Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Sri Lanka vs other countries Tests Batting Records - Highest Strike Rate in an Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SCJ Broad	28	15	5	1	186.66	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Al-Amin Hossain	32*	18	1	4	177.77	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	27 Jan 2014	Test # 2116
IDS Smith	30	17	6	-	176.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
Abdur Rehman	36	22	3	3	163.63	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Jun 2012	Test # 2047
RR Pant	50	31	7	2	161.29	India	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
C de Grandhomme	71*	45	6	2	157.77	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
V Sehwag	25	16	5	-	156.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
KP Pietersen	42*	28	4	2	150.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
RR Pant	39	26	7	-	150.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022	Test # 2456
BB McCullum	195	134	18	11	145.52	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
PJ Cummins	26	18	1	3	144.44	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
TM Head	57	40	10	1	142.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
Mohammad Hafeez	46*	33	6	1	139.39	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
N Kapil Dev	36	26	7	-	138.46	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
Harbhajan Singh	44	32	9	-	137.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
DA Warner	62	46	6	1	134.78	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	26 Dec 2012	Test # 2068
JL Smith	67	50	10	1	134.00	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
IR Bell	57*	43	8	-	132.55	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
DA Warner	41	31	7	-	132.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
BB McCullum	75	57	13	1	131.57	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	10 Dec 2015	Test # 2192
MG Hughes	25	19	4	-	131.57	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	8 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
WJ Cronje	82	63	8	6	130.15	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Shan Masood	39	30	5	1	130.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
V Sehwag	36	28	7	-	128.57	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	2 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
N Kapil Dev	35	28	7	-	125.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993	Test # 1228
TG Southee	25	20	3	1	125.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
MJ Clarke	57*	46	5	1	123.91	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	14 Dec 2012	Test # 2067
SCJ Broad	47	38	9	-	123.68	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
Ahmed Shehzad	43*	35	6	-	122.85	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
Javed Omar	28	23	6	-	121.73	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
Q de Kock	29	24	4	-	120.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
IDS Smith	31*	26	5	-	119.23	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	9 Mar 1984	Test # 980
K Srikkanth	47	40	-	-	117.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
V Sehwag	34	29	7	-	117.24	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	8 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
Hasan Ali	29	25	2	3	116.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2275
V Sehwag	293	254	40	7	115.35	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	2 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
D Elgar	31*	27	5	-	114.81	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
A Flintoff	33*	29	3	2	113.79	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
S Dhawan	190	168	31	-	113.09	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
HH Pandya	108	96	8	7	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
Z Khan	45	40	5	2	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
N Wagner	27	24	1	3	112.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	9 Mar 2023	Test # 2498
Wasim Akram	100	89	8	6	112.35	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
Sarfaraz Ahmed	96	86	13	-	111.62	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	17 Jun 2015	Test # 2167
AB Agarkar	48	43	6	1	111.62	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
Ramiz Raja	36	33	6	-	109.09	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
BM Duckett	86	79	9	2	108.86	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
BT Foakes	37	34	1	3	108.82	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	6 Nov 2018	Test # 2324
MA Taylor	25*	23	2	-	108.69	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1319
JP Inglis	102	94	10	1	108.51	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jan 2025	Test # 2579
Shan Masood	51	47	4	1	108.51	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
Soumya Sarkar	53	49	6	1	108.16	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Galle	7 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
Yasir Shah	27	25	6	-	108.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	24 Jul 2022	Test # 2473
C de Grandhomme	83	77	5	5	107.79	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Aug 2019	Test # 2356
Moin Khan	57	53	7	3	107.54	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	4 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
V Sehwag	131	122	18	2	107.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
JDS Neesham	85	80	10	3	106.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2151
SCJ Broad	54	51	9	-	105.88	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	3 Jun 2011	Test # 1995
SM Pollock	111	106	16	3	104.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
TG Southee	68	65	6	3	104.61	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
Sarfaraz Ahmed	48	46	4	1	104.34	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Jan 2014	Test # 2115
DA Warner	25	24	5	-	104.16	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
Qasim Umar	52	50	8	-	104.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
MA Starc	26*	25	4	1	104.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	24 Jan 2019	Test # 2343
TA Boult	26	25	2	1	104.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Aug 2019	Test # 2354
V Sehwag	109	105	19	-	103.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	3 Aug 2010	Test # 1968
JM Bairstow	29	28	3	1	103.57	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
RG Sharma	29	28	6	-	103.57	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
V Sehwag	31	30	6	-	103.33	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
Q de Kock	32	31	3	-	103.22	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
AC Gilchrist	35	34	2	2	102.94	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
HC Brook	37	36	4	1	102.77	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	29 Aug 2024	Test # 2546
AAP Atkinson	118	115	14	4	102.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	29 Aug 2024	Test # 2546
Mohammad Ashraful	42	41	5	2	102.43	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
DA Warner	42	41	7	-	102.43	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	4 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
CH Gayle	45	44	9	-	102.27	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
GD Phillips	49*	48	2	5	102.08	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	18 Sep 2024	Test # 2549
HH Pandya	50	49	5	3	102.04	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
RG Sharma	50*	49	5	-	102.04	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	2 Dec 2017	Test # 2286
DA Warner	85	84	10	-	101.19	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	3 Jan 2013	Test # 2070
BRM Taylor	62	62	10	1	100.00	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	27 Jan 2020	Test # 2383
MS Dhoni	51*	51	5	2	100.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
DW Lawrence	35	35	3	1	100.00	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
JE Taylor	31	31	4	1	100.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Oct 2015	Test # 2181
CH Gayle	30	30	7	-	100.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	23 Nov 2010	Test # 1980
Mohammed Shami	30	30	-	3	100.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017	Test # 2265
IDS Smith	28	28	5	-	100.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
JM How	26	26	3	1	100.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
RR Pant	96	97	9	4	98.96	India	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	4 Mar 2022	Test # 2452
Q de Kock	86	87	12	-	98.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
N Kapil Dev	163	165	19	1	98.78	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
OJ Pope	154	156	19	2	98.71	England	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	6 Sep 2024	Test # 2548
DP Conway	61	62	10	1	98.38	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Sep 2024	Test # 2551
SR Tendulkar	53	54	10	-	98.14	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
Tamim Iqbal	52	53	6	1	98.11	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018	Test # 2295
V Sehwag	99	101	15	-	98.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
KS Williamson	91	93	10	-	97.84	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2018	Test # 2335
JO Holder	39	40	4	1	97.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	6 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
Shamsur Rahman	33	34	7	-	97.05	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	27 Jan 2014	Test # 2116
Sir RJ Hadlee	30	31	5	-	96.77	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

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

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]