Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for Sri Lanka (Host) in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
TM Head	2.5	-	10	4	4.25	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
M Muralidaran	5.2	1	14	4	8.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
M Muralidaran	7.3	3	15	5	9.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
Shoaib Akhtar	8.0	2	21	5	9.60	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
Abdul Razzaq	6.5	1	20	4	10.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Sir RJ Hadlee	7.0	4	8	4	10.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
M Muralidaran	10.4	4	18	6	10.66	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
SL Boock	9.3	4	28	5	11.40	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	11.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
M Muralidaran	9.4	4	13	5	11.60	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
DM Bess	10.1	3	30	5	12.20	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
M Muralidaran	16.2	4	46	8	12.25	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
MA Starc	12.3	1	50	6	12.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
ST Jayasuriya	8.3	-	24	4	12.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
M Muralidaran	13.0	3	26	6	13.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
PHT Kaushal	10.5	-	42	5	13.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	25 Jun 2015	Test # 2168
CRD Fernando	11.0	2	60	5	13.20	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
SL Malinga	9.0	1	25	4	13.50	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
KMDN Kulasekara	9.0	3	21	4	13.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	12 Jul 2009	Test # 1924
R Ashwin	13.4	2	46	6	13.66	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
AF Giles	9.1	4	11	4	13.75	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
Waqar Younis	14.0	4	34	6	14.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	14.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
S Randiv	9.3	1	13	4	14.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012	Test # 2046
Mohammad Asif	12.0	6	27	5	14.40	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
M Morkel	9.4	1	45	4	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	14.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
M Muralidaran	14.5	6	28	6	14.83	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
Tauseef Ahmed	15.0	7	45	6	15.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	23 Feb 1986	Test # 1037
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	6	22	6	15.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	15.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
HMRKB Herath	18.1	3	64	7	15.57	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	13 Aug 2016	Test # 2217
A Dananjaya	13.0	2	52	5	15.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
V Permaul	13.0	3	35	5	15.60	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Nov 2021	Test # 2437
DBL Powell	13.1	4	25	5	15.80	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
DW Steyn	13.1	1	82	5	15.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
NGRP Jayasuriya	16.0	2	59	6	16.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
HMRKB Herath	11.0	2	35	4	16.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
NM Lyon	11.0	1	31	4	16.50	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	29 Jun 2022	Test # 2469
AU Rashid	13.5	2	49	5	16.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Nov 2018	Test # 2329
ST Jayasuriya	14.1	4	34	5	17.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
HMRKB Herath	11.3	5	15	4	17.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
TT Samaraweera	11.4	1	49	4	17.50	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	17.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
HMRKB Herath	21.0	6	48	7	18.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	12 Aug 2015	Test # 2176
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	18.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
HMRKB Herath	18.0	3	43	6	18.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	17 Nov 2012	Test # 2059
SK Warne	15.0	5	43	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
NM Lyon	15.0	3	34	5	18.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Aug 2011	Test # 2005
I Sharma	15.0	2	54	5	18.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015	Test # 2179
TCB Fernando	12.0	2	27	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002	Test # 1583
JJC Lawson	12.0	1	43	4	18.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
HMRKB Herath	12.0	4	38	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
KTGD Prasad	12.0	3	34	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
MVT Fernando	12.0	1	51	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v Afghanistan	Colombo (SSC)	02 Feb 2024	Test # 2527
Wasim Akram	15.3	1	45	5	18.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jun 2000	Test # 1499
Maninder Singh	12.3	4	31	4	18.75	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
HMRKB Herath	19.0	5	74	6	19.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
Sir RJ Hadlee	16.0	7	29	5	19.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	24 Mar 1984	Test # 985
SK Warne	16.0	4	52	5	19.20	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
R Ashwin	16.0	6	42	5	19.20	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177
MDK Perera	12.5	1	40	4	19.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
MA Starc	16.1	7	44	5	19.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2016	Test # 2213
WRS de Silva	13.0	5	35	4	19.50	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
CRD Fernando	13.0	2	48	4	19.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
Kuldeep Yadav	13.0	2	40	4	19.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017	Test # 2269
NGRP Jayasuriya	23.0	10	52	7	19.71	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023	Test # 2502
Noman Ali	23.0	8	70	7	19.71	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2023	Test # 2514
M Muralidaran	16.4	4	39	5	20.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
R Ashwin	16.4	3	69	5	20.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017	Test # 2267
M Morkel	13.3	6	29	4	20.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
HMRKB Herath	20.2	5	59	6	20.33	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017	Test # 2252
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
M Muralidaran	17.0	1	63	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
SL Malinga	17.0	2	50	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010	Test # 1964
SK Warne	24.3	7	94	7	21.00	Australia	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	03 Oct 2002	Test # 1615
M Muralidaran	21.0	8	36	6	21.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
M Muralidaran	21.0	5	54	6	21.00	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	21.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
D Gough	14.0	1	73	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
SL Malinga	14.0	1	71	4	21.00	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
MJ Hoggard	14.0	3	29	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
Harbhajan Singh	14.0	1	51	4	21.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
K Rabada	14.0	1	50	4	21.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
MJ Leach	14.0	1	59	4	21.00	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
CL Cairns	17.4	1	62	5	21.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
Shaheen Shah Afridi	14.1	3	58	4	21.25	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2022	Test # 2472
WPUJC Vaas	25.0	3	71	7	21.42	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
M Muralidaran	21.3	5	59	6	21.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
Wasim Akram	14.2	4	32	4	21.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
DL Underwood	18.0	6	28	5	21.60	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
Wasim Akram	18.0	4	43	5	21.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
Waqar Younis	18.0	1	85	5	21.60	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
JJC Lawson	14.3	3	59	4	21.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
HMRKB Herath	33.1	3	127	9	22.11	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	14 Aug 2014	Test # 2136
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	22.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
NGRP Jayasuriya	14.5	-	56	4	22.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	16 Jul 2023	Test # 2511
M Muralidaran	15.0	4	48	4	22.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
MF Maharoof	15.0	2	52	4	22.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
KTGD Prasad	15.0	-	43	4	22.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015	Test # 2177

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Colombo (SSC), Only Test, Feb 2-5, 2024 [Test # 2527]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 24-27, 2023 [Test # 2514]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Jul 16-20, 2023 [Test # 2511]