Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
KJ Wadsworth	54	74	7	0	72.97	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
BF Hastings	83	120	9	0	69.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
KJ Wadsworth	80	126	8	0	63.49	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
GM Turner	34	57	0	0	59.64	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
GM Turner	72	144	12	0	50.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
JM Parker	108	220	10	0	49.09	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
BE Congdon	31	65	4	0	47.69	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
KJ Wadsworth	30	63	2	0	47.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
JFM Morrison	117	247	11	0	47.36	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
KJ Wadsworth	48	107	5	0	44.85	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
GM Turner	79	178	11	0	44.38	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
GM Turner	41	101	4	0	40.59	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
JFM Morrison	28	70	3	0	40.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
GM Turner	101	260	9	0	38.84	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
MJF Shrimpton	28	73	3	0	38.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
BF Hastings	101	274	8	0	36.86	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
BE Congdon	132	360	14	0	36.66	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
BF Hastings	46	132	6	0	34.84	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
JV Coney	45	136	3	0	33.08	New Zealand	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
JFM Morrison	40	121	1	0	33.05	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
JFM Morrison	66	202	7	0	32.67	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
JFM Morrison	44	139	4	0	31.65	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
GM Turner	110*	355	11	0	30.98	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
DR Hadlee	37	123	5	0	30.08	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
JM Parker	26	87	1	0	29.88	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
JM Parker	34	117	5	0	29.05	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	22 Mar 1974	Test # 736
HJ Howarth	29*	102	3	0	28.43	New Zealand	v Australia	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
BE Congdon	71*	297	4	0	23.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730
JM Parker	27	129	1	0	20.93	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
DR Hadlee	29	158	1	0	18.35	New Zealand	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1974	Test # 730

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
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]