Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings in 1940s in Tests

Highest strike rates in an innings
Player
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
SR
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
25*165-156.25Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
28*2131133.33Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
10090131111.11Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
2929-3100.00Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
46475-97.87Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
37396-94.87Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
9210810-85.18Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
31393279.48Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
34*446-77.27Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
26343-76.47Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
25334-75.75Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
127*16913-75.14Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
35472-74.46Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
124*17112-72.51Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
141*1989171.21Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
32453-71.11South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
37533-69.81Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
20129621167.90Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
30461-65.21Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
63976-64.94Englandv AustraliaNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
198*30516-64.91Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
1322048-64.70Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
64*10111-63.36Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
35564-62.50Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
9515314-62.09Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
11618713-62.03Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
15325112-60.95Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
104*1748-59.77Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
18731319-59.74Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
31524-59.61Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
173*29229-59.24Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
29492-59.18Englandv AustraliaSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
23439624-59.09Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
3356--58.92Australiav EnglandLeeds22 Jul 1948Test # 302
57*974-58.76Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
37633158.73South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
48836157.83South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
32565-57.14Englandv AustraliaBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
41721-56.94Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
33583-56.89Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
28504-56.00Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
18533620-55.05Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
8916213-54.93Australiav EnglandLord's24 Jun 1948Test # 300
56*1024-54.90Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
801489-54.05Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
631177-53.84Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
671253153.60Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
51974-52.57Indiav AustraliaSydney12 Dec 1947Test # 291
27*522-51.92Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
801556-51.61Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
49954-51.57Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
37723-51.38South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
791546151.29Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
25491-51.02Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
40797-50.63Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
611223-50.00Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
53*1066-50.00Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
39782150.00Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
34687-50.00Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
27542-50.00Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
25503-50.00Englandv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
35713-49.29Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
501028-49.01Englandv AustraliaNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
25*511-49.01Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
1553178-48.89Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
791622-48.76Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
33683-48.52Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
25523-48.07Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
12225512247.84Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
100*2107-47.61Australiav IndiaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
29613-47.54Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
761617-47.20Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
46986-46.93Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
34743-45.94Australiav EnglandSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
992168-45.83Australiav IndiaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
26573-45.61Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
55*1247-44.35Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
12328415-43.30Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
541255-43.20Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
471093-43.11Australiav EnglandBrisbane29 Nov 1946Test # 279
36843-42.85Indiav AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1948Test # 292
711666-42.77Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
13832310-42.72Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
761785-42.69Englandv AustraliaSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
14735015-42.00Englandv AustraliaAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
741797-41.34Indiav AustraliaMelbourne06 Feb 1948Test # 295
2868--41.17Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
30732-41.09Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
571396-41.00Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
521275-40.94Australiav EnglandAdelaide31 Jan 1947Test # 282
7418111-40.88Englandv AustraliaNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
35862-40.69Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
431063-40.56Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
34843-40.47Australiav EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947Test # 281
481193-40.33Australiav IndiaBrisbane28 Nov 1947Test # 290
11228116-39.85Australiav IndiaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
14537217-38.97Indiav AustraliaAdelaide23 Jan 1948Test # 294
621606-38.75Australiav EnglandNottingham10 Jun 1948Test # 299
37962138.54Englandv AustraliaSydney13 Dec 1946Test # 280
471225-38.52Australiav EnglandSydney28 Feb 1947Test # 283
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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 vs South Africa at Cape Town, Australia tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

Australia vs South Africa at Johannesburg, Australia tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

New Zealand vs England at The Oval, New Zealand tour of England 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]