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	6	10	2	523	204*	65.37	537	97.39	2	1	1	71	10
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2020	8	14	0	729	258	52.07	850	85.76	2	2	0	92	21
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2014	8	13	4	422	123*	46.88	520	81.15	1	1	2	51	11
DA Warner (AUS)	2014-2018	6	12	0	760	145	63.33	942	80.67	3	4	0	90	9
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2021	7	13	1	571	153*	47.58	724	78.86	2	4	0	71	10
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	10	18	1	484	105	28.47	666	72.67	1	1	2	82	3
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	32	51	4	2008	129*	42.72	2774	72.38	3	14	2	254	16
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2008	9	17	1	852	175	53.25	1207	70.58	3	3	1	147	8
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	15	28	2	748	92	28.76	1065	70.23	0	6	5	77	22
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2019	5	9	2	369	150*	52.71	529	69.75	1	1	1	44	5
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2011	11	18	2	677	127	42.31	972	69.65	1	3	0	88	4
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	24	32	5	1027	174	38.03	1500	68.46	3	4	1	136	13
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	10	17	1	829	182	51.81	532+	67.66*	3	4	1	90+	13
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1994-2004	12	20	1	479	157	25.21	714	67.08	1	1	4	66	4
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2024	25	45	1	1914	152	43.50	2904	65.90	6	8	2	288	8
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	26	39	3	636	84	17.66	979	64.96	0	3	5	71	15
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	61	103	7	3986	200	41.52	6228	64.00	10	19	6	543	9
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2006	7	11	1	318	58	31.80	501	63.47	0	1	0	52	0
SC Williams (ZIM)	2014-2020	8	16	1	557	119	37.13	881	63.22	2	2	0	71	6
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	7	13	0	370	90	28.46	587	63.03	0	1	1	54	3
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	8	14	0	315	79	22.50	512	61.52	0	3	0	43	3
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	5	10	0	532	160	53.20	871	61.07	2	2	1	71	6
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2020	8	15	1	703	110	50.21	1156	60.81	1	6	0	88	3
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	5	8	0	356	136	44.50	586	60.75	2	0	1	52	2
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2016	7	12	4	563	173*	70.37	928	60.66	2	3	1	55	5
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2011	12	22	1	968	116	46.09	1598	60.57	3	5	3	124	9
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	0	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	0	70	5
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	11	22	0	1063	202	48.31	1796	59.18	3	5	0	159	11
BB McCullum (NZ)	2005-2013	10	17	0	385	111	22.64	655	58.77	1	1	1	51	3
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	30	4	711	82	27.34	1217	58.42	0	3	2	109	3
WU Tharanga (SL)	2016-2017	4	8	2	295	110*	49.16	507	58.18	1	1	0	38	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2009-2014	8	16	3	528	161*	40.61	914	57.76	2	1	3	69	0
RL Chase (WI)	2017-2023	6	10	0	299	95	29.90	518	57.72	0	2	2	25	4
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42*	4	9	1	154+	7
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2004-2021	23	46	2	1666	171	37.86	2905	57.34	4	11	2	176	19
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	67	110	8	4795	163	47.00	8369	57.29	13	28	6	585	38
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2020	10	16	1	624	127	41.60	1091	57.19	1	3	0	74	5
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	62	86	18	2024	111	29.76	3550	57.01	1	8	6	232	20
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	49	81	5	3276	228	43.10	5779	56.68	10	11	7	477	30
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	55	61	23	378	26	9.94	669	56.50	0	0	12	56	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-2007	15	27	1	1033	112	39.73	1847	55.92	2	6	1	149	4
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2016	7	12	2	516	113	51.60	927	55.66	1	4	0	54	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2005	9	15	1	382	77	27.28	691	55.28	0	2	1	60	6
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2011-2021	5	9	1	320	150*	40.00	580	55.17	1	1	0	42	3
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	17	28	3	872	109	34.88	1584	55.05	2	4	1	109	6
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2012	10	18	0	853	270	47.38	1566	54.46	2	3	1	116	3
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2007	9	17	0	668	159	39.29	1227	54.44	1	6	2	91	4
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2021	11	21	2	559	116*	29.42	1029	54.32	1	3	6	78	5
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	0	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	0	33	6
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2024	9	18	0	891	153	49.50	1649	54.03	2	4	0	117	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2018	6	11	1	411	100	41.10	771	53.30	1	2	1	54	5
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2007-2013	9	18	0	358	119	19.88	674	53.11	1	0	2	57	2
E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2004-2013	9	17	0	319	86	18.76	601	53.07	0	2	4	40	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	17	29	0	1278	262	44.06	2415	52.91	1	9	1	173	6
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	10	16	1	701	116	46.73	1325	52.90	2	2	0	95	3
BC Strang (ZIM)	1995-2001	16	30	5	295	53	11.80	558	52.86	0	1	7	31	2
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	78	105	14	3140	125	34.50	5947	52.79	5	20	8	387	13
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2022	6	12	1	402	96	36.54	762	52.75	0	3	1	58	4
MD Crowe (NZ)	1992-1995	5	10	0	383	140	38.30	726	52.75	1	2	1	44	4
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	14	24	4	815	140	40.75	1549	52.61	1	4	0	117	3
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	0	448	180	44.80	856	52.33	2	0	2	62	6
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2006	10	18	0	624	122	34.66	1194	52.26	2	3	5	91	4
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2011	5	10	1	533	135	59.22	1022	52.15	2	2	0	78	2
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2023	32	52	10	1643	172	39.11	3166	51.89	2	10	7	213	3
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2023	7	13	0	432	82	33.23	834	51.79	0	4	0	58	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1992-1995	5	10	2	337	89	42.12	653	51.60	0	4	2	38	4
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2013-2019	8	16	0	428	111	26.75	830	51.56	1	3	1	62	2
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	70	118	7	5139	208	46.29	10031	51.23	16	26	8	680	5
G Gambhir (IND)	2005-2011	4	7	1	386	97	64.33	756	51.05	0	4	0	55	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	9	17	1	826	147	51.62	1624	50.86	3	2	3	110	3
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	53	69	23	784	58	17.04	1547	50.67	0	1	5	76	27
WW Hinds (WI)	2003-2004	5	10	0	271	81	27.10	535	50.65	0	2	2	40	3
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1998-1998	3	5	0	261	192	52.20	517	50.48	1	0	0	32	0
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2013-2020	8	16	0	520	89	32.50	1031	50.43	0	4	2	53	5
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	49	85	9	3561	199	46.85	7061	50.43	9	18	4	463	16
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	13	23	2	720	101	34.28	1428	50.42	1	4	3	98	5
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-2006	12	20	0	600	128	30.00	1190	50.42	1	3	2	84	3
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2021	11	22	1	730	110	34.76	1450	50.34	2	3	1	84	0
Abid Ali (PAK)	2021-2021	2	2	1	275	215*	275.00	547	50.27	1	1	0	39	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2006	6	11	2	371	133	41.22	738	50.27	2	1	2	48	1
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-2001	7	12	0	425	149	35.41	846	50.23	1	1	0	47	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	19	35	4	1401	169	45.19	2791	50.19	5	5	3	202	6
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	38	61	6	2374	168	43.16	4741	50.07	7	11	5	291	13
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2015	8	13	0	663	105	51.00	1325	50.03	2	3	0	96	3
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2011-2023	13	26	1	827	146	33.08	1658	49.87	1	5	2	94	7
PA de Silva (SL)	1994-2001	6	11	1	295	77	29.50	595	49.57	0	1	1	49	1
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2012	10	15	2	421	163*	32.38	853	49.35	1	1	1	56	0
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	20	34	3	1018	155	32.83	2068	49.22	2	5	4	128	4
TWM Latham (NZ)	2016-2016	4	6	0	262	136	43.66	534	49.06	2	0	1	25	1
Moin Khan (PAK)	1995-1998	6	11	0	245	97	22.27	500	49.00	0	1	1	35	0
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2017	6	10	0	436	117	43.60	890	48.98	2	2	1	50	0
BJ Watling (NZ)	2011-2016	7	10	1	440	107	48.88	901	48.83	1	3	1	63	0
BOP Fernando (SL)	2019-2020	4	8	2	247	75*	41.16	506	48.81	0	1	1	26	2
A Ranatunga (SL)	1994-1998	5	8	1	293	73	41.85	601	48.75	0	2	1	41	1
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1995-1998	8	15	0	434	118	28.93	892	48.65	1	2	0	59	1
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	12	17	2	307	70	20.46	631	48.65	0	1	3	40	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2022	10	19	0	494	93	26.00	1016	48.62	0	4	2	60	4
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2020	8	15	1	374	85	26.71	773	48.38	0	3	0	45	1
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	41	69	8	2695	199	44.18	5597	48.15	8	11	5	320	13
V Sibanda (ZIM)	2003-2014	10	20	0	465	93	23.25	968	48.03	0	2	2	62	5

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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]

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]