5 players with the highest batting strike rate in Test cricket

#1 Tim Southee - 88.05

Tim Southee has a strike rate better than his aggressive teammate Brendon McCullum

Surpisingly, the New Zealand speedster Tim Southee holds the record for the best strike-rate in cricket history with a career strike rate of 88.05. Known for his quick bowling, the tall Kiwi cricketer has batted in 91 innings for the Kiwis.

He has scored 1,459 runs in his career and also has hit 4 fifties with the bat. The right-handed batsman has sent the red ball out of the boundary line 64 times while batting in the white jersey. Averaging just above 17, Southee has a highest score of 77*. Southee has picked up 220 wickets in the 60 matches he has played and has an economy of 3.05.

The NZ player has strike rates of 101.73 and 137.50 in ODIs and T20Is which shows that he is more of a bowling all-rounder now than being referred to as a bowler only.