Highest career strike rate
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0
LOB Cann (Ber) 2006-2009 26 25 3 590 52 26.81 504 117.06 0 1 3
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/Pak) 1996-2009 276 258 16 5642 109 23.31 5087 110.91 4 29 23
AM Blignaut (Zim) 1999-2005 51 40 8 625 63* 19.53 586 106.65 0 5 3
JM Davison (Can) 2003-2009 27 27 1 766 111 29.46 724 105.80 1 5 3
BL Cairns (NZ) 1974-1985 78 65 6 987 60 16.72 941 104.88 0 2 6
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 1999-2009 205 200 8 6592 130 34.33 6472 101.85 11 35 11
DR Smith (WI) 2004-2007 71 56 3 791 68 14.92 779 101.54 0 2 7
IDS Smith (NZ) 1980-1992 98 77 16 1055 62* 17.29 1061 99.43 0 3 7
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 1996-2008 287 279 11 9619 172 35.89 9922 96.94 16 55 19
RL Powell (WI) 1999-2005 109 100 16 2085 124 24.82 2157 96.66 1 8 8
S Lee (Aus) 1995-2001 45 35 8 477 47 17.66 500 95.40 0 0 3
N Kapil Dev (India) 1978-1994 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 3979 95.07 1 14 13
RN ten Doeschate (Neth) 2006-2009 21 20 6 835 109* 59.64 894 93.40 2 5 1
A Symonds (Aus) 1998-2009 198 161 33 5088 156 39.75 5504 92.44 6 30 15
RV Uthappa (India) 2006-2008 38 34 5 786 86 27.10 855 91.92 0 5 3
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1989-2009 432 420 18 13151 189 32.71 14430 91.13 28 67 33
JD Ryder (NZ) 2008-2009 17 15 1 555 105 39.64 609 91.13 1 2 0
MS Dhoni (Asia/India) 2004-2009 139 124 33 4567 183* 50.18 5025 90.88 4 31 5
C Sharma (India) 1983-1994 65 35 16 456 101* 24.00 504 90.47 1 0 3
IVA Richards (WI) 1975-1991 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 7451 90.20 11 45 7
L Klusener (SA) 1996-2004 171 137 50 3576 103* 41.10 3977 89.91 2 19 13
Manzoor Elahi (Pak) 1984-1995 54 46 13 741 50* 22.45 827 89.60 0 1 1
SB Joshi (India) 1996-2001 69 45 11 584 61* 17.17 653 89.43 0 1 4
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) 2000-2009 236 216 30 7018 139 37.73 7858 89.31 12 40 12
BB McCullum (NZ) 2002-2009 153 127 22 2987 166 28.44 3353 89.08 1 15 10
JR Hopes (Aus) 2005-2009 56 40 4 880 63* 24.44 988 89.06 0 2 1
A Flintoff (Eng/ICC) 1999-2009 141 122 16 3394 123 32.01 3821 88.82 3 18 9
N Boje (Afr/SA) 1995-2005 115 71 18 1414 129 26.67 1594 88.70 2 4 2
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1984-2003 356 280 55 3717 86 16.52 4208 88.33 0 6 28
IJ Harvey (Aus) 1997-2004 73 51 11 715 48* 17.87 811 88.16 0 0 2
BJ Hodge (Aus) 2005-2007 25 21 2 575 123 30.26 657 87.51 1 3 3
KP Pietersen (Eng/ICC) 2004-2009 92 82 15 3127 116 46.67 3577 87.41 7 20 4
MJ Guptill (NZ) 2009-2009 12 11 3 448 122* 56.00 514 87.15 1 3 0
RJ Ratnayake (SL) 1982-1993 70 55 18 612 33* 16.54 705 86.80 0 0 4
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA) 1996-2008 303 205 72 3519 130 26.45 4059 86.69 1 14 20
SK Raina (India) 2005-2009 65 55 11 1558 116* 35.40 1811 86.02 2 10 3
MEK Hussey (Aus) 2004-2009 108 86 31 3006 109* 54.65 3496 85.98 2 21 2
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA) 2005-2009 85 81 10 2761 146 38.88 3217 85.82 3 18 5
HM Amla (SA) 2008-2009 16 15 3 574 140 47.83 669 85.79 1 3 0
WB Phillips (Aus) 1982-1986 48 41 6 852 75* 24.34 994 85.71 0 6 1
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2009 425 415 39 16684 186* 44.37 19477 85.66 43 91 20
SM Ervine (Zim) 2001-2004 42 34 7 698 100 25.85 816 85.53 1 2 5
MF Maharoof (SL) 2004-2009 91 62 15 973 69* 20.70 1138 85.50 0 2 3
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2000-2006 123 122 6 4335 137 37.37 5087 85.21 12 21 13
MV Boucher (Afr/SA) 1998-2009 280 207 54 4463 147* 29.16 5256 84.91 1 26 16
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 1974-1985 62 60 6 2572 123 47.62 3033 84.80 7 13 2
Kamran Akmal (Pak) 2002-2009 99 84 12 1918 124 26.63 2262 84.79 5 2 5
Mashrafe Mortaza (Asia/Ban) 2001-2009 103 81 14 1046 51* 15.61 1234 84.76 0 1 9
CL Cairns (ICC/NZ) 1991-2006 215 193 25 4950 115 29.46 5874 84.26 4 26 9
G Gambhir (India) 2003-2009 78 76 7 2594 150 37.59 3091 83.92 6 15 5
IA Healy (Aus) 1988-1997 168 120 36 1764 56 21.00 2104 83.84 0 4 9
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 1987-1997 103 66 23 690 67 16.04 823 83.83 0 1 4
PL Symcox (SA) 1993-1999 80 54 13 694 61 16.92 830 83.61 0 3 6
Aftab Ahmed (Ban) 2004-2008 80 80 6 1874 92 25.32 2243 83.54 0 14 8
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 2006-2009 63 57 11 1770 128* 38.47 2119 83.52 3 10 4
JDP Oram (NZ) 2001-2009 130 94 12 2022 101* 24.65 2424 83.41 1 11 8
S Dhaniram (Can) 2006-2009 35 34 4 796 92 26.53 955 83.35 0 5 2
HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2009 244 237 16 8038 175 36.37 9647 83.32 21 37 22
JM Kemp (Afr/SA) 2001-2007 85 66 18 1512 100* 31.50 1819 83.12 1 10 6
BJ Haddin (Aus) 2001-2009 53 49 3 1490 109 32.39 1793 83.10 1 9 1
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 1999-2009 205 200 14 7429 153* 39.94 8942 83.07 19 39 19
AC Cummins (Can/WI) 1991-2007 76 49 13 486 44* 13.50 586 82.93 0 0 4
RW Marsh (Aus) 1971-1984 92 76 15 1225 66 20.08 1489 82.26 0 4 7
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) 2002-2009 51 45 10 1385 79* 39.57 1685 82.19 0 8 2
SM Patil (India) 1980-1986 45 42 1 1005 84 24.51 1223 82.17 0 9 4
DJ Hussey (Aus) 2008-2009 22 20 0 487 79 24.35 593 82.12 0 4 0
GC Smith (Afr/SA) 2002-2009 141 139 9 5251 134* 40.39 6397 82.08 7 38 8
GD Elliott (NZ) 2008-2009 21 13 5 421 115 52.62 513 82.06 1 2 1
TM Dilshan (SL) 1999-2009 160 137 27 3423 137* 31.11 4189 81.71 2 16 4
AP Kuiper (SA) 1991-1996 25 23 7 539 63* 33.68 662 81.41 0 3 0
D Ramdin (WI) 2005-2009 67 51 14 740 74* 20.00 909 81.40 0 2 2
DS Lehmann (Aus) 1996-2005 117 101 22 3078 119 38.96 3784 81.34 4 17 4
Moin Khan (Pak) 1990-2004 219 183 41 3266 72* 23.00 4017 81.30 0 12 17
CH Lloyd (WI) 1973-1985 87 69 19 1977 102 39.54 2434 81.22 1 11 1
E Chigumbura (Afr/Zim) 2004-2009 88 81 7 1767 79 23.87 2176 81.20 0 10 9
DJ Bravo (WI) 2004-2009 99 79 16 1511 112* 23.98 1861 81.19 1 4 6
PA de Silva (SL) 1984-2003 308 296 30 9284 145 34.90 11443 81.13 11 64 17
AA Mulla (Can) 2006-2009 24 24 0 482 58 20.08 595 81.00 0 1 2
SP O'Donnell (Aus) 1985-1991 87 64 15 1242 74* 25.34 1534 80.96 0 9 5
JN Rhodes (SA) 1992-2003 245 220 51 5935 121 35.11 7336 80.90 2 33 12
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1989-2003 247 244 19 8824 194 39.21 10938 80.67 20 43 15
B Lee (Aus) 2000-2008 173 85 36 855 57 17.44 1060 80.66 0 2 8
AB Agarkar (India) 1998-2007 191 113 26 1269 95 14.58 1574 80.62 0 3 10
Harbhajan Singh (Asia/India) 1998-2009 189 99 27 940 46 13.05 1166 80.61 0 0 10
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) 1995-2009 315 306 35 11523 164 42.52 14323 80.45 26 67 17
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 1986-2000 250 232 29 6564 139* 32.33 8174 80.30 10 37 14
Imran Nazir (Pak) 1999-2007 74 74 2 1784 160 24.77 2224 80.21 2 9 10

Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Ireland v Kenya at Dublin, 1st ODI, Jul 9, 2009 [ODI # 2858]
Scotland v Canada at Aberdeen, 2nd ODI, Jul 8, 2009 [ODI # 2857]
Scotland v Canada at Aberdeen, 1st ODI, Jul 7, 2009 [ODI # 2856]

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Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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