Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Booth	169*	175	24	-	96.57	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	08 Nov 1963	First-class
RB Simpson	247*	282	22	-	87.58	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	08 Nov 1963	First-class
EJ Barlow	35	48	5	-	72.91	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
PJP Burge	283	414	42	1	68.35	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	25 Oct 1963	First-class
RB Simpson	31	47	2	-	65.95	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
PJP Burge	36	56	6	-	64.28	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
G Thomas	127	198	16	1	64.14	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	08 Nov 1963	First-class
NCL O'Neill	88	141	8	-	62.41	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
WM Lawry	157	255	19	-	61.56	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
RB Simpson	58	97	3	-	59.79	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
RB Simpson	31	53	3	-	58.49	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
RB Simpson	359	629	33	-	57.07	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	25 Oct 1963	First-class
WM Lawry	89	160	4	-	55.62	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
RB Simpson	55*	104	5	-	52.88	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
EJ Barlow	54	104	5	-	51.92	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
RG Pollock	122	237	19	1	51.47	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
BC Booth	121	236	15	-	51.27	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	25 Oct 1963	First-class
RB Simpson	28	55	2	-	50.90	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
DT Lindsay	65	129	8	-	50.38	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
GD McKenzie	76	153	6	2	49.67	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
BC Booth	75	152	5	-	49.34	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
R Benaud	80	164	9	-	48.78	NSW	v Queensland	Brisbane	25 Oct 1963	First-class
R Benaud	90	187	5	-	48.12	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
KC Bland	50	104	5	-	48.07	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
GR Reynolds	121	261	16	1	46.36	Queensland	v NSW	Brisbane	25 Oct 1963	First-class
PL van der Merwe	31	67	4	-	46.26	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
TL Goddard	80	174	4	-	45.97	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
ATW Grout	29	65	2	-	44.61	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
BC Booth	102*	233	5	-	43.77	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
EJ Barlow	109	252	11	-	43.25	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
BK Shepherd	96	222	10	-	43.24	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
R Benaud	43	102	3	-	42.15	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
JHB Waite	77	183	4	-	42.07	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
TL Goddard	44*	105	2	-	41.90	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
PJP Burge	56	137	7	-	40.87	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
KC Bland	85	213	10	-	39.90	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
TR Veivers	43	110	3	-	39.09	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
RG Pollock	42	108	5	-	38.88	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
IR Redpath	97	254	14	-	38.18	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
KC Bland	126	331	13	1	38.06	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
EJ Barlow	32*	87	3	-	36.78	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
TL Goddard	93	256	3	-	36.32	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
IR Redpath	25	71	-	-	35.21	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
TL Goddard	84	265	2	-	31.69	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
TR Veivers	39	127	2	-	30.70	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
PJP Burge	26*	85	4	-	30.58	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
PJP Burge	39	129	5	-	30.23	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
BC Booth	87	288	8	-	30.20	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
KC Bland	51	172	2	-	29.65	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
AJ Pithey	76	271	7	-	28.04	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964	Test # 549
AJ Pithey	53*	224	3	-	23.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
AJ Pithey	49	242	2	-	20.24	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
SC Trimble	252*	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v NSW	Sydney	01 Jan 1964	First-class
RB Simpson	246	-	23	-	-	WA Comb. XI	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	01 Nov 1963	First-class
EJ Barlow	209	-	21	-	-	Sth Africans	v WA Comb. XI	W.A.C.A	01 Nov 1963	First-class
PJP Burge	205*	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v West Aust	Brisbane	15 Nov 1963	First-class
IM Chappell	205*	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	10 Jan 1964	First-class
MAK Pataudi	203*	-	23	2	-	India	v England	Delhi	08 Feb 1964	Test # 556
EJ Barlow	201	-	27	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
GS Sobers	195	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	01 Jan 1964	First-class
BK Kunderan	192	-	31	-	-	India	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964	Test # 551
RG Pollock	175	-	18	3	-	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
BC Booth	169	-	19	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	06 Dec 1963	Test # 548
VH Bhosle	168	-	-	-	-	-	v	Ahmedabad	26 Oct 1963	First-class
RM Cowper	167	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	22 Nov 1963	First-class
IR Huntington	164	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v NSW	Sydney	24 Jan 1964	First-class
BC Booth	162*	-	-	-	-	NSW	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Jan 1964	First-class
PI Philpott	156	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Queensland	Sydney	01 Jan 1964	First-class
KN Slater	154	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Nov 1963	First-class
MC Cowdrey	151	-	23	1	-	England	v India	Delhi	08 Feb 1964	Test # 556
BK Shepherd	149	-	16	-	-	West Aust	v NSW	Sydney	08 Nov 1963	First-class
NJ Contractor	144	-	-	-	-	West Zone	v East Zone	Brabourne	14 Dec 1963	First-class
LE Favell	141	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v West Aust	Adelaide	29 Nov 1963	First-class
MAK Pataudi	141	-	-	-	-	North Zone	v South Zone	Delhi	23 Dec 1963	First-class
Hanumant Singh	140	-	-	-	-	Ind Pres XI	v	Brabourne	28 Feb 1964	First-class
JF Parker	139*	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v NSW	W.A.C.A	07 Feb 1964	First-class
SP Gaekwad	138	-	-	-	-	West Zone	v East Zone	Brabourne	14 Dec 1963	First-class
GS Sobers	138	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v NSW	Sydney	17 Jan 1964	First-class
BW Sinclair	138	-	22	-	-	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
LE Favell	137*	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v Victoria	Melbourne	01 Nov 1963	First-class
GR Reynolds	136	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v South Aust	Brisbane	10 Jan 1964	First-class
SC Trimble	136*	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	31 Jan 1964	First-class
RB Simpson	135	-	-	-	-	NSW	v Victoria	Melbourne	26 Dec 1963	First-class
VH Bhosle	134	-	-	-	-	-	v	Nagpur	02 Nov 1963	First-class
RC Jordon	134	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v South Aust	Adelaide	21 Feb 1964	First-class
R Benaud	132	-	16	-	-	WA Comb. XI	v Sth Africans	W.A.C.A	01 Nov 1963	First-class
BK Shepherd	132*	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v Queensland	W.A.C.A	19 Dec 1963	First-class
IR Huntington	130	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v West Aust	Melbourne	22 Nov 1963	First-class
WM Lawry	130*	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v Queensland	Melbourne	12 Dec 1963	First-class
D Chadwick	129	-	-	-	-	West Aust	v Queensland	Brisbane	15 Nov 1963	First-class
ML Jaisimha	129	-	18	1	-	India	v England	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1964	Test # 554
RG Pollock	127*	-	22	-	-	Sth Africans	v WA Comb. XI	W.A.C.A	01 Nov 1963	First-class
BR Knight	127	-	16	-	-	England	v India	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964	Test # 557
SC Trimble	124	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	25 Dec 1963	First-class
GS Sobers	124	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v NSW	Adelaide	31 Jan 1964	First-class
GS Sobers	124	-	-	-	-	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	21 Feb 1964	First-class
GR Reynolds	123	-	-	-	-	Queensland	v South Aust	Adelaide	25 Dec 1963	First-class
J Potter	122	-	-	-	-	Victoria	v South Aust	Melbourne	01 Nov 1963	First-class
VL Manjrekar	122	-	-	-	-	-	v	Pune	22 Dec 1963	First-class
VH Bhosle	122	-	-	-	-	-	v	Pune	22 Dec 1963	First-class

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at Birmingham, India in England 2nd Test, Jul 2-6, 2025 [Test # 2591]

Australia vs West Indies at St George's, Australia in West Indies 2nd Test, Jul 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2592]

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Jun 25-28, 2025 [Test # 2588]