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)	2022-2026	35	60	2	3178	317	54.79	3660	86.83	10	15	4	339	52
BM Duckett (ENG)	2016-2026	43	80	3	3074	182	39.92	3555	86.46	6	16	6	398	19
GP Swann (ENG)	2008-2013	60	76	14	1370	85	22.09	1791	76.49	-	5	5	181	19
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2026	20	35	4	1286	184*	41.48	1720	74.76	2	7	1	138	30
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2019	16	30	-	838	93	27.93	1138	73.63	-	5	-	85	27
MA Wood (ENG)	2015-2025	38	64	12	811	52	15.59	1143	70.95	-	1	11	108	20
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	9613+	69.77*	24	45	10	952+	84
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2013	38	63	2	1323	106	21.68	1949	67.88	1	5	8	157	34
Z Crawley (ENG)	2019-2026	64	117	2	3586	267	31.18	5475	65.49	5	21	12	499	13
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2023	167	244	41	3662	169	18.03	5607	65.31	1	13	39	438	55
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2025	64	113	5	3732	205	34.55	5793	64.42	9	16	6	439	18
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	24	38	5	815	78	24.69	1271	64.12	-	3	7	96	21
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2016	46	73	7	856	106	12.96	1368	62.57	1	1	12	116	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
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2023	18	32	3	949	210*	32.72	1550	61.22	2	2	5	117	16
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
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	130	230	6	11912	400*	53.17	19694	60.48	34	48	17	1551	88
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	103	182	11	7214	333	42.18	11970	60.26	15	37	15	1046	98
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1968	28	45	3	1495	185	35.59	1075+	59.62*	1	9	1	114+	3
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	100	178	12	6042	167*	36.39	10228	59.07	12	26	17	719	56
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	60	76	10	910	73	13.78	1185+	58.98*	-	6	15	78+	36
BA Stokes (ENG)	2013-2026	120	216	9	7216	258	34.85	12348	58.43	14	37	17	828	136
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	52	78	9	2470	130	35.79	3981+	57.84*	2	16	8	305+	9
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2026	163	298	25	13943	262	51.07	24242	57.51	41	66	15	1492	46
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	62	84	23	742	49*	12.16	1290	57.51	-	-	20	97	10
AS Joseph (WI)	2016-2025	40	65	2	770	86	12.22	1357	56.74	-	2	13	83	28
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	7515	242*	46.67	6942+	56.68*	19	39	4	712+	70
DW Lawrence (ENG)	2021-2024	14	27	2	671	91	26.84	1206	55.63	-	4	5	72	8
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1995	44	68	5	934	88	14.82	1691	55.23	-	4	10	103	8
JR Murray (WI)	1993-2002	33	45	4	918	101*	22.39	1670	54.97	1	3	9	102	6
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2024	69	123	20	3073	202*	29.83	5595	54.92	3	14	11	359	55
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2010-2012	16	24	1	700	130	30.43	1278	54.77	2	3	4	77	6
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
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	56	102	6	2898	112*	30.18	5373	53.93	3	18	7	347	36
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	4063+	53.58*	26	30	12	593+	32+
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
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	107	11	1810	92	18.85	3163+	52.73*	-	10	15	189+	18
A Athanaze (WI)	2023-2025	17	33	-	781	92	23.66	1492	52.34	-	4	2	91	4
JP Greaves (WI)	2024-2025	14	28	4	712	202*	29.66	1372	51.89	2	1	2	71	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1988-1997	26	47	2	1002	110	22.26	1933	51.83	1	4	4	139	4
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	68	118	8	3094	155*	28.12	5973	51.79	5	15	15	375	34
JD Campbell (WI)	2019-2025	28	56	6	1276	115	25.52	2476	51.53	1	3	4	158	12
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1992	79	139	10	4656	142	36.09	9058	51.4	14	18	9	618	20
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2008	82	147	9	5719	197	41.44	11184	51.13	18	18	9	742	22
KOA Powell (WI)	2011-2021	44	83	1	2113	134	25.76	4152	50.89	3	7	8	278	16
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	16268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	5762	233	36.46	11462	50.27	13	27	13	633	63
CS Baugh (WI)	2003-2012	21	36	2	610	68	17.94	1220	50	-	3	1	71	4
SC Williams (WI)	1994-2002	31	52	3	1183	128	24.14	2367	49.97	1	3	6	171	6
JM Vince (ENG)	2016-2018	13	22	-	548	83	24.90	1100	49.81	-	3	2	86	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	11932+	49.49*	19	34	11	872+	67
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	118	205	24	7727	235	42.69	15622	49.46	22	46	14	919	39
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
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	29	54	1	2523	258	47.60	1958+	48.82*	6	10	3	230+	11
D Ramdin (WI)	2005-2016	74	126	14	2898	166	25.87	5945	48.74	4	15	9	376	6
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	17389	48.66	15	45	14	1121	10
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2010	40	71	1	2200	113	31.42	4527	48.59	3	13	6	269	21
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1969	44	78	6	3104	209*	43.11	1979+	48.35*	7	16	3	227+	6+
KAR Hodge (WI)	2024-2025	13	26	1	714	123*	28.56	1477	48.34	2	3	4	92	2
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	68	14	672	60	12.44	1146+	48.08*	-	1	17	55+	15
RS Morton (WI)	2005-2008	15	27	1	573	70*	22.03	1192	48.07	-	4	1	79	7
KA Edwards (WI)	2011-2014	17	32	1	986	121	31.80	2052	48.05	2	8	4	111	12
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	6227	256	47.53	2914+	47.87*	15	28	7	491+	23+
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2004	65	112	21	2577	118	28.31	5391	47.8	3	14	12	300	23
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	5949	194	44.39	12398+	47.77*	16	27	8	761+	23
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	45	80	1	2608	213	33.01	5459	47.77	5	14	6	368	16
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2016	71	127	7	3917	260	32.64	8219	47.65	7	24	14	537	32
AB Barath (WI)	2009-2012	15	28	-	657	104	23.46	1388	47.33	1	4	2	93	5
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
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	30	49	2	2047	302	43.55	2865+	47.22*	7	7	2	210+	6
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
SO Dowrich (WI)	2015-2020	35	62	8	1570	125*	29.07	3341	46.99	3	9	8	178	11
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	26562	46.95	33	57	9	1442	11
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	87	154	8	5842	291	40.01	12484	46.79	15	31	12	747	14
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	145	29	1439	53	12.40	3080	46.72	-	1	26	172	12
RC Fredericks (WI)	1968-1977	59	109	7	4334	169	42.49	4335+	46.52*	8	26	7	352+	8
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
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
RL Chase (WI)	2016-2025	57	106	4	2486	137*	24.37	5403	46.01	5	11	15	258	22
DS Smith (WI)	2003-2018	43	76	2	1760	108	23.78	3834	45.9	1	8	7	246	1
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
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1991	81	115	11	3322	139	31.94	6202+	45.82*	5	16	8	344+	11
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1981	66	109	10	4399	187	44.43	4217+	45.69*	12	21	10	422+	12
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

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced

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]