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Top 10 Batsmen with Highest Strike Rate – ODI, T20, & Test Match

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Top 10 Batsmen with Highest Strike Rate – ODI, T20, & Test Match
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The strike rate in cricket has a simply different meaning for both batsmen & bowlers. The batting strike rate is the average runs scored at every 100 bowls in the match. Also, it’s a fact that the higher the strike rate batsman maintain in an innings, the more chances they appear aggressive & dangerous to bowlers.

In modern cricket, the strike rate is one of the issues that has become increasingly important and players with higher strike rates, especially in T20 matches are valued more than those with lesser.

So, let’s look at some of those batsmen that have the highest strike rate in ODI, T20, and test matches according to the cricket news updates.

How Batting Strike Rate is Calculated?

Strike rate (s/r) is the average of total runs scored in 100 balls. It is calculated by dividing the total number of runs scored by the number of deliveries and then multiplied by 100. The result will be the s/r of a batter.

It is calculated by 2 different methods:

  1. Batting strike rate of a player in a particular match.
  2. Batting strike rate of a player during his entire career.

10 Batsmen with Highest Strike Rate

The minimum runs for ODI & Test list is 1000 runs during the career, while on the other hand, it’s 300 for T20.

One Day International (ODI) –1000 Career Runs

Below are the names of those players that have scored a minimum of 1000 runs in their entire careers.

Players 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
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 Restriction

Players Mat Inns SR Runs HS Ave BF
AD Russell (WI) 50* 41 128.69 924 92* 28.87 718
RR Rossouw 19 18 108.30 587 132 34.52 542
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
AM Blignaut 54 41 106.28 626 63* 18.96 589
YK Pathan 57 41 113.60 810 123* 27.00 713
JP Faulkner 42 32 112.32 793 116 44.05 706
Rizwan Cheema 33 32 111.53 764 94 24.64 685
JA Morkel 58 43 100.25 782 97 23.69 780

Highest Strike Rate in T20

T20 cricket is a well-known format where the hunger to score the run is so much that batsmen have to make the runs at a fast pace with a higher strike rate. So, here are some of the names of those players that have maintained the highest strike rate in the shortest format of cricket i.e., the T20 World Cup.

Players 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

Elton Chigumbura plays for Zimbabwe and has the highest strike rate of 156.75 in the T20 World Cup.

Also, talking about Indian players, Virender Sehwag has the highest SR in Indian cricket team and has a strike rate of 145.38 in the T20 format according to cricket’s latest news.

Players With Highest Strike Rate – Test Match

Test matches are one of the most classic formats of the cricket game that require discipline, dedication and the most important virtue is patience, which a player must have to thrive in this format.

Below is a list of those players who have hit bowlers with the highest strike rate irrespective of the format in their career.

Players Mat Inns SR Runs HS Ave ct
Shahid Afridi 27 48 86.97 1716 156 36.51 10
Tim Southee 41 67 86.54 1081 77* 17.72 25
V Sehwag 104 180 82.23 8586 319 49.34 91
Adam Gilchrist 96 137 81.95 5570 204* 47.60 379
Graeme Swann 60 76 76.49 1370 85 22.09 54
David Warner 38 72 74.37 3231 180 46.82 29
M Muralitharan 133 164 70.28 1261 67 11.67 72
Harbhajan Singh 102 143 65.11 2210 115 18.41 42
R Ashwin 25 37 62.43 1009 124 36.03 11
Chris Gayle 103 182 60.26 7214 333 42.18 96

According to the cricket updates, Shahid Afridi has the highest strike rate of 86.97 in Test Cricket matches.

Also, Virender Sehwag is the top most Indian player with the highest strike rate of 82.23 in Test match format.

Final Thought

Strike Rate matters when it comes to batting. It is one of the factors that describe how good and well-trained a player is in batting.

These are the strike rate of different players of different teams and not to any specific.

We hope you find this cricket news informative & helpful.

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