Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs Sri Lanka

Players - vs Sri Lanka

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Pollock	111	106	16	3	104.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
MV Boucher	38	45	6	1	84.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
GP Thorpe	46	58	6	-	79.31	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
DJ Cullinan	48	64	7	1	75.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
L Klusener	97	143	13	1	67.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
GP Thorpe	32*	49	2	-	65.30	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
MV Boucher	92	143	10	-	64.33	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
N Boje	32	51	3	-	62.74	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
ND McKenzie	103	191	11	1	53.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
C White	25	47	2	-	53.19	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
DJ Cullinan	59	116	7	1	50.86	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
DJ Cullinan	112	232	12	3	48.27	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
G Kirsten	34	71	2	-	47.88	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
G Kirsten	52	114	7	-	45.61	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
ND McKenzie	47	109	5	1	43.11	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
N Hussain	109	255	12	3	42.74	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GP Thorpe	113*	267	11	-	42.32	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
RDB Croft	33*	78	4	-	42.30	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
N Boje	31*	75	3	-	41.33	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
L Klusener	50	121	5	-	41.32	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
G Kirsten	180	461	20	-	39.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
GP Thorpe	59	153	6	-	38.56	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
ME Trescothick	122	348	12	-	35.05	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
C White	39	113	6	-	34.51	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
AJ Stewart	54	159	9	-	33.96	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	7 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
ME Trescothick	57	169	6	-	33.72	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
JH Kallis	49	150	6	-	32.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
AJ Stewart	34*	120	4	-	28.33	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
MA Atherton	33	128	2	-	25.78	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
MA Atherton	44	203	1	-	21.67	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
MP Vaughan	26	134	2	-	19.40	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537

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Minimum of 25 runs
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:

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]

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