Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs New Zealand

Highest strike rates in an innings in 1997 in Tests - vs New Zealand

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	26	14	4	1	185.71	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
SK Warne	36	25	4	1	144.00	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
GW Flower	49	46	8	-	106.52	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
RS Kaluwitharana	103	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
GS Blewett	56	65	5	-	86.15	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
RS Kaluwitharana	43	50	5	-	86.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RT Ponting	73*	85	7	2	85.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
ST Jayasuriya	50	68	6	-	73.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
PR Reiffel	28*	40	3	-	70.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
PR Reiffel	77	113	10	-	68.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
HDPK Dharmasena	38*	57	3	1	66.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
GW Flower	151	240	12	3	62.91	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
AJ Stewart	173	277	23	1	62.45	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
PR Reiffel	54	88	7	-	61.36	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
AJ Stewart	52	86	6	-	60.46	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
GJ Whittall	33	55	2	-	60.00	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
SR Waugh	96	161	10	-	59.62	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
WPUJC Vaas	57	97	7	1	58.76	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
ME Waugh	86	149	11	1	57.71	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
GP Wickramasinghe	43	76	6	-	56.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
GJ Whittall	203*	359	22	2	56.54	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
IA Healy	85	154	9	-	55.19	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
DL Houghton	32	59	6	-	54.23	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
RS Mahanama	45	84	4	-	53.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
GJ Whittall	45	84	7	1	53.57	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
GW Flower	83	155	12	-	53.54	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
PA Strang	42	79	6	-	53.16	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
MA Taylor	66*	127	6	-	51.96	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
A Flower	39	77	6	-	50.64	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
ME Waugh	81	161	6	-	50.31	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
MTG Elliott	42	84	7	-	50.00	Australia	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
ADR Campbell	59*	121	8	-	48.76	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
GP Thorpe	119	245	17	-	48.57	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
GS Blewett	99	210	15	-	47.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
A Ranatunga	33	70	3	1	47.14	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
GJ Rennie	57	122	6	-	46.72	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
IA Healy	68	146	5	-	46.57	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
RT Ponting	26	56	3	-	46.42	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
RDB Croft	31	67	5	-	46.26	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
GS Blewett	91	203	12	-	44.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
MA Taylor	112	258	10	-	43.41	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
GP Thorpe	108	249	12	-	43.37	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
MTG Elliott	114	265	8	-	43.01	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
MA Atherton	30	70	3	-	42.85	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
N Hussain	64	158	6	1	40.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
MA Atherton	94*	235	10	-	40.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
JP Crawley	56	141	4	1	39.71	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
MA Atherton	83	213	11	-	38.96	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
MA Atherton	118	311	11	-	37.94	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
MS Atapattu	25	66	3	-	37.87	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
N Hussain	33	88	3	-	37.50	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
NV Knight	29	80	2	-	36.25	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
GW Flower	104	288	10	-	36.11	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
JP Crawley	40*	113	5	-	35.39	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
RS Mahanama	26	75	2	-	34.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RS Mahanama	65	188	6	-	34.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
HP Tillakaratne	55*	160	8	-	34.37	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
GJ Rennie	57	166	2	-	34.33	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
IA Healy	25	77	4	-	32.46	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
DG Cork	39*	123	5	-	31.70	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
HDPK Dharmasena	27	86	2	1	31.39	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
DG Cork	59	192	6	1	30.72	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
WPUJC Vaas	28	98	4	-	28.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359

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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

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