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	34	21	3	2	161.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
IT Botham	66	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
B Yardley	45	33	7	-	136.36	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
N Kapil Dev	116	98	16	2	118.36	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
IT Botham	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
N Kapil Dev	59	58	10	1	101.72	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
GR Viswanath	37	38	4	-	97.36	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
RL Dias	53	56	9	-	94.64	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
N Kapil Dev	46	50	5	-	92.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
Zaheer Abbas	134	148	12	2	90.54	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
IVA Richards	50	56	4	-	89.28	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
GS Chappell	32	36	6	-	88.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
Tahir Naqqash	57	65	9	1	87.69	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
IVA Richards	42	48	6	-	87.50	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
GA Gooch	58	67	9	-	86.56	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
PJL Dujon	41	48	6	-	85.41	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
Wasim Raja	31	37	5	1	83.78	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
CH Lloyd	77*	93	7	-	82.79	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
AO Malhotra	31	38	5	-	81.57	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
GS Chappell	176	218	23	2	80.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
LRD Mendis	54	67	8	1	80.59	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
A Ranatunga	33	41	5	1	80.48	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Sarfraz Nawaz	26	33	4	-	78.78	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
PJL Dujon	51	65	8	-	78.46	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Wasim Raja	48	62	7	-	77.41	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
N Kapil Dev	38	50	8	-	76.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
B Yardley	25	33	4	-	75.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
GM Wood	64	85	9	-	75.29	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Ashraf Ali	45*	60	6	-	75.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
IVA Richards	44	59	6	-	74.57	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Mohsin Khan	129	173	17	-	74.56	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
K Srikkanth	65	88	8	-	73.86	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
DB Vengsarkar	71*	97	12	-	73.19	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
AME Roberts	42	58	3	2	72.41	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
GN Yallop	38	54	5	-	70.37	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
GA Gooch	127	181	20	-	70.16	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
Mohsin Khan	74	106	10	-	69.81	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
SFAF Bacchus	27	39	1	-	69.23	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Zaheer Abbas	80	116	10	-	68.96	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
Sir RJ Hadlee	40	58	5	-	68.96	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
GS Chappell	201	296	6	-	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
GA Gooch	40	59	7	-	67.79	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Javed Miandad	92	138	11	-	66.66	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
IT Botham	142	214	12	2	66.35	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
RW Marsh	39	59	4	-	66.10	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Ijaz Faqih	34	53	4	-	64.15	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
Rashid Khan	59	93	9	-	63.44	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Haroon Rasheed	153	242	16	3	63.22	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Imran Khan	70*	111	5	1	63.06	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
Rashid Khan	43*	69	5	-	62.31	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Imran Khan	31	50	5	-	62.00	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
CH Lloyd	57	92	4	-	61.95	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
Javed Miandad	79	128	4	-	61.71	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
IT Botham	58	94	6	-	61.70	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Sir RJ Hadlee	25	41	1	2	60.97	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
RL Dias	109	179	14	1	60.89	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
RL Dias	77	128	11	-	60.15	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
GR Viswanath	222	374	31	-	59.35	India	v England	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
DS de Silva	36*	61	3	-	59.01	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
GA Gooch	63	107	6	-	58.87	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
Mudassar Nazar	37	63	6	-	58.73	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
PJL Dujon	48	82	5	-	58.53	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
IT Botham	31	53	2	1	58.49	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
JR Thomson	25	43	4	-	58.13	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
BA Edgar	29	50	4	-	58.00	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
CG Greenidge	52	90	3	1	57.77	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
Iqbal Qasim	56	98	2	-	57.14	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
AR Border	36	63	3	-	57.14	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
CG Greenidge	66	116	9	-	56.89	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
IT Botham	55	97	8	1	56.70	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
GM Wood	72	128	8	2	56.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
A Ranatunga	54	96	7	-	56.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
GR Viswanath	74	132	9	-	56.06	India	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
Ashraf Ali	58	104	10	-	55.76	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
G Boycott	34*	61	4	-	55.73	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
KWR Fletcher	60*	108	6	-	55.55	England	v India	Eden Gardens	1 Jan 1982	Test # 916
DL Haynes	51	92	5	-	55.43	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1982	Test # 917
RL Dias	98	177	15	-	55.36	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
LRD Mendis	26	47	4	-	55.31	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
MC Snedden	32	58	4	-	55.17	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
MW Gatting	29	53	6	-	54.71	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
S Wettimuny	71	131	13	-	54.19	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
JG Wright	141	262	26	-	53.81	New Zealand	v Australia	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
Wasim Raja	43	80	5	-	53.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
KJ Hughes	106	198	16	-	53.53	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
GR Viswanath	107	200	14	-	53.50	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
GM Wood	46	86	5	-	53.48	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
DI Gower	42*	79	6	-	53.16	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Majid Khan	63	120	9	-	52.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Saleem Malik	100*	191	10	-	52.35	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
ALF de Mel	34	65	5	-	52.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982	Test # 927
Haroon Rasheed	25	48	3	-	52.08	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
Rizwan-uz-Zaman	42	81	5	-	51.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Zaheer Abbas	90	174	9	-	51.72	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
GP Howarth	56	109	7	-	51.37	New Zealand	v Australia	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
HA Gomes	55	108	4	-	50.92	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
GA Gooch	58	114	7	-	50.87	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Majid Khan	29	57	4	-	50.87	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
SM Patil	31	61	3	2	50.81	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
GM Wood	41	81	5	1	50.61	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Feb 1982	Test # 922

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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]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]