Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - New Zealand

Players - New Zealand

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
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
IDS Smith	42	53	5	0	79.24	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
Sir RJ Hadlee	27	37	3	0	72.97	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Sir RJ Hadlee	29	41	3	0	70.73	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
IDS Smith	32*	48	5	0	66.66	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
JJ Crowe	47	73	7	0	64.38	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
GP Howarth	60	94	6	0	63.82	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
IDS Smith	113*	182	9	2	62.08	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
JV Coney	27	46	4	0	58.69	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
JV Coney	25	44	3	0	56.81	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
BL Cairns	64	114	10	1	56.14	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
BL Cairns	28	51	4	0	54.90	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
JV Coney	30	55	3	0	54.54	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
JV Coney	41	79	4	0	51.89	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
JG Wright	35	69	3	0	50.72	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
JJ Crowe	52	104	9	0	50.00	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
JF Reid	30	62	4	0	48.38	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JG Wright	25	52	4	0	48.07	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	3 Feb 1984	Test # 976
GP Howarth	62	131	5	0	47.32	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JV Coney	174*	374	26	1	46.52	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
JJ Crowe	128	285	20	0	44.91	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
MD Crowe	26	59	2	1	44.06	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JJ Crowe	50	114	8	0	43.85	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
JG Wright	130	297	24	0	43.77	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
SL Boock	35	86	2	0	40.69	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
MD Crowe	100	247	19	0	40.48	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
JF Reid	180	445	16	0	40.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
JV Coney	92	229	8	0	40.17	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
GP Howarth	35	89	4	0	39.32	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
GP Howarth	34	90	5	0	37.77	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
IDS Smith	29	81	3	0	35.80	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
BA Edgar	30	85	3	0	35.29	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
JG Wright	45	143	2	0	31.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
MD Crowe	45	143	7	0	31.46	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
JF Reid	26	102	3	0	25.49	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
JG Wright	48	209	3	0	22.96	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982

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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]