Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - Sri Lanka

Players - Sri Lanka

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
M Muralidaran	26	14	4	1	185.71	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
A Ranatunga	66	62	9	3	106.45	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
PA de Silva	103*	99	11	1	104.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
RS Kaluwitharana	103	103	13	2	100.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RS Kaluwitharana	43	50	5	0	86.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
ST Jayasuriya	72	96	4	0	75.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
ST Jayasuriya	62	84	7	1	73.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
ST Jayasuriya	50	68	6	0	73.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
HDPK Dharmasena	38*	57	3	1	66.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
PA de Silva	138*	208	19	0	66.34	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
RS Kaluwitharana	57	89	8	0	64.04	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
WPUJC Vaas	57	97	7	1	58.76	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
HP Tillakaratne	54	95	5	0	56.84	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
GP Wickramasinghe	43	76	6	0	56.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RS Mahanama	45	84	4	0	53.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
ST Jayasuriya	113	212	9	1	53.30	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
ST Jayasuriya	31	65	4	0	47.69	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
A Ranatunga	33	70	3	1	47.14	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
HP Tillakaratne	103	228	10	0	45.17	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
PA de Silva	168	383	14	1	43.86	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
MS Atapattu	25	66	3	0	37.87	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
A Ranatunga	49	131	5	0	37.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
MS Atapattu	25	69	3	0	36.23	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
A Ranatunga	58	165	5	0	35.15	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
RS Mahanama	26	75	2	0	34.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
RS Mahanama	65	188	6	0	34.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
HP Tillakaratne	55*	160	8	0	34.37	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
HDPK Dharmasena	27	86	2	1	31.39	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
RP Arnold	50	168	5	0	29.76	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
RP Arnold	37	129	4	0	28.68	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
WPUJC Vaas	28	98	4	0	28.57	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359

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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:

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]

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