Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2003-2008	15	30	1	1483	195	51.13	1985	74.71	3	7	2	194	11
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2009	15	29	2	906	102	33.55	1337	67.76	1	6	2	111	19
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2000-2005	13	26	0	1240	226	47.69	2056	60.31	4	3	3	156	11
CH Gayle (WI)	2003-2009	8	16	1	635	165*	42.33	1064	59.68	2	3	1	76	13
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2005	15	30	0	1013	90	33.76	1707	59.34	0	7	2	154	8
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2005	10	20	0	959	183	47.95	1627	58.94	4	1	3	121	9
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2008	18	35	4	1695	241*	54.67	2914	58.16	5	8	2	205	8
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2009	12	24	2	1116	158	50.72	1981	56.33	2	7	1	112	16
VVS Laxman (IND)	2000-2008	20	37	4	2041	281	61.84	3660	55.76	6	9	1	290	0
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	13	25	2	753	108	32.73	1363	55.24	1	4	3	94	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2008	18	33	2	1034	144	33.35	1880	55.00	2	4	2	121	4
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2005	11	21	2	811	156*	42.68	1507	53.81	1	5	1	108	1
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2009	8	16	0	580	113	36.25	1118	51.87	2	2	2	63	12
MA Butcher (ENG)	2001-2003	10	20	1	774	173*	40.73	1536	50.39	2	2	1	100	1
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2009	15	29	0	1114	161	38.41	2217	50.24	3	4	1	136	2
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	14	28	0	868	128	31.00	1736	50.00	2	4	3	115	3
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2006	12	24	0	815	104	33.95	1655	49.24	1	5	1	127	1
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2009	12	22	2	879	163	43.95	1849	47.53	3	6	0	91	9
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	2001-2009	18	34	4	1408	114	46.93	3016	46.68	3	8	0	178	7
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2009	10	19	0	498	116	26.21	1070	46.54	1	1	1	58	0
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	2001-2009	19	35	3	759	89	23.71	1653	45.91	0	5	5	92	2
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2000-2009	12	24	4	959	118	47.95	2133	44.96	4	5	1	106	5
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2009	13	25	0	642	87	25.68	1470	43.67	0	8	4	70	4
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2004-2007	7	14	0	459	104	32.78	1064	43.13	1	1	1	54	1
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2009	10	19	0	696	150	36.63	1618	43.01	2	1	1	78	2
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2003	8	16	1	559	75	37.26	1310	42.67	0	6	0	66	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2005	11	21	0	575	105	27.38	1360	42.27	1	5	3	66	1
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2009	11	21	1	700	206	35.00	1669	41.94	1	4	1	69	2
MS Atapattu (SL)	2004-2007	7	14	0	540	133	38.57	1291	41.82	2	2	0	71	1
R Dravid (ICC/IND)	2000-2008	21	40	5	1533	233	43.80	3789	40.45	2	8	4	192	4
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2009	11	22	2	638	99	31.90	1638	38.94	0	4	3	89	2
D Ganga (WI)	2000-2003	8	16	0	385	117	24.06	1032	37.30	2	0	3	51	2

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced
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]