Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings in 1981 in Tests

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Patil	36	26	1	0	138.46	India	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
IT Botham	66	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
IT Botham	118	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
MF Kent	52	45	7	0	115.55	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
SMH Kirmani	43*	39	4	0	110.25	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
IT Botham	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
N Kapil Dev	59	58	10	1	101.72	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
IT Botham	149*	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
GR Viswanath	37	38	4	0	97.36	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
CM Old	29	31	6	0	93.54	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
IT Botham	50	54	8	0	92.59	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
N Kapil Dev	46	50	5	0	92.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
GN Yallop	114	125	17	0	91.20	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
IT Botham	33	38	4	0	86.84	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
PJL Dujon	41	48	6	0	85.41	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
SM Patil	65*	78	9	0	83.33	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
GA Gooch	44	53	6	0	83.01	England	v Australia	Lord's	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
MW Gatting	56	70	7	0	80.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
CH Lloyd	66	83	8	2	79.51	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
G Boycott	30	38	4	0	78.94	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
Sarfraz Nawaz	26	33	4	0	78.78	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
Wasim Raja	48	62	7	0	77.41	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
MW Gatting	32	42	4	0	76.19	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
N Kapil Dev	38	50	8	0	76.00	India	v England	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
GR Dilley	56	75	9	0	74.66	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
GM Wood	44	59	5	0	74.57	Australia	v England	Lord's	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
MA Holding	58*	78	5	3	74.35	West Indies	v England	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
GA Gooch	26	35	3	0	74.28	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
K Srikkanth	65	88	8	0	73.86	India	v England	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
APE Knott	36	49	4	0	73.46	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
AR Border	57	78	6	0	73.07	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
SM Patil	174	240	22	1	72.50	India	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
GA Gooch	153	213	21	2	71.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
IVA Richards	182*	256	23	2	71.09	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
GR Dilley	27*	38	3	0	71.05	England	v Australia	Lord's	2 Jul 1981	Test # 904
KJ Hughes	213	301	21	0	70.76	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
GN Yallop	38	54	5	0	70.37	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
GR Dilley	34	49	6	0	69.38	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
Zaheer Abbas	80	116	10	0	68.96	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
GS Chappell	204	296	27	0	68.91	Australia	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
MA Holding	26	38	0	2	68.42	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
GN Edwards	34	50	4	0	68.00	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
GS Chappell	201	296	6	0	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
GA Gooch	40	59	7	0	67.79	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
SM Patil	42	62	7	0	67.74	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
AME Roberts	50*	75	3	4	66.66	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
DI Gower	26	39	4	0	66.66	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
APE Knott	59	89	8	0	66.29	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
IT Botham	26	40	4	0	65.00	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
P Willey	102*	158	15	1	64.55	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
Ijaz Faqih	34	53	4	0	64.15	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
GR Viswanath	26	41	4	0	63.41	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Imran Khan	70*	111	5	1	63.06	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DI Gower	32	51	6	0	62.74	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
RW Marsh	52	83	7	0	62.65	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
KD Walters	67	107	6	0	62.61	Australia	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
Imran Khan	31	50	5	0	62.00	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
GM Wood	34	55	4	0	61.81	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
Javed Miandad	79	128	4	0	61.71	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
SM Patil	57	93	8	1	61.29	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
DL Haynes	25	41	4	0	60.97	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
IT Botham	26	43	3	0	60.46	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
CH Lloyd	100	167	17	0	59.88	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
KJ Hughes	43	72	8	0	59.72	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
P Willey	33	56	6	0	58.92	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
GS Chappell	36	62	6	0	58.06	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
GP Howarth	137*	237	15	0	57.80	New Zealand	v India	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
GM Wood	125	217	10	1	57.60	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
G Boycott	38	66	5	0	57.57	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
AR Border	36	63	3	0	57.14	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
RO Butcher	32	56	4	0	57.14	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
BL Cairns	41	72	4	1	56.94	New Zealand	v India	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
SMH Kirmani	25	44	1	0	56.81	India	v Australia	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
MF Kent	46	81	6	0	56.79	Australia	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
IT Botham	55	97	8	1	56.70	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
SM Patil	64	113	10	0	56.63	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
CH Lloyd	95	168	19	0	56.54	West Indies	v England	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
PJW Allott	52*	92	5	0	56.52	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
GN Yallop	35	62	3	0	56.45	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
GM Wood	72	128	8	2	56.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
SMH Kirmani	27	48	3	0	56.25	India	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1981	Test # 893
RW Marsh	28	50	5	0	56.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
P Willey	67	120	7	0	55.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
G Boycott	34*	61	4	0	55.73	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
DB Vengsarkar	39	70	5	0	55.71	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1981	Test # 897
AR Border	84	152	8	0	55.26	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
GA Gooch	116	210	13	0	55.23	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
MW Gatting	39	71	3	0	54.92	England	v Australia	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
MW Gatting	29	53	6	0	54.71	England	v India	Bengaluru	9 Dec 1981	Test # 912
Wasim Raja	43	80	5	0	53.75	Pakistan	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
KJ Hughes	106	198	16	0	53.53	Australia	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
GR Viswanath	107	200	14	0	53.50	India	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
GM Wood	46	86	5	0	53.48	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1981	Test # 915
RJ Bright	27	51	4	0	52.94	Australia	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 1981	Test # 906
KD Walters	78	148	6	0	52.70	Australia	v India	Melbourne	7 Feb 1981	Test # 895
GA Gooch	83	158	8	0	52.53	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
DI Gower	54	103	7	0	52.42	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
GN Yallop	26	50	1	0	52.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
Zaheer Abbas	90	174	9	0	51.72	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981	Test # 913
DA Murray	46	89	5	0	51.68	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
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:

Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1981 [Test # 915]

England vs India at Delhi, England tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 23-28, 1981 [Test # 914]

Pakistan vs Australia at Melbourne, Pakistan tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 11-15, 1981 [Test # 913]