Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BL Cairns	30	18	1	3	166.66	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
Taslim Arif	31	20	5	-	155.00	Pakistan	v Australia	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
IT Botham	27	22	1	1	122.72	England	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
DL Haynes	29	24	4	-	120.83	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
N Kapil Dev	83	74	14	-	112.16	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
Sir RJ Hadlee	103	92	11	2	111.95	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
IVA Richards	76	72	13	-	105.55	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
GB Stevenson	27*	28	4	1	96.42	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
N Kapil Dev	38*	40	4	-	95.00	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
RMH Binny	42*	45	6	1	93.33	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
GS Chappell	40*	43	6	-	93.02	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
CL King	100*	109	10	4	91.74	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
SMH Kirmani	35	39	5	1	89.74	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
SM Patil	30	34	5	-	88.23	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
N Kapil Dev	69	79	11	-	87.34	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
IVA Richards	96	110	9	1	87.27	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
B Yardley	61*	70	9	1	87.14	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
KD Ghavri	86	99	12	3	86.86	India	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
Sadiq Mohammad	46	53	10	-	86.79	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Wasim Raja	57	66	11	-	86.36	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
GS Chappell	56	65	10	-	86.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
N Kapil Dev	84	98	13	1	85.71	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
DF Whatmore	77	91	14	-	84.61	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
DB Vengsarkar	65	77	10	1	84.41	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
AR Border	153	184	16	5	83.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
CH Lloyd	40	49	5	-	81.63	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Sir RJ Hadlee	51	63	9	-	80.95	New Zealand	v West Indies	Dunedin	8 Feb 1980	Test # 873
N Kapil Dev	38	47	1	1	80.85	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
IT Botham	114	144	17	-	79.16	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Zaheer Abbas	40	51	-	-	78.43	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
CH Lloyd	121	156	17	-	77.56	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
J Garner	29	38	5	-	76.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Wasim Raja	94*	124	5	1	75.80	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
GS Chappell	31	41	5	-	75.60	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
CPS Chauhan	46*	61	8	-	75.40	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
N Kapil Dev	30	40	3	1	75.00	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
Yashpal Sharma	85*	117	10	-	72.64	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
Imran Khan	34	47	5	-	72.34	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
J Garner	60	83	3	4	72.28	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
SM Gavaskar	49	68	4	1	72.05	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
DL Haynes	42	59	6	-	71.18	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
DB Vengsarkar	34	48	4	-	70.83	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
IVA Richards	74	105	11	-	70.47	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
SM Patil	31	44	5	-	70.45	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
DI Gower	98*	141	13	-	69.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1980	Test # 868
LG Rowe	43	62	4	-	69.35	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Asif Iqbal	55	80	7	-	68.75	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
KJ Hughes	70	102	6	-	68.62	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
Asif Iqbal	26	40	3	-	65.00	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Javed Miandad	50	77	6	-	64.93	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
GS Chappell	235	363	21	-	64.73	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	6 Mar 1980	Test # 878
AR Border	44	68	4	-	64.70	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
SM Patil	62	96	9	-	64.58	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	29 Jan 1980	Test # 871
GS Chappell	74	115	10	-	64.34	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
DW Hookes	43	67	4	-	64.17	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
GR Viswanath	131	207	18	-	63.28	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
SM Gavaskar	50	80	7	-	62.50	India	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
AME Roberts	35*	56	2	2	62.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
RB McCosker	33	53	4	-	62.26	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
Majid Khan	56	90	8	-	62.22	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
AI Kallicharran	39	63	4	-	61.90	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
CG Greenidge	34	55	5	-	61.81	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
N Kapil Dev	29	47	4	-	61.70	India	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
AME Roberts	54	88	6	-	61.36	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
DL Haynes	122	199	18	3	61.30	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
SM Gavaskar	31	51	5	-	60.78	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
LG Rowe	100	165	10	1	60.60	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
AI Kallicharran	106	176	14	-	60.22	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Wasim Raja	36	60	4	-	60.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
KJ Wright	55*	92	6	-	59.78	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
Zaheer Abbas	50	85	6	-	58.82	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Imran Khan	30	51	4	1	58.82	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Asif Iqbal	38	65	5	-	58.46	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
GA Gooch	49*	85	6	-	57.64	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
GR Beard	49	86	4	-	56.97	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
Javed Miandad	106*	187	10	1	56.68	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	6 Mar 1980	Test # 878
Javed Miandad	40	71	3	2	56.33	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
GP Howarth	147	261	13	-	56.32	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	22 Feb 1980	Test # 875
IT Botham	119*	213	15	-	55.86	England	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
SM Gavaskar	29*	52	5	-	55.76	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980	Test # 869
Wasim Raja	97	174	15	-	55.74	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
KJ Hughes	80	144	8	-	55.55	Australia	v India	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
AI Kallicharran	46	83	8	-	55.42	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
Taslim Arif	210*	379	20	-	55.40	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	6 Mar 1980	Test # 878
JM Wiener	58	105	6	1	55.23	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	14 Dec 1979	Test # 864
N Kapil Dev	45*	82	6	-	54.87	India	v England	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
Taslim Arif	58	106	5	-	54.71	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
CH Lloyd	42	77	5	-	54.54	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	29 Feb 1980	Test # 877
KJ Hughes	85	156	12	1	54.48	Australia	v Pakistan	Karachi	27 Feb 1980	Test # 876
GR Viswanath	96	177	12	-	54.23	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
GR Viswanath	161*	297	11	1	54.20	India	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
IVA Richards	140	259	20	-	54.05	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
Majid Khan	40	74	6	-	54.05	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
GR Viswanath	47	87	8	-	54.02	India	v Pakistan	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
SM Gavaskar	81	150	12	-	54.00	India	v Pakistan	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
KJ Hughes	34	63	3	-	53.96	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
Javed Miandad	76	141	8	-	53.90	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
GS Chappell	114	212	14	-	53.77	Australia	v England	Melbourne	1 Feb 1980	Test # 872
AR Border	54	101	8	-	53.46	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
WM Darling	39	73	5	-	53.42	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859

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>> 4/2 (2.0 ov, TJ van Rensburg 4*, L Alder 0/1) - Stumps

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>> 121/2 (31.0 ov, PARP Perera 24*, A Tharindu 78*, JDF Vandersay 0/35) - Stumps

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>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps