10 Batsmen With Highest Strike Rate in ODI, T20, and Test

The batting strike rate is defined for a batsman as the average number of runs scored per 100 balls faced. The higher the strike rate, the more effective a batsman is at scoring quickly. Here are the top 10 Batsmen With Highest Strike Rate in ODI, T20, and Test.

In Test cricket, a batsman’s strike rate is of secondary relevance to his ability to score runs without getting out. This means a Test batsman’s most important statistic is generally considered to be his batting average rather than his strike rate.  

In limited-overs cricket, strike rates are of considerably more importance. Since each team only faces a limited number of balls in an innings, the faster a batsman scores, the more runs his team will be able to accumulate. Strike rates of over 150 are becoming common in Twenty20 cricket. The strike rate (s/r) is probably considered by most as the key factor in a batsman in one-day cricket. Accordingly, the batsmen with the higher strike rate, especially in Twenty20 matches, are more valued than those with a lesser strike rate. Besides, the record for the highest strike rate had the chance to improve during the last 2019 ICC World Cup.

Batsmen With Highest Strike Rate in ODI, T20, and Test

Strike Rates in Tests tend to be lower than ODI’s because of the need to score runs more quickly and take riskier strokes and the lesser emphasis on building large innings. In T20, the strike rate goes a lot higher than ODI’s or Tests.

Here we are going to make the list of the top 10 batsmen with the highest career strike rate in ODI, T20, and Test. The minimum qualification for the ODI and Test list is 1000 runs in a career. And for T20, 300 Career Runs.

Keeping in mind this qualification: One of the hard hitters in cricket, Shahid Afridi, is right on top among other ODI players with a career strike rate of 115.11. He has the highest career strike rate in ODI than any other batsman. Though West Indian Andre Russell has a strike rate of 119, he didn’t qualify for the list because he has less than 1000 runs in his ODI Career.

Highest Strike Rate in ODI’s (min 1000 Career Runs)

Player	Mat	Inns	SR	Runs	HS	Ave	BF
GJ Maxwell	47	44	126.19	1344	102	35.36	1065
Shahid Afridi	398	369	117.00	8064	124	23.57	6892
NLTC Perera	104	77	112.15	1135	80*	17.73	1012
JC Buttler	55	47	111.30	1280	121	32.00	1150
V Sehwag	251	245	104.33	8273	219	35.05	7929
DA Miller	70	62	100.63	1588	138*	37.80	1578
DJG Sammy	126*	105	99.62	1848	89	24.97	1855
IDS Smith	98	77	99.43	1055	62*	17.29	1061
AB de Villiers	186	178	98.87	7876	162*	53.21	7966
AC Gilchrist	287	279	96.94	9619	172	35.89	9922

Highest Strike Rate in ODI’s (without 1000 runs restrictions)

Player	Mat	Inns	SR	Runs	HS	Ave	BF
AD Russell (WI)	50*	41	128.69	924	92*	28.87	718
GJ Maxwell	47	44	126.19	1344	102	35.36	1065
CJ Anderson	33*	29	125.54	860	131*	35.83	685
L Ronchi	47*	37	123.98	977	170*	32.56	788
LOB Cann	26	25	117.06	590	52	26.81	504
Shahid Afridi	398	369	117.00	8064	124	23.57	6892
YK Pathan	57	41	113.60	810	123*	27.00	713
JP Faulkner	42	32	112.32	793	116	44.05	706
NLTC Perera	104	77	112.15	1135	80*	17.73	1012
Rizwan Cheema	33	32	111.53	764	94	24.64	685
JC Buttler	55	47	111.30	1280	121	32.00	1150
RR Rossouw	19	18	108.30	587	132	34.52	542
AM Blignaut	54	41	106.28	626	63*	18.96	589
BL Cairns	78	65	104.88	987	60	16.72	941
V Sehwag	251	245	104.33	8273	219	35.05	7929
JM Davison	32	32	104.17	799	111	26.63	767
MM Ali	22	22	103.09	732	128	33.27	710
DA Miller	70	62	100.63	1588	138*	37.80	1578
JA Morkel	58	43	100.25	782	97	23.69	780

Highest Strike Rate in T20

Player	Mat	Inns	SR	Runs	HS	Ave	BF
E Chigumbura	27	26	156.75	464	53*	22.09	296
NLTC Perera	38	31	155.85	466	49	33.28	299
DJG Sammy	58	45	152.99	511	42*	17.03	334
AJ Finch	22	22	152.41	756	156	39.78	496
V Sehwag	19	18	145.38	394	68	21.88	271
Shahid Afridi	77	71	145.29	1142	54*	19.03	786
Yuvraj Singh	40	37	144.69	968	77*	31.22	669
SR Watson	48	46	143.96	1156	81	26.88	803
CH Gayle	45	43	142.59	1406	117	35.15	986
JA Morkel	49	38	142.28	572	43	21.18	402

Batsmen With Highest Strike Rate – Infographics

FAQs Regarding Batsmen With Highest Strike Rate

Q. Who has the highest strike rate in ODI cricket?

By a substantial margin, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi has scored more runs in ODIs than any other batsman in ODI history. The all-rounder has a strike rate of 115.73 runs per 100 balls since debuting for his country in 1996. 

Q. Who is the fastest fifty in T20?

Yuvraj Singh holds the record for the fastest fifty ever scored in T20Is. He scored his fifty of just 12 balls in Stuart Broad’s over and amassed six sixes in his over.

Q. Who has the lowest ODI strike rate?

First-class cricket’s lowest strike rate belongs to Hashim Amla, an underrated batsman. In his legendary career with South Africa, Amla achieved a lot of heights. The fastest ever ODI run-scorer is also the fastest ODI run-scorer in the history of the game.

Q. What is the strike rate of the lowest Test batsman?

In India’s first innings of the third Test against Sri Lanka, played in Ahmedabad in 1994, right-handed batsman Rajesh Chauhan scored 9 runs with the help of a four after playing 96 balls in 132 minutes. In that inning, Rajesh Chauhan struck out nine times.

Last Updated On: November 2024