Test matches

2000s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest strike rates

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	Shahid Afridi	Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2006	20	35	1	1329	156	39.08	1442	92.16	4	7	4	165	43
🥈 2	AC Gilchrist	AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2008	91	129	19	5130	204*	46.63	6258	81.97	16	23	13	628	99
🥉 3	V Sehwag	V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2001-2009	72	123	4	6248	319	52.50	7767	80.44	17	19	10	885	75
4	M Muralidaran	M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	2000-2009	84	101	30	775	67	10.91	1019	76.05	-	1	21	85	25
5	CL Cairns	CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2004	18	30	2	1265	158	45.17	1717	73.67	3	5	2	138	42
6	AM Blignaut	AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	19	36	3	886	92	26.84	1292	68.57	-	6	6	102	23
7	Mashrafe Mortaza	Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2001-2009	36	67	5	797	79	12.85	1186	67.20	-	3	12	95	22
8	ST Jayasuriya	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2007	66	114	5	4222	253	38.73	6425	65.71	9	17	6	561	38
8	TM Dilshan	TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2009	57	91	9	3482	168	42.46	5299	65.71	10	13	9	424	17
10	Harbhajan Singh	Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2009	72	100	14	1493	66	17.36	2286	65.31	-	7	12	201	20
11	Mohammad Rafique	Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2000-2008	33	63	6	1059	111	18.57	1630	64.96	1	4	8	110	34
12	A Symonds	A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	41	5	1462	162*	40.61	2256	64.80	2	10	4	154	28
13	SK Warne	SK Warne (AUS)	2000-2007	65	86	5	1577	99	19.46	2446	64.47	-	8	14	194	20
14	MJ Prior	MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2009	25	40	7	1390	131*	42.12	2185	63.61	2	11	5	163	6
15	Kamran Akmal	Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2009	47	80	6	2525	158*	34.12	3983	63.39	6	12	10	353	13
16	DS Lehmann	DS Lehmann (AUS)	2002-2004	22	34	2	1570	177	49.06	2507	62.62	5	8	1	185	10
17	RT Ponting	RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2009	107	184	22	9458	257	58.38	15129	62.51	32	40	8	1102	59
18	KP Pietersen	KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2009	56	100	4	4799	226	49.98	7678	62.50	16	16	4	555	49
19	DL Vettori	DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2000-2009	69	104	16	3176	140	36.09	5093	62.36	5	17	9	409	11
20	MS Dhoni	MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2009	40	62	8	2176	148	40.29	3496	62.24	3	16	3	242	40
21	A Flintoff	A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2000-2009	74	122	9	3695	167	32.69	5967	61.92	5	26	15	484	82
22	BB McCullum	BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2009	49	81	4	2474	143	32.12	3996	61.91	3	15	8	305	28
23	ML Hayden	ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2009	96	172	14	8364	380	52.93	13745	60.85	29	29	10	1020	81
24	SCJ Broad	SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2009	24	34	6	804	76	28.71	1326	60.63	-	5	2	107	5
25	MG Johnson	MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2009	30	39	8	875	123*	28.22	1444	60.59	1	4	5	109	16
26	GC Smith	GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	79	139	9	6451	277	49.62	10647	60.58	18	26	10	836	18
27	Habibul Bashar	Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2000-2008	50	99	1	3026	113	30.87	5020	60.27	3	24	7	401	4
28	LRPL Taylor	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2009	22	40	1	1644	154*	42.15	2758	59.60	4	8	-	228	16
29	BC Lara	BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2000-2006	66	120	2	6380	400*	54.06	10771	59.23	21	19	13	786	59
30	JL Langer	JL Langer (AUS)	2000-2007	76	134	11	5994	250	48.73	10162	58.98	18	21	7	773	34
31	Yuvraj Singh	Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2009	31	48	6	1545	169	36.78	2641	58.50	3	8	6	215	15
32	CH Gayle	CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	85	150	6	5848	317	40.61	10034	58.28	12	31	14	873	65
33	SM Warnapura	SM Warnapura (SL)	2007-2009	14	24	1	821	120	35.69	1412	58.14	2	7	5	98	2
34	JE Taylor	JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2009	29	46	6	629	106	15.72	1083	58.07	1	1	5	88	12
35	BJ Haddin	BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2009	23	38	4	1404	169	41.29	2427	57.84	2	5	1	165	22
36	Yasir Hameed	Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2003-2007	23	45	3	1450	170	34.52	2514	57.67	2	8	-	217	3
37	SJ Harmison	SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	63	86	23	743	49*	11.79	1299	57.19	-	-	21	97	10
38	MJ Slater	MJ Slater (AUS)	2000-2001	16	28	2	887	143	34.11	1561	56.82	1	5	-	117	4
39	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK)	2000-2007	62	103	11	5113	329	55.57	9120	56.06	17	23	7	639	33
40	KC Sangakkara	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2009	88	147	10	7549	287	55.10	13594	55.53	21	32	4	977	22
41	JD Ryder	JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2009	11	20	2	898	201	49.88	1618	55.50	2	4	1	103	3
42	ME Trescothick	ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	10685	54.51	14	29	12	831	42
43	SR Tendulkar	SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2009	89	150	16	7129	248*	53.20	13115	54.35	21	31	7	939	25
44	Rashid Latif	Rashid Latif (PAK)	2001-2003	15	23	4	722	150	38.00	1331	54.24	1	4	1	86	3
45	PA Jaques	PA Jaques (AUS)	2005-2008	11	19	-	902	150	47.47	1663	54.23	3	6	1	99	3
46	Moin Khan	Moin Khan (PAK)	2000-2004	19	27	2	692	137	27.68	1278	54.14	1	2	-	86	6
47	GO Jones	GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2006	34	53	4	1172	100	23.91	2165	54.13	1	6	2	155	12
48	Shahriar Nafees	Shahriar Nafees (BAN)	2005-2008	15	30	-	810	138	27.00	1499	54.03	1	4	2	117	1
49	SM Pollock	SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2008	70	100	27	2377	111	32.56	4400	54.02	2	8	7	265	26
50	Younis Khan	Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2009	63	112	7	5260	313	50.09	9789	53.73	16	21	12	638	24
51	ME Waugh	ME Waugh (AUS)	2000-2002	29	45	6	1658	120	42.51	3093	53.60	3	10	4	208	7
52	Shakib Al Hasan	Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2009	14	26	2	715	96*	29.79	1337	53.47	-	3	2	90	2
53	DPMD Jayawardene	DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2009	95	160	12	8187	374	55.31	15313	53.46	25	30	10	972	38
54	SC Ganguly	SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2008	81	134	12	4780	239	39.18	8968	53.30	9	23	9	586	34
55	L Klusener	L Klusener (SA)	2000-2004	24	36	6	952	118*	31.73	1787	53.27	2	5	2	104	10
56	MJ Clarke	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2009	56	91	12	3926	151	49.69	7375	53.23	12	17	5	422	17
57	IK Pathan	IK Pathan (IND)	2003-2008	29	40	5	1105	102	31.57	2076	53.22	1	6	5	131	18
58	G Gambhir	G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2009	27	48	3	2553	206	56.73	4807	53.11	8	10	1	315	6
59	B Lee	B Lee (AUS)	2000-2008	75	89	18	1424	64	20.05	2684	53.05	-	5	14	181	18
60	AB de Villiers	AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2009	54	93	8	3706	217*	43.60	6987	53.04	9	19	1	451	19
61	Mohammad Yousuf	Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2009	71	121	11	6439	223	58.53	12144	53.02	23	23	7	803	45
62	CD McMillan	CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2005	36	59	7	1860	142	35.76	3540	52.54	3	12	5	225	30
63	CB Wishart	CB Wishart (ZIM)	2000-2005	15	28	-	796	114	28.42	1525	52.19	1	3	3	96	11
64	DR Martyn	DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2006	60	97	13	4089	165	48.67	7838	52.16	13	20	6	485	9
65	NJ Astle	NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2006	47	77	5	2682	222	37.25	5145	52.12	6	15	7	348	21
66	HH Gibbs	HH Gibbs (SA)	2000-2008	73	124	6	5198	228	44.05	10004	51.95	12	23	9	763	42
67	MP Vaughan	MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	80	143	9	5631	197	42.02	10855	51.87	18	18	9	731	22
68	UDU Chandana	UDU Chandana (SL)	2000-2005	14	21	1	561	92	28.05	1087	51.60	-	2	-	68	5
68	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2004	44	63	10	2825	157*	53.30	5474	51.60	11	9	5	354	11
70	A Flower	A Flower (ZIM)	2000-2002	24	42	7	2214	232*	63.25	4299	51.50	6	11	1	280	13
71	Al Sahariar	Al Sahariar (BAN)	2000-2003	15	30	-	683	71	22.76	1329	51.39	-	4	2	99	4
72	SB Styris	SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2007	29	48	4	1586	170	36.04	3089	51.34	5	6	5	205	13
73	NT Paranavitana	NT Paranavitana (SL)	2009-2009	10	18	-	530	73	29.44	1035	51.20	-	4	2	68	0
74	Z Khan	Z Khan (IND)	2000-2009	68	89	22	904	75	13.49	1770	51.07	-	3	18	100	17
75	MV Boucher	MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	2000-2009	104	152	18	4024	122*	30.02	7965	50.52	2	26	13	479	14
76	JM How	JM How (NZ)	2006-2009	19	35	1	772	92	22.70	1530	50.45	-	4	4	104	2
77	SR Watson	SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2009	15	25	1	973	120*	40.54	1930	50.41	1	7	1	134	2
78	Aftab Ahmed	Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2004-2008	14	27	3	514	82*	21.41	1020	50.39	-	1	4	69	3
79	JDP Oram	JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2009	33	59	10	1780	133	36.32	3533	50.38	5	6	4	209	21
80	IR Bell	IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2009	51	91	9	3291	199	40.13	6547	50.26	9	21	7	380	14
81	VVS Laxman	VVS Laxman (IND)	2000-2009	92	150	24	6291	281	49.92	12569	50.05	14	37	9	853	4
82	SM Katich	SM Katich (AUS)	2001-2009	47	81	5	3392	157	44.63	6794	49.92	8	20	3	394	8
83	Saeed Anwar	Saeed Anwar (PAK)	2000-2001	11	16	-	686	123	42.87	1375	49.89	2	4	-	86	4
84	KD Karthik	KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2009	22	35	1	973	129	28.61	1955	49.76	1	7	1	128	4
85	AJ Strauss	AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2009	69	126	5	5367	177	44.35	10796	49.71	18	18	9	670	8
86	WU Tharanga	WU Tharanga (SL)	2005-2007	15	26	1	713	165	28.52	1440	49.51	1	3	4	99	5
87	DJ Bravo	DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2009	34	63	1	2009	113	32.40	4065	49.42	3	11	5	254	16
88	M Ntini	M Ntini (SA)	2000-2009	97	111	41	690	32*	9.85	1406	49.07	-	-	20	103	8
89	AJ Stewart	AJ Stewart (ENG)	2000-2003	40	66	9	2056	124*	36.07	4190	49.06	3	11	7	279	2
89	SP Fleming	SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2008	63	105	4	4188	274*	41.46	8536	49.06	7	23	9	545	18
91	RD Jacobs	RD Jacobs (WI)	2000-2004	54	91	17	2071	118	27.98	4232	48.93	3	11	12	235	19
92	Imran Farhat	Imran Farhat (PAK)	2001-2009	31	59	2	1944	128	34.10	3977	48.88	3	12	2	287	4
93	HM Amla	HM Amla (SA)	2004-2009	39	69	4	2587	176*	39.80	5311	48.71	7	14	6	336	2
94	Alok Kapali	Alok Kapali (BAN)	2002-2006	17	34	1	584	85	17.69	1201	48.62	-	2	6	80	3
94	CL Hooper	CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2002	22	37	2	1609	233	45.97	3309	48.62	4	9	-	185	12
96	HAPW Jayawardene	HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2009	30	40	6	1044	154*	30.70	2158	48.37	2	2	5	108	5
97	D Ramdin	D Ramdin (WI)	2005-2009	39	68	7	1419	166	23.26	2934	48.36	1	8	6	194	2
98	N Boje	N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	-	4	5	184	6
99	MEK Hussey	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2009	46	79	9	3638	182	51.97	7542	48.23	10	19	7	411	18
100	RS Morton	RS Morton (WI)	2005-2008	15	27	1	573	70*	22.03	1192	48.07	-	4	1	79	7

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