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
TG Southee	77*	40	4	9	192.50	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
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
SR Clark	39	23	3	2	169.56	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
SR Tendulkar	28*	19	5	0	147.36	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
Harbhajan Singh	54	37	10	0	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
B Lee	46	32	9	1	143.75	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
IK Pathan	35	25	4	1	140.00	India	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006	Test # 1785
AC Gilchrist	26	19	6	0	136.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
AC Gilchrist	38	28	7	1	135.71	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
NJ Astle	222	168	28	11	132.14	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
JDP Oram	50*	39	6	2	128.20	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	05 Jun 2008	Test # 1878
AC Gilchrist	37	29	7	0	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
CH Gayle	54	43	6	2	125.58	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	14 May 2009	Test # 1920
V Sehwag	83	68	11	4	122.05	India	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
GC Smith	85	70	10	2	121.42	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
Habibul Bashar	63	52	11	0	121.15	Bangladesh	v England	Chester-le-Street	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1753
CH Gayle	105	87	18	1	120.68	West Indies	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
DL Vettori	50*	42	7	1	119.04	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
BB McCullum	25	21	5	0	119.04	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
DR Martyn	64*	54	10	0	118.51	Australia	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
CH Gayle	28	24	3	1	116.66	West Indies	v England	Chester-le-Street	15 Jun 2007	Test # 1836
JDP Oram	36*	31	3	2	116.12	New Zealand	v England	Leeds	03 Jun 2004	Test # 1702
AJ Hall	99*	87	15	2	113.79	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
M Muralidaran	33	29	3	1	113.79	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
Naved-ul-Hasan	25	22	3	1	113.63	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005	Test # 1772
SK Warne	25	22	3	0	113.63	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
MS Dhoni	92	81	9	4	113.58	India	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
Naved-ul-Hasan	42*	38	4	1	110.52	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
AC Gilchrist	133	121	18	0	109.91	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1636
S Sreesanth	35	32	6	1	109.37	India	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
SK Warne	71	65	9	2	109.23	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1826
Shahid Afridi	92	85	6	6	108.23	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	20 Nov 2005	Test # 1772
SK Warne	45	42	5	2	107.14	Australia	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
B Lee	47	44	5	3	106.81	Australia	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 2005	Test # 1762
AC Gilchrist	152	143	20	5	106.29	Australia	v England	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
JN Gillespie	27	26	4	1	103.84	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
HM Amla	36	35	8	0	102.85	South Africa	v England	The Oval	07 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
M Muralidaran	38	37	4	1	102.70	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
B Lee	41	40	5	1	102.50	Australia	v England	Perth	29 Nov 2002	Test # 1629
Saeed Anwar	53	52	7	0	101.92	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518
AC Gilchrist	60*	59	4	2	101.69	Australia	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
BB McCullum	97	97	13	2	100.00	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	15 May 2008	Test # 1874
Aftab Ahmed	82*	82	13	1	100.00	Bangladesh	v England	Chester-le-Street	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1753
RT Ponting	72	72	10	1	100.00	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
TJ Friend	43	43	5	1	100.00	Zimbabwe	v England	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
BC Strang	37*	37	7	0	100.00	Zimbabwe	v England	Lord's	18 May 2000	Test # 1495
FA Rose	29	29	4	1	100.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 2000	Test # 1503
GJ Whittall	28	28	4	0	100.00	Zimbabwe	v England	Nottingham	01 Jun 2000	Test # 1498
WPUJC Vaas	28	28	3	1	100.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
RW Price	26	26	5	0	100.00	Zimbabwe	v England	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
CD McMillan	50*	51	3	3	98.03	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	30 Mar 2002	Test # 1597
CS Baugh	34	35	6	0	97.14	West Indies	v England	The Oval	19 Aug 2004	Test # 1712
Aftab Ahmed	32	33	6	0	96.96	Bangladesh	v England	Lord's	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
SK Warne	28	29	5	0	96.55	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
JL Langer	26	27	4	0	96.29	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1826
Inzamam-ul-Haq	97	101	9	2	96.03	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	29 Nov 2005	Test # 1774
SM Katich	46	48	9	0	95.83	Australia	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2009	Test # 1928
DJ Bravo	56	59	8	1	94.91	West Indies	v England	Lord's	17 May 2007	Test # 1831
M van Jaarsveld	49	52	8	0	94.23	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
MJ Slater	77	82	13	0	93.90	Australia	v England	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001	Test # 1550
CH Gayle	30	32	5	1	93.75	West Indies	v England	St John's	15 Feb 2009	Test # 1908
RT Ponting	144	154	20	3	93.50	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
ME Waugh	42*	45	7	0	93.33	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
JL Langer	27	29	3	0	93.10	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1824
BB McCullum	51	55	5	2	92.72	New Zealand	v England	Hamilton	05 Mar 2008	Test # 1866
Yuvraj Singh	86	93	6	4	92.47	India	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1901
MEK Hussey	61*	66	5	0	92.42	Australia	v England	Adelaide	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
CH Gayle	81	88	13	1	92.04	West Indies	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
DS Smith	46	50	7	0	92.00	West Indies	v England	Lord's	06 May 2009	Test # 1919
AC Gilchrist	54	59	10	0	91.52	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
JL Langer	40	44	5	0	90.90	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
ML Hayden	37	41	6	0	90.24	Australia	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
RS Morton	35	39	3	2	89.74	West Indies	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
IK Pathan	52	58	5	1	89.65	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
ST Jayasuriya	26	29	5	0	89.65	Sri Lanka	v England	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
DR Martyn	33*	37	6	0	89.18	Australia	v England	Nottingham	02 Aug 2001	Test # 1554
FA Rose	48	54	7	1	88.88	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 2000	Test # 1500
PA de Silva	29	33	5	1	87.87	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
Wasim Akram	36	41	6	0	87.80	Pakistan	v England	Manchester	31 May 2001	Test # 1547
Harbhajan Singh	36	41	7	0	87.80	India	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006	Test # 1788
SK Warne	57	65	8	0	87.69	Australia	v England	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002	Test # 1623
LRPL Taylor	154*	176	17	5	87.50	New Zealand	v England	Manchester	23 May 2008	Test # 1876
V Sehwag	84	96	10	1	87.50	India	v England	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
Alok Kapali	28	32	4	0	87.50	Bangladesh	v England	Dhaka	21 Oct 2003	Test # 1665
DR Martyn	118	135	18	0	87.40	Australia	v England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
AB Agarkar	34	39	6	0	87.17	India	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
RR Sarwan	27	31	4	0	87.09	West Indies	v England	The Oval	31 Aug 2000	Test # 1509
A Symonds	26	30	2	2	86.66	Australia	v England	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
MV Boucher	63*	73	9	1	86.30	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
CH Gayle	69	80	12	0	86.25	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
AC Gilchrist	62	72	8	0	86.11	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1826
WPUJC Vaas	31	36	4	0	86.11	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
MJ Clarke	91	106	15	0	85.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 2005	Test # 1756
AJ Bichel	48	56	8	0	85.71	Australia	v England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002	Test # 1628
RT Ponting	30	35	3	1	85.71	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1634
JE Taylor	53	62	6	3	85.48	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911

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Minimum of 25 runs
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]