Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
6.5 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 10.25 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 | Test # 1796 | |
13.4 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 13.66 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
16.0 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 13.71 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kingston | 27 Jun 2003 | Test # 1649 | |
9.1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 13.75 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 | Test # 1537 | |
12.0 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 14.40 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 | Test # 1796 | |
10.0 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 15.00 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
17.4 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 15.14 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
13.1 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 15.80 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 | Test # 1757 | |
13.1 | 1 | 82 | 5 | 15.80 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 2006 | Test # 1812 | |
11.0 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 16.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 20 Jan 2001 | Test # 1529 | |
15.0 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 18.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 08 Mar 2004 | Test # 1685 | |
15.0 | 4 | 37 | 5 | 18.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Darwin | 01 Jul 2004 | Test # 1705 | |
12.0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 18.00 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Jul 2005 | Test # 1755 | |
15.3 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 18.60 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Jun 2000 | Test # 1499 | |
15.4 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 18.80 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kingston | 27 Jun 2003 | Test # 1649 | |
22.2 | 3 | 62 | 7 | 19.14 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
20.0 | 7 | 54 | 6 | 20.00 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Apr 2005 | Test # 1748 | |
14.0 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 21.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 07 Mar 2001 | Test # 1532 | |
14.0 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 21.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 11 May 2006 | Test # 1802 | |
14.0 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 21.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 01 Dec 2007 | Test # 1851 | |
14.0 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 21.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 | |
14.2 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 21.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Nov 2002 | Test # 1626 | |
14.3 | 3 | 59 | 4 | 21.75 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 13 Jul 2005 | Test # 1755 | |
15.1 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 22.75 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Port of Spain | 03 Apr 2008 | Test # 1872 | |
19.0 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 22.80 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 | Test # 1716 | |
23.0 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 23.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 | Test # 1796 | |
16.0 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 24.00 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 21 Nov 2001 | Test # 1570 | |
16.0 | 5 | 41 | 4 | 24.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Mar 2006 | Test # 1794 | |
20.1 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 24.20 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 16 Mar 2004 | Test # 1688 | |
16.2 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 24.50 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 08 Mar 2004 | Test # 1685 | |
20.3 | 3 | 62 | 5 | 24.60 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2009 | Test # 1927 | |
21.0 | 7 | 72 | 5 | 25.20 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 22 Aug 2001 | Test # 1557 | |
21.0 | 5 | 72 | 5 | 25.20 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 02 Dec 2009 | Test # 1937 | |
21.1 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 25.40 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 16 Mar 2004 | Test # 1688 | |
21.3 | 2 | 86 | 5 | 25.80 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Bogra | 08 Mar 2006 | Test # 1786 | |
22.0 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 26.40 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 04 Aug 2004 | Test # 1709 | |
22.0 | 4 | 75 | 5 | 26.40 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 | Test # 1935 | |
17.5 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 26.75 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Nov 2007 | Test # 1845 | |
18.0 | 4 | 84 | 4 | 27.00 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Port of Spain | 03 Apr 2008 | Test # 1872 | |
18.0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 27.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 12 Jul 2009 | Test # 1924 | |
23.0 | 2 | 92 | 5 | 27.60 | England | v Sri Lanka | Birmingham | 30 May 2002 | Test # 1605 | |
23.1 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 27.80 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 | Test # 1719 | |
28.0 | 6 | 72 | 6 | 28.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
19.1 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 28.75 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 21 Jun 2000 | Test # 1501 | |
19.1 | 5 | 63 | 4 | 28.75 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 07 Dec 2006 | Test # 1820 | |
24.3 | 3 | 75 | 5 | 29.40 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Peshawar | 05 Mar 2000 | Test # 1487 | |
24.5 | 5 | 114 | 5 | 29.80 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 14 Aug 2001 | Test # 1555 | |
20.0 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 30.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 07 Mar 2001 | Test # 1532 | |
20.0 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 30.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 16 Mar 2004 | Test # 1688 | |
20.0 | 3 | 108 | 4 | 30.00 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Sep 2005 | Test # 1766 | |
20.0 | 3 | 78 | 4 | 30.00 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Aug 2009 | Test # 1932 | |
21.0 | 3 | 84 | 4 | 31.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 2006 | Test # 1812 | |
21.3 | 2 | 129 | 4 | 32.25 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Sep 2005 | Test # 1766 | |
21.4 | 5 | 71 | 4 | 32.50 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | 20 Oct 2004 | Test # 1716 | |
22.0 | 6 | 50 | 4 | 33.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 07 Mar 2001 | Test # 1532 | |
22.0 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 33.00 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Nov 2002 | Test # 1626 | |
22.0 | 3 | 83 | 4 | 33.00 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 28 Feb 2006 | Test # 1784 | |
28.4 | 4 | 70 | 5 | 34.40 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Mirpur | 26 Dec 2008 | Test # 1903 | |
23.0 | 4 | 76 | 4 | 34.50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 22 Aug 2001 | Test # 1557 | |
23.0 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 34.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 04 Aug 2004 | Test # 1709 | |
23.0 | 5 | 77 | 4 | 34.50 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 | Test # 1930 | |
29.0 | 5 | 66 | 5 | 34.80 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Gros Islet | 20 Jun 2003 | Test # 1648 | |
23.2 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 35.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 03 Apr 2006 | Test # 1796 | |
23.2 | 4 | 82 | 4 | 35.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1847 | |
23.5 | 4 | 71 | 4 | 35.75 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Apr 2005 | Test # 1748 | |
24.0 | 5 | 83 | 4 | 36.00 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 16 Mar 2004 | Test # 1688 | |
42.3 | 6 | 130 | 7 | 36.42 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1822 | |
24.2 | 4 | 62 | 4 | 36.50 | England | v Sri Lanka | Manchester | 13 Jun 2002 | Test # 1606 | |
37.0 | 2 | 135 | 6 | 37.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 01 Mar 2009 | Test # 1912 | |
25.0 | 8 | 65 | 4 | 37.50 | England | v Sri Lanka | Manchester | 13 Jun 2002 | Test # 1606 | |
26.0 | 6 | 56 | 4 | 39.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Rawalpindi | 26 Feb 2000 | Test # 1485 | |
26.3 | 3 | 87 | 4 | 39.75 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1847 | |
40.3 | 8 | 102 | 6 | 40.50 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 | Test # 1884 | |
27.0 | 7 | 78 | 4 | 40.50 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 21 Nov 2001 | Test # 1570 | |
27.0 | 7 | 86 | 4 | 40.50 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 08 Nov 2007 | Test # 1845 | |
34.0 | 8 | 62 | 5 | 40.80 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Aug 2000 | Test # 1507 | |
34.3 | 9 | 89 | 5 | 41.40 | India | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 18 Dec 2005 | Test # 1778 | |
29.0 | 6 | 86 | 4 | 43.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Nov 2002 | Test # 1626 | |
37.0 | 9 | 114 | 5 | 44.40 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 12 Sep 2005 | Test # 1764 | |
37.1 | 13 | 78 | 5 | 44.60 | England | v Sri Lanka | Nottingham | 02 Jun 2006 | Test # 1804 | |
30.0 | 3 | 103 | 4 | 45.00 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Rawalpindi | 26 Feb 2000 | Test # 1485 | |
30.0 | 8 | 81 | 4 | 45.00 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 11 Aug 2004 | Test # 1710 | |
30.0 | 6 | 109 | 4 | 45.00 | Bangladesh | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 03 Jan 2009 | Test # 1905 | |
37.4 | 7 | 116 | 5 | 45.20 | England | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 10 Dec 2003 | Test # 1672 | |
31.0 | 8 | 62 | 4 | 46.50 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 14 Jun 2000 | Test # 1499 | |
31.0 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 46.50 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 12 Jul 2009 | Test # 1924 | |
32.0 | 9 | 56 | 4 | 48.00 | England | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 15 Mar 2001 | Test # 1537 | |
32.0 | 3 | 112 | 4 | 48.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Brabourne | 02 Dec 2009 | Test # 1937 | |
32.1 | 8 | 126 | 4 | 48.25 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Napier | 04 Apr 2005 | Test # 1746 | |
32.3 | 4 | 104 | 4 | 48.75 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 03 May 2003 | Test # 1644 | |
32.5 | 9 | 69 | 4 | 49.25 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 02 Dec 2003 | Test # 1670 | |
33.0 | 11 | 92 | 4 | 49.50 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Mar 2004 | Test # 1691 | |
33.0 | 8 | 110 | 4 | 49.50 | West Indies | v Sri Lanka | Providence | 22 Mar 2008 | Test # 1869 | |
42.4 | 9 | 116 | 5 | 51.20 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 08 Mar 2004 | Test # 1685 | |
60.0 | 20 | 118 | 7 | 51.42 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | 28 Oct 2004 | Test # 1719 | |
34.4 | 5 | 101 | 4 | 52.00 | Zimbabwe | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Jan 2002 | Test # 1585 | |
36.0 | 7 | 85 | 4 | 54.00 | India | v Sri Lanka | Delhi | 10 Dec 2005 | Test # 1776 | |
36.5 | 4 | 120 | 4 | 55.25 | Pakistan | v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 06 Mar 2002 | Test # 1592 | |
37.0 | 14 | 70 | 4 | 55.50 | Australia | v Sri Lanka | Cairns | 09 Jul 2004 | Test # 1706 | |
37.0 | 9 | 132 | 4 | 55.50 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Napier | 04 Apr 2005 | Test # 1746 |
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Minimum of 4 wicketsPerformances 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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]
Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]
South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]
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