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Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - Sri Lanka

Highest strike rates in an innings in Tests at AUS: Melbourne Cricket Ground - Sri Lanka

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RS Kaluwitharana	50	59	7	0	84.74	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
AD Mathews	35	48	5	0	72.91	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
KC Sangakkara	27*	43	4	0	62.79	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
KC Sangakkara	58	98	8	0	59.18	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
AP Gurusinha	143	274	15	1	52.18	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
A Ranatunga	51	105	9	0	48.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
UC Hathurusingha	39	95	4	0	41.05	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
PA de Silva	28	75	2	0	37.33	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
HP Tillakaratne	38	106	2	0	35.84	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
AP Gurusinha	27	85	1	0	31.76	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs India at Melbourne, Australia vs India 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2024 [Test # 2571]

Australia vs Pakistan at Melbourne, Pakistan in Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2023 [Test # 2519]