Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records in The Wisden Trophy

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
MJ Prior	2007-2012	13	16	3	774	131*	59.53	1023	75.65	2	5	2	94	5
KP Pietersen	2007-2012	14	21	1	1124	226	56.20	1599	70.29	3	6	2	127	7
JE Root	2015-2020	11	19	2	933	182*	54.88	1448	64.43	3	5	0	112	6
A Flintoff	2000-2009	12	18	2	682	167	42.62	1075	63.44	2	3	2	79	14
RWT Key	2004-2004	4	7	1	378	221	63.00	602	62.79	1	1	0	46	0
BA Stokes	2015-2020	12	20	2	953	176	52.94	1606	59.33	2	5	1	117	8
IT Botham	1980-1991	20	38	1	792	81	21.40	1382	57.30	0	4	1	95	8
PD Collingwood	2007-2009	11	16	2	857	161	61.21	1500	57.13	4	2	0	89	2
RS Bopara	2009-2009	3	3	0	355	143	118.33	635	55.90	3	0	0	39	2
JC Buttler	2015-2020	9	16	3	439	67	33.76	807	54.39	0	4	2	53	6
ER Dexter	1963-1963	5	10	0	340	73	34.00	504+	52.77*	0	3	0	38+	2
DG Cork	1995-2000	9	14	3	287	56*	26.09	546	52.56	0	1	1	35	2
IR Bell	2004-2015	12	18	3	706	143	47.06	1358	51.98	2	5	2	84	1
MP Vaughan	2000-2007	15	26	3	995	140	43.26	1922	51.76	4	2	1	119	3
AJ Strauss	2004-2012	18	32	3	1408	169	48.55	2730	51.57	6	2	1	179	2
AN Cook	2007-2017	20	35	5	1739	243	57.96	3528	49.29	6	8	1	195	1
ME Trescothick	2000-2004	11	21	3	675	107	37.50	1390	48.56	2	3	1	99	3
AJ Lamb	1984-1991	22	42	3	1342	132	34.41	2779	48.29	6	2	2	176	1
GA Hick	1991-2000	18	33	2	910	118*	29.35	1890	48.14	1	6	5	124	2
GA Gooch	1980-1991	26	51	2	2197	154*	44.83	4572	48.05	5	13	3	237	5
AJ Stewart	1990-2000	24	43	3	1476	143	36.90	3120	47.30	3	6	2	185	0
BC Rose	1980-1981	4	8	1	258	70	36.85	556	46.40	0	2	0	28	0
DI Gower	1980-1988	19	38	3	1149	154*	32.82	2506	45.84	1	6	0	141	3
GS Ballance	2015-2015	3	6	1	331	122	66.20	731	45.28	1	2	0	31	6
AW Greig	1973-1976	13	23	1	795	148	36.13	1766	45.01	3	1	2	96	5
DL Amiss	1966-1976	10	18	2	1130	262*	70.62	2528	44.69	4	2	0	143	1
BL D'Oliveira	1966-1969	12	19	2	555	88	32.64	1031+	43.35*	0	5	3	69	6
RJ Burns	2019-2020	6	11	0	379	90	34.45	877	43.21	0	3	0	43	0
GP Thorpe	1994-2004	27	47	6	1740	119*	42.43	4028	43.19	3	11	4	192	1
RA Smith	1988-1995	19	35	5	1333	175	44.43	3099	43.01	3	8	4	165	5
P Willey	1976-1986	15	29	5	757	102*	31.54	1761	42.98	2	3	2	104	3
CC Lewis	1991-1994	7	12	2	295	75*	29.50	691	42.69	0	2	1	28	2
TW Graveney	1966-1969	10	16	1	795	165	53.00	1425+	39.36*	3	3	1	93	1
PJ Sharpe	1963-1969	6	11	1	387	86	38.70	581+	39.24*	0	4	1	42+	0
KWR Fletcher	1973-1974	7	13	3	528	129*	52.80	1347	39.19	1	3	1	67	0
MJ Stewart	1963-1963	4	8	0	211	87	26.37	501+	37.92*	0	1	1	16+	1
R Illingworth	1966-1973	8	13	1	277	113	23.08	732	37.84	1	0	2	30	0
MA Atherton	1991-2000	27	50	0	1587	144	31.74	4222	37.58	4	6	5	187	0
MA Butcher	1998-2004	9	16	3	421	61	32.38	1125	37.42	0	4	3	42	0
RA Woolmer	1976-1980	7	13	1	354	82	29.50	947	37.38	0	1	1	45	0
MW Gatting	1980-1988	9	17	0	258	56	15.17	695	37.12	0	1	2	27	0
G Fowler	1984-1984	5	10	0	260	106	26.00	709	36.67	1	1	2	34	0
DS Steele	1976-1976	5	10	0	308	106	30.80	840	36.66	1	1	1	33	1
APE Knott	1968-1980	22	38	4	994	116	29.23	2566+	36.04*	1	8	2	104	1
G Boycott	1966-1981	29	53	5	2205	128	45.93	5239+	36.03*	5	15	4	247	2
W Larkins	1980-1990	7	14	1	266	54	20.46	746	35.65	0	1	3	27	1
RC Russell	1990-1998	21	37	4	696	91	21.09	1975	35.24	0	3	5	66+	0
MC Cowdrey	1963-1968	11	20	1	825	148	43.42	1163+	35.16*	2	6	1	99+	0
MH Denness	1974-1974	5	9	0	231	67	25.66	668	34.58	0	1	1	31	1
DP Sibley	2020-2020	3	5	0	226	120	45.20	677	33.38	1	2	2	16	0
JE Emburey	1980-1995	15	25	5	226	35*	11.30	681	33.18	0	0	6	30	0
N Hussain	1990-2004	17	30	4	653	106	25.11	1986	32.88	1	4	5	71	1
BC Broad	1984-1988	6	12	0	266	55	22.16	810	32.83	0	2	2	23	0
MR Ramprakash	1991-2000	16	29	1	591	154	21.10	1832	32.25	1	1	5	69	0
DL Underwood	1966-1980	17	29	6	198	31	8.60	623	31.78	0	0	7	19	0
JH Edrich	1963-1976	14	25	2	792	146	34.43	1308+	31.57*	1	4	2	90+	1
DB Close	1963-1976	9	17	1	485	70	30.31	966+	31.05*	0	4	1	46+	1
NV Knight	1995-2000	4	8	0	157	57	19.62	535	29.34	0	1	0	14	0
K Higgs	1966-1966	5	8	0	147	63	18.37	502	29.28	0	1	0	10	3
PR Downton	1981-1988	16	30	4	433	56	16.65	1544	28.04	0	1	2	37	0
FC Hayes	1973-1976	9	17	1	244	106*	15.25	878	27.79	1	0	6	27	1
JP Crawley	1995-1998	6	10	1	145	50	16.11	529	27.41	0	1	0	13	0
DR Pringle	1984-1991	11	20	1	261	46*	13.73	993	26.28	0	0	3	24	0
JA Snow	1966-1976	14	21	7	190	59*	13.57	564+	25.35*	0	1	7	18	0
CJ Tavare	1980-1984	3	6	0	130	49	21.66	525	24.76	0	0	0	8	0

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v West Indies at Manchester, 3rd Test, Jul 24-28, 2020 [Test # 2390]

England v West Indies at Manchester, 2nd Test, Jul 16-20, 2020 [Test # 2389]

England v West Indies at Southampton, 1st Test, Jul 8-12, 2020 [Test # 2388]