Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates Held in Sri Lanka for Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
V Sehwag (IND)	2008-2010	6	11	1	692	201*	69.20	723	95.71	3	2	1	105	6
Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)	2014-2023	7	11	3	501	103	62.62	645	77.67	1	5	-	45	1
S Dhawan (IND)	2015-2017	4	6	-	520	190	86.66	696	74.71	3	-	-	72	1
TM Dilshan (SL)	2001-2013	46	75	7	2925	168	43.01	4147	70.53	8	14	8	349	13
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2010	6	10	-	420	333	42.00	596	70.46	1	-	4	48	9
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-2010	73	74	30	624	67	14.18	890	70.11	-	1	16	67	17
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2015-2021	10	19	-	443	70	23.31	633	69.98	-	3	2	56	2
JC Buttler (ENG)	2018-2021	5	9	1	381	64	47.62	547	69.65	-	3	-	36	1
N Dickwella (SL)	2014-2022	24	44	2	1280	92	30.47	1856	68.96	-	11	1	130	6
JE Root (ENG)	2018-2021	5	10	-	655	228	65.50	971	67.45	3	-	-	58	3
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2012	5	10	2	352	151	44.00	529	66.54	1	-	-	41	9
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2007	62	102	8	4114	340	43.76	6258	65.73	9	19	8	523	36
BKG Mendis (SL)	2015-2025	33	59	2	2365	245	41.49	3703	63.86	6	10	3	264	34
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2013-2021	5	10	1	556	92	61.77	884	62.89	-	6	-	64	6
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2022-2025	7	11	2	576	182*	64.00	916	62.88	2	2	-	59	7
ML Hayden (AUS)	2002-2004	4	8	-	321	130	40.12	516	62.20	1	1	-	38	3
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2012-2015	5	10	1	413	196	45.88	687	60.11	1	1	-	48	2
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2011-2011	3	5	-	463	142	92.60	774	59.81	2	2	-	47	6
DL Vettori (NZ)	1998-2009	7	12	-	357	140	29.75	607	58.81	1	2	4	42	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2025	30	54	5	1894	166	38.65	3238	58.49	6	7	6	230	18
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1986-1997	7	10	1	465	155	51.66	532+	58.27*	1	3	-	41+	0
SM Warnapura (SL)	2007-2009	8	13	1	423	115	35.25	729	58.02	1	4	4	49	2
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2023-2023	2	3	1	295	208*	147.50	509	57.95	1	1	-	31	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2011	9	16	1	723	141	48.20	1250	57.84	2	3	-	88	4
KNM Fernando (SL)	2023-2024	5	8	1	386	205	55.14	668	57.78	1	1	-	48	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	2006-2014	4	8	-	338	95	42.25	586	57.67	-	3	-	50	0
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2004-2004	3	6	-	375	153	62.50	651	57.60	2	1	-	42	4
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-2004	24	33	2	948	132*	30.58	1661	57.07	1	6	-	145	1
WU Tharanga (SL)	2006-2017	19	34	-	887	115	26.08	1576	56.28	1	5	4	123	4
P Nissanka (SL)	2021-2025	11	18	-	725	187	40.27	1291	56.15	2	3	-	81	2
UDU Chandana (SL)	1999-2004	11	15	1	441	92	31.50	788	55.96	-	2	-	56	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1993-2010	12	19	2	1155	203	67.94	2070	55.79	5	4	-	137	4
V Kohli (IND)	2015-2017	6	10	1	394	103*	43.77	707	55.72	2	1	-	34	2
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	75	124	11	6830	287	60.44	12293	55.56	22	25	8	827	22
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1999	9	14	1	567	126	43.61	821+	55.42*	2	2	1	55+	0
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2012-2025	44	82	3	3834	244	48.53	6944	55.21	11	17	7	382	7
BC Lara (WI)	1993-2001	4	7	-	706	221	100.85	1279	55.19	3	1	-	72	5
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2025	8	14	3	547	232	49.72	994	55.03	1	1	1	46	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-2000	48	76	6	2851	135*	40.72	4447+	54.57*	4	22	3	315+	25
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1994-2006	9	12	3	528	112	58.66	969	54.48	2	2	-	66	0
G Gambhir (IND)	2008-2010	4	8	-	312	74	39.00	573	54.45	-	3	1	40	0
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2009-2019	6	11	-	514	142	46.72	950	54.10	1	3	-	44	1
TWM Latham (NZ)	2019-2024	4	7	-	329	154	47.00	610	53.93	1	1	1	29	1
Babar Azam (PAK)	2022-2023	4	7	-	347	119	49.57	647	53.63	1	2	-	35	5
KTGD Prasad (SL)	2008-2015	15	22	2	297	47	14.85	555	53.51	-	-	5	35	5
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-2002	44	72	9	3290	206	52.22	5689+	53.20*	11	13	1	372+	27
CA Pujara (IND)	2015-2017	4	6	1	454	153	90.80	856	53.03	3	-	1	40	1
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-2000	5	6	-	446	136	74.33	844	52.84	2	2	-	43	2
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2025	7	11	1	670	145*	67.00	1270	52.75	4	1	1	57	4
LD Chandimal (SL)	2012-2025	41	72	8	3126	206*	48.84	5938	52.64	10	14	1	316	28
MG Vandort (SL)	2001-2008	11	15	-	663	140	44.20	1261	52.57	3	1	-	76	5
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2014	81	129	9	7167	374	59.72	13662	52.45	23	34	4	832	41
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2009	7	11	1	338	112	33.80	648	52.16	1	1	-	32	2
AM Rahane (IND)	2015-2017	6	10	1	407	132	45.22	783	51.97	2	1	1	38	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1992-1992	3	6	1	276	100*	55.20	534	51.68	1	2	-	26	2
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2012	32	38	4	957	120*	28.14	1873	51.09	1	4	5	97	9
MV Boucher (SA)	2000-2006	7	13	1	364	85	30.33	714	50.98	-	4	1	45	2
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2015	17	29	3	1172	177	45.07	2332	50.25	3	5	3	127	5
VVS Laxman (IND)	1999-2010	7	13	2	530	103*	48.18	1060	50.00	1	4	-	51	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2007-2025	10	18	3	962	200	64.13	1926	49.94	2	4	-	92	4
Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)	2021-2025	4	8	1	489	163	69.85	991	49.34	3	-	2	46	6
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2004	4	7	2	277	118*	55.40	562	49.28	1	1	-	27	2
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2025	67	115	17	4370	141	44.59	8889	49.16	7	27	4	423	53
AR Border (AUS)	1983-1992	4	7	1	290	106	48.33	590	49.15	1	1	-	30	1
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2012-2015	8	13	1	589	131	49.08	1203	48.96	2	3	1	58	2
RL Dias (SL)	1982-1987	9	16	1	560	108	37.33	512+	48.82*	2	3	2	36+	0
MDK Perera (SL)	2014-2021	23	44	3	723	92*	17.63	1482	48.78	-	5	10	87	16
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2006-2009	4	8	2	423	148*	70.50	875	48.34	2	-	1	53	5
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-2018	49	69	16	784	80*	14.79	1623	48.30	-	1	10	93	2
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2010-2021	27	39	13	420	42	16.15	871	48.22	-	-	5	47	8
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2013-2025	7	13	1	478	127	39.83	993	48.13	1	2	-	47	1
BOP Fernando (SL)	2021-2025	10	16	-	347	81	21.68	725	47.86	-	3	1	38	5
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2009	56	71	14	1533	100*	26.89	3205	47.83	1	8	5	189	9
Abdullah Shafique (PAK)	2022-2023	4	7	1	417	201	69.50	880	47.38	2	-	1	35	5
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2001-2013	9	18	2	751	190	46.93	1593	47.14	3	1	2	90	3
IR Bell (ENG)	2007-2012	5	9	-	344	83	38.22	731	47.05	-	4	-	39	1
DM Bravo (WI)	2010-2015	5	8	1	350	80	50.00	748	46.79	-	5	-	34	9
KC Wessels (AUS/SA)	1983-1993	4	6	-	329	141	54.83	707	46.53	1	1	-	35	0
KS Williamson (NZ)	2012-2024	6	11	-	325	135	29.54	701	46.36	1	1	2	26	2
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1992-1992	3	6	-	329	96	54.83	710	46.33	-	5	-	27	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2012	45	70	12	3123	159	53.84	6761	46.19	8	18	4	346	7
F du Plessis (SA)	2014-2018	4	8	-	268	80	33.50	587	45.65	-	1	-	27	3
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2004	7	12	-	389	166	32.41	856	45.44	1	1	-	39	2
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-2008	9	17	1	588	147	36.75	1294	45.44	1	3	2	72	5
NS Sidhu (IND)	1993-1997	5	6	-	381	111	63.50	845	45.08	2	1	-	43	3
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-2001	4	8	-	396	143	49.50	880	45.00	1	1	-	42	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2004	4	8	-	420	161	52.50	934	44.96	2	1	-	45	1
MS Atapattu (SL)	1992-2005	48	78	9	2671	223	38.71	5968	44.75	8	7	11	325	2
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1998	24	41	1	1403	225	35.07	3022+	44.34*	4	5	4	171+	1
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2004	5	10	1	318	87	35.33	724	43.92	-	3	1	34	3
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2012	5	8	1	224	79	32.00	510	43.92	-	2	1	26	0
RTM Mendis (SL)	2021-2025	14	22	1	397	45*	18.90	910	43.62	-	-	3	39	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	1998-2003	5	10	3	733	274*	104.71	1682	43.57	2	3	1	75	2
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2002-2015	11	20	2	477	66*	26.50	1095	43.56	-	4	1	47	4
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2009-2012	19	36	4	1114	111	34.81	2562	43.48	2	5	6	123	4
JN Rhodes (SA)	1993-2000	6	11	2	340	101*	37.77	789	43.09	1	2	-	32	2
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2000	6	11	1	412	114*	41.20	960	42.91	2	1	-	52	3
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1992-2004	41	60	14	2522	204*	54.82	5877	42.91	6	12	3	299	1
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2003	6	12	-	415	122	34.58	974	42.60	1	2	1	57	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2009	4	8	-	255	74	31.87	599	42.57	-	2	-	34	0

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