71	-	10	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
CC McDonald	71	-	4	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
Nasim-ul-Ghani	70*	-	8	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
Imtiaz Ahmed	69	-	4	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
FMM Worrell	65	-	8	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
FMM Worrell	65	-	8	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
JS Solomon	65	-	8	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
NCL O'Neill	65	-	8	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RF Surti	64	-	7	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
Hanif Mohammad	63*	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
FCM Alexander	63*	-	5	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
NJ Contractor	62	-	7	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
Hanif Mohammad	62	-	7	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
KD Mackay	62*	-	6	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
Mushtaq Mohammad	61	-	6	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
Javed Burki	61	-	12	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
FCM Alexander	60	-	5	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
CC McDonald	57	-	6	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
Hanif Mohammad	56	-	9	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
Intikhab Alam	56	-	8	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
RB Kanhai	54	-	7	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
FMM Worrell	53	-	8	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
Imtiaz Ahmed	53	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
PG Joshi	52*	-	3	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Brabourne	2 Dec 1960	Test # 497
R Benaud	52	-	6	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
VL Manjrekar	52	-	4	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
WW Hall	50	-	8	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
W Mathias	49	-	6	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
PJP Burge	49	-	5	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
SM Nurse	49	-	3	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
Javed Burki	48*	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
Javed Burki	48	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1960	Test # 501
JS Solomon	47	-	2	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Dec 1960	Test # 498
NJ Contractor	47	-	6	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499
W Mathias	46*	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	16 Dec 1960	Test # 499

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616 - Live]
>> 50/0 (9.5 ov, J Weatherald 20*, TM Head 29*, JC Tongue 0/6)

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]