Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SB Joshi	27	18	4	1	150.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
WPUJC Vaas	38	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
ML Hayden	28*	21	4	1	133.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
JL Langer	28	21	3	2	133.33	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Moin Khan	47	36	8	0	130.55	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
CH Gayle	48	39	11	0	123.07	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
AC Gilchrist	122	112	15	4	108.92	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
RT Ponting	26*	24	5	0	108.33	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
RS Kaluwitharana	32	30	4	1	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
SK Warne	39	37	2	3	105.40	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
SM Pollock	111	106	16	3	104.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
BC Lara	39	38	4	1	102.63	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
Saeed Anwar	53	52	7	0	101.92	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
CD McMillan	98	97	13	3	101.03	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
SR Tendulkar	39	39	8	0	100.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
JL Langer	35	35	6	1	100.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
NR Mongia	28	29	4	1	96.55	India	v Australia	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
Humayun Farhat	28	29	5	1	96.55	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
CD McMillan	31*	33	3	2	93.93	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
A Flower	29	32	2	2	90.62	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
C White	41	46	3	2	89.13	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
PA de Silva	29	33	5	1	87.87	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
ML Hayden	35	40	3	1	87.50	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
RP Arnold	71	82	13	0	86.58	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
MV Boucher	38	45	6	1	84.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
R Dravid	41*	49	5	1	83.67	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
CR Miller	29	35	2	1	82.85	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Younis Khan	149*	182	14	4	81.86	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
VVS Laxman	66	82	12	0	80.48	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
GJ Whittall	60	75	6	1	80.00	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
MS Sinclair	35*	44	4	0	79.54	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
GP Thorpe	46	58	6	0	79.31	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
MA Atherton	26	33	5	0	78.78	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
BC Lara	28	36	4	0	77.77	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
B Lee	62*	80	7	1	77.50	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
BC Lara	182	235	29	1	77.44	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
R Dravid	70*	91	8	0	76.92	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Shahid Afridi	52	68	6	1	76.47	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	15 Nov 2000	Test # 1513
N Boje	43	57	6	1	75.43	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
SP Fleming	55	73	6	0	75.34	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
DJ Cullinan	48	64	7	1	75.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
VVS Laxman	65	87	11	0	74.71	India	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
Humayun Farhat	26	35	1	2	74.28	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
SP Fleming	51*	69	7	0	73.91	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
S Ramesh	48	65	7	0	73.84	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
Mohammad Yousuf	51	70	8	0	72.85	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
AC Gilchrist	48	66	8	0	72.72	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 2000	Test # 1516
NJ Astle	37	51	6	0	72.54	New Zealand	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
SC Ganguly	65*	90	7	3	72.22	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
Moin Khan	28	39	4	0	71.79	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
SR Tendulkar	201*	281	27	0	71.53	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
CL Cairns	124	174	13	3	71.26	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
VVS Laxman	59	83	12	0	71.08	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
B Lee	41*	58	4	1	70.68	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
AC Gilchrist	87	124	9	1	70.16	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
S Ramesh	30	43	6	0	69.76	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
DPMD Jayawardene	45	65	8	0	69.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
ML Hayden	119	172	18	1	69.18	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
MV Nagamootoo	68	99	7	0	68.68	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
ME Waugh	119	175	13	0	68.00	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
CD McMillan	142	209	18	2	67.94	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
L Klusener	97	143	13	1	67.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
MJ Slater	96	142	13	0	67.60	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
MJ Slater	83	123	8	0	67.47	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	15 Dec 2000	Test # 1523
GJ Rennie	37	55	6	0	67.27	Zimbabwe	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
MJ Slater	86*	129	10	0	66.66	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1527
SR Tendulkar	76	114	13	0	66.66	India	v Australia	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
DJ Cullinan	103	155	14	0	66.45	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
JH Kallis	53	80	7	2	66.25	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
Younis Khan	91	138	14	2	65.94	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
GP Thorpe	64*	98	4	0	65.30	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
SV Carlisle	32	49	3	1	65.30	Zimbabwe	v India	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
GP Thorpe	32*	49	2	0	65.30	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
BA Murphy	30	46	5	0	65.21	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1543
AC Gilchrist	50	77	7	0	64.93	Australia	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	1 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
DPMD Jayawardene	61	94	4	2	64.89	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
MD Bell	105	163	17	0	64.41	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
MV Boucher	92	143	10	0	64.33	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
AC Gilchrist	37	58	6	0	63.79	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
JL Langer	58	91	9	1	63.73	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Hasibul Hossain	28*	44	3	1	63.63	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
RD Jacobs	96*	151	12	1	63.57	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	1 Dec 2000	Test # 1520
ML Hayden	203	320	15	6	63.43	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Mar 2001	Test # 1539
Habibul Bashar	71	112	10	0	63.39	Bangladesh	v India	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
JL Langer	31	49	4	0	63.26	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1525
Younis Khan	36	57	5	0	63.15	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001	Test # 1540
S Ramesh	58	92	6	0	63.04	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000	Test # 1512
SS Das	110	175	19	0	62.85	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
MV Boucher	76	121	7	0	62.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
N Boje	32	51	3	0	62.74	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
GA Hick	40	64	2	0	62.50	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Dec 2000	Test # 1521
VVS Laxman	281	452	44	0	62.16	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Saleem Elahi	72	116	10	0	62.06	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
RP Arnold	26	42	3	0	61.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
ML Hayden	97	157	14	3	61.78	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
SV Carlisle	29*	47	7	0	61.70	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	26 Apr 2001	Test # 1545
AC Parore	32*	52	3	0	61.53	New Zealand	v Pakistan	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
GJ Whittall	119	194	16	0	61.34	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1543
DPMD Jayawardene	101	165	12	1	61.21	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
TM Dilshan	36	59	6	0	61.01	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532

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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]