Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates for England in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2025	30	50	1	2820	317	57.55	3222	87.52	10	13	3	308	47
BM Duckett (ENG)	2016-2025	38	70	3	2872	182	42.86	3334	86.14	6	16	5	370	18
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2013	103	178	6	8503	319	49.43	10346	82.18	23	31	16	1219	90
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	163	31.05	5192+	79.33*	8	27	16	557+	61
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2013	60	76	14	1370	85	22.09	1791	76.49	-	5	5	181	19
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2025	15	25	3	1075	184*	48.86	1429	75.22	2	6	-	111	26
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2023	64	89	27	750	56*	12.09	1005	74.62	-	2	18	83	25
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	47	82	5	3427	159*	44.50	4621	74.16	8	18	3	369	90
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2024	37	62	11	807	52	15.82	1141	70.72	-	1	10	107	20
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	34	58	1	2315	190	40.61	3458	66.94	7	5	4	316	12
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	24	46	2	2209	214*	50.20	3336	66.21	6	12	5	270	43
Z Crawley (ENG)	2019-2025	59	107	2	3313	267	31.55	5049	65.61	5	19	10	468	12
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	244	41	3662	169	18.03	5607	65.31	1	13	39	438	55
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2015	103	145	23	2224	115	18.22	3432	64.80	2	9	19	277	42
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2025	61	107	5	3607	205	35.36	5604	64.36	9	16	5	427	18
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	24	38	5	815	78	24.69	1271	64.12	-	3	7	96	21
SS Iyer (IND)	2021-2024	14	24	2	811	105	36.86	1287	63.01	1	5	2	94	16
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1984	29	47	4	1588	174	36.93	2103+	62.38*	4	7	4	184+	9
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1992	43	72	3	2062	123	29.88	2697+	62.06*	2	12	7	221+	19
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	78	128	9	3795	167	31.89	6134	61.86	5	26	17	511	78
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2014	104	181	8	8181	227	47.28	13255	61.72	23	35	10	985	81
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	79	123	21	4099	131*	40.18	6647	61.66	7	28	13	492	16
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2025	37	69	5	2647	269	41.35	4309	61.42	9	7	5	295	43
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	102	161	6	5200	208	33.54	8565	60.71	14	22	14	621	67
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	64	98	7	3283	154	36.07	1488+	60.61*	5	23	13	179+	15
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1968	28	45	3	1495	185	35.59	1075+	59.62*	1	9	1	114+	3
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	17	21	1	1084	227	54.20	1823	59.46	4	3	3	124	6
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2025	115	206	9	7032	258	35.69	11845	59.36	14	35	16	810	136
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2014	90	144	16	4876	224	38.09	8249	59.11	6	33	10	544	78
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	100	178	12	6042	167*	36.39	10228	59.07	12	26	17	719	56
A Mishra (IND)	2008-2016	22	32	2	648	84	21.60	1103	58.74	-	4	4	79	3
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2012	40	62	6	1900	169	33.92	3277	57.97	3	11	7	260	22
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-2000	99	147	9	6215	199	45.03	9892+	57.82*	22	21	5	720+	19
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	62	84	23	742	49*	12.16	1290	57.51	-	-	20	97	10
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2025	158	288	24	13543	262	51.29	23556	57.49	39	66	13	1451	45
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	67	116	10	4301	212	40.57	7538	57.05	12	18	6	473	88
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1975	46	87	3	2611	121	31.08	1901+	56.97*	2	16	7	254+	2
DW Lawrence (ENG)	2021-2024	14	27	2	671	91	26.84	1206	55.63	-	4	5	72	8
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2025	123	210	13	9230	254*	46.85	16608	55.57	30	31	15	1027	30
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	44	68	5	934	88	14.82	1691	55.23	-	4	10	103	8
RA Jadeja (IND)	2012-2025	85	128	25	3886	175*	37.72	7037	55.22	5	27	8	383	75
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2010-2012	16	24	1	700	130	30.43	1278	54.77	2	3	4	77	6
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	106	151	15	3503	124	25.75	6423	54.53	6	14	9	399	23
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	10685	54.51	14	29	12	831	42
JC Buttler (ENG)	2014-2022	57	100	9	2907	152	31.94	5365	54.18	2	18	9	340	33
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	34	53	4	1172	100	23.91	2165	54.13	1	6	2	155	12
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	29437+	54.04*	51	68	14	2058+	69
MA Agarwal (IND)	2018-2022	21	36	-	1488	243	41.33	2782	53.48	4	6	1	189	28
IK Pathan (IND)	2003-2008	29	40	5	1105	102	31.57	2076	53.22	1	6	5	131	18
SK Raina (IND)	2010-2015	18	31	2	768	120	26.48	1445	53.14	1	7	8	100	4
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	62	99	18	2034	137*	25.11	3843	52.92	1	7	11	256	9
RS Bopara (ENG)	2007-2012	13	19	1	575	143	31.94	1087	52.89	3	-	5	71	2
AB Agarkar (IND)	1998-2006	26	39	5	571	109*	16.79	1081	52.82	1	-	9	83	3
KL Rahul (IND)	2014-2025	63	111	4	3789	199	35.41	7234	52.37	10	19	9	456	26
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2024	14	22	4	646	84	35.88	1235	52.30	-	4	1	70	18
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	68	118	8	3094	155*	28.12	5973	51.79	5	15	15	375	34
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2014	92	127	24	1231	75	11.95	2381	51.70	-	3	29	141	28
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2016	58	104	5	4154	206	41.95	8067	51.49	9	22	7	518	10
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1992	79	139	10	4656	142	36.09	9058	51.40	14	18	9	618	20
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	14070	51.25	16	35	13	900	57
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2008	82	147	9	5719	197	41.44	11184	51.13	18	18	9	742	22
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	16268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10
JM Vince (ENG)	2016-2018	13	22	-	548	83	24.90	1100	49.81	-	3	2	86	0
J Srinath (IND)	1991-2002	67	92	21	1009	76	14.21	2037	49.53	-	4	13	110	8
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2023	85	144	12	5077	188	38.46	10256	49.50	12	26	10	578	35
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	118	205	24	7727	235	42.69	15622	49.46	22	46	14	919	39
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2012	134	225	34	8781	281	45.97	17785	49.37	17	56	14	1135	5
KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2018	26	42	1	1025	129	25.00	2080	49.27	1	7	4	134	4
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1995	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	18075	49.23	20	46	13	1079	25
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	100	178	6	7037	177	40.91	14385	48.91	21	27	15	867	10
GA Hick (ENG)	1991-2001	65	114	6	3383	178	31.32	6920	48.88	6	18	11	450	22
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	17389	48.66	15	45	14	1121	10
PA Patel (IND)	2002-2018	25	38	8	934	71	31.13	1927	48.46	-	6	4	126	1
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	31	58	1	1944	212	34.10	4045	48.05	5	11	6	272	3
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1986	39	62	16	1042	74	22.65	1007+	47.36*	-	5	7	70+	1
RWT Key (ENG)	2002-2005	15	26	1	775	221	31.00	1639	47.28	1	3	2	97	2
BT Foakes (ENG)	2018-2024	25	46	7	1139	113*	29.20	2411	47.24	2	4	3	108	7
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2015	52	93	6	3835	226	44.08	8128	47.18	9	19	8	451	0
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2017	23	42	2	1498	156	37.45	3176	47.16	4	7	3	195	8
EH Hendren (ENG)	1920-1935	51	83	9	3525	205*	47.63	3468+	47.08*	7	21	4	209+	9
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	26562	46.95	33	57	9	1442	11
Washington Sundar (IND)	2021-2025	13	24	7	752	101*	44.23	1607	46.79	1	5	3	67	17
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-2001	19	37	1	1367	143	37.97	2938	46.52	2	8	3	159	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2011	68	115	10	4259	206	40.56	9170	46.44	10	20	6	470	24
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2006	54	81	13	1421	59	20.89	3064	46.37	-	4	9	175	5
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	61	105	1	3982	167	38.28	8601	46.29	12	15	8	467	33
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	5363+	46.22*	15	28	4	276+	8
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	93	4	3599	148	40.43	7251+	46.03*	8	20	5	437	19
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	100	179	28	6744	200*	44.66	14693	45.89	16	39	12	778	9
E Paynter (ENG)	1931-1939	20	31	5	1540	243	59.23	1288+	45.88*	4	7	3	125+	4
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1996	62	112	15	4236	175	43.67	9279	45.65	9	28	8	558	11
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1996	32	51	3	1105	117	23.02	2421	45.64	1	4	6	137	6
JM Parks (ENG)	1954-1968	46	68	7	1962	108*	32.16	1709+	45.52*	2	9	3	141+	15
WP Saha (IND)	2010-2021	40	56	10	1353	117	29.41	2973	45.50	3	6	6	129	14
MW Gatting (ENG)	1978-1995	79	138	14	4409	207	35.55	9764	45.15	10	21	16	552	11
B Kumar (IND)	2013-2018	21	29	4	552	63*	22.08	1225	45.06	-	3	4	77	1
APE Knott (ENG)	1967-1981	95	149	15	4389	135	32.75	8870+	44.43*	5	30	8	491+	6
CJ Barnett (ENG)	1933-1948	20	35	4	1098	129	35.41	1405+	44.41*	2	5	1	74+	5
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	103	176	11	7195	206*	43.60	16217	44.36	19	35	12	863	16
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1999	51	78	2	3202	201	42.13	7135+	44.33*	9	15	9	358+	38

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]