Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
L Hutton	206	-	25	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
JDB Robertson	121	-	11	1	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
DCS Compton	116	-	11	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
DCS Compton	114	-	13	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
C Washbrook	103*	-	12	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
RT Simpson	103	-	11	3	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
L Hutton	101	-	14	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
WJ Edrich	100	-	14	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
TE Bailey	93	-	16	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
WR Hammond	79	-	10	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
WJ Edrich	78	-	10	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
L Hutton	73	-	6	1	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
TE Bailey	72*	-	4	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
WJ Edrich	70	-	-	1	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
RT Simpson	68	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
WA Brown	67	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
L Hutton	66	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
SG Barnes	54	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
FG Mann	49*	-	9	1	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
AJ Watkins	49*	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
JT Ikin	45	-	6	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
C Washbrook	44	-	4	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
WJ Edrich	42	-	3	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
DCS Compton	38	-	2	1	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
FG Mann	38	-	7	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
WJ Edrich	36	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
TE Bailey	36	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
WJ Edrich	31	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
KR Miller	30	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275
TG Evans	27	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
DCS Compton	26	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
JDB Robertson	26	-	-	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
DCS Compton	25	-	2	0	0.00	England	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316

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Minimum of 25 runs
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 Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]