Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - Australia

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - Australia

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
B Yardley	45	33	7	0	136.36	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	02 Jan 1982	Test # 917
MG Hughes	25	19	4	0	131.57	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
GM Ritchie	26	21	5	0	123.80	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
DM Jones	40*	34	3	0	117.64	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
MF Kent	52	45	7	0	115.55	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
B Yardley	40	35	4	1	114.28	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
GRJ Matthews	32	28	4	0	114.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
CJ McDermott	25	23	2	1	108.69	Australia	v England	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
GF Lawson	38*	35	4	0	108.57	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
WB Phillips	54	50	10	0	108.00	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
GRJ Matthews	27*	25	2	0	108.00	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
PL Taylor	25*	24	4	0	104.16	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	07 Oct 1988	Test # 1106
CD Matthews	32	31	5	0	103.22	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
IA Healy	44	44	6	0	100.00	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
GM Ritchie	28	29	2	1	96.55	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
DW Hookes	143*	152	17	2	94.07	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
DW Hookes	28	30	4	0	93.33	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
GS Chappell	40*	43	6	0	93.02	Australia	v England	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
KJ Hughes	34	37	5	0	91.89	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
GN Yallop	114	125	17	0	91.20	Australia	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
WB Phillips	29	32	4	1	90.62	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
DM Jones	27	30	1	0	90.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
GF Lawson	57*	64	9	1	89.06	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Oct 1982	Test # 937
GS Chappell	32	36	6	0	88.88	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
GS Chappell	56	65	10	0	86.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
WB Phillips	30	35	6	0	85.71	Australia	v England	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
KJ Hughes	84	99	11	2	84.84	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
AR Border	153	184	16	5	83.15	Australia	v Pakistan	Lahore	18 Mar 1980	Test # 879
GN Yallop	68	82	8	0	82.92	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
GS Chappell	176	218	23	2	80.73	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
KC Wessels	70	87	13	0	80.45	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
SR Waugh	43	54	6	0	79.62	Australia	v England	Birmingham	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
GS Chappell	53	67	8	0	79.10	Australia	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982	Test # 939
AR Border	60*	76	8	0	78.94	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
GF Lawson	74	94	11	0	78.72	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
WB Phillips	44	56	2	0	78.57	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
DW Hookes	68	87	9	0	78.16	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
TG Hogan	38	49	6	0	77.55	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	16 Mar 1984	Test # 983
DM Jones	38*	49	5	0	77.55	Australia	v New Zealand	Brisbane	04 Dec 1987	Test # 1082
KC Wessels	179	233	23	1	76.82	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DW Hookes	53	69	7	0	76.81	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
GS Chappell	26*	34	3	0	76.47	Australia	v England	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
B Yardley	25	33	4	0	75.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Auckland	12 Mar 1982	Test # 924
SR Waugh	134*	177	14	0	75.70	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
GS Chappell	31	41	5	0	75.60	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980	Test # 870
GM Wood	64	85	9	0	75.29	Australia	v New Zealand	Christchurch	19 Mar 1982	Test # 926
KC Wessels	141	188	21	0	75.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
GM Wood	44	59	5	0	74.57	Australia	v England	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
GM Wood	56	76	5	0	73.68	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
KC Wessels	47	64	4	0	73.43	Australia	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
SR Waugh	177*	242	24	0	73.14	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
AR Border	57	78	6	0	73.07	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
DC Boon	80	110	10	0	72.72	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
DM Jones	50	69	4	0	72.46	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
GF Lawson	49	68	6	0	72.05	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	07 Dec 1984	Test # 1002
GM Ritchie	46	64	8	0	71.87	Australia	v England	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
IA Healy	33*	46	3	0	71.73	Australia	v England	Birmingham	06 Jul 1989	Test # 1123
SP O'Donnell	48	67	6	1	71.64	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
TJ Zoehrer	52*	73	7	2	71.23	Australia	v India	Delhi	26 Sep 1986	Test # 1053
KJ Hughes	213	301	21	0	70.76	Australia	v India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1981	Test # 894
GN Yallop	38	54	5	0	70.37	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981	Test # 909
AR Border	56*	80	7	1	70.00	Australia	v England	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
KJ Hughes	30	43	4	0	69.76	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DW Hookes	38*	55	4	0	69.09	Australia	v New Zealand	Sydney	22 Nov 1985	Test # 1030
GC Dyer	60	87	7	0	68.96	Australia	v New Zealand	Adelaide	11 Dec 1987	Test # 1084
GS Chappell	204	296	27	0	68.91	Australia	v India	Sydney	02 Jan 1981	Test # 893
AR Border	51*	74	5	0	68.91	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
KD Walters	55	80	8	0	68.75	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Dec 1980	Test # 889
CJ McDermott	35	51	4	0	68.62	Australia	v England	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
SR Waugh	28	41	3	0	68.29	Australia	v England	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
J Dyson	43	63	8	1	68.25	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	30 Sep 1982	Test # 936
MG Hughes	30	44	2	0	68.18	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
GS Chappell	201	296	6	0	67.90	Australia	v Pakistan	Brisbane	27 Nov 1981	Test # 910
DM Jones	122	180	17	0	67.77	Australia	v England	The Oval	24 Aug 1989	Test # 1126
KC Wessels	61	90	8	0	67.77	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984	Test # 999
MG Hughes	71	105	6	2	67.61	Australia	v England	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
SR Waugh	79*	117	10	0	67.52	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
GS Chappell	35	52	4	0	67.30	Australia	v England	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
GS Chappell	117	174	11	2	67.24	Australia	v England	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
DC Boon	34	51	5	0	66.66	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	03 Feb 1989	Test # 1114
GN Yallop	30	45	3	0	66.66	Australia	v Pakistan	Sydney	02 Jan 1984	Test # 974
DM Jones	118*	178	6	0	66.29	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
RW Marsh	39	59	4	0	66.10	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	30 Jan 1982	Test # 919
RW Marsh	33*	50	5	0	66.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Adelaide	09 Dec 1983	Test # 970
DW Hookes	29	44	5	0	65.90	Australia	v West Indies	St John's	07 Apr 1984	Test # 987
AR Border	27	41	4	0	65.85	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
GRJ Matthews	100*	152	9	2	65.78	Australia	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 1985	Test # 1033
WB Phillips	59	90	11	0	65.55	Australia	v England	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
CJ McDermott	32*	49	4	0	65.30	Australia	v West Indies	Brisbane	18 Nov 1988	Test # 1108
JR Thomson	28*	43	2	1	65.11	Australia	v England	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
AMJ Hilditch	119	183	17	2	65.02	Australia	v England	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
GS Chappell	235	363	21	0	64.73	Australia	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980	Test # 878
WB Phillips	159	246	20	0	64.63	Australia	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
CJ McDermott	36	56	1	0	64.28	Australia	v New Zealand	Perth	30 Nov 1985	Test # 1031
GM Ritchie	36	56	3	0	64.28	Australia	v England	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
SR Waugh	91	142	11	1	64.08	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110
GS Chappell	66	103	7	0	64.07	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Apr 1983	Test # 955
SR Waugh	71	111	4	1	63.96	Australia	v England	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
DM Jones	210	330	27	2	63.63	Australia	v India	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
GM Wood	42	66	8	0	63.63	Australia	v West Indies	Perth	02 Dec 1988	Test # 1110

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]