Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates in 1990s in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1990-1994	28	35	3	1002	129	31.31	1450+	68.82*	2	5	3	119+	17
L Klusener (SA)	1996-1999	25	33	5	954	174	34.07	1400	68.14	2	3	2	132	10
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-1999	44	74	9	2751	340	42.32	4273	64.38	5	14	9	349	21
BC Lara (WI)	1990-1999	65	112	4	5573	375	51.60	8982	62.04	13	29	4	773	29
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	64	94	6	3880	192	44.09	6302+	61.20*	14	12	3	476+	14
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-1999	33	50	3	1432	132*	30.46	2350	60.93	3	7	3	216	4
AL Logie (WI)	1990-1991	15	22	3	763	98	40.15	1255	60.79	-	7	-	98	1
IVA Richards (WI)	1990-1991	13	21	2	691	80	36.36	1147	60.24	-	8	1	83	13
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	17	21	1	1084	227	54.20	1823	59.46	4	3	3	124	6
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-1999	19	32	3	1256	142	43.31	2130	58.96	3	7	2	142	24
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1991-1996	47	57	10	601	42*	12.78	1028	58.46	-	-	8	59	5
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1990-1992	22	39	1	1558	142	41.00	2671	58.33	5	6	3	212	9
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1990-1995	31	49	4	730	88	16.22	1270	57.48	-	4	8	81	7
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1990-1999	44	75	2	3366	188*	46.10	5890	57.14	9	21	8	449	10
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1998	45	79	3	2777	205	36.53	4960	55.98	5	13	4	378	8
JR Murray (WI)	1993-1999	31	42	4	917	101*	24.13	1649	55.60	1	3	7	102	6
DI Gower (ENG)	1990-1992	11	21	5	848	157*	53.00	1554	54.56	3	2	1	98	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-1999	69	109	12	5626	217	58.00	10344+	54.28*	22	21	7	732+	27
PV Simmons (WI)	1991-1997	24	43	2	953	110	23.24	1805	52.79	1	4	4	130	4
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-1999	58	103	5	4425	219	45.15	8406	52.64	13	16	9	481	26
CL Hooper (WI)	1990-1999	64	110	12	3514	178*	35.85	6700	52.44	8	15	10	390	44
SK Warne (AUS)	1992-1999	80	113	12	1577	86	15.61	3024	52.14	-	4	20	159	17
PA de Silva (SL)	1990-1999	62	104	9	4448	267	46.82	8530+	52.00*	14	18	6	547+	33
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-1999	99	164	11	6371	153*	41.64	12267	51.93	17	37	15	636	34
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1990-1999	62	96	10	1956	257*	22.74	3799	51.48	2	3	7	237	30
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-1999	58	97	11	3717	200*	43.22	7225	51.44	8	23	8	466	15
J Srinath (IND)	1991-1999	43	62	16	771	76	16.76	1506	51.19	-	4	5	83	4
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1995	45	83	2	4176	333	51.55	8190	50.98	12	17	3	521	16
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1990-1999	47	77	9	3126	237	45.97	6167	50.68	8	15	6	395	3
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1999	18	29	4	811	136	32.44	1609	50.40	3	1	4	101	5
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-1999	43	72	3	2026	126	29.36	4022	50.37	2	17	5	222	45
IA Healy (AUS)	1990-1999	102	159	21	3949	161*	28.61	7863	50.22	4	21	15	389	5
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-1999	53	87	8	3354	275*	42.45	6681	50.20	9	16	10	416	13
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-1999	38	56	12	1404	92	31.90	2798	50.17	-	8	2	147	9
Moin Khan (PAK)	1990-1999	50	77	6	2049	117*	28.85	4084	50.17	3	13	5	248	21
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1991-1999	36	56	5	528	51	10.35	1054	50.09	-	1	12	64	4
GA Hick (ENG)	1991-1999	54	94	6	3005	178	34.14	6009	50.00	5	17	6	409	22
A Ranatunga (SL)	1990-1999	60	97	8	3074	131	34.53	6094+	49.73*	2	22	9	360+	26
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-1999	9	18	1	843	143	49.58	1702	49.52	2	5	1	103	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1990-1995	41	70	5	2629	182	40.44	5323	49.38	6	14	5	348	19
DM Jones (AUS)	1990-1992	22	36	4	1261	150*	39.40	2559	49.27	4	5	7	130	5
SC Williams (WI)	1994-1998	28	47	2	1092	128	24.26	2221	49.16	1	3	6	154	6
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-1999	33	52	5	2092	197	44.51	4270	48.99	6	10	3	203	10
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-1999	93	169	12	6407	190	40.80	13199	48.54	12	34	7	842	8
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1990-1995	40	72	5	2097	105	31.29	4343	48.28	2	16	8	267	15
CG Greenidge (WI)	1990-1991	12	22	1	732	226	34.85	1520	48.15	2	-	-	98	5
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1990-1999	71	104	21	1016	53	12.24	2112	48.10	-	1	20	132	8
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1995	32	55	4	2317	299	45.43	4851	47.76	7	7	2	275	21
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1999	32	54	5	2432	173	49.63	5102	47.66	7	12	4	314	23
Basit Ali (PAK)	1993-1995	19	33	1	858	103	26.81	1803	47.58	1	5	5	91	7
NV Knight (ENG)	1995-1998	12	21	-	585	113	27.85	1230	47.56	1	4	-	64	2
DL Haynes (WI)	1990-1994	31	56	8	2147	167	44.72	4518	47.52	6	8	3	260	6
SR Waugh (AUS)	1990-1999	89	143	26	6213	200	53.10	13181	47.13	18	28	11	636	7
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-1999	15	27	1	897	120*	34.50	1905	47.08	1	9	3	123	6
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1999	13	20	2	592	192	32.88	1263	46.87	2	1	3	74	0
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1992-1998	35	50	14	955	79*	26.52	2042	46.76	-	6	5	103	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-1999	56	76	18	607	45	10.46	1300	46.69	-	-	11	81	5
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1999	34	60	5	2020	125	36.72	4334	46.60	5	9	4	264	18
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-1999	15	22	1	933	242	44.42	2014	46.32	2	5	1	114	3
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1990-1997	28	48	2	1454	98	31.60	3141	46.29	-	13	5	175	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-1999	57	105	13	3599	138	39.11	7793	46.18	6	24	8	436	1
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1999	44	71	4	2815	211	42.01	6096	46.17	11	10	5	354	19
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-1999	24	30	4	844	125	32.46	1837	45.94	3	4	3	108	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1990-1999	78	110	36	557	30	7.52	1214	45.88	-	-	27	47	10
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1990-1996	34	58	1	1328	133	23.29	2900	45.79	1	6	9	144	10
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1996	32	51	3	1105	117	23.02	2421	45.64	1	4	6	137	6
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1999	15	29	2	1086	166*	40.22	2389	45.45	1	8	4	129	5
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1992-1997	22	36	2	1464	266	43.05	3221	45.45	4	4	-	168	12
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-1999	48	73	8	2321	117	35.70	5113	45.39	3	15	4	237	21
SA Thomson (NZ)	1990-1995	19	35	4	958	120*	30.90	2113	45.33	1	5	3	133	6
CM Spearman (NZ)	1995-1999	13	25	2	759	112	33.00	1683	45.09	1	3	2	94	4
PA Strang (ZIM)	1994-1998	20	34	7	747	106*	27.66	1663	44.91	1	2	2	82	1
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-1999	64	106	9	3689	135	38.03	8227	44.84	6	23	8	405	33
RA Smith (ENG)	1990-1996	54	96	13	3538	175	42.62	7927	44.63	7	24	6	463	11
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1996-1999	20	34	1	1171	199	35.48	2626	44.59	3	4	4	155	4
DN Patel (NZ)	1990-1997	29	50	8	926	99	22.04	2078	44.56	-	4	6	96	5
NS Sidhu (IND)	1990-1999	38	56	-	2517	201	44.94	5723	43.98	7	12	6	289	33
MG Hughes (AUS)	1990-1994	33	46	5	631	45	15.39	1439	43.84	-	-	6	55	13
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1990-1993	12	19	2	818	128	48.11	1867	43.81	1	8	1	65	1
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-1999	11	21	4	506	78	29.76	1159	43.65	-	3	-	65	4
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1990-1993	23	36	3	1131	153*	34.27	2600	43.50	1	7	1	128	4
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-1999	29	51	5	1447	223	31.45	3341+	43.31*	3	3	10	182	1
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1999	24	45	2	1453	157	33.79	3389	42.87	3	5	1	172	10
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-1999	17	30	1	969	211*	33.41	2266	42.76	2	3	2	124	5
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1992-1995	28	42	3	1277	157*	32.74	3010	42.42	2	8	7	132	17
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-1999	29	48	1	1702	179*	36.21	4030	42.23	5	9	4	139	6
GS Blewett (AUS)	1995-1999	43	74	4	2483	214	35.47	5884	42.19	4	15	5	271	4
RS Mahanama (SL)	1990-1998	46	79	1	2333	225	29.91	5433+	42.03*	4	10	7	280+	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-1999	48	84	6	2984	174*	38.25	7116	41.93	2	23	7	372	8
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1998	42	64	8	1359	109	24.26	3241	41.93	1	8	7	144	2
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1992-1999	39	70	2	1773	99	26.07	4246	41.75	-	11	6	222	2
Rashid Latif (PAK)	1992-1998	22	34	5	659	68*	22.72	1581	41.68	-	3	3	70	2
D Gough (ENG)	1994-1999	34	51	8	514	65	11.95	1243	41.35	-	2	10	58	6
JC Adams (WI)	1992-1999	39	63	12	2326	208*	45.60	5625	41.35	5	11	4	263	4
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-1999	56	100	9	3792	275	41.67	9185	41.28	10	18	8	485	4
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1999	12	19	3	635	123	39.68	1541	41.20	2	3	2	75	2
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-1999	36	63	3	2184	208	36.40	5313	41.10	4	12	6	282	5
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1999	28	42	7	603	90	17.22	1467	41.10	-	4	8	62	2

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced
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 vs India at Melbourne, India tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

England vs South Africa at Durban, England tour of South Africa 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Wellington, West Indies tour of New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]