Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
V Sehwag	25	16	5	-	156.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	23 Jul 2008	Test # 1882
Harbhajan Singh	44	32	9	-	137.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Aug 2001	Test # 1557
V Sehwag	36	28	7	-	128.57	India	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	02 Dec 2005	Test # 1775
Javed Omar	28	23	6	-	121.73	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838
V Sehwag	34	29	7	-	117.24	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
V Sehwag	293	254	40	7	115.35	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
A Flintoff	33*	29	3	2	113.79	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
Z Khan	45	40	5	2	112.50	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1559
Wasim Akram	100	89	8	6	112.35	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	21 Jun 2000	Test # 1501
AB Agarkar	48	43	6	1	111.62	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
V Sehwag	131	122	18	2	107.37	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
SM Pollock	111	106	16	3	104.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
AC Gilchrist	35	34	2	2	102.94	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Mohammad Ashraful	42	41	5	2	102.43	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
CH Gayle	45	44	9	-	102.27	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1872
MS Dhoni	51*	51	5	2	100.00	India	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005	Test # 1776
JM How	26	26	3	1	100.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
V Sehwag	50	52	6	1	96.15	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
Shakib Al Hasan	46	49	7	-	93.87	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1905
MS Panesar	26	28	3	1	92.85	England	v Sri Lanka	Nottingham	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1804
Kamran Akmal	74	80	7	1	92.50	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
Umar Gul	46	50	3	3	92.00	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
KP Pietersen	142	157	20	3	90.44	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	25 May 2006	Test # 1803
Yuvraj Singh	75	83	13	1	90.36	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
ML Hayden	28	31	5	-	90.32	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
AB de Villiers	65	72	8	-	90.27	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
RL Johnson	26	29	1	2	89.65	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	02 Dec 2003	Test # 1670
DS Lehmann	50	56	9	-	89.28	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Waqar Younis	25	28	4	1	89.28	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
ML Hayden	41	46	6	-	89.13	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	08 Mar 2004	Test # 1685
BC Lara	80*	90	9	1	88.88	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
T Panyangara	40*	45	6	-	88.88	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
Tamim Iqbal	47	53	8	-	88.67	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
Kamran Akmal	31	35	6	-	88.57	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Jul 2009	Test # 1921
Shoaib Malik	53*	60	6	1	88.33	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
Habibul Bashar	84	96	12	-	87.50	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2005	Test # 1764
A Maregwede	28	32	4	1	87.50	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
MJ Guptill	28	32	4	-	87.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
V Sehwag	201*	231	22	4	87.01	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
AC Gilchrist	67*	77	7	3	87.01	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
A Symonds	53*	61	7	-	86.88	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1845
DS Lehmann	51	59	8	-	86.44	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Darwin	01 Jul 2004	Test # 1705
Kamran Akmal	158*	184	8	5	85.86	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
Nafees Iqbal	30	35	4	-	85.71	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Sep 2005	Test # 1766
HM Amla	40	47	7	-	85.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
MV Boucher	38	45	6	1	84.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
Imran Farhat	53	63	10	-	84.12	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
DR Martyn	52	62	8	1	83.87	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Khurram Manzoor	59*	71	11	-	83.09	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	01 Mar 2009	Test # 1912
Mohammad Rafique	64	78	6	3	82.05	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Bogra	08 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
MP Vaughan	36	44	5	-	81.81	England	v Sri Lanka	Manchester	13 Jun 2002	Test # 1606
Mohammad Rafique	40	49	3	2	81.63	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
SM Pollock	57*	70	5	2	81.42	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
Harbhajan Singh	26	32	5	-	81.25	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	08 Aug 2008	Test # 1886
RS Bopara	34	42	7	-	80.95	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	01 Dec 2007	Test # 1851
JM How	33	41	6	-	80.48	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
Shahid Afridi	74	92	12	1	80.43	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	12 Mar 2000	Test # 1489
PJ Wiseman	32*	40	4	-	80.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	11 Apr 2005	Test # 1748
Hannan Sarkar	55	69	8	-	79.71	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
MJ Guptill	35	44	7	-	79.54	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
IK Pathan	27	34	4	-	79.41	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
GC Smith	73	92	14	-	79.34	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
GP Thorpe	46	58	6	-	79.31	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
MS Dhoni	49	62	7	-	79.03	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
WW Hinds	113	143	8	4	79.02	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
P Utseya	45	57	5	1	78.94	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
DR Martyn	97	123	13	-	78.86	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
Harbhajan Singh	40*	51	4	1	78.43	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005	Test # 1778
ML Hayden	132	169	10	1	78.10	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004	Test # 1706
MV Boucher	32	41	6	-	78.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
AC Gilchrist	144	185	19	3	77.83	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
G Gambhir	167	215	15	-	77.67	India	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1935
PJ Wiseman	27	35	2	1	77.14	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Napier	04 Apr 2005	Test # 1746
KP Pietersen	158	205	19	2	77.07	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	11 May 2006	Test # 1802
Hannan Sarkar	30	39	5	-	76.92	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002	Test # 1611
D Ramdin	56	73	9	-	76.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	13 Jul 2005	Test # 1755
Imran Farhat	69	90	13	-	76.66	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
TL Best	26*	34	5	-	76.47	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	22 Jul 2005	Test # 1757
V Sehwag	51	67	7	-	76.11	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
Shahriar Nafees	38	50	7	-	76.00	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	25 Jun 2007	Test # 1837
JH Kallis	59	78	9	1	75.64	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
AC Gilchrist	31*	41	-	2	75.60	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Mar 2004	Test # 1691
CD Cumming	43	57	4	2	75.43	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006	Test # 1820
DL Vettori	51	68	7	-	75.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1822
DJ Cullinan	48	64	7	1	75.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
LRPL Taylor	27	36	4	-	75.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
RR Sarwan	82	110	13	1	74.54	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
Younis Khan	73*	98	12	-	74.48	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 Apr 2006	Test # 1796
Mehrab Hossain jnr	29	39	3	1	74.35	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
DL Vettori	140	189	16	-	74.07	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
Mohammad Ashraful	136	184	15	3	73.91	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Chattogram	28 Feb 2006	Test # 1784
SR Tendulkar	31	42	5	-	73.80	India	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008	Test # 1884
ND McKenzie	39	53	4	-	73.58	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
DL Vettori	55	75	10	-	73.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	03 May 2003	Test # 1644
Yuvraj Singh	68	93	13	-	73.11	India	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
T Panyangara	32*	44	3	1	72.72	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Harare	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
M Vijay	87	121	10	1	71.90	India	v Sri Lanka	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009	Test # 1937
MP Vaughan	46	64	7	-	71.87	England	v Sri Lanka	Birmingham	30 May 2002	Test # 1605
Mohammad Yousuf	46	64	5	2	71.87	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	28 Oct 2004	Test # 1719
PA Jaques	68	95	6	-	71.57	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]