Cricket

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
WPUJC Vaas	41	58	4	1	70.68	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
DPMD Jayawardene	46	70	7	0	65.71	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
RT Ponting	105*	171	11	0	61.40	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
RT Ponting	96	160	10	1	60.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
MJ Slater	27	50	3	0	54.00	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
PA de Silva	78	146	13	0	53.42	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
RS Kaluwitharana	25	50	4	0	50.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
MS Atapattu	28*	61	3	0	45.90	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
PA de Silva	31*	70	5	0	44.28	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
MJ Slater	96	220	5	2	43.63	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
RT Ponting	51	118	4	1	43.22	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
MS Atapattu	25	58	2	0	43.10	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
DPMD Jayawardene	46	110	7	0	41.81	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
DW Fleming	32	78	3	0	41.02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
MJ Slater	59	144	6	0	40.97	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
PA de Silva	64	162	6	1	39.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
RP Arnold	50	127	5	0	39.37	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
JL Langer	32	82	3	0	39.02	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
MS Atapattu	29	81	3	0	35.80	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
GS Blewett	62	182	6	0	34.06	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
GS Blewett	70	210	9	0	33.33	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
JN Gillespie	41	124	5	0	33.06	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459

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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 Australia at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, Sep 30-Oct 4, 1999 [Test # 1461]

Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 2nd Test, Sep 22-26, 1999 [Test # 1460]

Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy, 1st Test, Sep 9-11, 1999 [Test # 1459]