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Men Test: Highest batting strike rate

Minimum 500 balls faced. Official career snapshot 2026-09-30.

Highest batting strike rate · Men Test

1 Shahid Afridi

86.97

2 Harry Brook

86.32

3 Ben Duckett

86.21

4 Tim Southee

82.68

5 Virender Sehwag

82.23

6 Adam Gilchrist

81.95

7 Colin de Grandhomme

80.44

8 Graeme Swann

76.49

9 Matt Henry

75.53

10 Mohammed Shami

74.62

Men Test: Highest batting strike rate
Rank	Highest batting strike rate	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	0
1	86.97	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	1998-2010	27	48	1	1,716	156	36.51	86.97	5	8	6
2	86.32	Harry Brook	England	2022-2026	41	70	2	3,610	317	53.08	86.32	10	20	5
3	86.21	Ben Duckett	England	2016-2026	49	91	3	3,364	182	38.22	86.21	7	16	7
4	82.68	Tim Southee	New Zealand	2008-2024	107	156	11	2,245	77*	15.48	82.68	0	7	21
5	82.23	Virender Sehwag	India	2001-2013	104	180	6	8,586	319	49.34	82.23	23	32	16
6	81.95	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	1999-2008	96	137	20	5,570	204*	47.60	81.95	17	26	14
7	80.44	Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	2016-2022	29	44	7	1,432	120*	38.70	80.44	2	8	6
8	76.49	Graeme Swann	England	2008-2013	60	76	14	1,370	85	22.09	76.49	0	5	5
9	75.53	Matt Henry	New Zealand	2015-2026	35	49	6	676	72	15.72	75.53	0	4	11
10	74.62	Mohammed Shami	India	2013-2023	64	89	27	750	56*	12.09	74.62	0	2	18
11	74.15	Rishabh Pant	India	2018-2026	52	90	5	3,725	159*	43.82	74.15	8	21	3
12	73.88	Hardik Pandya	India	2017-2018	11	18	1	532	108	31.29	73.88	1	4	2
13	73.63	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	2017-2019	16	30	0	838	93	27.93	73.63	0	5	0
14	73.41	Jamie Smith	England	2024-2026	25	43	4	1,549	184*	39.71	73.41	2	10	1
15	72.91	Brian Bennett	Zimbabwe	2024-2026	12	20	2	568	139	31.55	72.91	2	3	3
16	72.58	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	2020-2026	19	33	6	956	100	35.40	72.58	1	5	2
17	72.25	Kusal Perera	Sri Lanka	2015-2021	22	41	3	1,177	153*	30.97	72.25	2	7	5
18	71.49	Robin Peterson	South Africa	2003-2014	15	20	3	464	84	27.29	71.49	0	3	2
19	70.95	Mark Wood	England	2015-2025	38	64	12	811	52	15.59	70.95	0	1	11
20	70.93	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	2014-2021	54	91	6	3,300	141*	38.82	70.93	6	22	7
21	70.28	Muthiah Muralidaran	Sri Lanka	1992-2010	133	164	56	1,261	67	11.67	70.28	0	1	33
22	70.19	David Warner	Australia	2011-2024	112	205	8	8,786	335*	44.59	70.19	26	37	13
23	70.16	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Pakistan	2010-2023	54	95	14	3,031	118	37.41	70.16	4	21	4
24	69.68	Travis Head	Australia	2018-2026	67	114	6	4,653	175	43.08	69.68	12	20	7
25	68.98	Hasan Ali	Pakistan	2017-2026	27	44	8	407	30	11.30	68.98	0	0	8
26	68.92	Mark Adair	Ireland	2019-2026	8	15	3	397	88	33.08	68.92	0	2	2
27	68.57	Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe	2001-2005	19	36	3	886	92	26.84	68.57	0	6	6
28	68.22	Gary Gilmour	Australia	1973-1977	15	22	1	483	101	23.00	68.22	1	3	3
29	67.88	Daren Sammy	West Indies	2007-2013	38	63	2	1,323	106	21.68	67.88	1	5	8
30	67.42	DG Bedingham	South Africa	2023-2025	15	26	3	828	110	36.00	67.42	1	4	2
31	67.20	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	2001-2009	36	67	5	797	79	12.85	67.20	0	3	12
32	66.94	Shikhar Dhawan	India	2013-2018	34	58	1	2,315	190	40.61	66.94	7	5	4
33	66.90	Simon Doull	New Zealand	1992-2000	32	50	11	570	46	14.61	66.90	0	0	10
34	66.49	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	2023-2026	31	57	2	2,612	214*	47.49	66.49	7	13	7
35	66.42	Niroshan Dickwella	Sri Lanka	2014-2026	56	100	7	2,853	96	30.67	66.42	0	23	5
36	66.32	James Neesham	New Zealand	2014-2017	12	22	1	709	137*	33.76	66.32	2	4	2
37	65.98	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	2009-2011	16	30	2	1,003	129	35.82	65.98	1	6	1
38	65.80	Gus Atkinson	England	2024-2026	21	31	1	587	118	19.56	65.80	1	0	1
39	65.54	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	1999-2013	87	145	11	5,492	193	40.98	65.54	16	23	14
40	65.49	Zak Crawley	England	2019-2026	64	117	2	3,586	267	31.18	65.49	5	21	12
41	65.31	Stuart Broad	England	2007-2023	167	244	41	3,662	169	18.03	65.31	1	13	39
42	65.18	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1991-2007	110	188	14	6,973	340	40.07	65.18	14	31	15
43	64.96	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh	2000-2008	33	63	6	1,059	111	18.57	64.96	1	4	8
44	64.80	Andrew Symonds	Australia	2004-2008	26	41	5	1,462	162*	40.61	64.80	2	10	4
44	64.80	Harbhajan Singh	India	1998-2015	103	145	23	2,224	115	18.22	64.80	2	9	19
46	64.62	KK Nair	India	2016-2025	10	15	1	579	303*	41.35	64.62	1	1	2
47	64.60	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	2004-2016	101	176	9	6,453	302	38.64	64.60	12	31	14
48	64.44	Alex Carey	Australia	2021-2026	50	76	8	2,387	156	35.10	64.44	3	13	4
49	64.43	Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	2013-2025	24	47	4	1,946	154	45.25	64.43	6	7	0
50	64.42	OJ Pope	England	2018-2025	64	113	5	3,732	205	34.55	64.42	9	16	6
51	64.31	Andy Bichel	Australia	1997-2003	19	22	1	355	71	16.90	64.31	0	1	3
52	64.28	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	2021-2026	24	44	5	1,865	240	47.82	64.28	5	7	2
53	64.12	Sam Curran	England	2018-2021	24	38	5	815	78	24.69	64.12	0	3	7
54	63.40	Nurul Hasan	Bangladesh	2017-2023	11	21	1	440	64	22.00	63.40	0	3	5
55	63.17	Ian Smith	New Zealand	1980-1992	63	88	17	1,815	173	25.56	63.17	2	6	7
55	63.17	Kamindu Mendis	Sri Lanka	2022-2026	18	32	3	1,556	182*	53.65	63.17	5	7	1
57	63.14	RJ Harris	Australia	2010-2015	27	39	11	603	74	21.53	63.14	0	3	2
58	63.10	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2002-2010	53	92	6	2,648	158*	30.79	63.10	6	12	14
59	63.01	Shreyas Iyer	India	2021-2024	14	24	2	811	105	36.86	63.01	1	5	2
60	62.88	Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka	2006-2008	11	17	1	537	152*	33.56	62.88	1	2	3
61	62.57	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	2003-2016	46	73	7	856	106	12.96	62.57	1	1	12
62	62.04	Andrew Flintoff	England	1998-2009	79	130	9	3,845	167	31.77	62.04	5	26	17
63	62.02	Paul Stirling	Ireland	2018-2025	10	20	0	521	103	26.05	62.02	1	2	1
64	61.80	Darren Lehmann	Australia	1998-2004	27	42	2	1,798	177	44.95	61.80	5	10	2
65	61.72	Kevin Pietersen	England	2005-2014	104	181	8	8,181	227	47.28	61.72	23	35	10
66	61.67	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2007-2024	71	130	8	4,609	217	37.77	61.67	5	31	6
67	61.66	Matt Prior	England	2007-2014	79	123	21	4,099	131*	40.18	61.66	7	28	13
68	61.43	Salman Agha	Pakistan	2022-2026	28	53	6	1,708	132*	36.34	61.43	3	12	4
68	61.43	Sohag Gazi	Bangladesh	2012-2014	10	16	1	325	101*	21.66	61.43	1	0	3
70	61.40	Shubman Gill	India	2020-2026	43	77	7	3,043	269	43.47	61.40	11	9	5
71	61.30	BJ Webster	Australia	2025-2026	10	16	2	469	72	33.50	61.30	0	5	1
72	61.22	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	2021-2023	18	32	3	949	210*	32.72	61.22	2	2	5
73	60.75	Jacob Bethell	England	2024-2026	9	18	1	579	154	34.05	60.75	1	4	2
74	60.71	Ian Botham	England	1977-1992	102	161	6	5,200	208	33.54	60.71	14	22	14
74	60.71	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	2016-2025	62	95	8	1,334	84	15.33	60.71	0	6	19
76	60.70	Innocent Kaia	Zimbabwe	2023-2026	3	5	0	312	140	62.40	60.70	1	1	0
77	60.59	Sulieman Benn	West Indies	2008-2015	26	39	5	486	42	14.29	60.59	0	0	7
78	60.51	Brian Lara	West Indies	1990-2006	131	232	6	11,953	400*	52.88	60.51	34	48	17
79	60.45	Sajid Khan	Pakistan	2021-2026	16	23	2	321	48*	15.28	60.45	0	0	2
80	60.34	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	1992-2004	49	78	4	1,933	132*	26.12	60.34	3	9	5
81	60.27	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh	2000-2008	50	99	1	3,026	113	30.87	60.27	3	24	7
82	60.26	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2000-2014	103	182	11	7,214	333	42.18	60.26	15	37	15
83	60.17	Winston Benjamin	West Indies	1987-1995	21	26	1	470	85	18.80	60.17	0	2	4
84	60.14	D Padikkal	India	2024-2026	4	6	0	418	167	69.66	60.14	2	1	1
85	60.10	Matthew Hayden	Australia	1994-2009	103	184	14	8,625	380	50.73	60.10	30	29	14
86	60.00	Trent Boult	New Zealand	2011-2022	78	94	46	759	52*	15.81	60.00	0	1	13
87	59.97	KA Jamieson	New Zealand	2020-2026	21	30	5	523	51*	20.92	59.97	0	1	3
88	59.95	Lorcan Tucker	Ireland	2023-2026	10	20	2	753	108	41.83	59.95	1	5	2
89	59.94	Litton Das	Bangladesh	2015-2026	56	97	2	3,356	141	35.32	59.94	6	20	5
90	59.84	Shardul Thakur	India	2018-2025	13	21	1	377	67	18.85	59.84	0	4	3
91	59.80	Lance Klusener	South Africa	1996-2004	49	69	11	1,906	174	32.86	59.80	4	8	4
92	59.67	Graeme Smith	South Africa	2002-2014	117	205	13	9,265	277	48.25	59.67	27	38	11
93	59.64	OE Robinson	England	2021-2026	24	39	5	498	58	14.64	59.64	0	2	9
94	59.48	Barry Richards	South Africa	1970-1970	4	7	0	508	140	72.57	59.48	2	2	0
95	59.47	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	2013-2017	7	14	1	339	104	26.07	59.47	1	0	0
96	59.46	Vinod Kambli	India	1993-1995	17	21	1	1,084	227	54.20	59.46	4	3	3
97	59.29	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2007-2022	112	196	24	7,683	290	44.66	59.29	19	35	14
98	59.11	MS Dhoni	India	2005-2014	90	144	16	4,876	224	38.09	59.11	6	33	10
99	59.08	Mitchell Starc	Australia	2011-2026	107	157	33	2,498	99	20.14	59.08	0	13	17
100	59.07	Jonny Bairstow	England	2012-2024	100	178	12	6,042	167*	36.39	59.07	12	26	17

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