Batting Most Runs Innings - vs South Africa

High scores in 2000s in Tests - vs South Africa

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	65.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
V Sehwag	319	530	304	42	5	104.93	India	v South Africa	Chennai	2	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
KC Sangakkara	287	675	457	35	-	62.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	61.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
DPMD Jayawardene	237	563	415	25	3	57.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	1	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
KC Sangakkara	232	529	357	31	1	64.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	1	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	95.77	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
S Chanderpaul	203*	541	370	23	-	54.86	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
BJ Hodge	203*	469	332	22	-	61.14	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	3	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
A Flower	199*	590	470	24	1	42.34	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	3	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
IR Bell	199	496	336	20	1	59.22	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
BC Lara	196	430	286	25	-	68.53	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	1	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
ME Trescothick	180	367	248	24	4	72.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
BC Lara	176	344	224	21	1	78.57	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	1	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
SB Styris	170	312	220	24	2	77.27	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	2	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
DPMD Jayawardene	167	331	288	22	2	57.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	1	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
V Sehwag	164	328	228	24	2	71.92	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	2	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
PJ Hughes	160	376	323	15	3	49.53	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	3	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
CL Cairns	158	214	171	18	7	92.39	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	2	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
MP Vaughan	156	415	286	24	1	54.54	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	2	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
SR Tendulkar	155	233	184	23	1	84.23	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	1	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
KP Pietersen	152	281	181	20	1	83.97	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
MS Sinclair	150	397	321	23	1	46.72	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
ST Jayasuriya	148	192	156	24	1	94.87	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	1	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
AJ Strauss	147	353	250	23	1	58.80	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
RT Ponting	143*	202	159	16	-	89.93	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	4	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
A Flower	142	289	200	21	1	71.00	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	2	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
A Flintoff	142	205	146	18	5	97.26	England	v South Africa	Lord's	3	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
IR Bell	140	313	227	10	1	61.67	England	v South Africa	Durban	2	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
AC Gilchrist	138*	172	108	22	2	127.77	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
ML Hayden	138	290	211	17	-	65.40	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	2	26 Dec 2001	Test # 1580
MJ Clarke	138	361	250	17	-	55.20	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	1	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
ML Hayden	137	356	242	17	2	56.61	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	3	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
AJ Strauss	136	383	285	16	-	47.71	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
Taufeeq Umar	135	345	254	20	1	53.14	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
PD Collingwood	135	296	195	19	1	69.23	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	3	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
DR Martyn	133	314	207	17	-	64.25	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
JDP Oram	133	285	169	18	2	78.69	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	2	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
ME Trescothick	132	344	261	20	2	50.57	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
ML Hayden	131	261	207	12	4	63.28	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	3	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
Younis Khan	130	350	246	16	-	52.84	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	4	08 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
Imran Farhat	128	343	226	18	-	56.63	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	2	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
S Chanderpaul	127	403	287	13	-	44.25	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
RR Sarwan	127	388	279	14	2	45.51	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
JL Langer	126	276	211	19	1	59.71	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	1	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
AJ Strauss	126	301	228	17	-	55.26	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	2	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
Younis Khan	126	233	160	18	1	78.75	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	4	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
DR Martyn	124*	294	210	9	-	59.04	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	1	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
GP Thorpe	124	316	244	16	-	50.81	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
MG Johnson	123*	154	103	11	5	119.41	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
DPMD Jayawardene	123	359	248	11	2	49.59	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
JEC Franklin	122*	359	268	14	1	45.52	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
ML Hayden	122	290	189	18	2	64.55	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
MEK Hussey	122	247	203	14	4	60.09	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
MS Atapattu	120	371	292	15	-	41.09	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kandy	2	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
RT Ponting	120	257	174	12	1	68.96	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2	02 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
JDP Oram	119*	301	216	19	-	55.09	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	2	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
RR Sarwan	119	350	273	15	-	43.58	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	3	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
GP Thorpe	118*	313	209	15	-	56.45	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
AN Cook	118	401	263	11	-	44.86	England	v South Africa	Durban	2	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
DR Martyn	117	225	166	13	-	70.48	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	1	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
RT Ponting	117	298	198	13	-	59.09	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
MJ North	117	355	233	12	-	50.21	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
JL Langer	116	332	246	15	1	47.15	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	1	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
N Hussain	116	354	251	18	-	46.21	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	1	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
CH Gayle	116	167	120	20	1	96.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
RT Ponting	116	273	187	12	2	62.03	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	3	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
W Jaffer	116	360	244	15	-	47.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
BC Lara	115	326	238	16	1	48.31	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
PJ Hughes	115	190	151	19	2	76.15	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
RR Sarwan	114	312	225	18	-	50.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	3	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
RD Jacobs	113*	254	215	11	4	52.55	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	2	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
Taufeeq Umar	111	322	247	16	-	44.93	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	2	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
R Dravid	111	396	291	15	-	38.14	India	v South Africa	Chennai	2	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
S Chanderpaul	109	239	171	20	1	63.74	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	3	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
SM Katich	108	296	190	16	-	56.84	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
RR Sarwan	107*	348	221	11	-	48.41	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	3	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
CH Gayle	107	226	159	17	-	67.29	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	3	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
DJ Bravo	107	272	235	13	-	45.53	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
MA Butcher	106	235	182	21	-	58.24	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	1	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
DR Smith	105*	135	105	15	2	100.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
V Sehwag	105	272	173	19	-	60.69	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	1	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
ML Hayden	105	240	198	14	1	53.03	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	1	02 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
MN Samuels	105	284	190	18	-	55.26	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	3	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
HP Tillakaratne	104*	331	231	17	-	45.02	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	1	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
S Chanderpaul	104	394	253	12	-	41.10	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
RT Ponting	103	320	225	11	-	45.77	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
M Azharuddin	102	224	170	13	2	60.00	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	3	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
ML Hayden	102	309	217	12	-	47.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	3	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
DPMD Jayawardene	101*	217	183	14	1	55.19	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	4	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
DR Martyn	101	286	208	13	-	48.55	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
RT Ponting	101	197	126	10	1	80.15	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
RT Ponting	100*	261	160	16	1	62.50	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
KP Pietersen	100	207	137	15	-	72.99	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	07 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
SP Fleming	99	274	210	12	-	47.14	New Zealand	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
Asim Kamal	99	314	246	11	1	40.24	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	2	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

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