Cricket

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Q de Kock	36	40	4	0	90.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AB de Villiers	51	58	6	0	87.93	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
KC Sangakkara	72	90	8	0	80.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
AD Mathews	63*	83	2	2	75.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
WU Tharanga	30	40	4	0	75.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
AN Petersen	34	46	4	0	73.91	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
N Dickwella	72	116	8	1	62.06	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
JK Silva	44	73	7	0	60.27	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
DPMD Jayawardene	165	284	17	1	58.09	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
Q de Kock	51	90	6	0	56.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
D Elgar	103	187	11	3	55.08	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
WU Tharanga	83	155	14	1	53.54	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
KC Sangakkara	76	145	9	1	52.41	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AN Petersen	32	63	4	0	50.79	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AD Mathews	89	182	14	1	48.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
JP Duminy	100*	206	10	0	48.54	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
F du Plessis	37	78	3	0	47.43	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AD Mathews	63	135	6	0	46.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
JK Silva	26	57	5	0	45.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
DW Steyn	30	71	2	2	42.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
F du Plessis	80	196	5	1	40.81	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
Q de Kock	37	92	1	0	40.21	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
JK Silva	38	98	5	0	38.77	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
HDRL Thirimanne	38	98	7	0	38.77	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AD Mathews	27*	70	3	1	38.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AB de Villiers	37	99	5	0	37.37	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
HM Amla	139*	382	12	0	36.38	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
F du Plessis	36	109	3	1	33.02	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
VD Philander	27	96	3	0	28.12	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
VD Philander	27*	98	5	0	27.55	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
HM Amla	25	159	4	0	15.72	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131

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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 South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 2nd Test, Jul 24-28, 2014 [Test # 2131]

Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 16-20, 2014 [Test # 2129]