Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - New Zealand

Cricket Records in AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground in Test matches - New Zealand

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
IDS Smith	44	45	7	0	97.77	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
MD Crowe	79	111	12	0	71.17	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Sir RJ Hadlee	29	44	1	1	65.90	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
KJ Wadsworth	80	126	8	0	63.49	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
HM Nicholls	33	52	3	1	63.46	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
DN Patel	38	60	3	1	63.33	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
JG Wright	43	71	5	0	60.56	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
MJ Santner	27	46	5	0	58.69	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
TA Blundell	121	210	15	0	57.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
MD Crowe	82	147	9	0	55.78	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
GP Howarth	65	124	4	0	52.41	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
BA Edgar	25	49	1	0	51.02	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
BE Congdon	31	65	4	0	47.69	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
KJ Wadsworth	30	63	2	0	47.61	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
JM Parker	56	124	3	0	45.16	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
AH Jones	40	89	1	0	44.94	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
JG Wright	99	223	10	0	44.39	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
MG Burgess	49	120	4	0	40.83	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
JJ Crowe	25	62	1	0	40.32	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
JG Wright	44	115	3	0	38.26	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
JV Coney	55*	151	2	0	36.42	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1980	Test # 891
TWM Latham	50	144	4	0	34.72	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2376
PA Horne	27	79	3	0	34.17	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
JFM Morrison	44	139	4	0	31.65	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
DR Hadlee	37	123	5	0	30.08	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
JM Parker	27	129	1	0	20.93	New Zealand	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]

Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2022 [Test # 2485]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test, Dec 26-28, 2021 [Test # 2442]