Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	26	14	4	1	185.71	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
SK Warne	36	25	4	1	144.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
SL Campbell	29*	21	6	0	138.09	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
AJ Lamb	60	47	10	1	127.65	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185
DJ Cullinan	28	24	3	0	116.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
JR Murray	101*	88	11	2	114.77	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
SR Tendulkar	44*	39	8	0	112.82	India	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999	Test # 1464
M Azharuddin	48	44	7	0	109.09	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
GA Hick	43	40	5	2	107.50	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1992	Test # 1187
RS Mahanama	29	27	6	0	107.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
GW Flower	49	46	8	0	106.52	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
CJ McDermott	35	33	4	1	106.06	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Nov 1993	Test # 1235
AJ Stewart	45	44	9	0	102.27	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	16 Jun 1994	Test # 1261
RS Kaluwitharana	103	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
MG Hughes	45	46	3	4	97.82	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1993	Test # 1215
WKM Benjamin	85	87	6	2	97.70	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Feb 1995	Test # 1286
RJ Ratnayake	26	27	3	2	96.29	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
CC Lewis	70	73	13	0	95.89	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	18 Jan 1992	Test # 1183
GA Gooch	30	32	4	0	93.75	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	05 Jul 1990	Test # 1147
RL Powell	30	32	7	0	93.75	West Indies	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999	Test # 1477
Aamer Sohail	88	94	15	0	93.61	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
PA Strang	67*	72	9	1	93.05	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
J Srinath	33*	36	3	0	91.66	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
SR Tendulkar	43	47	7	0	91.48	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Mar 1994	Test # 1255
AS Wassan	53	58	7	0	91.37	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
SC Ganguly	101*	111	15	2	90.99	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1438
DJ Cullinan	25*	28	1	1	89.28	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
GF Labrooy	70*	80	12	2	87.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
CEL Ambrose	33	38	6	0	86.84	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	03 Feb 1995	Test # 1286
PAJ DeFreitas	51*	59	7	0	86.44	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
KS More	50	58	8	0	86.20	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
GS Blewett	56	65	5	0	86.15	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
RS Kaluwitharana	43	50	5	0	86.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RT Ponting	73*	85	7	2	85.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
SC Ganguly	53	62	2	2	85.48	India	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1465
SC Ganguly	64*	75	11	1	85.33	India	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
AJ Lamb	84*	99	14	1	84.84	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	21 Jun 1990	Test # 1146
AJ Lamb	39	46	9	0	84.78	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	21 Jun 1990	Test # 1146
MG Hughes	33	39	4	1	84.61	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
Rashid Latif	30	36	6	0	83.33	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
AJ Tudor	99*	119	21	0	83.19	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	01 Jul 1999	Test # 1455
PA de Silva	62	76	5	1	81.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
BC Lara	147	181	24	0	81.21	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
AR Kapoor	42	52	3	2	80.76	India	v New Zealand	Cuttack	08 Nov 1995	Test # 1310
AJ Stewart	50	62	8	0	80.64	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	22 Jul 1999	Test # 1456
Ramiz Raja	48	60	7	0	80.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
ME Waugh	111	139	15	0	79.85	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
A Jadeja	73	92	12	0	79.34	India	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995	Test # 1308
CP Senanayake	64	81	10	0	79.01	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991	Test # 1164
PR Reiffel	51	65	5	0	78.46	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Nov 1993	Test # 1235
Mushtaq Ahmed	25	32	4	0	78.12	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
RA Smith	35	45	7	0	77.77	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	30 Jan 1992	Test # 1185
N Hussain	44	57	10	0	77.19	England	v New Zealand	Birmingham	01 Jul 1999	Test # 1455
IA Healy	54	70	7	1	77.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 1993	Test # 1215
M Prabhakar	36	47	7	0	76.59	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
R Dravid	103*	136	16	0	75.73	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1438
Ramiz Raja	54	72	6	0	75.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1316
SR Tendulkar	113	151	13	2	74.83	India	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1435
DR Martyn	74	99	8	1	74.74	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1993	Test # 1217
A Flower	58*	78	8	0	74.35	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996	Test # 1322
M Azharuddin	192	259	26	0	74.13	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990	Test # 1139
Basit Ali	103	139	9	3	74.10	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994	Test # 1251
ST Jayasuriya	50	68	6	0	73.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
Basit Ali	25	34	5	0	73.52	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1994	Test # 1248
Saeed Anwar	69	94	10	1	73.40	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994	Test # 1251
GC Small	26	36	4	0	72.22	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	07 Jun 1990	Test # 1145
DL Houghton	31	43	3	0	72.09	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996	Test # 1322
SR Tendulkar	67	93	9	1	72.04	India	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1438
MJ Slater	168	235	17	0	71.48	Australia	v New Zealand	Hobart	26 Nov 1993	Test # 1236
Shoaib Mohammad	42*	59	6	1	71.18	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
ME Waugh	68	96	8	1	70.83	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993	Test # 1238
RS Mahanama	109	154	14	0	70.77	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
AP Gurusinha	29	41	2	1	70.73	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
A Flower	81	115	10	1	70.43	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	01 Nov 1992	Test # 1198
PA de Silva	267	380	40	0	70.26	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
BC Lara	40	57	4	2	70.17	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
Saleem Malik	140	200	20	0	70.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
Wasim Akram	28	40	3	0	70.00	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	10 Oct 1990	Test # 1151
PR Reiffel	28*	40	3	0	70.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
AJ Lamb	30	43	5	0	69.76	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Feb 1992	Test # 1187
Saeed Anwar	149	214	20	0	69.62	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
WJ Cronje	41	59	4	1	69.49	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
Inzamam-ul-Haq	135*	195	19	1	69.23	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
GJ Whittall	27	39	5	0	69.23	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Auckland	20 Jan 1996	Test # 1323
DC Boon	67*	97	8	0	69.07	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Nov 1993	Test # 1235
Saeed Anwar	169	248	27	0	68.14	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Wellington	17 Feb 1994	Test # 1249
PR Reiffel	77	113	10	0	68.14	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
PA de Silva	96	141	14	2	68.08	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
DJ Richardson	93	137	15	0	67.88	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
N Kapil Dev	25	37	3	1	67.56	India	v New Zealand	Christchurch	02 Feb 1990	Test # 1136
PA de Silva	62	92	9	0	67.39	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
SK Warne	74*	110	7	0	67.27	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993	Test # 1238
RS Kaluwitharana	39	58	8	0	67.24	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
JC Adams	151	226	24	0	66.81	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
A Ranatunga	64	96	9	0	66.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
HDPK Dharmasena	38*	57	3	1	66.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
CR Matthews	26	39	3	0	66.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
GA Gooch	210	317	29	0	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
A Ranatunga	49	74	6	1	66.21	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
Mohammad Wasim	109*	165	17	0	66.06	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339

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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, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]