Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - England

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IT Botham	59*	36	8	2	163.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
IT Botham	66	48	2	5	137.50	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
BC Broad	30	23	5	0	130.43	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
IT Botham	27	22	1	1	122.72	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
IT Botham	60	51	10	2	117.64	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
IT Botham	27	23	5	0	117.39	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
IT Botham	118	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
IT Botham	38	33	6	1	115.15	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
IT Botham	38	35	7	0	108.57	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
IT Botham	54	51	6	0	105.88	England	v West Indies	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993
IT Botham	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v India	Wankhede	27 Nov 1981	Test # 911
IT Botham	29	28	3	2	103.57	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
IT Botham	149*	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
IT Botham	103	103	14	3	100.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
MW Gatting	48	48	6	1	100.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984	Test # 1007
IT Botham	46	46	8	0	100.00	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
IT Botham	40	40	6	1	100.00	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
IT Botham	37	37	6	1	100.00	England	v West Indies	Leeds	07 Aug 1980	Test # 884
MW Gatting	79	81	14	0	97.53	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	07 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
AJ Lamb	37*	38	4	2	97.36	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
PH Edmonds	36	37	3	2	97.29	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
AJ Lamb	62	64	11	0	96.87	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
IT Botham	57	59	8	0	96.61	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	26 Aug 1982	Test # 933
GB Stevenson	27*	28	4	1	96.42	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
IT Botham	37	39	6	0	94.87	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
MW Gatting	30*	32	4	0	93.75	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
JE Emburey	30	32	6	0	93.75	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
CM Old	29	31	6	0	93.54	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
GA Gooch	40	43	5	0	93.02	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
GA Gooch	26	28	3	0	92.85	England	v West Indies	Manchester	10 Jul 1980	Test # 882
IT Botham	50	54	8	0	92.59	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
IT Botham	208	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
DI Gower	57	62	8	0	91.93	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
DI Gower	38	42	5	0	90.47	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
DI Gower	66	73	8	0	90.41	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
RA Smith	32	36	6	0	88.88	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
GA Gooch	65	74	7	0	87.83	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	07 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
JE Emburey	35*	40	6	0	87.50	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Mar 1986	Test # 1042
IT Botham	33	38	4	0	86.84	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
GA Gooch	58	67	9	0	86.56	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
DI Gower	90	104	10	1	86.53	England	v West Indies	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
DI Gower	48	56	7	0	85.71	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
DI Gower	33	39	5	0	84.61	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
AJ Lamb	63	75	6	1	84.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
JE Emburey	31*	37	3	0	83.78	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
DI Gower	66	79	11	0	83.54	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	07 Mar 1986	Test # 1039
GA Gooch	44	53	6	0	83.01	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
IT Botham	138	167	22	2	82.63	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
PJW Allott	41*	51	2	1	80.39	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
MW Gatting	56	70	7	0	80.00	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
IT Botham	138	174	13	4	79.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
IT Botham	114	144	17	0	79.16	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
G Boycott	30	38	4	0	78.94	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1981	Test # 896
MW Gatting	100*	127	12	0	78.74	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
IT Botham	25	32	2	0	78.12	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 1986	Test # 1044
IT Botham	64	82	10	0	78.04	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	14 Jun 1984	Test # 989
RA Smith	77*	99	11	0	77.77	England	v Australia	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
DW Randall	70	90	5	0	77.77	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
GR Dilley	28	36	6	0	77.77	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
DI Gower	136	175	16	0	77.71	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
DI Gower	34	44	6	0	77.27	England	v Australia	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
DW Randall	37	48	5	0	77.08	England	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
MW Gatting	32	42	4	0	76.19	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
GA Gooch	123	162	17	1	75.92	England	v West Indies	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
IT Botham	128	169	19	2	75.73	England	v India	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
DI Gower	46	61	7	0	75.40	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
GR Dilley	56	75	9	0	74.66	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
EE Hemmings	29	39	2	0	74.35	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
GA Gooch	26	35	3	0	74.28	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
AJ Lamb	46	62	5	0	74.19	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
KJ Barnett	34	46	7	0	73.91	England	v Australia	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
IT Botham	45	61	7	1	73.77	England	v West Indies	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
DI Gower	72	98	9	0	73.46	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
APE Knott	36	49	4	0	73.46	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
AJ Lamb	49	67	8	1	73.13	England	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 1986	Test # 1036
IT Botham	81	111	9	1	72.97	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
EE Hemmings	35	48	5	0	72.91	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
BC Rose	32	44	3	0	72.72	England	v West Indies	Manchester	10 Jul 1980	Test # 882
DI Gower	157	216	20	0	72.68	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
IT Botham	85	117	12	1	72.64	England	v Australia	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
AJ Lamb	83	115	13	0	72.17	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
GA Gooch	153	213	21	2	71.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
DI Gower	28	39	4	0	71.79	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
DW Randall	83	116	11	0	71.55	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
GR Dilley	27*	38	3	0	71.05	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
MW Gatting	100	141	15	0	70.92	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
RT Robinson	38	54	6	0	70.37	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
AJ Lamb	64*	91	9	0	70.32	England	v West Indies	Leeds	21 Jul 1988	Test # 1101
GA Gooch	127	181	20	0	70.16	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
AJ Lamb	58	83	9	1	69.87	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
AJ Lamb	37*	53	5	0	69.81	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
IT Botham	48	69	5	1	69.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
DI Gower	98*	141	13	0	69.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
MW Gatting	41*	59	6	0	69.49	England	v India	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
GR Dilley	34	49	6	0	69.38	England	v Australia	Nottingham	18 Jun 1981	Test # 903
CWJ Athey	44	64	5	0	68.75	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
IT Botham	57	83	5	2	68.67	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	05 Jun 1980	Test # 880
DI Gower	35	51	6	0	68.62	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
RW Taylor	37	54	5	0	68.51	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
DI Gower	215	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021

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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:

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]