Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN Sri Lanka

Best strike rates in an innings in 1990s in Tests IN Sri Lanka

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Waqar Younis	14.0	4	34	6	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	15.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
SK Warne	16.0	4	52	5	19.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	21.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	6 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
CL Cairns	17.4	1	62	5	21.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
Wasim Akram	14.2	4	32	4	21.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
Wasim Akram	18.0	4	43	5	21.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	9 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
Waqar Younis	18.0	1	85	5	21.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	22.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
M Muralidaran	15.5	4	47	4	23.75	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Moratuwa	8 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
BN Schultz	20.0	8	48	5	24.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
DK Liyanage	16.0	3	56	4	24.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	8 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
BN Schultz	16.0	4	58	4	24.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
HDPK Dharmasena	24.1	4	72	6	24.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	3 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	24.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
MRCN Bandaratilleke	17.0	3	52	4	25.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	28.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
A Kumble	24.0	3	87	5	28.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	28.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	3 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
KSC de Silva	24.2	5	85	5	29.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
PA Strang	19.5	2	77	4	29.75	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
GRJ Matthews	20.0	2	76	4	30.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
CJ McDermott	20.0	4	53	4	30.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	28 Aug 1992	Test # 1195
WKM Benjamin	20.0	8	46	4	30.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	8 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
M Muralidaran	20.0	5	40	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
CR Miller	20.3	6	62	4	30.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
DS Mohanty	20.4	5	78	4	31.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
DL Vettori	33.0	10	64	6	33.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
UC Hathurusingha	22.0	5	66	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
WPUJC Vaas	22.0	3	73	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
AA Donald	28.0	5	69	5	33.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
WPUJC Vaas	23.4	5	54	4	35.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
AIC Dodemaide	23.5	9	65	4	35.75	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	8 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
M Muralidaran	42.5	13	94	7	36.71	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
CPH Ramanayake	31.0	3	82	5	37.20	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	8 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
KPJ Warnaweera	25.0	4	98	4	37.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
HH Streak	25.0	6	84	4	37.50	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
M Muralidaran	25.1	4	63	4	37.75	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	9 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
KR Pushpakumara	26.0	3	145	4	39.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
DL Vettori	26.0	4	88	4	39.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	3 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
DK Liyanage	26.5	6	82	4	40.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	7	60	4	40.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
PA Strang	34.3	3	106	5	41.40	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
HDPK Dharmasena	28.5	7	75	4	43.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
BN Schultz	36.5	9	63	5	44.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
MB Owens	30.0	7	101	4	45.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
HDPK Dharmasena	45.2	13	99	6	45.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	9 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
M Muralidaran	38.0	10	71	5	45.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
M Muralidaran	38.2	9	90	5	46.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
CJ McDermott	31.0	6	89	4	46.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	8 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
CC Lewis	31.0	5	66	4	46.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
M Muralidaran	39.0	8	104	5	46.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
BN Schultz	31.2	12	75	4	47.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
HMRKB Herath	34.3	6	97	4	51.75	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
SD Anurasiri	35.0	3	127	4	52.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	52.75	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	53.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
Saqlain Mushtaq	44.2	10	89	5	53.20	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
M Muralidaran	36.0	5	137	4	54.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
PJ Wiseman	46.5	17	82	5	56.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
PA Strang	38.0	11	66	4	57.00	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
MRCN Bandaratilleke	38.0	13	47	4	57.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	3 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	40.0	6	134	4	60.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	6 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
KPJ Warnaweera	40.1	11	90	4	60.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	64.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
M Muralidaran	45.0	12	118	4	67.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
Saqlain Mushtaq	45.0	12	115	4	67.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
M Muralidaran	47.1	12	136	4	70.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
M Muralidaran	48.0	17	99	4	72.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
A Kumble	54.1	10	134	4	81.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
Saqlain Mushtaq	63.0	13	137	4	94.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366

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Minimum of 4 wickets
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs India at Melbourne, India tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

England vs South Africa at Durban, England tour of South Africa 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Wellington, West Indies tour of New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]