Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1986	17	25	4	989	116	47.09	1095	90.31	1	6	2	135	16
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1988	24	30	3	1523	182*	56.40	1988	76.60	5	7	2	216	22
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1989	12	17	5	843	177*	70.25	1472	57.26	2	4	3	84	1
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1984	13	15	1	807	101	57.64	1437	56.15	2	7	0	109	3
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1983	8	16	4	750	117	62.50	1343	55.84	3	3	1	93	2
GR Viswanath (IND)	1980-1982	10	15	1	671	222	47.92	1260	53.25	2	4	1	82	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1988	23	31	1	1418	223	47.26	2704	52.44	3	6	2	196	7
PJL Dujon (WI)	1984-1988	14	17	1	600	101	37.50	1209	49.62	1	5	0	75	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1989	12	21	2	1157	184*	60.89	2399	48.22	3	7	1	111	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1982-1987	11	14	1	626	260	48.15	1314	47.64	1	4	1	70	2
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1986	18	29	4	1173	157	46.92	2492	47.07	4	3	1	133	2
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1986	10	16	3	622	174*	47.84	1374	45.26	1	3	0	72	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1989	6	11	1	839	219	83.90	1866	44.96	2	5	0	91	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1982-1985	10	19	0	754	162	39.68	1683	44.80	1	4	0	77	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1983	14	25	1	1050	137	43.75	2353	44.62	2	5	2	109	10
M Azharuddin (IND)	1984-1986	6	11	2	596	122	66.22	1341	44.44	3	2	0	73	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1984-1987	11	15	1	713	116	50.92	1627	43.82	2	5	1	81	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1980-1985	15	19	5	540	102	38.57	1233	43.79	1	3	2	60	2
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	32	58	15	2569	196	59.74	5934	43.29	6	16	2	291	6
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1988	23	35	5	1481	184	49.36	3426	43.22	3	9	0	169	3
M Amarnath (IND)	1984-1986	7	12	1	579	95	52.63	1344	43.08	0	5	0	82	4
GM Wood (AUS)	1980-1985	13	25	1	719	172	29.95	1702	42.24	2	2	2	77	1
HA Gomes (WI)	1981-1986	14	19	4	790	143	52.66	1894	41.71	2	4	1	96	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1987	12	16	1	463	124	30.86	1153	40.15	2	2	3	58	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1983-1988	13	22	2	733	143	36.65	1868	39.23	3	0	2	89	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1985-1989	15	28	4	906	184*	37.75	2320	39.05	2	4	2	103	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1983-1988	12	22	2	860	130	43.00	2221	38.72	3	3	3	112	1
J Dyson (AUS)	1981-1983	10	20	2	489	102	27.16	1269	38.53	1	2	1	46	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1986	18	28	1	962	172	35.62	2533	37.97	1	5	0	95	3
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1985-1987	10	19	3	666	146	41.62	1793	37.14	1	2	0	65	3
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1986	17	26	4	690	142	31.36	1947	35.43	2	3	3	70	2
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1982	6	10	2	366	140	45.75	1033	35.43	1	1	0	40	2
GR Marsh (AUS)	1986-1989	12	23	0	837	138	36.39	2448	34.19	2	3	0	88	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1983-1986	10	18	2	468	84	29.25	1539	30.40	0	5	2	47	0

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]