Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Lara	30	16	6	1	187.50	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
M Muralidaran	26	14	4	1	185.71	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
SB Doull	26	17	4	1	152.94	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
M Azharuddin	109	77	18	1	141.55	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
Ramiz Raja	36	33	6	0	109.09	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
A Ranatunga	66	62	9	3	106.45	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
M Azharuddin	115	110	19	1	104.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
CL Cairns	93	89	12	3	104.49	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
S Chanderpaul	71	68	10	0	104.41	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
PA de Silva	103*	99	11	1	104.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Aamer Sohail	46	45	11	0	102.22	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
L Klusener	102*	100	13	1	102.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
RS Kaluwitharana	103	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
AJ Stewart	73	76	4	2	96.05	England	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
SC Williams	44	46	5	1	95.65	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
M Azharuddin	52	55	9	0	94.54	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
BM McMillan	51*	54	4	3	94.44	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
BC Lara	78	83	8	1	93.97	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
IA Healy	29	31	5	0	93.54	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
RG Samuels	35*	38	8	0	92.10	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
WJ Cronje	34	37	5	0	91.89	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
IA Healy	45*	50	6	0	90.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
Moin Khan	98	109	9	3	89.90	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
SP Fleming	51	59	8	0	86.44	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RS Kaluwitharana	43	50	5	0	86.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
NS Sidhu	26	31	6	0	83.87	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
Saeed Anwar	81	97	16	0	83.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
SM Pollock	35	42	8	0	83.33	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
SB Doull	25	30	3	0	83.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
DJ Richardson	72*	87	10	1	82.75	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
NV Knight	96	117	5	1	82.05	England	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
JR Murray	34	43	6	0	79.06	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
Mushtaq Ahmed	25	32	4	0	78.12	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
BM McMillan	59*	76	6	0	77.63	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
IA Healy	36	47	4	0	76.59	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
ME Waugh	26	34	4	0	76.47	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
GS Blewett	47*	62	5	0	75.80	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
Saeed Anwar	50*	66	9	0	75.75	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
WJ Cronje	43	57	7	0	75.43	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
MTG Elliott	85	113	13	1	75.22	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
ST Jayasuriya	72	96	4	0	75.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
CL Hooper	27*	36	2	0	75.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1346
Wasim Akram	35	47	7	0	74.46	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
DJ Cullinan	55	74	7	0	74.32	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
AA Donald	26	35	3	0	74.28	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
ST Jayasuriya	62	84	7	1	73.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
ST Jayasuriya	50	68	6	0	73.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
BC Lara	132	183	22	1	72.13	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
DJ Cullinan	33	46	6	0	71.73	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
DL Houghton	43	60	3	2	71.66	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
DL Houghton	73	102	8	1	71.56	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1996	Test # 1337
DN Patel	30*	42	1	1	71.42	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
AC Parore	25	35	4	0	71.42	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
M Azharuddin	163*	229	25	1	71.17	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
WJ Cronje	79*	111	9	2	71.17	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
A Kumble	88	124	13	0	70.96	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
NV Knight	56	79	9	0	70.88	England	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
Wasim Akram	257*	363	22	12	70.79	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
Saeed Anwar	149	214	20	0	69.62	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
RG Samuels	29	42	4	1	69.04	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
CL Hooper	57	83	10	0	68.67	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
DN Patel	45	66	6	0	68.18	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
G Kirsten	133	196	18	0	67.85	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
BC Lara	45	67	6	0	67.16	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
HDPK Dharmasena	38*	57	3	1	66.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
SR Tendulkar	169	254	26	0	66.53	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
PA de Silva	138*	208	19	0	66.34	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Mohammad Wasim	109*	165	17	0	66.06	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
SR Tendulkar	42	64	7	0	65.62	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
L Klusener	30	46	3	1	65.21	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DN Patel	26	40	3	0	65.00	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
SB Doull	26	40	4	0	65.00	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
Saleem Malik	155	240	26	0	64.58	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
R Dravid	31	48	5	0	64.58	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
SC Ganguly	60	93	11	1	64.51	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
MTG Elliott	29	45	5	0	64.44	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
IA Healy	161*	250	20	0	64.40	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	22 Nov 1996	Test # 1340
GS Blewett	99	154	9	0	64.28	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
RS Kaluwitharana	57	89	8	0	64.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
MG Bevan	37*	58	6	0	63.79	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
L Klusener	49	77	5	1	63.63	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
SR Tendulkar	35	55	7	0	63.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
Inzamam-ul-Haq	54*	85	7	0	63.52	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
CL Hooper	26	41	2	1	63.41	West Indies	v India	St John's	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
BA Young	267*	422	37	0	63.27	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
Ijaz Ahmed	125	198	19	1	63.13	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
J Srinath	41	65	4	0	63.07	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
ADR Campbell	29	46	4	0	63.04	Zimbabwe	v England	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
BC Strang	42	67	5	0	62.68	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
SR Tendulkar	92	147	14	1	62.58	India	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
R Dravid	40	64	5	0	62.50	India	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996	Test # 1335
AJ Stewart	173	277	23	1	62.45	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
SK Warne	28	45	2	0	62.22	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
ADR Campbell	84	136	13	0	61.76	Zimbabwe	v England	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
SP Fleming	67	109	11	0	61.46	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
MJ Horne	66	108	8	1	61.11	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
DJ Cullinan	122*	200	15	1	61.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
CL Hooper	129	212	17	0	60.84	West Indies	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
IR Bishop	48	79	6	0	60.75	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	29 Nov 1996	Test # 1343
CEL Ambrose	37	61	6	0	60.65	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363

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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]