Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs Australia

Players - vs Australia

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RS Kaluwitharana	34	46	3	0	73.91	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
KC Sangakkara	74	115	8	0	64.34	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
TM Dilshan	35	61	5	0	57.37	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
MS Atapattu	133	268	19	0	49.62	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
TT Samaraweera	32	81	2	0	39.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
DPMD Jayawardene	44	114	2	0	38.59	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Darwin	1 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
KC Sangakkara	66	173	7	0	38.15	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
DPMD Jayawardene	43	118	6	0	36.44	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
TT Samaraweera	70	199	6	0	35.17	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Cairns	9 Jul 2004	Test # 1706

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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:

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Warriors vs Dolphins at Durban, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 27th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class]