Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IDS Smith	30	17	6	0	176.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
CJ McDermott	29	17	2	2	170.58	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
GK Whyte	58	39	9	0	148.71	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
RG Pollock	46	33	7	0	139.39	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
RG Pollock	41	31	8	0	132.25	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
Tahir Naqqash	29*	23	4	0	126.08	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
GM Ritchie	26	21	5	0	123.80	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
Sir RJ Hadlee	99	81	18	0	122.22	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
IDS Smith	31*	26	5	0	119.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
A Ranatunga	51	47	7	1	108.51	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RG de Alwis	26	24	3	1	108.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
CL King	54	50	7	2	108.00	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
SMH Kirmani	30	28	5	0	107.14	India	v Pakistan	Nagpur	5 Oct 1983	Test # 963
SFAF Bacchus	76	73	9	2	104.10	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
EA Moseley	33*	32	2	2	103.12	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
DR Parry	63*	62	8	1	101.61	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
FD Stephenson	30*	30	5	0	100.00	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
CH Lloyd	76	77	8	3	98.70	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
CH Lloyd	33	34	6	0	97.05	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
IVA Richards	67	70	8	1	95.71	West Indies	v India	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
RB Kerr	37	39	6	0	94.87	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
SM Gavaskar	121	128	15	2	94.53	India	v West Indies	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
Zaheer Abbas	46	49	5	1	93.87	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
RG de Alwis	28	30	4	0	93.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
N Kapil Dev	69	79	11	0	87.34	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
Javed Miandad	27	31	3	1	87.09	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
SJ Cook	40*	46	5	0	86.95	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
HR Fotheringham	71*	83	13	0	85.54	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
KC Wessels	46	54	6	0	85.18	Queensland	v Tasmania	Brisbane	28 Oct 1983	First-class
Mohsin Khan	37	44	4	0	84.09	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
PN Kirsten	61	73	10	0	83.56	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
GN Yallop	68	82	8	0	82.92	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
GM Ritchie	130	157	16	1	82.80	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
IT Botham	138	167	22	2	82.63	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
DL Haynes	53	66	7	0	80.30	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
Saleem Malik	76	95	12	0	80.00	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984	Test # 981
GM Watts	31	39	3	1	79.48	Victoria	v Queensland	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
KS McEwan	120	151	21	0	79.47	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
IDS Smith	42	53	5	0	79.24	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
AMJG Amerasinghe	34	43	5	0	79.06	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
GM Ritchie	67*	85	8	0	78.82	Queensland	v Tasmania	Brisbane	28 Oct 1983	First-class
BF Davison	156*	198	20	3	78.78	Tasmania	v Queensland	Brisbane	28 Oct 1983	First-class
IVA Richards	178	229	30	0	77.72	West Indies	v Australia	St John's	7 Apr 1984	Test # 987
TG Hogan	38	49	6	0	77.55	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
KC Wessels	179	233	23	1	76.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
Mohsin Khan	104	136	3	0	76.47	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
MA Lynch	26	34	4	0	76.47	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
Saleem Malik	54	71	8	0	76.05	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1984	Test # 974
Mudassar Nazar	44	58	2	0	75.86	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
FD Stephenson	53	70	6	1	75.71	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
RG Pollock	102	135	18	1	75.55	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
AE Greenidge	43	57	8	0	75.43	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
SM Gavaskar	90	120	13	0	75.00	India	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
Tahir Naqqash	26	35	1	0	74.28	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
DB Vengsarkar	100	135	13	0	74.07	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983	Test # 968
Zaheer Abbas	56	76	4	1	73.68	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969
Sir RJ Hadlee	27	37	3	0	72.97	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
GM Ritchie	75	103	10	1	72.81	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
CG Greenidge	32*	44	5	0	72.72	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
Qasim Umar	26	36	3	0	72.22	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1984	Test # 974
Sir RJ Hadlee	29	41	3	0	70.73	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
AB Henschell	89*	127	13	1	70.07	Queensland	v Tasmania	Brisbane	28 Oct 1983	First-class
PN Kirsten	67	96	10	0	69.79	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
KJ Hughes	30	43	4	0	69.76	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
PJL Dujon	130	187	15	2	69.51	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
RD Woolley	75	108	10	0	69.44	Tasmania	v Queensland	Brisbane	28 Oct 1983	First-class
Sarfraz Nawaz	32	47	3	0	68.08	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DB Vengsarkar	65	96	10	0	67.70	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
Zaheer Abbas	33	49	5	0	67.34	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1984	Test # 974
DB Vengsarkar	159	238	20	1	66.80	India	v West Indies	Delhi	29 Oct 1983	Test # 965
IDS Smith	32*	48	5	0	66.66	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
GN Yallop	30	45	3	0	66.66	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 1984	Test # 974
EN Trotman	28	42	5	0	66.66	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
RG Holland	37*	56	4	2	66.07	NSW	v West Aust	Sydney	24 Feb 1984	First-class
RW Marsh	33*	50	5	0	66.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DW Hookes	29	44	5	0	65.90	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	7 Apr 1984	Test # 987
Saleem Malik	77	117	6	0	65.81	Pakistan	v Australia	Adelaide	9 Dec 1983	Test # 970
CG Greenidge	127	193	17	0	65.80	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1984	Test # 988
DL Haynes	145	222	19	1	65.31	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
EN Trotman	77	118	8	1	65.25	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
IT Botham	70	108	10	2	64.81	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
WB Phillips	159	246	20	0	64.63	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
JJ Crowe	47	73	7	0	64.38	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
PJL Dujon	84	131	9	1	64.12	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983	Test # 968
MD Taylor	146	228	22	0	64.03	Victoria	v Queensland	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
GP Howarth	60	94	6	0	63.82	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
PJL Dujon	98	154	14	0	63.63	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
RG Pollock	42	66	5	0	63.63	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
Mohsin Khan	152	239	18	1	63.59	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983	Test # 973
CG Greenidge	120*	189	10	3	63.49	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	2 Mar 1984	Test # 979
S Madan Lal	63*	101	-	0	62.37	India	v West Indies	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
IDS Smith	113*	182	9	2	62.08	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
CL King	83	136	12	0	61.02	West Ind XI	v South Africa	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
DW Randall	164	269	20	2	60.96	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
MD Marshall	92	151	11	0	60.92	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	21 Oct 1983	Test # 964
DI Gower	173*	284	16	0	60.91	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
WB Phillips	120	197	14	4	60.91	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984	Test # 986
Wasim Raja	125	207	17	2	60.38	Pakistan	v India	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983	Test # 962
AB Henschell	67	111	9	0	60.36	Queensland	v Victoria	Brisbane	9 Dec 1983	First-class
KC Wessels	35	58	5	0	60.34	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	25 Nov 1983	Test # 969

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