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
M Muralidaran	67	65	5	3	103.07	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
DPMD Jayawardene	28	30	4	0	93.33	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555
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
MS Atapattu	201	259	27	0	77.60	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
ST Jayasuriya	30	42	4	0	71.42	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
DPMD Jayawardene	104	149	17	0	69.79	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
WPUJC Vaas	42	64	7	0	65.62	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
DPMD Jayawardene	139	216	14	1	64.35	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
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
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
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
MS Atapattu	33	95	2	0	34.73	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001	Test # 1555

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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:

Western Province vs Titans at Cape Town, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 26th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class]

North West vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 25th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 160/2 (42.0 ov, LC Ngoepe 83*, KJ Dudgeon 0/27) - Stumps

Warriors vs Dolphins at Durban, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 27th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/1 (15.4 ov, Semal Pillay 43*, S van Staden 11*, GG Peters 0/27) - Stumps