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Men Test: Highest batting strike rate

Minimum 500 balls faced


Rank	Player	Teams	Highest batting strike rate	Matches	Batting innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	86.97	27	48	1,716	48
2	Harry Brook	England	86.53	40	69	3,535	1
3	Ben Duckett	England	86.28	48	89	3,353	—
4	Tim Southee	New Zealand	82.68	107	156	2,245	391
5	Virender Sehwag	India	82.23	104	180	8,586	40
6	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	81.95	96	137	5,570	—
7	Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	80.44	29	44	1,432	49
8	Graeme Swann	England	76.49	60	76	1,370	255
9	Matt Henry	New Zealand	75.53	35	49	676	152
10	Mohammed Shami	India	74.62	64	89	750	229
11	Rishabh Pant	India	74.15	52	90	3,725	—
12	Hardik Pandya	India	73.88	11	18	532	17
13	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	73.63	16	30	838	—
14	Jamie Smith	England	73.05	24	42	1,480	—
15	Brian Bennett	Zimbabwe	72.91	12	20	568	6
16	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	72.58	19	33	956	33
17	Kusal Perera	Sri Lanka	72.25	22	41	1,177	—
18	Robin Peterson	South Africa	71.49	15	20	464	38
19	Mark Wood	England	70.95	38	64	811	119
20	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	70.93	54	91	3,300	—
21	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	70.28	133	164	1,261	800
22	David Warner	Australia	70.19	112	205	8,786	4
23	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Pakistan	70.16	54	95	3,031	—
24	Travis Head	Australia	69.68	67	114	4,653	16
25	Hasan Ali	Pakistan	68.98	27	44	407	88
26	Mark Adair	Ireland	68.92	8	15	397	28
27	Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe	68.57	19	36	886	53
28	Gary Gilmour	Australia	68.22	15	22	483	54
29	Daren Sammy	West Indies	67.88	38	63	1,323	84
30	DG Bedingham	South Africa	67.42	15	26	828	—
31	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	67.20	36	67	797	78
32	Shikhar Dhawan	India	66.94	34	58	2,315	0
33	Simon Doull	New Zealand	66.90	32	50	570	98
34	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	66.49	31	57	2,612	0
35	Niroshan Dickwella	Sri Lanka	66.42	56	100	2,853	—
36	AAP Atkinson	England	66.35	20	30	568	80
37	James Neesham	New Zealand	66.32	12	22	709	14
38	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	65.98	16	30	1,003	—
39	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	65.54	87	145	5,492	39
40	Zak Crawley	England	65.49	64	117	3,586	—
41	Stuart Broad	England	65.31	167	244	3,662	604
42	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	65.18	110	188	6,973	98
43	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh	64.96	33	63	1,059	100
44	Andrew Symonds	Australia	64.80	26	41	1,462	24
44	Harbhajan Singh	India	64.80	103	145	2,224	417
46	KK Nair	India	64.62	10	15	579	0
47	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	64.60	101	176	6,453	1
48	Alex Carey	Australia	64.44	50	76	2,387	—
49	Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	64.43	24	47	1,946	26
50	OJ Pope	England	64.42	64	113	3,732	—
51	Andy Bichel	Australia	64.31	19	22	355	58
52	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	64.28	24	44	1,865	11
53	Sam Curran	England	64.12	24	38	815	47
54	Nurul Hasan	Bangladesh	63.40	11	21	440	—
55	Ian Smith	New Zealand	63.17	63	88	1,815	0
55	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	63.17	18	32	1,556	3
57	RJ Harris	Australia	63.14	27	39	603	113
58	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	63.10	53	92	2,648	—
59	Shreyas Iyer	India	63.01	14	24	811	0
60	Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka	62.88	11	17	537	1
61	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	62.57	46	73	856	130
62	Andrew Flintoff	England	62.04	79	130	3,845	226
63	Paul Stirling	Ireland	62.02	10	20	521	0
64	Darren Lehmann	Australia	61.80	27	42	1,798	15
65	Kevin Pietersen	England	61.72	104	181	8,181	10
66	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	61.67	71	130	4,609	246
67	Matt Prior	England	61.66	79	123	4,099	—
68	Salman Agha	Pakistan	61.43	28	53	1,708	20
68	Sohag Gazi	Bangladesh	61.43	10	16	325	38
70	Shubman Gill	India	61.40	43	77	3,043	0
71	BJ Webster	Australia	61.30	10	16	469	11
72	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	61.22	18	32	949	34
73	Jacob Bethell	England	60.75	9	18	579	8
74	Ian Botham	England	60.71	102	161	5,200	383
74	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	60.71	62	95	1,334	218
76	Innocent Kaia	Zimbabwe	60.70	3	5	312	—
77	Sulieman Benn	West Indies	60.59	26	39	486	87
78	Brian Lara	West Indies	60.51	131	232	11,953	0
79	Sajid Khan	Pakistan	60.45	16	23	321	77
80	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	60.34	49	78	1,933	—
81	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh	60.27	50	99	3,026	0
82	Chris Gayle	West Indies	60.26	103	182	7,214	73
83	Winston Benjamin	West Indies	60.17	21	26	470	61
84	D Padikkal	India	60.14	4	6	418	0
85	Matthew Hayden	Australia	60.10	103	184	8,625	0
86	Trent Boult	New Zealand	60.00	78	94	759	317
87	KA Jamieson	New Zealand	59.97	21	30	523	90
88	Lorcan Tucker	Ireland	59.95	10	20	753	—
89	Litton Das	Bangladesh	59.94	56	97	3,356	0
90	Shardul Thakur	India	59.84	13	21	377	33
91	Lance Klusener	South Africa	59.80	49	69	1,906	80
92	Graeme Smith	South Africa	59.67	117	205	9,265	8
93	Barry Richards	South Africa	59.48	4	7	508	1
94	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	59.47	7	14	339	8
95	Vinod Kambli	India	59.46	17	21	1,084	—
96	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	59.29	112	196	7,683	3
97	MS Dhoni	India	59.11	90	144	4,876	0
98	Mitchell Starc	Australia	59.08	107	157	2,498	445
99	Jonny Bairstow	England	59.07	100	178	6,042	—
100	Aiden Markram	South Africa	59.03	50	92	3,192	6

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Shahid Afridi leads this snapshot. Highest batting strike rate: 86.97. Minimum 500 balls faced. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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