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
ST Jayasuriya	89	56	11	4	158.92	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
DPMD Jayawardene	150	115	26	1	130.43	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
DPMD Jayawardene	58	46	4	2	126.08	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jul 2001	ODI # 1741
RP Arnold	52	45	6	0	115.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744
ASA Perera	56*	51	6	0	109.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	25 Jul 2001	ODI # 1738
DA Gunawardene	34	31	5	0	109.67	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744
M Muralidaran	67	65	5	3	103.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
ST Jayasuriya	99	102	11	0	97.05	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744
RS Kaluwitharana	31*	32	2	0	96.87	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744
DPMD Jayawardene	28	30	4	0	93.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
ASA Perera	28	31	1	1	90.32	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	22 Jul 2001	ODI # 1737
MS Atapattu	34	39	1	1	87.17	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jul 2001	ODI # 1741
ST Jayasuriya	34	41	3	1	82.92	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	22 Jul 2001	ODI # 1737
ST Jayasuriya	111	138	16	1	80.43	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
RP Arnold	31	39	4	0	79.48	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
ST Jayasuriya	57	72	5	1	79.16	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28 Jul 2001	ODI # 1740
RP Arnold	91*	116	7	0	78.44	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	25 Jul 2001	ODI # 1738
MS Atapattu	201	259	27	0	77.60	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
DA Gunawardene	38	51	3	0	74.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jul 2001	ODI # 1741
ST Jayasuriya	80	108	8	0	74.07	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	18 Jul 2001	ODI # 1735
MS Atapattu	66	91	7	0	72.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	25 Jul 2001	ODI # 1738
ST Jayasuriya	30	42	4	0	71.42	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
DPMD Jayawardene	57	80	2	0	71.25	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	5 Aug 2001	ODI # 1744
DPMD Jayawardene	104	149	17	0	69.79	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
RS Kaluwitharana	25	36	2	0	69.44	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	31 Jul 2001	ODI # 1741
RS Kaluwitharana	36	52	2	0	69.23	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	22 Jul 2001	ODI # 1737
WPUJC Vaas	42	64	7	0	65.62	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
MS Atapattu	34	52	0	0	65.38	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28 Jul 2001	ODI # 1740
DPMD Jayawardene	139	216	14	1	64.35	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
ASA Perera	30	47	1	1	63.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	1 Aug 2001	ODI # 1742
HP Tillakaratne	136*	214	16	0	63.55	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
KC Sangakkara	31	51	4	0	60.78	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
HDPK Dharmasena	26	43	2	0	60.46	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	22 Jul 2001	ODI # 1737
DA Gunawardene	63	107	7	0	58.87	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	22 Jul 2001	ODI # 1737
TT Samaraweera	103*	175	10	0	58.85	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
MG Vandort	36	65	4	0	55.38	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
MS Atapattu	45	88	7	0	51.13	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
MS Atapattu	39	79	6	0	49.36	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
RS Kaluwitharana	46	97	3	0	47.42	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	28 Jul 2001	ODI # 1740
MS Atapattu	108	228	11	0	47.36	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
KC Sangakkara	54	114	6	0	47.36	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
KC Sangakkara	47	100	9	0	47.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
KC Sangakkara	105*	226	13	0	46.46	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
DPMD Jayawardene	25	55	3	0	45.45	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
DPMD Jayawardene	34	78	3	0	43.58	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	1 Aug 2001	ODI # 1742
MS Atapattu	33	95	2	0	34.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555

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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:

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>> 127/2 (28.2 ov, CA Wakim 17*, J Weatherald 53*, J Davies 1/12)

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