Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2009	11	17	1	921	226	57.56	1331	69.19	3	4	2	99	5
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2009	12	18	2	682	167	42.62	1075	63.44	2	3	2	79	14
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2008	11	19	2	1222	148	71.88	1982	61.65	6	2	0	171	3
ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2005	12	22	3	1060	177	55.78	1791	59.18	4	3	0	129	6
RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2009	17	30	6	1553	206	64.70	2635	58.93	6	5	0	162	10
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2007-2009	11	16	2	857	161	61.21	1500	57.13	4	2	0	89	2
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2001-2008	9	15	1	629	136	44.92	1128	55.76	1	2	0	72	1
JL Langer (AUS)	2000-2005	10	18	1	805	146	47.35	1444	55.74	2	4	1	100	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2008	7	12	1	707	178	64.27	1315	53.76	3	3	0	85	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2000-2006	9	16	2	679	135	48.50	1265	53.67	2	4	1	80	4
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2009	15	27	3	1082	169	45.08	2045	52.90	4	2	1	130	2
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2002-2002	8	13	1	637	176	53.08	1206	52.81	2	2	3	91	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2006	8	14	2	1214	192	101.16	2321	52.30	7	3	1	141	4
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2007	15	26	3	995	140	43.26	1922	51.76	4	2	1	119	3
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2009	7	11	0	621	157	56.45	1205	51.53	2	3	1	63	2
AN Cook (ENG)	2007-2009	11	19	3	991	160	61.93	1983	49.97	4	5	1	104	1
W Jaffer (IND)	2002-2006	7	12	0	528	212	44.00	1066	49.53	1	4	1	70	1
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2003	8	10	2	575	121*	71.87	1173	49.01	3	0	0	52	2
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2006	10	19	1	701	153	38.94	1438	48.74	2	4	2	76	3
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2004	11	21	3	675	107	37.50	1390	48.56	2	3	1	99	3
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2001-2008	9	15	1	690	157*	49.28	1437	48.01	2	4	1	80	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2001-2008	16	27	6	1588	177	75.61	3360	47.26	6	7	3	175	11
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2009	9	17	3	733	137	52.35	1580	46.39	2	3	0	79	4
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2008	8	13	2	493	125	44.81	1076	45.81	1	4	2	47	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2000-2004	10	15	3	656	119*	54.66	1447	45.33	2	3	1	71	1
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2008	15	25	3	1193	192	54.22	2670	44.68	3	5	2	150	13
VVS Laxman (IND)	2002-2006	12	19	3	1002	154*	62.62	2269	44.16	3	5	1	132	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2001-2008	16	22	3	522	122*	27.47	1183	44.12	1	2	2	58	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	2001-2001	5	10	1	459	134	51.00	1042	44.04	2	2	0	49	2
R Dravid (IND)	2002-2006	12	20	4	1048	146	65.50	2491	42.07	3	6	0	123	1
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2006	10	18	2	495	87	30.93	1326	37.33	0	4	1	51	3
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2008	10	15	1	489	76	34.92	1316	37.15	0	3	0	46	6

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced
Performances in matches that overlap decades 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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]