Cricket

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
PA de Silva	29	33	5	1	87.87	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GP Thorpe	46	58	6	-	79.31	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GP Thorpe	32*	49	2	-	65.30	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
DPMD Jayawardene	61	94	4	2	64.89	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
DPMD Jayawardene	101	165	12	1	61.21	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
TM Dilshan	36	59	6	-	61.01	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
C White	25	47	2	-	53.19	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
KC Sangakkara	95	184	13	-	51.63	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
KC Sangakkara	45	93	8	-	48.38	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
DPMD Jayawardene	71	152	8	1	46.71	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
KC Sangakkara	58	125	5	-	46.40	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
PA de Silva	106	243	10	1	43.62	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
WPUJC Vaas	36	83	5	-	43.37	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
N Hussain	109	255	12	3	42.74	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GP Thorpe	113*	267	11	-	42.32	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
RDB Croft	33*	78	4	-	42.30	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
ST Jayasuriya	45	110	7	-	40.90	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
RP Arnold	65	165	10	-	39.39	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
GP Thorpe	59	153	6	-	38.56	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
MS Atapattu	201*	536	18	-	37.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
ME Trescothick	122	348	12	-	35.05	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
C White	39	113	6	-	34.51	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
AJ Stewart	54	159	9	-	33.96	England	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
ME Trescothick	57	169	6	-	33.72	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
HDPK Dharmasena	54	181	8	-	29.83	Sri Lanka	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001	Test # 1532
AJ Stewart	34*	120	4	-	28.33	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
PA de Silva	38	136	2	-	27.94	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537
MA Atherton	33	128	2	-	25.78	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
MA Atherton	44	203	1	-	21.67	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
MP Vaughan	26	134	2	-	19.40	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1537

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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:

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, Mar 15-17, 2001 [Test # 1537]

Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 2nd Test, Mar 7-11, 2001 [Test # 1532]

Sri Lanka v England at Galle, 1st Test, Feb 22-26, 2001 [Test # 1530]