Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
TG Evans	73	73	12	0	100.00	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
RB Kanhai	256	-	42	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
FMM Worrell	237	-	35	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
B Sutcliffe	230*	-	30	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
ED Weekes	207	-	20	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
GS Sobers	198	-	28	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
TW Graveney	175	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
ED Weekes	161	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
JW Burke	161	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
MC Cowdrey	160	-	14	4	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
L Hutton	150	-	20	0	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
Hanif Mohammad	142	-	17	1	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
GS Sobers	142*	-	8	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
BF Butcher	142	-	10	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
RN Harvey	140	-	17	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
AJ Watkins	137*	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
B Sutcliffe	137*	-	15	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
G Pullar	131	-	14	0	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
CL Walcott	125	-	15	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
Nazar Mohammad	124*	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Lucknow	23 Oct 1952	Test # 356
JKC Holt	123	-	21	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
JR Reid	120	-	15	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
Rev.DS Sheppard	119	-	19	0	0.00	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
JR Reid	119*	-	10	1	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
CL Walcott	118	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
BH Pairaudeau	115	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
RN Harvey	114	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
ED Weekes	109	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
GS Sobers	106*	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
PBH May	106	-	18	0	0.00	England	v India	Nottingham	04 Jun 1959	Test # 474
TG Evans	104	-	16	0	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
L Hutton	104	-	10	0	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
JB Stollmeyer	104*	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
Alimuddin	103*	-	15	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
BF Butcher	103	-	15	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
JW Guy	102	-	13	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
OG Smith	100	-	-	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
JS Solomon	100*	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
MJK Smith	100	-	12	0	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
Maqsood Ahmed	99	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Lahore	29 Jan 1955	Test # 397
RB Kanhai	99	-	14	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
CL Walcott	98	-	-	2	0.00	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	07 Feb 1953	Test # 366
MJK Smith	98	-	14	0	0.00	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
Waqar Hasan	97	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952	Test # 360
Hanif Mohammad	96	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
R Subba Row	94	-	11	0	0.00	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
AH Kardar	93	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Karachi	26 Feb 1955	Test # 400
RT Spooner	92	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
CC Hunte	92	-	-	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
JW Guy	91	-	13	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
KF Barrington	87	-	11	2	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
L Hutton	86	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	The Oval	14 Aug 1952	Test # 354
ED Weekes	86	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
JS Solomon	86	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
PJP Burge	83	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
Waqar Hasan	81	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
JKC Holt	81*	-	-	-	0.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
AJ Watkins	80	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
KF Barrington	80	-	10	0	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
KF Barrington	80	-	12	0	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
AH Kardar	79	-	-	1	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Nov 1952	Test # 358
WGA Parkhouse	78	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
KD Mackay	78	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
JDB Robertson	77	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
DB Carr	76	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
JB Stollmeyer	76*	-	-	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
G Pullar	75	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	02 Jul 1959	Test # 476
PBH May	74	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
TW Graveney	73	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
B Sutcliffe	73	-	10	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 1955	Test # 417
IWG Johnson	73	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
RT Spooner	71	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
TW Graveney	71	-	-	1	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
TG Evans	71	-	9	1	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
BF Butcher	71	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Delhi	06 Feb 1959	Test # 467
FCM Alexander	70	-	8	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
CJ Poole	69*	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
PBH May	69	-	9	0	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	17 Jul 1952	Test # 353
Imtiaz Ahmed	69	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955	Test # 398
RN Harvey	69	-	-	0	0.00	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	02 Nov 1956	Test # 433
JS Solomon	69*	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
FA Lowson	68	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Delhi	02 Nov 1951	Test # 339
AJ Watkins	68	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
MC Cowdrey	67	-	10	1	0.00	England	v India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
AJ Watkins	66	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
RT Spooner	66	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Chennai	06 Feb 1952	Test # 348
TG Evans	66	-	-	0	0.00	England	v India	Leeds	05 Jun 1952	Test # 351
RB Kanhai	66	-	11	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
Waqar Hasan	65	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Brabourne	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
R Swetman	65	-	10	0	0.00	England	v India	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
Alimuddin	64	-	-	0	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
BF Butcher	64*	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
Zulfiqar Ahmed	63*	-	-	1	0.00	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Nov 1952	Test # 358
AF Rae	63*	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
JR Reid	63	-	6	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
OG Smith	63	-	6	1	0.00	West Indies	v India	Brabourne	28 Nov 1958	Test # 459
JKC Holt	63	-	-	-	0.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
MC Cowdrey	63*	-	-	1	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
JG Leggat	61	-	-	0	0.00	New Zealand	v India	Chennai	06 Jan 1956	Test # 420
BF Butcher	60	-	-	0	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]