Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AD Mathews	25*	13	2	2	192.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
SCJ Broad	28	15	5	1	186.66	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
IDS Smith	30	17	6	-	176.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Abdur Rehman	36	22	3	3	163.63	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
ST Jayasuriya	89	56	11	4	158.92	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
V Sehwag	25	16	5	-	156.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
M Muralidaran	43	28	5	3	153.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
KP Pietersen	42*	28	4	2	150.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	03 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
KDK Vithanage	34	23	4	2	147.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
FDM Karunaratne	32*	22	3	1	145.45	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
TM Dilshan	68*	47	6	1	144.68	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
PJ Cummins	26	18	1	3	144.44	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
Mohammad Hafeez	46*	33	6	1	139.39	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
N Kapil Dev	36	26	7	-	138.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
Harbhajan Singh	44	32	9	-	137.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
DA Warner	41	31	7	-	132.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
ST Jayasuriya	25	19	4	-	131.57	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
DPMD Jayawardene	150	115	26	1	130.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
Shan Masood	39	30	5	1	130.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
TM Dilshan	54	42	10	-	128.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
TM Dilshan	92	72	12	1	127.77	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
UDU Chandana	43	34	7	-	126.47	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
N Kapil Dev	35	28	7	-	125.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
Ahmed Shehzad	43*	35	6	-	122.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
MDK Perera	33	27	5	1	122.22	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
Javed Omar	28	23	6	-	121.73	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
IDS Smith	31*	26	5	-	119.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
K Srikkanth	47	40	-	-	117.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
KTGD Prasad	27	23	4	-	117.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
V Sehwag	34	29	7	-	117.24	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
PA de Silva	37	32	7	-	115.62	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
HAPW Jayawardene	30*	26	5	-	115.38	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
S Dhawan	190	168	31	-	113.09	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
HH Pandya	108	96	8	7	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
Z Khan	45	40	5	2	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
Wasim Akram	100	89	8	6	112.35	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
KC Sangakkara	56	50	6	1	112.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
Sarfaraz Ahmed	96	86	13	-	111.62	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
KC Sangakkara	64	58	10	1	110.34	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
Ramiz Raja	36	33	6	-	109.09	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
BT Foakes	37	34	1	3	108.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
A Ranatunga	51	47	7	1	108.51	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RS Kaluwitharana	51	47	12	-	108.51	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
Shan Masood	51	47	4	1	108.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
RG de Alwis	26	24	3	1	108.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Soumya Sarkar	53	49	6	1	108.16	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
Yasir Shah	27	25	6	-	108.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
C de Grandhomme	83	77	5	5	107.79	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2356
RS Mahanama	29	27	6	-	107.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
N Dickwella	77*	72	8	1	106.94	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021	Test # 2419
FDM Karunaratne	77	72	12	-	106.94	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
A Ranatunga	66	62	9	3	106.45	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
N Dickwella	51	48	7	1	106.25	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
DPMD Jayawardene	37*	35	5	-	105.71	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
PM Pushpakumara	42*	40	6	1	105.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
TM Dilshan	25	24	6	-	104.16	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
DA Warner	25	24	5	-	104.16	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
PA de Silva	103*	99	11	1	104.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Qasim Umar	52	50	8	-	104.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
TA Boult	26	25	2	1	104.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2019	Test # 2354
HAPW Jayawardene	27	26	2	1	103.84	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
V Sehwag	109	105	19	-	103.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	03 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
JM Bairstow	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
V Sehwag	31	30	6	-	103.33	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
TM Dilshan	32	31	7	-	103.22	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
Q de Kock	32	31	3	-	103.22	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
M Muralidaran	67	65	5	3	103.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
HMRKB Herath	35	34	6	-	102.94	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Pallekele	26 Jul 2016	Test # 2209
M Muralidaran	38	37	4	1	102.70	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
Mohammad Ashraful	42	41	5	2	102.43	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
DA Warner	42	41	7	-	102.43	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
KTGD Prasad	47	46	6	2	102.17	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
WU Tharanga	48	47	6	-	102.12	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015	Test # 2169
HH Pandya	50	49	5	3	102.04	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
FDM Karunaratne	60*	60	9	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
JE Taylor	31	31	4	1	100.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
CH Gayle	30	30	7	-	100.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	23 Nov 2010	Test # 1980
Mohammed Shami	30	30	-	3	100.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
KC Sangakkara	27	27	4	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
TM Dilshan	27*	27	5	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
RP Arnold	25	25	4	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
N Dickwella	75	76	6	1	98.68	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
ST Jayasuriya	73	74	9	3	98.64	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
WPUJC Vaas	65	66	11	1	98.48	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
N Dickwella	58	59	6	-	98.30	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
MDKJ Perera	55	56	9	-	98.21	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
SR Tendulkar	53	54	10	-	98.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
V Sehwag	99	101	15	-	98.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
Faisal Iqbal	83	85	16	-	97.64	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
S Dhawan	119	123	17	-	96.74	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
TM Dilshan	56	58	9	-	96.55	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
KS Lokuarachchi	28*	29	3	1	96.55	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (PSS)	25 Apr 2003	Test # 1641
SM Warnapura	54	56	7	1	96.42	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
PA de Silva	27	28	4	1	96.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
V Sehwag	50	52	6	1	96.15	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
LD Chandimal	162*	169	19	4	95.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
JC Buttler	46*	48	5	-	95.83	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
AT Carey	45	47	6	-	95.74	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
KC Sangakkara	42	44	7	-	95.45	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
A Ranatunga	41	43	6	-	95.34	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Colombo (SSC), Only Test, Feb 2-5, 2024 [Test # 2527]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 24-27, 2023 [Test # 2514]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jul 16-20, 2023 [Test # 2511]