Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
NAM McLean	31	12	-	4	258.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
JH Kallis	54	25	3	5	216.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
DA Warner	30	14	5	1	214.28	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
DW Steyn	58	28	6	5	207.14	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
SM Pollock	36*	19	4	2	189.47	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
MA Wood	42	23	2	5	182.60	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
SPD Smith	36*	20	5	-	180.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Mohammad Yousuf	50	29	6	2	172.41	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
SM Pollock	32*	20	3	2	160.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
MP Bowden	25	16	5	-	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
VRV Singh	29	19	6	-	152.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Waqar Younis	28	19	4	1	147.36	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
HH Gibbs	25*	17	3	1	147.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
SR Watson	25	17	1	2	147.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
WPUJC Vaas	38	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
VD Philander	26*	18	4	1	144.44	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
MA Starc	35	25	4	2	140.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
CJ McDermott	31	23	4	1	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
CH Gayle	66	49	13	-	134.69	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
CH Gayle	29	22	5	1	131.81	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
JH Kallis	54	41	8	2	131.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
BA Stokes	258	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
WJ Cronje	82	63	8	6	130.15	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
K Verreynne	39*	30	6	-	130.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
AC Gilchrist	138*	108	22	2	127.77	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
DW Steyn	33*	26	3	2	126.92	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	40	8	-	125.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
SR Watson	40	32	2	3	125.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
KA Maharaj	30	24	3	2	125.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
CH Gayle	26	21	6	-	123.80	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
NM Lyon	47	38	8	-	123.68	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
HH Gibbs	27	22	4	1	122.72	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
MW Pringle	33	27	3	2	122.22	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
YBK Jaiswal	28	23	6	-	121.73	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
Q de Kock	29	24	4	-	120.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
SM Curran	35	29	6	-	120.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
D Ramdin	30	25	5	-	120.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
MG Johnson	123*	103	11	5	119.41	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
RAS Lakmal	31	26	6	-	119.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
MG Johnson	27	23	3	1	117.39	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
RJ Peterson	61	52	9	1	117.30	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
A Symonds	55	47	3	4	117.02	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
N Dickwella	42	36	6	1	116.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
DJ Cullinan	28	24	3	-	116.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
SM Pollock	28	24	3	-	116.66	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
Mohammed Shami	28	24	5	-	116.66	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
BA Stokes	28	24	6	-	116.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SN Thakur	28	24	5	1	116.66	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
Q de Kock	50	43	8	1	116.27	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
MJ Procter	36*	31	2	2	116.12	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
SK Warne	36	31	6	1	116.12	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
AB de Villiers	129	112	12	5	115.17	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
D Elgar	31*	27	5	-	114.81	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Shahid Nazir	40	35	4	1	114.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
V Sehwag	33	29	6	-	113.79	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
BA Stokes	33	29	5	1	113.79	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
A Flintoff	42	37	9	-	113.51	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
GP Wickramasinghe	51	45	8	1	113.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
GC Smith	121	107	17	2	113.08	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
A Symonds	29	26	4	1	111.53	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
PW Hasaranga	59	53	12	1	111.32	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
DT Lindsay	60	54	10	1	111.11	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
MV Boucher	40*	36	5	2	111.11	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
Shakib Al Hasan	30	27	6	-	111.11	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
SK Warne	36	33	7	-	109.09	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
JL Langer	37	34	7	-	108.82	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
JN Rhodes	103*	95	8	6	108.42	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
Harbhajan Singh	27	25	4	1	108.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
AB de Villiers	28	26	4	1	107.69	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
GC Smith	85	79	11	-	107.59	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
Q de Kock	43	40	7	-	107.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
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
PW Hasaranga	29	27	5	-	107.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
RS Kaluwitharana	32	30	4	1	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
VVS Laxman	32	30	4	1	106.66	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
WPUJC Vaas	32	30	3	-	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
RT Ponting	34	32	6	-	106.25	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
SR Tendulkar	36	34	8	-	105.88	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
AM Blignaut	61	58	3	6	105.17	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
GP Swann	85	81	10	2	104.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SM Pollock	111	106	16	3	104.71	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
M Azharuddin	115	110	19	1	104.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
SK Warne	26	25	4	-	104.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
JM Bairstow	79	76	9	3	103.94	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
M Muralidaran	27	26	5	1	103.84	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
DW Steyn	28	27	5	-	103.70	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Q de Kock	28*	27	2	2	103.70	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
Naved-ul-Hasan	30	29	4	1	103.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
SB Doull	31*	30	4	2	103.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
BB McCullum	31	30	6	-	103.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
N Wagner	31	30	4	1	103.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
V Sehwag	32	31	6	-	103.22	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
VC Drakes	35	34	7	-	102.94	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
AK Markram	106	103	17	2	102.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
L Klusener	102*	100	13	1	102.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
Q de Kock	129*	128	17	2	100.78	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
DR Smith	105*	105	15	2	100.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1681

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

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]