Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings in Tests at SL: Galle International Stadium

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
TM Head	2.5	-	10	4	4.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	12.20	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
MA Starc	12.3	1	50	6	12.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
R Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6	13.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	14.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
S Randiv	9.3	1	13	4	14.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	14.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
V Permaul	13.0	3	35	5	15.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
NGRP Jayasuriya	16.0	2	59	6	16.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
HMRKB Herath	11.0	2	35	4	16.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
NM Lyon	11.0	1	31	4	16.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
HMRKB Herath	11.3	5	15	4	17.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	18.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
HMRKB Herath	18.0	3	43	6	18.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
NGRP Jayasuriya	18.0	6	42	6	18.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	26 Sep 2024	Test # 2551
SK Warne	15.0	5	43	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
NM Lyon	15.0	3	34	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
HMRKB Herath	19.0	5	74	6	19.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
MA Starc	16.1	7	44	5	19.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
NGRP Jayasuriya	23.0	10	52	7	19.71	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	Test # 2502
M Morkel	13.3	6	29	4	20.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
HMRKB Herath	20.2	5	59	6	20.33	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
M Muralidaran	17.0	1	63	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
SL Malinga	17.0	2	50	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
Harbhajan Singh	14.0	1	51	4	21.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
K Rabada	14.0	1	50	4	21.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
Shaheen Shah Afridi	14.1	3	58	4	21.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
M Muralidaran	21.3	5	59	6	21.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
MP Kuhnemann	18.2	3	63	5	22.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
NGRP Jayasuriya	14.5	-	56	4	22.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
MDK Perera	15.0	4	29	4	22.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
W O'Rourke	18.5	4	55	5	22.60	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
MDK Perera	23.0	5	70	6	23.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
RAS Lakmal	15.2	5	29	4	23.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	14 Aug 2019	Test # 2354
RJ Harris	20.0	5	62	5	24.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
M Muralidaran	16.0	7	24	4	24.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
DM Bess	16.0	1	49	4	24.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
HDPK Dharmasena	24.1	4	72	6	24.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
L Embuldeniya	20.1	6	35	5	24.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
SCG MacGill	16.2	2	74	4	24.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
JM Anderson	20.3	5	72	5	24.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
RTM Mendis	21.1	6	47	5	25.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
DW Steyn	17.0	4	45	4	25.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
Yasir Shah	30.1	6	76	7	25.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
MP Kuhnemann	17.3	2	86	4	26.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
N Boje	22.0	-	88	5	26.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
ST Jayasuriya	18.0	5	31	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
TG Southee	18.0	4	46	4	27.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
M Muralidaran	31.4	15	46	7	27.14	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
HMRKB Herath	23.0	3	79	5	27.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
DW Steyn	23.0	8	54	5	27.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
JA Warrican	18.3	5	50	4	27.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
BAW Mendis	28.0	1	117	6	28.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
NM Lyon	19.0	4	78	4	28.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
Waqar Younis	19.1	7	40	4	28.75	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	28.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
JM Anderson	29.0	13	40	6	29.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
MDK Perera	19.2	1	79	4	29.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
P Jayawickrama	19.5	6	40	4	29.75	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
J Srinath	24.5	5	114	5	29.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
M Muralidaran	35.0	5	84	7	30.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
GP Swann	30.0	5	82	6	30.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
AY Patel	30.0	8	90	6	30.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
CRD Fernando	25.0	9	42	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
RTM Mendis	25.0	6	66	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
NM Lyon	25.0	2	90	5	30.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
KA Maharaj	20.0	5	58	4	30.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
MM Ali	20.0	2	71	4	30.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
RTM Mendis	20.0	1	76	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	Test # 2502
HMRKB Herath	30.2	11	48	6	30.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
N Pradeep	31.0	2	132	6	31.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
MM Ali	21.0	4	66	4	31.50	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
M Muralidaran	26.5	10	49	5	32.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
RTM Mendis	27.0	6	64	5	32.40	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
HMRKB Herath	33.0	9	68	6	33.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
HMRKB Herath	22.0	5	79	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	22.0	1	113	4	33.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
Mohammad Nawaz	28.0	2	88	5	33.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
KN Peiris	33.4	4	170	6	33.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	26 Sep 2024	Test # 2551
RTM Mendis	34.2	8	70	6	34.33	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
SM Pollock	23.0	5	48	4	34.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
CS Martin	23.0	5	77	4	34.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
T Thushara	23.0	2	81	4	34.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009	Test # 1930
MDK Perera	23.0	8	46	4	34.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
MP Kuhnemann	23.0	5	63	4	34.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Feb 2025	Test # 2580
RL Chase	28.5	3	83	5	34.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
ST Jayasuriya	29.0	10	43	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002	Test # 1585
L Embuldeniya	29.0	12	46	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021	Test # 2434
L Embuldeniya	42.0	6	137	7	36.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
NGRP Jayasuriya	36.0	3	118	6	36.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
HMRKB Herath	30.0	5	65	5	36.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
A Dananjaya	30.0	3	80	5	36.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	14 Aug 2019	Test # 2354
KMDN Kulasekara	24.0	3	71	4	36.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
NGRP Jayasuriya	30.4	7	68	5	36.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
MDK Perera	31.0	6	75	5	37.20	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	06 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
M Muralidaran	31.3	10	44	5	37.80	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Galle	13 Nov 2001	Test # 1567
HMRKB Herath	38.0	9	97	6	38.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
MDK Perera	31.5	1	137	5	38.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
NGRP Jayasuriya	32.0	5	117	5	38.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Aug 7-9, 2025 [Test # 2599]

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

Zimbabwe vs New Zealand at Bulawayo, New Zealand in Zimbabwe 1st Test, Jul 30-Aug 1, 2025 [Test # 2597]