Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches - Sri Lanka

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
KR Pushpakumara	12.4	1	41	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
HDPK Dharmasena	12.4	0	57	5	15.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Wankhede	03 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
KJ Silva	10.1	4	16	4	15.25	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
ST Jayasuriya	12.4	3	40	4	19.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
KPJ Warnaweera	14.0	3	25	4	21.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
GP Wickramasinghe	21.2	6	60	6	21.33	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
M Muralidaran	18.3	8	30	5	22.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
WPUJC Vaas	15.0	2	45	4	22.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995	Test # 1305
WPUJC Vaas	18.5	3	47	5	22.60	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
M Muralidaran	15.5	4	47	4	23.75	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Moratuwa	08 Dec 1993	Test # 1239
DK Liyanage	16.0	3	56	4	24.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
HDPK Dharmasena	24.1	4	72	6	24.16	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	24.60	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
MRCN Bandaratilleke	17.0	3	52	4	25.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	10 Jun 1998	Test # 1418
KIW Wijegunawardene	17.2	2	51	4	26.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
GP Wickramasinghe	18.0	4	55	4	27.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
RJ Ratnayake	18.2	6	45	4	27.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
M Muralidaran	23.3	6	68	5	28.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	15 Sep 1995	Test # 1305
M Muralidaran	23.4	13	34	5	28.40	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
GF Labrooy	19.0	6	42	4	28.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Auckland	01 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
KJ Silva	19.0	12	25	4	28.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
MRCN Bandaratilleke	24.0	9	36	5	28.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
GP Wickramasinghe	29.1	7	103	6	29.16	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	04 Mar 1999	Test # 1447
KSC de Silva	24.2	5	85	5	29.20	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
KR Pushpakumara	25.0	5	56	5	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
M Muralidaran	20.0	5	40	4	30.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996	Test # 1334
KR Pushpakumara	35.4	7	116	7	30.57	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
WPUJC Vaas	26.4	10	43	5	32.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
RJ Ratnayake	27.0	4	69	5	32.40	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	22 Aug 1991	Test # 1176
UC Hathurusingha	22.0	5	66	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
WPUJC Vaas	22.0	3	73	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (RPS)	11 Sep 1996	Test # 1333
GF Labrooy	23.0	5	68	4	34.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
WPUJC Vaas	29.0	3	99	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	08 Sep 1995	Test # 1304
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	34.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
WPUJC Vaas	23.4	5	54	4	35.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	30 Sep 1999	Test # 1461
M Muralidaran	30.0	8	63	5	36.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
WPUJC Vaas	24.0	9	37	4	36.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
M Muralidaran	54.2	27	65	9	36.22	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
M Muralidaran	42.5	13	94	7	36.71	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
RJ Ratnayake	30.4	10	77	5	36.80	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991	Test # 1164
CPH Ramanayake	31.0	3	82	5	37.20	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Moratuwa	08 Sep 1992	Test # 1196
KPJ Warnaweera	25.0	4	98	4	37.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
M Muralidaran	25.1	4	63	4	37.75	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Kandy	09 Sep 1999	Test # 1459
GP Wickramasinghe	32.0	9	73	5	38.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	02 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
KR Pushpakumara	32.0	3	122	5	38.40	Sri Lanka	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
KR Pushpakumara	26.0	3	145	4	39.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
WPUJC Vaas	40.0	9	87	6	40.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1995	Test # 1293
DK Liyanage	26.5	6	82	4	40.25	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Moratuwa	27 Nov 1992	Test # 1203
WPUJC Vaas	27.0	7	60	4	40.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
M Muralidaran	27.1	6	72	4	40.75	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995	Test # 1306
M Muralidaran	36.0	15	64	5	43.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Napier	11 Mar 1995	Test # 1292
HDPK Dharmasena	28.5	7	75	4	43.25	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	26 Aug 1994	Test # 1267
WPUJC Vaas	29.4	10	56	4	44.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Dec 1999	Test # 1474
HDPK Dharmasena	45.2	13	99	6	45.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	09 Aug 1994	Test # 1265
M Muralidaran	38.0	10	71	5	45.60	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
M Muralidaran	38.2	9	90	5	46.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
M Muralidaran	39.0	8	104	5	46.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
UDU Chandana	47.5	7	179	6	47.83	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999	Test # 1450
M Muralidaran	41.0	13	113	5	49.20	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	49.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
M Muralidaran	41.5	3	162	5	50.20	Sri Lanka	v India	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994	Test # 1244
M Muralidaran	59.3	14	155	7	51.00	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
HMRKB Herath	34.3	6	97	4	51.75	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	22 Sep 1999	Test # 1460
SD Anurasiri	35.0	3	127	4	52.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
WPUJC Vaas	35.0	6	144	4	52.50	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
M Muralidaran	35.1	8	64	4	52.75	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
M Muralidaran	53.0	19	98	6	53.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
M Muralidaran	36.0	5	137	4	54.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (RPS)	27 May 1998	Test # 1415
WPUJC Vaas	37.0	11	74	4	55.50	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Oct 1994	Test # 1270
MRCN Bandaratilleke	38.0	13	47	4	57.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Galle	03 Jun 1998	Test # 1416
M Muralidaran	40.0	6	134	4	60.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	06 Dec 1992	Test # 1204
KPJ Warnaweera	40.1	11	90	4	60.25	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
M Muralidaran	41.0	10	108	4	61.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
M Muralidaran	54.0	17	101	5	64.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
WPUJC Vaas	44.3	14	85	4	66.75	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
M Muralidaran	45.0	12	118	4	67.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (SSC)	13 Mar 1993	Test # 1219
M Muralidaran	45.0	8	135	4	67.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
M Muralidaran	47.1	12	136	4	70.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993	Test # 1229
M Muralidaran	48.0	17	99	4	72.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	09 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
M Muralidaran	50.0	9	134	4	75.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Peshawar	08 Sep 1995	Test # 1304
M Muralidaran	65.0	11	179	4	97.50	Sri Lanka	v India	Bengaluru	26 Jan 1994	Test # 1245

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]