Highest Strike Rate in World Cup: The ICC ODI World Cup is known for some outstanding batting displays and players often bat like they are in a T20 game and collect high strike rates. Check out the list of players with the highest strike rate in the ICC World Cup.
Highest strike rate in ICC World Cup
The ICC ODI World Cup will return this year after a gap of four years and fans are ecstatic to catch their favorite players in action. The World Cup is the biggest and most celebrated event in cricket and has great emotional and cultural significance for countries.
Several teams participate in the World Cup, and hundreds of players have participated in the tournament in its nearly 50-year history. However, only a few players, especially batsmen, managed to leave their mark as entertainers.
The One Day International format of the World Cup does not allow players to take too many risks and play explosively like shorter formats like Twenty20. But even ODI is not as slow and technical as Test. Batsmen need to take a measured approach, guarding the wicket while maintaining a net run rate with proper boundaries and hoping to post a respectable score. Then the bowlers do their job.
However, there have been batsmen who simply cannot control their explosiveness. Players like Virender Sehwag, Brendon McCullum and Adam Gilchrist were famous heavy hitters in their era and often started the innings with a boundary. Despite more calculated bowling, field placements and pitch surfaces, some batsmen have maintained a high strike rate, also known as run rate, throughout their World Cup career.
Today we bring you the list of players with the highest strike rate in the ICC World Cup.
Highest Strike Rate in Cricket World Cup
- Strike rate is defined as the number of runs scored per 100 balls. It is a measure of a batsman’s ability to run fast.
- Say, Sachin Tendulkar makes 68 runs in 34 balls. His hit rate would be (68/34)*100 = 200.
- The strikeout rate can also reveal how explosive a hitter is and his consistency in playing at that level.
- In the World Cup, Brendon McCullum is the all-time leader in the most number of strikes. The Kiwi heavy hitter has amassed a strike rate of 120 in 27 World Cup innings.
- If we go by the criterion of minimum 250 runs, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell leads the list of highest strike-scorers in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Highest Strike Rate in ICC World Cup (minimum 250 runs) |
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Position |
Player |
Innings |
Is running |
The highest score |
Strike rate |
|
1 |
Glenn Maxwell* (Aus) |
16 |
501 |
102 |
169.26 |
|
2 |
Jos Buttler* (Eng) |
14 |
453 |
103 |
126.54 |
|
3 |
Lance Klusener (SA) |
11 |
372 |
57 |
121.17 |
|
4 |
Brendon McCullum (NZ) |
27 |
742 |
101 |
120.85 |
|
5 |
David Miller* (SA) |
11 |
460 |
138* |
117.95 |
|
6 |
AB de Villiers (SA) |
22 |
1207 |
162* |
117.30 |
|
7 |
Jason Roy* (Eng) |
7 |
443 |
153 |
115.36 |
|
8 |
Kapil Dev (India) |
24 |
669 |
175* |
115.15 |
|
9 |
Shahid Afridi (Pak) |
24 |
325 |
37 |
112.46 |
|
10 |
Kusal Perera* (SL) |
9 |
300 |
78 |
111.52 |
|
11 |
Jason Holder* (WI) |
11 |
325 |
57 |
110.54 |
|
12 |
John Davison (Can) |
14 |
340 |
111 |
110.39 |
|
13 |
Paul Stirling* (IRE) |
12 |
316 |
101 |
110.10 |
|
14 |
Shane Watson (Aus) |
19 |
643 |
94 |
108.07 |
|
15 |
Suresh Raina (India) |
9 |
358 |
110* |
107.51 |
|
16 |
Moeen Ali* (Eng) |
10 |
267 |
128 |
107.23 |
|
17 |
Moin Khan (Pak) |
14 |
286 |
63 |
106.32 |
|
18 |
Virender Sehwag (India) |
22 |
843 |
175 |
106.17 |
|
19 |
Grant Elliott (NZ) |
8 |
310 |
84* |
105.44 |
|
20 |
Alex Carey* (Aus) |
9 |
375 |
85 |
104.17 |
|
21 |
Shimron Hetmeyer* (WI) |
8 |
257 |
54 |
101.58 |
|
22 |
Stuart Williams* (ZIM) |
11 |
492 |
96 |
101.23 |
|
23 |
Wasim Akram (Pak) |
30 |
426 |
43 |
100.71 |
|
24 |
Nicholas Pooran* (WI) |
8 |
367 |
118 |
100.27 |
|
25 |
JP Duminy (SA) |
16 |
458 |
115* |
99.35 |
Highest strike rate (minimum 500 face balls)
|
Position |
Player |
Innings |
Is running |
The highest score |
Strike rate |
|
1 |
Brendon McCullum (NZ) |
27 |
742 |
101 |
120.84 |
|
2 |
AB de Villiers (SA) |
22 |
1207 |
162* |
117.29 |
|
3 |
Kapil Dev (IND) |
24 |
669 |
175* |
115.14 |
|
4 |
Shane Watson (AUS) |
19 |
643 |
94 |
108.06 |
|
5 |
Virender Sehwag (IND) |
22 |
843 |
175 |
106.17 |
|
6 |
Aaron Finch (AUS) |
18 |
787 |
153 |
98.25 |
|
7 |
David Warner (AUS) |
18 |
992 |
178 |
98.12 |
|
8 |
Adam Gilchrist (AUS) |
31 |
1085 |
149 |
98.01 |
|
9 |
Rohit Sharma (IND) |
17 |
978 |
140 |
95.97 |
|
10 |
Shikhar Dhawan (IND) |
10 |
537 |
137 |
94.21 |
|
11 |
Michael Clarke (AUS) |
21 |
888 |
93* |
94.16 |
|
12 |
Andrew Symonds (AUS) |
13 |
515 |
143* |
93.29 |
|
13 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) |
25 |
1112 |
161* |
92.97 |
|
14 |
Matthew Hayden (AUS) |
21 |
987 |
158 |
92.93 |
|
15 |
Jonny Bairstow (ENG) |
11 |
532 |
111 |
92.84 |
|
16 |
Brad Haddin (AUS) |
11 |
458 |
88 |
91.41 |
|
17 |
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
37 |
1165 |
120 |
90.66 |
|
18 |
Chris Gayle (WI) |
34 |
1186 |
215 |
90.53 |
|
19 |
Kevin O’Brien (IRE) |
20 |
499 |
113 |
90.39 |
|
20 |
Yuvraj Singh (IND) |
21 |
738 |
113 |
90.33 |
|
21 |
MS Dhoni (IND) |
25 |
780 |
91* |
89.96 |
|
22 |
Steve Smith (AUS) |
20 |
834 |
105 |
89.58 |
|
23 |
Sachin Tendulkar (IND) |
44 |
2278 |
152 |
88.98 |
|
24 |
Brendan Taylor (ZIM) |
15 |
690 |
138 |
88.68 |
|
25 |
Scott Styris (NZ) |
22 |
909 |
141 |
88.59 |
Questions
Which player has the highest number of strikes in the ICC Cricket World Cup?
New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum has the highest strike rate of 120.84 in the World Cup when the criterion of at least 500 balls is taken into account.
Who has the highest strike rate in the World Cup based on a minimum of 250 runs?
Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has the highest scoring rate of 169.26 against the criterion of scoring at least 250 points.
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