Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1978 in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
N Kapil Dev	59	48	8	2	122.91	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
N Kapil Dev	61	62	9	1	98.38	India	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
IT Botham	108	110	12	1	98.18	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
IT Botham	30*	31	3	0	96.77	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
AB Williams	100	118	19	0	84.74	West Indies	v Australia	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
GN Edwards	54	67	9	1	80.59	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
IT Botham	30	39	4	0	76.92	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
PH Edmonds	36*	47	3	1	76.59	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
DI Gower	46	61	5	1	75.40	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
DI Gower	56	76	9	0	73.68	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
Wasim Raja	28	38	4	0	73.68	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
IT Botham	100	140	11	0	71.42	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
PH Edmonds	50	70	8	1	71.42	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
DW Randall	45	65	3	0	69.23	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
Sir RJ Hadlee	27*	39	4	0	69.23	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
SMH Kirmani	42	61	3	0	68.85	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
IT Botham	49	73	5	0	67.12	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
RW Anderson	28	42	5	0	66.66	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
Sadiq Mohammad	79	123	9	0	64.22	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
GJ Cosier	47	74	4	0	63.51	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
Sir RJ Hadlee	39	62	8	0	62.90	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
N Kapil Dev	42	68	0	0	61.76	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
Haroon Rasheed	108	176	10	6	61.36	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
DI Gower	29	48	4	0	60.41	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
Javed Miandad	39	65	4	0	60.00	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
SM Gavaskar	205	342	29	2	59.94	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
G Miller	25	42	3	0	59.52	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
AI Kallicharran	187	315	25	0	59.36	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
GA Gooch	54	91	5	0	59.34	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
GP Howarth	34	58	4	0	58.62	New Zealand	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
Sarfraz Nawaz	32*	55	5	0	58.18	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
Haroon Rasheed	27	47	3	0	57.44	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
SM Gavaskar	137	240	20	0	57.08	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978	Test # 833
DI Gower	58	102	9	0	56.86	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
EAS Prasanna	25*	44	4	0	56.81	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
GRJ Roope	69	124	7	1	55.64	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
N Phillip	26	47	3	0	55.31	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
SM Gavaskar	73	133	13	0	54.88	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
Javed Miandad	61*	113	4	0	53.98	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
HA Gomes	63	117	8	0	53.84	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
RM Hogg	36	67	5	0	53.73	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
SM Gavaskar	29	54	3	0	53.70	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
DI Gower	48*	90	4	0	53.33	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
CPS Chauhan	32	61	3	0	52.45	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
GN Edwards	55	105	7	1	52.38	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
KD Ghavri	64	123	5	0	52.03	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
GA Gooch	91*	175	11	0	52.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
Javed Miandad	88*	170	7	3	51.76	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
DI Gower	71	139	8	0	51.07	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
GR Viswanath	89	175	6	0	50.85	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
DW Randall	30	59	2	0	50.84	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
RO Collinge	32	63	4	0	50.79	New Zealand	v England	Christchurch	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
SMH Kirmani	48	95	6	0	50.52	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
RB Simpson	100	200	6	0	50.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
DI Gower	44	90	5	0	48.88	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
DR Parry	55	114	4	0	48.24	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
MG Burgess	68	145	8	0	46.89	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
IT Botham	53	114	9	0	46.49	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
WM Darling	33	71	2	0	46.47	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
DI Gower	102	221	9	0	46.15	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
GA Gooch	40	87	5	0	45.97	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
WM Darling	56	122	7	0	45.90	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
RW Anderson	55	120	8	0	45.83	New Zealand	v England	Auckland	04 Mar 1978	Test # 820
PM Toohey	32	70	1	0	45.71	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
CT Radley	106	234	11	0	45.29	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
CPS Chauhan	84	188	13	0	44.68	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
SM Gavaskar	49	110	5	0	44.54	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
BA Edgar	39	88	7	0	44.31	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
GA Gooch	42*	95	6	0	44.21	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
PM Toohey	81*	184	6	0	44.02	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
DI Gower	111	253	14	0	43.87	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
Haroon Rasheed	35	80	5	1	43.75	Pakistan	v England	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
GR Viswanath	79	182	6	0	43.40	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
GA Gooch	55	128	7	0	42.96	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
DW Randall	74*	175	5	0	42.28	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
GP Howarth	123	291	14	0	42.26	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
RW Anderson	26	62	4	0	41.93	New Zealand	v England	Wellington	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
GN Yallop	41	98	4	0	41.83	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
GP Howarth	94	225	6	0	41.77	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
GR Viswanath	52	125	7	0	41.60	India	v West Indies	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
GJ Cosier	68	164	9	0	41.46	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
SMH Kirmani	51	124	7	0	41.12	India	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
JG Wright	25	61	2	0	40.98	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
Wasim Raja	47	115	4	1	40.86	Pakistan	v England	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
DW Randall	55	135	5	0	40.74	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
G Boycott	79	198	9	0	39.89	England	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	02 Jan 1978	Test # 813
JA Maclean	33*	83	2	0	39.75	Australia	v England	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
WM Darling	25	63	1	0	39.68	Australia	v England	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
DB Vengsarkar	48	121	2	0	39.66	India	v Australia	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
DI Gower	39	99	6	0	39.39	England	v Pakistan	Leeds	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
Mohsin Khan	46	117	6	1	39.31	Pakistan	v England	Lord's	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
JG Wright	62	159	6	0	38.99	New Zealand	v England	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
CT Radley	49	126	2	0	38.88	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
G Miller	48	124	5	0	38.70	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
G Miller	27	70	1	0	38.57	England	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978	Test # 834
GRJ Roope	32	83	3	0	38.55	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	01 Jun 1978	Test # 825
CT Radley	77	200	9	0	38.50	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
G Miller	40	104	4	0	38.46	England	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
RB Simpson	38	99	2	0	38.38	Australia	v India	Sydney	07 Jan 1978	Test # 814
DI Gower	49	128	3	0	38.28	England	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v West Indies at Eden Gardens, 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

India v West Indies at Bengaluru, 2nd Test, Dec 15-20, 1978 [Test # 837]