Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CG Greenidge	39	22	6	1	177.27	West Indians	v	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
JE Emburey	46	30	10	1	153.33	England XI	v Tasmania	Hobart	18 Dec 1986	First-class
A Ranatunga	52	36	8	1	144.44	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
IT Botham	86	67	11	4	128.35	England XI	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
IT Botham	48	38	9	0	126.31	England XI	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	7 Nov 1986	First-class
RJ Shastri	48*	40	3	2	120.00	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
IT Botham	70	62	10	0	112.90	England XI	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
GRJ Matthews	27*	25	2	0	108.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
CS Pandit	39	37	5	0	105.40	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
NA Foster	46*	44	8	0	104.54	England XI	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
GM Wood	34*	33	6	0	103.03	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1986	First-class
IVA Richards	38	37	7	0	102.70	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
NA Foster	74*	74	8	2	100.00	England XI	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
IDS Smith	40*	40	6	1	100.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Auckland	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
IVA Richards	33	33	2	1	100.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
IVA Richards	28	28	3	1	100.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
IVA Richards	117*	118	18	0	99.15	West Indians	v Shell XI	Napier	6 Mar 1987	First-class
N Kapil Dev	163	165	19	1	98.78	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
CD Matthews	56	57	8	2	98.24	West Aust	v England XI	W.A.C.A	7 Nov 1986	First-class
HA Gomes	33	34	2	0	97.05	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
GM Ritchie	28	29	2	1	96.55	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
N Kapil Dev	50*	52	7	1	96.15	India	v Pakistan	Ahmedabad	4 Mar 1987	Test # 1071
NA Foster	25	26	4	0	96.15	England XI	v Tasmania	Hobart	18 Dec 1986	First-class
SM Gavaskar	74	79	-	3	93.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
DI Gower	38	42	5	0	90.47	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
GM Ritchie	52	58	6	0	89.65	Queensland	v England XI	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
WS Andrews	69	78	12	0	88.46	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1986	First-class
RA Harper	118	134	12	3	88.05	West Indians	v Queensland	Townsville	11 Jan 1987	First-class
DL Haynes	57*	66	10	0	86.36	West Indians	v	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
N Kapil Dev	119	138	21	0	86.23	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
AJ de Winter	25*	29	3	0	86.20	Tasmania	v West Aust	Devonport	21 Nov 1986	First-class
DI Gower	48	56	7	0	85.71	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
K Srikkanth	53	62	9	1	85.48	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
DI Gower	28*	33	4	0	84.84	England XI	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
SJ Cook	28	33	4	0	84.84	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1986	First-class
RL Dias	50	59	7	0	84.74	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
IVA Richards	44	52	4	0	84.61	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	7 Nov 1986	Test # 1056
DA Stirling	75	89	5	4	84.26		v West Indians	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
Sir RJ Hadlee	25*	30	2	0	83.33	New Zealand	v West Indies	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
K Srikkanth	123	149	18	2	82.55	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	3 Feb 1987	Test # 1066
Imran Khan	61	75	8	0	81.33	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
Wasim Akram	66	82	4	2	80.48	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
K Srikkanth	39	49	6	0	79.59	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
IT Botham	138	174	13	4	79.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
M Azharuddin	50	64	8	0	78.12	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
GM Wood	35	45	5	0	77.77	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1986	First-class
DI Gower	136	175	16	0	77.71	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
DW Hookes	104	135	10	2	77.03	South Aust	v England XI	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
MW Gatting	30	39	5	0	76.92	England XI	v Tasmania	Hobart	18 Dec 1986	First-class
AJ Lamb	46	60	10	0	76.66	England XI	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
A Ranatunga	59	77	5	1	76.62	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986	Test # 1063
CD Matthews	65	85	7	2	76.47	West Aust	v Victoria	W.A.C.A	18 Dec 1986	First-class
CS Pandit	26*	34	3	0	76.47	India	v Australia	Delhi	26 Sep 1986	Test # 1053
JJ Whitaker	48	64	7	0	75.00	England XI	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
PJL Dujon	62	83	10	1	74.69	West Indians	v	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
VJ Marks	45	62	6	0	72.58	West Aust	v Tasmania	Devonport	21 Nov 1986	First-class
MD Marshall	45	62	6	1	72.58	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Mar 1987	Test # 1072
TJ Zoehrer	52*	73	7	2	71.23	Australia	v India	Delhi	26 Sep 1986	Test # 1053
MW Gatting	100	141	15	0	70.92	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
AJ Lamb	36	51	4	1	70.58	England XI	v Victoria	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
RB Richardson	50*	71	7	0	70.42	West Indians	v Shell XI	Napier	6 Mar 1987	First-class
AR Border	47	67	5	1	70.14	Queensland	v England XI	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
IVA Richards	70	100	4	0	70.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
CD Matthews	42	60	1	1	70.00	West Aust	v Tasmania	Devonport	21 Nov 1986	First-class
EB McSweeney	117*	168	15	0	69.64	Shell XI	v West Indians	Napier	6 Mar 1987	First-class
AJ Lamb	105	151	14	0	69.53	England XI	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
HA Gomes	164*	236	17	0	69.49	West Indians	v Queensland	Townsville	11 Jan 1987	First-class
WB Phillips	116	167	15	0	69.46	South Aust	v England XI	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
SB Smith	29	42	4	0	69.04	Aust XI	v SAf XI	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1986	First-class
RB Richardson	121	177	8	1	68.36	West Indians	v Shell XI	Napier	6 Mar 1987	First-class
SR Waugh	28	41	3	0	68.29	Australia	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
RG Pollock	144	211	22	1	68.24	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Gqeberha	30 Jan 1987	First-class
Javed Miandad	76	112	5	1	67.85	Pakistan	v West Indies	Karachi	20 Nov 1986	Test # 1058
EB McSweeney	76	112	8	0	67.85		v West Indians	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
SB Smith	137	202	17	0	67.82	Aust XI	v SAf XI	Durban	17 Jan 1987	First-class
AJ Lamb	63	93	9	1	67.74	England XI	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	7 Nov 1986	First-class
SR Waugh	79*	117	10	0	67.52	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
ST Jefferies	27*	40	3	0	67.50	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1986	First-class
MA Holding	34*	51	1	4	66.66	West Indians	v	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
JJ Whitaker	37	56	4	1	66.07	England XI	v Tasmania	Hobart	18 Dec 1986	First-class
AR Border	27	41	4	0	65.85	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
SP O'Donnell	77	117	8	1	65.81	Victoria	v England XI	Melbourne	6 Dec 1986	First-class
GA Bishop	67	102	6	0	65.68	South Aust	v England XI	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
GM Wood	53	81	8	0	65.43	West Aust	v England XI	W.A.C.A	7 Nov 1986	First-class
TM Moody	111	170	12	0	65.29	West Aust	v Tasmania	Devonport	21 Nov 1986	First-class
KR Rutherford	26	40	2	0	65.00		v West Indians	Hamilton	15 Feb 1987	First-class
RG Pollock	66	102	12	1	64.70	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Cape Town	1 Jan 1987	First-class
AJ Lamb	65	101	10	0	64.35	England XI	v Queensland	Brisbane	24 Oct 1986	First-class
GM Ritchie	36	56	3	0	64.28	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
CJ Richards	133	207	16	0	64.25	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
SR Waugh	71	111	4	1	63.96	Australia	v England	W.A.C.A	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
DM Jones	210	330	27	2	63.63	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
K Srikkanth	26	41	1	1	63.41	India	v Australia	Delhi	26 Sep 1986	Test # 1053
Mudassar Nazar	26	41	3	0	63.41	Pakistan	v West Indies	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1986	Test # 1055
JJ Whitaker	108	171	13	1	63.15	England XI	v South Aust	Adelaide	31 Oct 1986	First-class
KA McKenzie	40	64	5	0	62.50	SAf XI	v Aust XI	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1986	First-class
AB Henschell	130*	210	12	2	61.90	Queensland	v West Indians	Townsville	11 Jan 1987	First-class
GF Lawson	26	42	4	0	61.90	NSW	v England XI	Newcastle	21 Nov 1986	First-class
AR Border	106	172	14	1	61.62	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
SB Smith	77	125	9	1	61.60	Aust XI	v SAf XI	Gqeberha	30 Jan 1987	First-class

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