Cricket

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CD McMillan	142	179	13	6	79.32	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
RS Kaluwitharana	39	58	8	0	67.24	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
A Ranatunga	64	96	9	0	66.66	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
A Ranatunga	49	74	6	1	66.21	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
A Ranatunga	36	55	1	1	65.45	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
CL Cairns	26	40	2	2	65.00	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
ST Jayasuriya	59	91	8	0	64.83	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
NJ Astle	30	48	4	0	62.50	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
M Muralidaran	26*	42	4	0	61.90	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
RS Kaluwitharana	88	146	8	0	60.27	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
DPMD Jayawardene	167	278	18	0	60.07	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
AC Parore	67	113	8	0	59.29	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
HP Tillakaratne	40	72	7	0	55.55	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
RS Kaluwitharana	72	136	13	0	52.94	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
GP Wickramasinghe	27	51	2	0	52.94	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
SP Fleming	174*	333	16	1	52.25	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
MJ Horne	35	68	3	0	51.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
MJ Horne	35	69	5	0	50.72	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
DPMD Jayawardene	52	108	10	0	48.14	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
PA de Silva	71	155	8	1	45.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
PA de Silva	37	85	4	0	43.52	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
SP Fleming	78	180	12	0	43.33	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
AC Parore	32*	86	3	0	37.20	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
RS Kaluwitharana	28	78	4	0	35.89	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
MS Atapattu	48	138	6	0	34.78	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
AC Parore	30	87	2	0	34.48	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
SP Fleming	78	233	8	0	33.47	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
NJ Astle	34	104	2	1	32.69	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
HP Tillakaratne	43	135	3	0	31.85	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
BA Young	46	152	6	0	30.26	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
MS Atapattu	35	117	3	0	29.91	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
NJ Astle	53	192	4	1	27.60	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
BA Young	30	117	4	0	25.64	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
DPMD Jayawardene	54	255	5	0	21.17	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415

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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
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 New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, Jun 10-13, 1998 [Test # 1418]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, 2nd Test, Jun 3-7, 1998 [Test # 1416]

Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), 1st Test, May 27-31, 1998 [Test # 1415]