Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - England

Cricket Records in India in England Test Series, 1979 - England

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IT Botham	137	152	10	5	90.13	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
DI Gower	82	94	10	2	87.23	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
PH Edmonds	27*	31	4	1	87.09	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
IT Botham	33	39	4	1	84.61	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
GA Gooch	83	109	13	1	76.14	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
DI Gower	200*	279	24	-	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
IT Botham	38	55	4	1	69.09	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
P Willey	52	80	8	-	65.00	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
RW Taylor	64	112	9	-	57.14	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
IT Botham	36	63	3	-	57.14	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
G Miller	63*	116	5	-	54.31	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
DL Bairstow	59	114	8	-	51.75	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
G Miller	27	53	3	-	50.94	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
G Boycott	31	65	4	-	47.69	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
GA Gooch	31	66	3	1	46.96	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
G Boycott	155	341	12	-	45.45	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
G Boycott	125	293	6	-	42.66	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
DW Randall	57	135	8	-	42.22	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
G Boycott	32	80	5	-	40.00	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
G Miller	62	160	4	-	38.75	England	v India	Lord's	2 Aug 1979	Test # 852
GA Gooch	79	205	7	-	38.53	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
G Boycott	35	102	4	-	34.31	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
JM Brearley	34	102	3	-	33.33	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
P Willey	31	95	4	-	32.63	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854

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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 India at The Oval, India tour of England 4th Test, Aug 30-Sep 4, 1979 [Test # 854]

England vs India at Leeds, India tour of England 3rd Test, Aug 16-21, 1979 [Test # 853]

India vs England at Lord's, India tour of England 2nd Test, Aug 2-7, 1979 [Test # 852]