Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates for England vs Sri Lanka in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	11	19	2	874	158	51.41	1249	69.97	3	2	0	107	15
JC Buttler (ENG)	2018-2021	5	9	1	381	64	47.62	547	69.65	0	3	0	36	1
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	3	6	0	326	111	54.33	501	65.06	1	2	0	35	7
JE Root (ENG)	2014-2024	13	24	2	1376	228	62.54	2145	64.14	6	2	1	125	3
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	14	25	2	819	213	35.60	1278	64.08	1	3	1	120	6
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	9	18	1	427	86	25.11	678	62.97	0	2	3	57	3
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2016-2021	6	10	2	651	167*	81.37	1039	62.65	3	0	0	59	3
TM Dilshan (SL)	2001-2012	13	21	0	889	193	42.33	1421	62.56	2	6	3	105	3
DM de Silva (SL)	2018-2024	6	11	0	372	74	33.81	629	59.14	0	5	2	41	1
IR Bell (ENG)	2007-2014	10	17	3	812	119*	58.00	1420	57.18	2	8	0	94	3
LD Chandimal (SL)	2012-2024	11	20	0	602	126	30.10	1086	55.43	1	3	1	71	4
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	10	15	2	493	126	37.92	892	55.26	1	3	2	57	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1982-1991	3	6	0	376	174	62.66	690	54.49	1	1	0	46	0
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2014-2024	11	22	1	620	83	29.52	1207	51.36	0	5	1	70	0
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2018	8	14	2	429	155*	35.75	849	50.53	2	0	2	49	4
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2006	12	22	1	957	161	45.57	1896	50.47	3	4	2	135	5
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2011-2018	11	20	2	311	61	17.27	624	49.83	0	1	0	39	1
AD Mathews (SL)	2012-2024	14	27	1	1128	160	43.38	2276	49.56	3	7	1	112	5
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	5	9	0	373	84	41.44	754	49.46	0	5	1	42	2
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2007-2014	9	16	3	473	112	36.38	957	49.42	1	3	1	50	4
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	23	41	3	2212	213*	58.21	4552	48.59	8	10	2	247	12
IJL Trott (ENG)	2011-2012	5	8	0	460	203	57.50	952	48.31	2	2	0	46	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2002	6	10	1	314	109	34.88	651	48.23	1	3	2	47	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	11	19	0	739	152	38.89	1548	47.73	2	2	0	86	4
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2001-2014	22	40	1	1568	152	40.20	3313	47.32	3	9	3	200	1
AD Hales (ENG)	2016-2016	3	5	0	292	94	58.40	619	47.17	0	3	0	35	2
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	8	13	0	297	61	22.84	644	46.11	0	2	2	32	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2016	16	28	4	1290	133	53.75	2808	45.94	3	7	2	140	1
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2001-2007	10	19	1	755	115	41.94	1650	45.75	2	4	0	99	0
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1993	3	6	2	269	128	67.25	594	45.28	1	1	0	33	0
JP Crawley (ENG)	1998-2002	2	4	2	242	156*	121.00	535	45.23	1	0	0	29	1
JK Silva (SL)	2014-2018	7	14	0	380	79	27.14	866	43.87	0	4	0	45	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2007	15	25	7	541	90	30.05	1240	43.62	0	2	0	69	2
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2001-2003	9	16	2	699	123	49.92	1654	42.26	2	3	0	71	0
MG Vandort (SL)	2006-2007	5	8	0	333	138	41.62	791	42.09	2	0	0	35	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2003-2012	10	19	3	590	142	36.87	1452	40.63	1	3	2	65	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-2003	10	17	3	603	201*	43.07	1507	40.01	2	1	2	66	0
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2003	8	14	0	345	109	24.64	866	39.83	1	2	1	45	4
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-2003	7	12	0	539	123	44.91	1383	38.97	2	3	0	67	1
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1984	2	4	0	218	190	54.50	570	38.24	1	0	0	24	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2003	9	15	4	371	93*	33.72	971	38.2	0	1	2	41	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1991-2002	9	16	3	536	123	41.23	1410	38.01	2	2	1	61	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2007	8	15	1	390	57	27.85	1076	36.24	0	2	1	36	1
HDRL Thirimanne (SL)	2011-2021	10	19	0	338	111	17.78	933	36.22	1	0	2	37	0
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2011-2011	3	6	0	196	66	32.66	552	35.5	0	2	1	25	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1993-2001	4	8	0	144	44	18.00	512	28.12	0	0	0	12	0

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]