Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - Sri Lanka

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - Sri Lanka

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ALF de Mel	14.0	0	68	5	16.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
JR Ratnayeke	23.2	5	83	8	17.50	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Sialkot	27 Oct 1985	Test # 1027
AK Kuruppuarachchi	14.5	2	44	5	17.80	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
RJ Ratnayake	19.4	2	66	6	19.66	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
JR Ratnayeke	17.0	3	37	5	20.40	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (CCC)	14 Mar 1986	Test # 1041
DS de Silva	18.0	2	59	5	21.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
ALF de Mel	22.0	1	109	6	22.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	07 Nov 1985	Test # 1028
JR Ratnayeke	21.0	8	42	5	25.20	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	16 Mar 1984	Test # 982
ALF de Mel	17.0	2	70	4	25.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
RJ Ratnayake	23.2	6	49	5	28.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
FS Ahangama	24.0	7	52	5	28.80	Sri Lanka	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
VB John	25.2	9	60	5	30.40	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
JR Ratnayeke	27.3	3	85	5	33.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
KN Amalean	22.2	1	97	4	33.50	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
ALF de Mel	28.0	8	64	5	33.60	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
VB John	29.1	7	86	5	35.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Kandy	09 Mar 1984	Test # 980
RJ Ratnayake	24.0	5	81	4	36.00	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	11 Mar 1983	Test # 951
GF Labrooy	31.1	5	133	5	37.40	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	08 Dec 1989	Test # 1131
RJ Ratnayake	25.1	5	76	4	37.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (PSS)	06 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
SD Anurasiri	26.0	3	71	4	39.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Cuttack	04 Jan 1987	Test # 1064
RJ Ratnayake	41.0	10	85	6	41.00	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	30 Aug 1985	Test # 1023
JR Ratnayeke	30.0	4	116	4	45.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
DS de Silva	32.0	3	103	4	48.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982	Test # 925
ALF de Mel	37.0	10	110	4	55.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
JR Ratnayeke	37.1	2	132	4	55.75	Sri Lanka	v India	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Test # 1061
DS de Silva	38.0	8	102	4	57.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	05 Mar 1982	Test # 923
VB John	39.1	12	98	4	58.75	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
JR Ratnayeke	40.0	6	98	4	60.00	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Perth	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1092
GF Labrooy	40.0	7	119	4	60.00	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103

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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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]