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2021 Records
Test Matches Records
Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Players

Highest strike rates in an innings
Player
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
SR
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
SN Thakur
573673158.33Indiav EnglandThe Oval2 Sep 2021Test # 2433
BRM Taylor
4931100158.06Zimbabwev PakistanHarare7 May 2021Test # 2421
Abid Ali
292360126.08Pakistanv West IndiesKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
BRM Taylor
9273160126.02Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
RR Pant
252031125.00Indiav EnglandNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
RA Jadeja
302551120.00Indiav EnglandLeeds25 Aug 2021Test # 2432
N Wagner
 25*2131119.04New Zealandv EnglandLord's2 Jun 2021Test # 2422
Hasan Ali
302632115.38Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
UT Yadav
252312108.69Indiav EnglandThe Oval2 Sep 2021Test # 2433
Hasan Ali
282622107.69Pakistanv West IndiesKingston12 Aug 2021Test # 2430
N Dickwella
 77*7281106.94Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
Najmul Hossain Shanto
117*1185699.15Bangladeshv ZimbabweHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
LRPL Taylor
33351294.28New Zealandv EnglandLord's2 Jun 2021Test # 2422
N Dickwella
31333093.93Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
Noman Ali
971049593.26Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare7 May 2021Test # 2421
Tamim Iqbal
9010115089.10Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
BRM Taylor
819212188.04Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
BRM Taylor
29332187.87Zimbabwev PakistanHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
JO Holder
26302286.66West Indiesv PakistanKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
FDM Karunaratne
66787184.61Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
Imran Butt
37445084.09Pakistanv West IndiesKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
SN Thakur
60727183.33Indiav EnglandThe Oval2 Sep 2021Test # 2433
CR Woakes
506011083.33Englandv IndiaThe Oval2 Sep 2021Test # 2433
K Rabada
40485183.33South Africav West IndiesGros Islet18 Jun 2021Test # 2426
Q de Kock
141*17012782.94South Africav West IndiesGros Islet10 Jun 2021Test # 2424
JJ Bumrah
28343182.35Indiav EnglandNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
Babar Azam
33411180.48Pakistanv West IndiesKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
Mohammed Shami
 56*706180.00Indiav EnglandLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
DM de Silva
41524178.84Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
PW Hasaranga
43553078.18Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
AD Mathews
25324078.12Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
DW Lawrence
25324078.12Englandv IndiaNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
MA Wood
29385176.31Englandv New ZealandBirmingham10 Jun 2021Test # 2423
C Overton
32426076.19Englandv IndiaLeeds25 Aug 2021Test # 2432
Mominul Haque
709213076.08Bangladeshv ZimbabweHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
Tamim Iqbal
 74*9810375.51Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
Litton Das
50675174.62Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
Saif Hassan
34465173.91Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
JE Root
12116514073.33Englandv IndiaLeeds25 Aug 2021Test # 2432
SM Curran
 27*374172.97Englandv IndiaNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
SM Curran
32454071.11Englandv IndiaNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
J Blackwood
557810070.51West Indiesv PakistanKingston12 Aug 2021Test # 2430
Fawad Alam
14020420068.62Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
KL Rahul
26386068.42Indiav EnglandNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
JM Bairstow
29434167.44Englandv IndiaLeeds25 Aug 2021Test # 2432
Faheem Ashraf
44668066.66Pakistanv West IndiesKingston12 Aug 2021Test # 2430
Mominul Haque
32484066.66Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
J Blackwood
33506066.00West Indiesv PakistanKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
DW Lawrence
 81*12413065.32Englandv New ZealandBirmingham10 Jun 2021Test # 2423
TG Southee
30461265.21New Zealandv IndiaSouthampton18 Jun 2021Test # 2425
RA Jadeja
56868165.11Indiav EnglandNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
Litton Das
9514713064.62Bangladeshv ZimbabweHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
Mushfiqur Rahim
40627064.51Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
RR Pant
37585063.79Indiav EnglandLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
Mushfiqur Rahim
40635063.49Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
JE Root
10917214063.37Englandv IndiaNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
FDM Karunaratne
11819015062.10Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
Tamim Iqbal
9215012061.33Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
KR Mayers
34564060.71West Indiesv South AfricaGros Islet18 Jun 2021Test # 2426
KR Mayers
32535060.37West Indiesv PakistanKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
JM Bairstow
30504060.00Englandv IndiaNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
DT Tiripano
 28*474059.57Zimbabwev PakistanHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
Q de Kock
961628059.25South Africav West IndiesGros Islet18 Jun 2021Test # 2426
JE Root
6410811059.25Englandv IndiaNottingham4 Aug 2021Test # 2428
Najmul Hossain Shanto
26444059.09Bangladeshv Sri LankaPallekele29 Apr 2021Test # 2419
B Muzarabani
 30*514058.82Zimbabwev BangladeshHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
Shadman Islam
115*1969058.67Bangladeshv ZimbabweHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
KS Williamson
 52*898058.42New Zealandv IndiaSouthampton18 Jun 2021Test # 2425
RW Chakabva
8013713258.39Zimbabwev PakistanHarare7 May 2021Test # 2421
Fawad Alam
124*21317058.21Pakistanv West IndiesKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
KAJ Roach
 30*522057.69West Indiesv PakistanKingston12 Aug 2021Test # 2430
DP Conway
20034722157.63New Zealandv EnglandLord's2 Jun 2021Test # 2422
LRPL Taylor
8013911057.55New Zealandv EnglandBirmingham10 Jun 2021Test # 2423
RG Sharma
8314511157.24Indiav EnglandLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
DM de Silva
16629122057.04Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
JO Holder
47835256.62West Indiesv PakistanKingston20 Aug 2021Test # 2431
JE Root
40715056.33Englandv New ZealandLord's2 Jun 2021Test # 2422
JE Root
180*32118056.07Englandv IndiaLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
Taskin Ahmed
7513411055.97Bangladeshv ZimbabweHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
DP Conway
8014312055.94New Zealandv EnglandBirmingham10 Jun 2021Test # 2423
FDM Karunaratne
24443726055.83Sri Lankav BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021Test # 2418
JE Root
33605055.00Englandv IndiaLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
DJ Malan
7012811054.68Englandv IndiaLeeds25 Aug 2021Test # 2432
AK Markram
601107054.54South Africav West IndiesGros Islet10 Jun 2021Test # 2424
M Shumba
27505054.00Zimbabwev PakistanHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
Mahmudullah
150*27817153.95Bangladeshv ZimbabweHarare7 Jul 2021Test # 2427
JO Holder
5810810053.70West Indiesv PakistanKingston12 Aug 2021Test # 2430
JM Bairstow
571077053.27Englandv IndiaLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
JJ Bumrah
 34*643053.12Indiav EnglandLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
LM Jongwe
37707052.85Zimbabwev PakistanHarare7 May 2021Test # 2421
Abid Ali
215*40729052.82Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare7 May 2021Test # 2421
HE van der Dussen
 75*1425152.81South Africav West IndiesGros Islet18 Jun 2021Test # 2426
Azhar Ali
12624017152.50Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare7 May 2021Test # 2421
V Kohli
50968052.08Indiav EnglandThe Oval2 Sep 2021Test # 2433
KL Rahul
12925012151.60Indiav EnglandLord's12 Aug 2021Test # 2429
Abid Ali
34665151.51Pakistanv West IndiesKingston12 Aug 2021Test # 2430
Azhar Ali
36705051.42Pakistanv ZimbabweHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
MA Wood
41807051.25Englandv New ZealandBirmingham10 Jun 2021Test # 2423
TK Musakanda
43845051.19Zimbabwev PakistanHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
R Kaia
48947051.06Zimbabwev PakistanHarare29 Apr 2021Test # 2420
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Minimum of 25 runs
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]