Test matches

1889 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Rank	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	MP Bowden	25	16	5	-	156.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
🥈 2	H Wood	59	89	11	-	66.29	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
🥉 3	R Abel	120	241	11	-	49.79	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
4	AB Tancred	26*	91	4	-	28.57	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
5	R Abel	46	-	5	-	-	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
5	AJ Fothergill	32	-	3	1	-	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
5	AB Tancred	29	-	1	-	-	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
5	AB Tancred	29	-	3	-	-	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
5	F Hearne	27	-	2	-	-	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
5	OR Dunell	26*	-	3	-	-	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31

Additional Information

Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures