Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	29	11	3	2	263.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
AD Mathews	25*	13	2	2	192.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
M Muralidaran	26	14	4	1	185.71	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
ST Jayasuriya	89	56	11	4	158.92	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
M Muralidaran	43	28	5	3	153.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
KDK Vithanage	34	23	4	2	147.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
WPUJC Vaas	38	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
FDM Karunaratne	32*	22	3	1	145.45	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
RS Kaluwitharana	42	29	9	-	144.82	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
TM Dilshan	68*	47	6	1	144.68	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
A Ranatunga	52	36	8	1	144.44	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
TAM Siriwardana	26	18	3	2	144.44	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Dec 2015	Test # 2194
ST Jayasuriya	25	19	4	-	131.57	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
TM Dilshan	25	19	4	1	131.57	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
PA de Silva	42	32	7	-	131.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
DPMD Jayawardene	150	115	26	1	130.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
TM Dilshan	54	42	10	-	128.57	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
PA de Silva	41*	32	6	-	128.12	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
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
SM Warnapura	59	48	9	-	122.91	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
MDK Perera	33	27	5	1	122.22	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
RAS Lakmal	31	26	6	-	119.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
BKG Mendis	26	22	4	-	118.18	Sri Lanka	v England	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
KTGD Prasad	27	23	4	-	117.39	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
N Dickwella	42	36	6	1	116.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
DM de Silva	28	24	5	-	116.66	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 Feb 2018	Test # 2296
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
M Muralidaran	33	29	3	1	113.79	Sri Lanka	v England	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
ST Jayasuriya	50	44	9	-	113.63	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
N Dickwella	25	22	2	-	113.63	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Canberra	01 Feb 2019	Test # 2345
GP Wickramasinghe	51	45	8	1	113.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
AD Mathews	43*	38	3	1	113.15	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
KC Sangakkara	56	50	6	1	112.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
BKG Mendis	48	43	8	1	111.62	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	15 May 2022	Test # 2462
PW Hasaranga	59	53	12	1	111.32	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
KC Sangakkara	64	58	10	1	110.34	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
S Samarawickrama	38	35	5	1	108.57	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
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
RG de Alwis	26	24	3	1	108.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RS Mahanama	29	27	6	-	107.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
PW Hasaranga	29	27	5	-	107.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
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
ST Jayasuriya	157	147	19	3	106.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
RS Kaluwitharana	32	30	4	1	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
WPUJC Vaas	32	30	3	-	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
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
BKG Mendis	87	83	16	-	104.81	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Christchurch	09 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
TM Dilshan	25	24	6	-	104.16	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
PA de Silva	103*	99	11	1	104.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
M Muralidaran	27	26	5	1	103.84	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
HAPW Jayawardene	27	26	2	1	103.84	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
TM Dilshan	62	60	8	-	103.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
TM Dilshan	32	31	7	-	103.22	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
RS Kaluwitharana	33	32	6	-	103.12	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
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
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
N Dickwella	62	61	9	-	101.63	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018	Test # 2295
RS Kaluwitharana	103	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
FDM Karunaratne	60*	60	9	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
DA Gunawardene	43	43	9	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	04 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
FDM Karunaratne	38	38	6	-	100.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
KDK Vithanage	38	38	6	1	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2192
WPUJC Vaas	28	28	3	1	100.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
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
KDK Vithanage	103*	104	12	2	99.03	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	27 Jan 2014	Test # 2116
TM Dilshan	78	79	12	-	98.73	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
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
KC Sangakkara	65	66	10	-	98.48	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
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
TM Dilshan	162	165	21	2	98.18	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
N Dickwella	52	53	5	-	98.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
KR Pushpakumara	44	45	6	2	97.77	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
HMRKB Herath	34*	35	4	1	97.14	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sharjah	03 Nov 2011	Test # 2014
LRD Mendis	94	97	9	3	96.90	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
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
RJ Ratnayake	26	27	3	2	96.29	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
LD Chandimal	162*	169	19	4	95.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
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
RS Kaluwitharana	40	42	6	-	95.23	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	08 Dec 1995	Test # 1317
L Embuldeniya	40	42	6	1	95.23	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
ST Jayasuriya	148	156	24	1	94.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

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