Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches
Best strike rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
4.3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 5.40 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 25 Oct 2002 | Test # 1621 | |
5.0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 6.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
9.4x5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6.12 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
6.0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7.20 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2013 | Test # 2069 | |
14.2x4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 7.25 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
14.2x5 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 8.00 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
8.1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8.16 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 | |
8.2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 8.33 | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 | Test # 2150 | |
7.0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 8.40 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
5.4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 8.50 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 27 Feb 1914 | Test # 134 | |
10.0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 8.57 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Durban | 31 Mar 2022 | Test # 2460 | |
9.0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 9.00 | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2024 | Test # 2522 | |
11.0 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 9.42 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 | Test # 76 | |
8.4x8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9.71 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
11.4x5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9.83 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
11.4 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 10.00 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2075 | |
12.0x5 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 10.00 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
10.0 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 10.00 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | |
8.0x5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
12.0 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 10.28 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 | Test # 2461 | |
10.3 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 10.50 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1848 | |
7.0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 10.50 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2007 | Test # 1827 | |
10.4 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 10.66 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
13.2x4 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 10.80 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
19.1x4 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 11.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
7.2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 11.00 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | 04 Mar 2005 | Test # 1737 | |
7.2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 11.00 | India | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 | Test # 1987 | |
7.2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 11.00 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 | |
7.3 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 11.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1935 | Test # 248 | |
15.4x5 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 11.28 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
9.4 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 11.60 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2300 | |
11.5 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 11.83 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
10.0 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 12.00 | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1823 | |
10.0 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 12.00 | West Indies | v South Africa | Centurion | 28 Feb 2023 | Test # 2495 | |
12.1 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 12.16 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 | |
12.2 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 12.33 | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 13 Jan 2018 | Test # 2293 | |
10.4 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 12.80 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Durban | 26 Dec 2002 | Test # 1635 | |
10.4 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 12.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 01 Mar 2018 | Test # 2297 | |
13.0 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 13.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
11.0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 13.20 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 06 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | |
11.0 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 13.20 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 2017 | Test # 2290 | |
11.1 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 13.40 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
13.4 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 13.66 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
16.0 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 13.71 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | |
11.0x5 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 13.75 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
13.5 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 13.83 | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2024 | Test # 2522 | |
14.0 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 14.00 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2338 | |
18.0x4 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 14.40 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
12.0 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 14.40 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 | Test # 1403 | |
14.3 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 14.50 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Centurion | 11 Mar 2005 | Test # 1740 | |
14.3 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 14.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2021 | Test # 2401 | |
17.1 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 14.71 | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 | |
15.0 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 15.00 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
15.0 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 15.00 | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 28 Feb 2023 | Test # 2495 | |
12.3 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 15.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 | |
12.3 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 15.00 | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2018 | Test # 2294 | |
10.0 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 15.00 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 30 Mar 1906 | Test # 92 | |
10.0 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 15.00 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2001 | Test # 1528 | |
10.0 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 15.00 | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 26 Dec 2023 | Test # 2520 | |
12.4 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 15.20 | South Africa | v India | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 | Test # 1985 | |
17.5 | 3 | 61 | 7 | 15.28 | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2022 | Test # 2445 | |
18.0 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 15.42 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
13.0 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 15.60 | South Africa | v West Indies | Centurion | 15 Jan 1999 | Test # 1441 | |
13.0 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 15.60 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
13.0 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 15.60 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 11 Jan 2013 | Test # 2071 | |
13.0 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 15.60 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 | Test # 2341 | |
15.4 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 15.66 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 05 Jan 2018 | Test # 2292 | |
10.3 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 15.75 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
10.3 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 15.75 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 12 Jan 2017 | Test # 2247 | |
18.3 | 5 | 61 | 7 | 15.85 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
16.0 | 3 | 43 | 6 | 16.00 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
12.0x8 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 16.00 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
10.4 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 16.00 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
10.4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 16.00 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 | Test # 2276 | |
16.1 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 16.16 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
13.3 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 16.20 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 | Test # 1414 | |
13.3 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 16.20 | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1433 | |
19.0 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 16.28 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 04 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
16.2x5 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 16.40 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
11.0 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 16.50 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 20 Jan 2001 | Test # 1529 | |
11.0 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 16.50 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 19 Jan 2007 | Test # 1829 | |
11.0 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 16.50 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 26 Jan 2007 | Test # 1830 | |
11.0 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 16.50 | South Africa | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 | Test # 1860 | |
13.5 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 16.60 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 | |
13.5 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 16.60 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 06 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | |
11.1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 16.75 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
14.0 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 16.80 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 | Test # 1798 | |
19.5 | 9 | 40 | 7 | 17.00 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1936 | Test # 250 | |
17.0 | 3 | 55 | 6 | 17.00 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 | |
24.0x5 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 17.14 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
14.2 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 17.20 | South Africa | v West Indies | Gqeberha | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1433 | |
14.3 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 17.40 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 08 Nov 2007 | Test # 1846 | |
14.3 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 17.40 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
25.0x5 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 17.85 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
15.0 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 18.00 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
15.0 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 18.00 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 | |
15.0 | 2 | 37 | 5 | 18.00 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 05 May 2006 | Test # 1801 | |
15.0 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 18.00 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2338 | |
9.0x8 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 18.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | |
12.0 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 18.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 |
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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]
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