Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2002-2006	10	15	3	805	204*	67.08	885	90.96	3	3	1	100	17
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	12	22	-	739	180	33.59	976	75.71	2	2	3	112	5
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2021	8	15	2	470	153*	36.15	635	74.01	1	3	2	58	7
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2018	11	22	-	1029	145	46.77	1399	73.55	3	6	1	123	12
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	33	53	5	2164	141*	45.08	2956	73.20	4	14	3	269	22
MG Johnson (AUS)	2008-2015	13	19	5	502	123*	35.85	695	72.23	1	1	3	60	11
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	17	31	1	1285	258	42.83	1793	71.66	3	4	1	151	31
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2022	8	16	1	441	96*	29.40	629	70.11	-	4	2	59	2
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2013	18	31	1	688	73	22.93	1001	68.73	-	3	3	73	20
DL Vettori (NZ)	2002-2012	8	14	2	351	81	29.25	513	68.42	-	2	-	51	1
A Symonds (AUS)	2006-2008	6	10	2	365	79	45.62	535	68.22	-	4	-	37	11
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	10	17	1	829	182	51.81	532+	67.66*	3	4	1	90+	13
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2019	9	17	-	431	86	25.35	643	67.02	-	2	-	48	8
M Azharuddin (IND)	1989-1997	15	21	-	456	115	21.71	684	66.66	1	2	-	55	2
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	48	67	4	3136	182*	49.77	2988+	66.23*	11	14	3	299+	40
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	19	30	1	460	63	15.86	698	65.90	-	1	3	55	5
Litton Das (BAN)	2017-2022	8	16	-	371	70	23.18	563	65.89	-	2	-	59	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-2001	5	10	-	343	78	34.30	521	65.83	-	2	1	54	2
MJ Prior (ENG)	2009-2010	8	13	2	468	131*	42.54	714	65.54	1	4	3	52	2
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2024	27	48	1	1978	152	42.08	3020	65.49	6	9	3	296	8
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-2003	10	20	1	493	90	25.94	767	64.27	-	4	5	66	3
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	26	38	5	1042	174	31.57	1637	63.65	3	4	2	137	12
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	3	5	-	327	136	65.40	514	63.61	2	-	-	49	2
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	14	25	-	635	90	25.40	1009	62.93	-	3	2	74	12
SJ Benn (WI)	2008-2015	18	25	2	315	42	13.69	502	62.74	-	-	3	43	8
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2003-2003	4	7	1	353	160	58.83	568	62.14	1	2	-	41	3
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	28	42	3	654	84	16.76	1054	62.04	-	3	6	71	15
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2015	28	41	5	506	53	14.05	817	61.93	-	1	6	65	15
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2022	11	20	3	705	150*	41.47	1141	61.78	2	2	2	90	8
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	68	116	8	4862	200	45.01	7956	61.11	14	22	6	639	14
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	5	10	-	532	160	53.20	871	61.07	2	2	1	71	6
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2012	7	14	1	313	78	24.07	522	59.96	-	2	-	45	1
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2006	74	129	5	7058	400*	56.91	11838	59.62	19	31	8	916	62
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2023	11	19	-	527	146	27.73	885	59.54	1	2	4	70	6
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
PV Simmons (WI)	1988-1996	9	17	2	385	87	25.66	648	59.41	-	2	1	58	0
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2022	17	32	2	1527	182*	50.90	2572	59.37	5	8	1	168	8
N Dickwella (SL)	2018-2021	9	16	-	476	96	29.75	815	58.40	-	2	1	56	1
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	58	101	7	3982	317	42.36	6859	58.05	9	22	7	577	55
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	25	37	4	1243	130	37.66	1862+	57.78*	1	8	3	146+	6
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2006	10	19	-	650	125	34.21	1128	57.62	2	4	1	90	5
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42*	4	9	1	154+	7
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2023	37	66	14	1876	202*	36.07	3270	57.37	2	9	4	231	34
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2021	10	20	1	547	102	28.78	956	57.21	1	3	5	78	6
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2009-2010	9	15	1	583	102	41.64	1020	57.15	1	4	1	61	4
JC Buttler (ENG)	2015-2020	10	18	3	403	67	26.86	708	56.92	-	3	1	46	9
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2021	10	17	1	436	79*	27.25	772	56.47	-	2	-	57	3
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1995	15	21	1	355	51	17.75	630	56.34	-	1	3	41	6
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	61	69	24	429	26	9.53	762	56.29	-	-	14	64	6
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	73	122	12	5578	178	50.70	9917	56.24	16	31	6	665	46
GH Vihari (IND)	2019-2022	3	6	2	349	111	87.25	622	56.10	1	2	-	48	1
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2006	14	26	2	1003	177	41.79	1805	55.56	4	3	5	139	7
MD Marshall (WI)	1981-1991	31	39	6	700	76	21.21	1127+	55.54*	-	4	4	65+	9
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1990	9	17	-	614	132	36.11	1109	55.36	2	1	-	85	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2006	14	26	2	1048	146	43.66	1895	55.30	3	5	1	131	8
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2012	22	42	3	2097	206	53.76	3796	55.24	8	7	3	230	17
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2024	4	7	-	316	171	45.14	576	54.86	1	1	1	40	3
KA Edwards (WI)	2011-2014	7	12	-	343	110	28.58	626	54.79	1	3	1	39	7
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	44	67	5	2881	178	46.46	1487+	54.67*	8	15	2	256+	30
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2007	15	27	2	1079	135	43.16	1979	54.52	3	6	1	142	2
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	65	94	24	2237	111	31.95	4105	54.49	2	7	6	253	19
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2015	13	22	2	448	63	22.40	827	54.17	-	2	2	59	5
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	10	17	1	473	103	29.56	876	53.99	1	2	2	50	12
A Sandham (ENG)	1922-1930	9	17	-	784	325	46.11	702+	53.41*	2	3	3	34+	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	14	26	2	1367	169	56.95	2567	53.25	6	2	3	173	5
BOP Fernando (SL)	2019-2021	4	8	2	310	91	51.66	583	53.17	-	3	1	37	2
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2018	8	15	3	694	199	57.83	1309	53.01	2	3	1	82	8
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	19	32	2	974	109	32.46	1851	52.62	2	5	1	113	9
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2024	20	33	-	1551	200	47.00	2950	52.57	4	7	2	181	5
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2015	8	14	-	389	88	27.78	740	52.56	-	3	2	43	9
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2023	13	19	1	496	118	27.55	945	52.48	2	1	1	56	1
AF Giles (ENG)	2004-2005	8	11	1	263	39	26.30	502	52.39	-	-	1	31	2
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	30	40	7	884	82	26.78	1692	52.24	-	3	3	132	4
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2008-2015	15	29	5	963	161*	40.12	1849	52.08	3	2	4	108	4
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2023	32	52	10	1643	172	39.11	3166	51.89	2	10	7	213	3
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2007	6	12	2	361	107	36.10	696	51.86	1	2	1	43	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2009	16	24	2	649	102*	29.50	1258	51.58	1	2	3	90	7
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2023	9	16	-	476	82	29.75	923	51.57	-	4	-	62	0
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	30	53	5	1542	112*	32.12	3002	51.36	2	10	3	188	20
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	9	18	1	614	180	36.11	1197	51.29	2	1	2	84	7
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	72	123	7	5257	208	45.31	10260	51.23	16	26	8	695	5
JD Campbell (WI)	2019-2022	12	24	4	540	58*	27.00	1055	51.18	-	1	1	64	5
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	15	28	1	1220	262	45.18	2385	51.15	2	6	1	168	5
SC Williams (WI)	1994-2002	21	37	3	881	128	25.91	1723	51.13	1	2	6	121	6
AD Mathews (SL)	2011-2018	7	14	-	360	63	25.71	705	51.06	-	2	-	48	0
Shan Masood (PAK)	2017-2019	4	8	-	258	65	32.25	506	50.98	-	2	-	28	2
Babar Azam (PAK)	2017-2021	8	16	1	550	75	36.66	1079	50.97	-	6	3	82	2
KOA Powell (WI)	2011-2021	20	37	-	861	134	23.27	1695	50.79	1	2	2	114	5
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	87	120	16	3342	122*	32.13	6592	50.69	4	22	10	395	14
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2022	12	24	1	644	116	28.00	1271	50.66	1	2	3	88	5
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	56	94	6	3638	228	41.34	7182	50.65	9	14	7	507	29
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-2002	22	37	3	1420	139*	41.76	2806	50.60	4	6	2	155	9
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2008-2022	12	24	-	705	128	29.37	1397	50.46	1	2	2	90	5
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2004	9	16	2	310	67	22.14	615	50.40	-	1	2	42	6
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2006	6	11	2	371	133	41.22	738	50.27	2	1	2	48	1
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	55	71	24	828	58	17.61	1653	50.09	-	1	5	81	28
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1988-2000	11	19	2	288	42	16.94	575	50.08	-	-	3	32	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2012	12	23	-	740	136	32.17	1480	50.00	1	1	1	93	2
CA Best (WI)	1986-1990	6	9	1	320	164	40.00	640	50.00	1	1	1	38	1

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]

West Indies v India at Port of Spain, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 20-24, 2023 [Test # 2513]