Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - England

Cricket Records in The Ashes, 1978/79 - England

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IT Botham	30	39	4	-	76.92	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
IT Botham	74	97	6	2	76.28	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
DW Randall	45	65	3	-	69.23	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
IT Botham	49	73	5	-	67.12	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
DI Gower	29	48	4	-	60.41	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
G Miller	25	42	3	-	59.52	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
DI Gower	65	111	6	-	58.55	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
IT Botham	59	108	7	-	54.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
GA Gooch	74	136	7	1	54.41	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
DI Gower	48*	90	4	-	53.33	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
DI Gower	34	68	3	-	50.00	England	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
DI Gower	44	90	5	-	48.88	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
DI Gower	102	221	9	-	46.15	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
GA Gooch	40	87	5	-	45.97	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
DW Randall	74*	175	5	-	42.28	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
G Miller	27	70	1	-	38.57	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
G Miller	40	104	4	-	38.46	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
DI Gower	49	128	3	-	38.28	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
DW Randall	75	196	10	1	38.26	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
G Miller	31	89	3	-	34.83	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
GA Gooch	43	131	5	-	32.82	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
RW Taylor	97	300	6	-	32.33	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
JE Emburey	42	132	4	-	31.81	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
G Miller	64	203	5	-	31.52	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
JM Brearley	46	148	3	-	31.08	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
RW Taylor	36*	118	2	-	30.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
DW Randall	150	498	13	-	30.12	England	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
CM Old	29*	102	2	-	28.43	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
GA Gooch	25	91	1	-	27.47	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
JM Brearley	53	195	2	-	27.17	England	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 1979	Test # 840
G Boycott	38	155	1	-	24.51	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
G Boycott	49	212	2	-	23.11	England	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
G Boycott	77	337	1	-	22.84	England	v Australia	W.A.C.A	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836

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