Strike rate
also: SR · runs per 100 balls
For a batter, the runs scored per 100 balls faced. For a bowler, the balls bowled per wicket taken.
batting strike rate = runs / balls faced x 100; bowling strike rate = balls bowled / wicketsA batter's strike rate says how fast the runs came: 150 means a run and a half every ball. Wides are not balls faced by the batter; no-balls are. A bowler's strike rate is the other way round, the number of balls needed for a wicket, so a lower figure is better.
Strike rate only means something next to the situation. A batter who comes in with two overs left is expected to score fast, and one who opens a Test is not. The same 130 can be a good score in the middle overs of a slow pitch and a poor one on a flat ground.
Treating a high strike rate as quality on its own. It is cheaper to score fast late in an innings with wickets in hand, so a finisher's rate is not comparable with an opener's.
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Strike rate from the API
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