Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MA Wood	42	23	2	5	182.60	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
GA Gooch	33	20	7	0	165.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
MP Bowden	25	16	5	0	156.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
SCJ Broad	43	28	2	4	153.57	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	72	47	7	3	153.19	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
Q de Kock	51	37	10	0	137.83	South Africa	v England	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	0	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
BA Stokes	258	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GC Smith	85	70	10	2	121.42	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
SCJ Broad	57*	47	8	2	121.27	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Z Crawley	69*	57	12	0	121.05	England	v South Africa	The Oval	08 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
SM Curran	35	29	6	0	120.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SCJ Broad	35	29	5	1	120.68	England	v South Africa	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
GP Swann	41	34	5	2	120.58	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
PAJ DeFreitas	37	31	4	1	119.35	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
BA Stokes	28	24	6	0	116.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JM Bairstow	54	47	8	0	114.89	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
CR Matthews	41	36	6	0	113.88	South Africa	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
AJ Hall	99*	87	15	2	113.79	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
BA Stokes	33	29	5	1	113.79	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
MM Ali	75*	66	9	3	113.63	England	v South Africa	Manchester	04 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
A Flintoff	42	37	9	0	113.51	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
SCJ Broad	67*	60	11	0	111.66	England	v South Africa	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
JM Bairstow	63	58	6	1	108.62	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
BA Stokes	58	54	9	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
JC Buttler	29	27	4	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
GP Swann	85	81	10	2	104.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
ME Trescothick	69*	66	12	0	104.54	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
JM Bairstow	79	76	9	3	103.94	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
HM Amla	36	35	8	0	102.85	South Africa	v England	The Oval	07 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
JE Root	78	76	12	0	102.63	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
Q de Kock	129*	128	17	2	100.78	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
GA Hick	81*	81	13	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
RG Pollock	77*	77	6	1	100.00	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
SJ Harmison	42	42	7	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
WJ Cronje	38	38	2	0	100.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
AJ Stewart	36*	36	6	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
JE Root	29	29	5	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GP Swann	27	27	3	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
TS Roland-Jones	25	25	4	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
KP Pietersen	45	46	7	1	97.82	England	v South Africa	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
AB de Villiers	44	45	5	0	97.77	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
D Paterson	39*	40	6	0	97.50	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
A Flintoff	142	146	18	5	97.26	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
MA Butcher	32	33	6	0	96.96	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
SCJ Broad	32*	33	5	0	96.96	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
M van Jaarsveld	49	52	8	0	94.23	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
DJ Cullinan	27	29	4	0	93.10	South Africa	v England	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
T Bavuma	27	29	6	0	93.10	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Q de Kock	39	42	6	1	92.85	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
GO Jones	50	54	5	3	92.59	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
S Elworthy	48	52	7	0	92.30	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
Q de Kock	34	37	2	3	91.89	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
S van Zyl	33	36	6	0	91.66	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
A Flintoff	95	104	12	4	91.34	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
AF Giles	31*	34	5	0	91.17	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
AB de Villiers	36	40	4	1	90.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
MA Wood	35*	39	2	3	89.74	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
D Gough	42*	47	6	1	89.36	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
GO Jones	73	82	10	2	89.02	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
SCJ Broad	37	42	2	1	88.09	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
SM Curran	44	50	6	1	88.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
JP Duminy	36	41	4	1	87.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
RW Barber	97	111	10	0	87.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
OJ Pope	67	77	13	0	87.01	England	v South Africa	The Oval	08 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
MV Boucher	63*	73	9	1	86.30	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
RG Pollock	125	145	21	0	86.20	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	05 Aug 1965	Test # 595
A Flintoff	55	64	4	3	85.93	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
HM Amla	30	35	4	0	85.71	South Africa	v England	Manchester	04 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
G Kirsten	41*	48	8	0	85.41	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
L Klusener	72	85	11	0	84.70	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
JH Kallis	27	32	2	1	84.37	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
KP Pietersen	152	181	20	1	83.97	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
Q de Kock	68	81	8	0	83.95	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
KA Maharaj	41	49	7	0	83.67	South Africa	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
SJ Harmison	49*	59	8	0	83.05	England	v South Africa	The Oval	07 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
AJ Stewart	28	34	3	0	82.35	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	04 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
JN Rhodes	32	39	4	0	82.05	South Africa	v England	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
MV Boucher	40	49	5	0	81.63	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
BA Stokes	31	38	2	1	81.57	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
JH Kallis	35	43	6	0	81.39	South Africa	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
JE Root	190	234	27	1	81.19	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
DW Steyn	47	58	3	3	81.03	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
EJ Barlow	42	52	5	0	80.76	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965	Test # 575
PD Collingwood	71	88	12	1	80.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
A Flintoff	50	62	8	0	80.64	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
AJ Strauss	54	67	9	0	80.59	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
MV Boucher	95	118	9	0	80.50	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
GP Thorpe	27	34	3	0	79.41	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
A Flintoff	38	48	7	0	79.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
JE Root	110	139	17	0	79.13	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
L Klusener	174	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
JM Bairstow	150*	191	18	2	78.53	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GC Smith	29	37	4	0	78.37	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
N Boje	76	97	12	0	78.35	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
MV Boucher	39	50	5	0	78.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JM Bairstow	49	63	7	0	77.77	England	v South Africa	Manchester	25 Aug 2022	Test # 2475
MA Wood	28	36	4	0	77.77	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
L Klusener	45	58	6	0	77.58	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]