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
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
SB Joshi	27	18	4	1	150.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
AFG Griffith	54*	41	11	0	131.70	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Kingston	24 Mar 2000	Test # 1492
DL Vettori	127	98	20	2	129.59	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
AC Gilchrist	113*	94	12	4	120.21	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
Saleem Elahi	30*	25	4	2	120.00	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
ML Hayden	101*	85	11	3	118.82	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
GC Smith	121	107	17	2	113.08	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
KC Sangakkara	56	50	6	1	112.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Mashrafe Mortaza	48	44	8	1	109.09	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
VVS Laxman	38	35	5	1	108.57	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
SE Bond	41*	38	3	3	107.89	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
ST Jayasuriya	157	147	19	3	106.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
Inzamam-ul-Haq	112	107	20	0	104.67	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
V Sehwag	44	44	7	0	100.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
SR Tendulkar	39	39	8	0	100.00	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
BB McCullum	111	112	15	1	99.10	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Aug 2005	Test # 1759
JA Rudolph	49*	50	7	1	98.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
KC Sangakkara	42	44	7	0	95.45	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
BC Lara	191	203	23	4	94.08	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
CD McMillan	31*	33	3	2	93.93	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Sep 2000	Test # 1510
Harbhajan Singh	66	71	10	1	92.95	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
V Sehwag	44	48	6	1	91.66	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
M Muralidaran	26	29	2	1	89.65	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
HH Gibbs	147	164	28	2	89.63	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
GC Smith	41	46	4	1	89.13	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
N Boje	82	94	15	1	87.23	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
ML Hayden	380	437	38	11	86.95	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
G Kirsten	31*	36	6	0	86.11	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
DL Vettori	48	56	6	0	85.71	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
WW Hinds	79	95	14	0	83.15	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
AB de Villiers	98	118	20	0	83.05	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
S Chanderpaul	74	90	13	0	82.22	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
SR Tendulkar	42	52	7	1	80.76	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
G Gambhir	97	121	17	0	80.16	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
MS Sinclair	35*	44	4	0	79.54	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
MS Atapattu	100*	126	11	0	79.36	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
CL Hooper	39	50	4	1	78.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
G Gambhir	46	59	6	0	77.96	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
Kamran Akmal	38	49	8	0	77.55	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
G Kirsten	220	286	33	1	76.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
R Dravid	70*	91	8	0	76.92	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
MS Atapattu	249	324	36	1	76.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
JH Kallis	42*	55	9	0	76.36	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
BC Lara	29	38	5	0	76.31	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Nov 2003	Test # 1668
SP Fleming	55	73	6	0	75.34	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
RT Ponting	53*	71	8	0	74.64	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
WW Hinds	81	109	12	2	74.31	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
TT Samaraweera	123*	166	12	1	74.09	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
KC Sangakkara	270	365	36	2	73.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
S Ramesh	48	65	7	0	73.84	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
Harbhajan Singh	31	42	6	0	73.80	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	15 Jun 2001	Test # 1549
VVS Laxman	28	38	6	0	73.68	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
SR Tendulkar	36*	49	4	0	73.46	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
Habibul Bashar	94	128	14	0	73.43	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
SC Ganguly	65*	90	7	3	72.22	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000	Test # 1515
SM Pollock	41	57	5	1	71.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
SR Tendulkar	201*	281	27	0	71.53	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
L Vincent	92	129	14	1	71.31	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
CL Cairns	124	174	13	3	71.26	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
DPMD Jayawardene	37	52	5	0	71.15	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
IK Pathan	32	45	7	0	71.11	India	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1767
Mohammad Rafique	56	79	7	1	70.88	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
CL Hooper	149	211	18	1	70.61	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
Mohammad Rafique	69	98	6	4	70.40	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
DR Martyn	53	76	9	0	69.73	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
ST Jayasuriya	36	52	6	0	69.23	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
KC Sangakkara	128	186	22	1	68.81	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Habibul Bashar	55	80	6	0	68.75	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
CH Gayle	175	255	34	0	68.62	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
Khaled Mashud	61	89	9	1	68.53	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Harare	19 Feb 2004	Test # 1683
JL Langer	26	38	5	0	68.42	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
CD McMillan	142	209	18	2	67.94	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1524
RT Ponting	169	249	23	2	67.87	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
Kamran Akmal	56	83	9	0	67.46	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
MS Atapattu	170	253	21	0	67.19	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
HH Gibbs	47	71	6	1	66.19	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
Inzamam-ul-Haq	39	59	6	0	66.10	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
R Dravid	77	117	10	0	65.81	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
DPMD Jayawardene	100*	152	7	1	65.78	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
R Dravid	44	67	7	0	65.67	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001	Test # 1548
SP Fleming	65	99	13	0	65.65	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
ST Jayasuriya	139	212	17	1	65.56	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
WPUJC Vaas	74*	113	9	2	65.48	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	27 Dec 2001	Test # 1581
Javed Omar	34	52	6	0	65.38	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
DPMD Jayawardene	56	86	8	0	65.11	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
AF Giles	52	80	3	1	65.00	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
SB Bangar	100*	155	12	2	64.51	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002	Test # 1589
CH Gayle	47	73	9	0	64.38	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
AB de Villiers	47	73	7	1	64.38	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
DR Martyn	32	50	3	0	64.00	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
AG Prince	139*	218	18	2	63.76	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SB Styris	45	71	6	0	63.38	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	15 Aug 2005	Test # 1761
VVS Laxman	140	221	21	0	63.34	India	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005	Test # 1765
SR Waugh	78	124	10	1	62.90	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
SS Das	110	175	19	0	62.85	India	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000	Test # 1517
V Sehwag	74	118	16	0	62.71	India	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002	Test # 1591
DS Lehmann	30	48	3	1	62.50	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Perth	09 Oct 2003	Test # 1661
SR Waugh	61	98	9	0	62.24	Australia	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663

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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]