Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SP Fleming	31*	11	6	1	281.81	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
M Muralidaran	29	11	3	2	263.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
GO Jones	27*	12	2	2	225.00	England	v Australia	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test # 1760
JH Kallis	54	25	3	5	216.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
Harbhajan Singh	37	18	4	3	205.55	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
Shoaib Akhtar	28	14	4	2	200.00	Pakistan	v India	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004	Test # 1697
TG Southee	77*	40	4	9	192.50	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
SM Pollock	36*	19	4	2	189.47	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
CL Cairns	82	47	10	4	174.46	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	20 May 2004	Test # 1700
AC Gilchrist	102*	59	12	4	172.88	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
Mohammad Yousuf	50	29	6	2	172.41	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
SJ Harmison	31*	18	5	1	172.22	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004	Test # 1708
Shahid Afridi	58	34	8	2	170.58	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	24 Mar 2005	Test # 1743
A Flintoff	75	44	9	2	170.45	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Mar 2002	Test # 1596
SR Clark	39	23	3	2	169.56	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
R Clarke	27	16	-	1	168.75	England	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2003	Test # 1667
G Gambhir	30*	18	6	-	166.66	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009	Test # 1915
Mohammad Ashraful	67	41	12	2	163.41	Bangladesh	v India	Mirpur	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
SM Pollock	32*	20	3	2	160.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
ST Jayasuriya	89	56	11	4	158.92	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
Umar Akmal	52	33	6	2	157.57	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Dec 2009	Test # 1938
V Sehwag	25	16	5	-	156.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	43	28	5	3	153.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
VRV Singh	29	19	6	-	152.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
CH Gayle	33	22	6	1	150.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
SB Joshi	27	18	4	1	150.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
Waqar Younis	28	19	4	1	147.36	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
SR Tendulkar	28*	19	5	-	147.36	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
NB Mahwire	50*	34	8	2	147.05	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
HH Gibbs	25*	17	3	1	147.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
Z Khan	25	17	2	2	147.05	India	v Australia	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1718
WPUJC Vaas	38	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
Harbhajan Singh	54	37	10	-	145.94	India	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
SR Clark	32	22	1	3	145.45	Australia	v England	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
MJ Prior	61	42	9	-	145.23	England	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
ML Hayden	29	20	4	-	145.00	Australia	v India	Mohali	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1889
RS Kaluwitharana	42	29	9	-	144.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
Harbhajan Singh	26	18	3	2	144.44	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	30 Oct 2002	Test # 1622
AC Gilchrist	26	18	3	1	144.44	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004	Test # 1720
B Lee	46	32	9	1	143.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
Z Khan	33	23	6	-	143.47	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009	Test # 1918
CH Gayle	102	72	9	6	141.66	West Indies	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
RJ Peterson	34	24	3	1	141.66	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
Tapash Baisya	66	47	10	2	140.42	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Chattogram	26 Oct 2004	Test # 1717
IK Pathan	35	25	4	1	140.00	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
S Chanderpaul	100	72	15	2	138.88	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003	Test # 1638
V Sehwag	25	18	4	-	138.88	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Dec 2002	Test # 1633
A Flintoff	58	42	6	2	138.09	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
Mashrafe Mortaza	29	21	4	1	138.09	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1579
Shahid Afridi	29	21	7	-	138.09	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
SCG MacGill	29	21	5	-	138.09	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
Harbhajan Singh	44	32	9	-	137.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
AC Gilchrist	26	19	6	-	136.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
RJ Sidebottom	26*	19	5	-	136.84	England	v West Indies	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
V Sehwag	34	25	5	1	136.00	India	v New Zealand	Napier	26 Mar 2009	Test # 1917
PA Strang	38*	28	4	2	135.71	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
AC Gilchrist	38	28	7	1	135.71	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
SK Warne	50*	37	5	2	135.13	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 2005	Test # 1742
Hasibul Hossain	31	23	4	1	134.78	Bangladesh	v Pakistan	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
CH Gayle	66	49	13	-	134.69	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
A Symonds	72	54	5	6	133.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
SJ Harmison	36*	27	3	3	133.33	England	v West Indies	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
SJ Harmison	36	27	4	2	133.33	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
ML Hayden	28*	21	4	1	133.33	Australia	v India	Wankhede	27 Feb 2001	Test # 1531
JL Langer	28	21	3	2	133.33	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
Z Khan	28*	21	5	-	133.33	India	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008	Test # 1891
MS Dhoni	69	52	4	6	132.69	India	v West Indies	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
NJ Astle	222	168	28	11	132.14	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
CH Gayle	29	22	5	1	131.81	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
AFG Griffith	54*	41	11	-	131.70	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
AM Blignaut	50	38	7	2	131.57	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
ST Jayasuriya	25	19	4	-	131.57	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
TM Dilshan	25	19	4	1	131.57	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
Moin Khan	47	36	8	-	130.55	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
DPMD Jayawardene	150	115	26	1	130.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
Shahid Afridi	60	46	9	1	130.43	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
DL Vettori	127	98	20	2	129.59	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
Talha Jubair	31	24	5	1	129.16	Bangladesh	v India	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1727
Shahid Afridi	103	80	7	7	128.75	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
V Sehwag	36	28	7	-	128.57	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
Shahid Afridi	122	95	9	6	128.42	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 May 2005	Test # 1752
JDP Oram	50*	39	6	2	128.20	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
AM Blignaut	41	32	4	2	128.12	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
AC Gilchrist	138*	108	22	2	127.77	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
TM Dilshan	92	72	12	1	127.77	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
AC Gilchrist	37	29	7	-	127.58	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
NJ Astle	65	51	8	2	127.45	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
DW Steyn	33*	26	3	2	126.92	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
IK Pathan	38*	30	3	2	126.66	India	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005	Test # 1741
UDU Chandana	43	34	7	-	126.47	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Kamran Akmal	102*	81	11	2	125.92	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
Mohammad Ashraful	34	27	7	-	125.92	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
VVS Laxman	44	35	3	1	125.71	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003	Test # 1660
CH Gayle	54	43	6	2	125.58	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	14 May 2009	Test # 1920
JL Langer	25	20	3	-	125.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
MJ Prior	61	49	8	-	124.48	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1914
SCJ Broad	61	49	10	-	124.48	England	v Australia	Leeds	07 Aug 2009	Test # 1929
PA Patel	62	50	11	-	124.00	India	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
CH Gayle	26	21	6	-	123.80	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674

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