Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings in 2020s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is - South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
T Shamsi	1.5	-	6	3	3.66	South Africa	v Afghanistan	Tarouba	26 Jun 2024	T20I # 2723
D Pretorius	2.0	-	17	3	4.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	26 Oct 2021	T20I # 1366
SSB Magala	2.0	-	21	3	4.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	25 Mar 2023	T20I # 2031
L Ngidi	1.3	-	6	2	4.50	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	19 Jun 2022	T20I # 1575
D Pretorius	4.0	-	17	5	4.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Feb 2021	T20I # 1121
L Ngidi	4.0	-	39	5	4.80	South Africa	v England	Bristol	27 Jul 2022	T20I # 1693
T Shamsi	4.0	-	24	5	4.80	South Africa	v England	Southampton	31 Jul 2022	T20I # 1717
WD Parnell	4.0	-	30	5	4.80	South Africa	v Ireland	Bristol	5 Aug 2022	T20I # 1724
A Nortje	3.3	-	10	4	5.25	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Sydney	27 Oct 2022	T20I # 1847
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	5.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
T Shamsi	4.0	-	25	4	6.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Lahore	14 Feb 2021	T20I # 1122
T Shamsi	4.0	-	27	4	6.00	South Africa	v Ireland	Dublin (Malahide)	19 Jul 2021	T20I # 1194
L Ngidi	4.0	-	29	4	6.00	South Africa	v India	Perth	30 Oct 2022	T20I # 1853
A Nortje	4.0	-	41	4	6.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Sydney	3 Nov 2022	T20I # 1861
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
A Nortje	4.0	-	7	4	6.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	New York	3 Jun 2024	T20I # 2635
OEG Baartman	4.0	-	11	4	6.00	South Africa	v Netherlands	New York	8 Jun 2024	T20I # 2649
T Shamsi	4.0	-	19	4	6.00	South Africa	v Nepal	Kingstown	14 Jun 2024	T20I # 2681
PE Kruger	4.0	1	27	4	6.00	South Africa	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	27 Sep 2024	T20I # 2869
GF Linde	4.0	-	21	4	6.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	10 Dec 2024	T20I # 3026
KT Maphaka	4.0	-	20	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Darwin	10 Aug 2025	T20I # 3403
C Bosch	4.0	-	14	4	6.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	28 Oct 2025	T20I # 3535
OEG Baartman	4.0	-	24	4	6.00	South Africa	v India	New Chandigarh	11 Dec 2025	T20I # 3631
D Pretorius	3.0	-	17	3	6.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	30 Oct 2021	T20I # 1378
AL Phehlukwayo	3.0	-	39	3	6.00	South Africa	v England	Cardiff	28 Jul 2022	T20I # 1698
M Jansen	3.0	-	16	3	6.00	South Africa	v Afghanistan	Tarouba	26 Jun 2024	T20I # 2723
GF Linde	3.0	-	10	3	6.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	14 Jul 2025	T20I # 3316
C Bosch	3.0	-	20	3	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Darwin	12 Aug 2025	T20I # 3405
GF Linde	3.0	-	31	3	6.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	28 Oct 2025	T20I # 3535
PWA Mulder	2.0	-	10	2	6.00	South Africa	v Ireland	Belfast	24 Jul 2021	T20I # 1201
L Ngidi	2.0	-	20	2	6.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Hobart	24 Oct 2022	T20I # 1844
C Bosch	2.0	-	20	2	6.00	South Africa	v England	Cardiff	10 Sep 2025	T20I # 3445
M Jansen	2.0	-	18	2	6.00	South Africa	v England	Cardiff	10 Sep 2025	T20I # 3445
A Nortje	3.2	-	8	3	6.66	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Abu Dhabi	2 Nov 2021	T20I # 1384
D Pretorius	3.3	-	26	3	7.00	South Africa	v India	Indore	4 Oct 2022	T20I # 1805
G Coetzee	3.3	-	32	3	7.00	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	12 Dec 2023	T20I # 2396
D Pretorius	3.5	-	33	3	7.66	South Africa	v Ireland	Bristol	5 Aug 2022	T20I # 1724
L Ngidi	4.0	-	30	3	8.00	South Africa	v England	East London	12 Feb 2020	T20I # 1039
L Ngidi	4.0	-	48	3	8.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Feb 2020	T20I # 1041
L Ngidi	4.0	-	41	3	8.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	23 Feb 2020	T20I # 1052
T Shamsi	4.0	-	19	3	8.00	South Africa	v England	Paarl	29 Nov 2020	T20I # 1111
BE Hendricks	4.0	-	32	3	8.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	10 Apr 2021	T20I # 1145
LB Williams	4.0	-	35	3	8.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	12 Apr 2021	T20I # 1146
GF Linde	4.0	-	23	3	8.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	12 Apr 2021	T20I # 1146
PWA Mulder	4.0	3	1	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
K Rabada	4.0	-	37	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	27 Jun 2021	T20I # 1178
L Ngidi	4.0	-	32	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	St George's	3 Jul 2021	T20I # 1181
T Shamsi	4.0	-	14	3	8.00	South Africa	v Ireland	Belfast	22 Jul 2021	T20I # 1197
BC Fortuin	4.0	1	16	3	8.00	South Africa	v Ireland	Belfast	22 Jul 2021	T20I # 1197
T Shamsi	4.0	-	20	3	8.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2021	T20I # 1270
AK Markram	4.0	1	21	3	8.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	12 Sep 2021	T20I # 1270
T Shamsi	4.0	-	17	3	8.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	30 Oct 2021	T20I # 1378
K Rabada	4.0	-	20	3	8.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Abu Dhabi	2 Nov 2021	T20I # 1384
K Rabada	4.0	-	48	3	8.00	South Africa	v England	Sharjah	6 Nov 2021	T20I # 1400
T Shamsi	4.0	-	27	3	8.00	South Africa	v England	Cardiff	28 Jul 2022	T20I # 1698
T Shamsi	4.0	-	20	3	8.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Sydney	27 Oct 2022	T20I # 1847
WD Parnell	4.0	1	15	3	8.00	South Africa	v India	Perth	30 Oct 2022	T20I # 1853
M Jansen	4.0	-	52	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	26 Mar 2023	T20I # 2032
LB Williams	4.0	-	44	3	8.00	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	30 Aug 2023	T20I # 2224
G Coetzee	4.0	-	35	3	8.00	South Africa	v England	Wankhede	21 Oct 2023	ODI # 4677
OEG Baartman	4.0	-	26	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	23 May 2024	T20I # 2617
AL Phehlukwayo	4.0	-	28	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	23 May 2024	T20I # 2617
KA Maharaj	4.0	-	27	3	8.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	New York	10 Jun 2024	T20I # 2664
K Rabada	4.0	-	18	3	8.00	South Africa	v U.S.A.	North Sound	19 Jun 2024	T20I # 2708
T Shamsi	4.0	-	27	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	North Sound	23 Jun 2024	T20I # 2720
LB Williams	4.0	-	36	3	8.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Tarouba	25 Aug 2024	T20I # 2811
G Coetzee	4.0	-	37	3	8.00	South Africa	v India	Durban	8 Nov 2024	T20I # 2938
KT Maphaka	4.0	-	57	3	8.00	South Africa	v Australia	Darwin	12 Aug 2025	T20I # 3405
C Bosch	4.0	1	26	3	8.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cairns	16 Aug 2025	T20I # 3407
L Ngidi	4.0	-	31	3	8.00	South Africa	v India	Cuttack	9 Dec 2025	T20I # 3623
L Ngidi	2.4	-	11	2	8.00	South Africa	v England	Cardiff	28 Jul 2022	T20I # 1698
KA Maharaj	5.3	-	22	4	8.25	South Africa	v England	Leeds	2 Sep 2025	ODI # 4902
KA Maharaj	2.5	1	4	2	8.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	8 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
D Pretorius	6.0	-	36	4	9.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 2022	ODI # 4435
BE Hendricks	3.0	-	33	2	9.00	South Africa	v England	East London	12 Feb 2020	T20I # 1039
K Rabada	3.0	-	23	2	9.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	14 Sep 2021	T20I # 1273
D Pretorius	3.0	-	30	2	9.00	South Africa	v England	Sharjah	6 Nov 2021	T20I # 1400
L Ngidi	3.0	-	20	2	9.00	South Africa	v India	Rajkot	17 Jun 2022	T20I # 1572
L Ngidi	3.0	-	51	2	9.00	South Africa	v India	Indore	4 Oct 2022	T20I # 1805
AL Phehlukwayo	3.0	-	51	2	9.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	25 May 2024	T20I # 2626
A Nortje	3.0	-	7	2	9.00	South Africa	v Afghanistan	Tarouba	26 Jun 2024	T20I # 2723
K Rabada	3.0	1	14	2	9.00	South Africa	v Afghanistan	Tarouba	26 Jun 2024	T20I # 2723
KA Maharaj	3.0	-	23	2	9.00	South Africa	v India	Bridgetown	29 Jun 2024	T20I # 2729
PE Kruger	3.0	-	29	2	9.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Tarouba	25 Aug 2024	T20I # 2811
A Simelane	3.0	-	34	2	9.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Nov 2024	T20I # 2947
G Coetzee	3.0	-	18	2	9.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
KT Maphaka	3.0	-	36	2	9.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cairns	16 Aug 2025	T20I # 3407
LB Williams	3.0	-	26	2	9.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Lahore	1 Nov 2025	T20I # 3549
T Shamsi	7.4	-	49	5	9.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	4 Sep 2021	ODI # 4315
LB Williams	3.1	-	21	2	9.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	28 Oct 2025	T20I # 3535
L Ngidi	3.1	-	26	2	9.50	South Africa	v India	New Chandigarh	11 Dec 2025	T20I # 3631
M Jansen	8.0	1	39	5	9.60	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Sep 2023	ODI # 4648
G Coetzee	6.3	-	50	4	9.75	South Africa	v Australia	Potchefstroom	12 Sep 2023	ODI # 4642
L Ngidi	10.0	-	58	6	10.00	South Africa	v Australia	Bloemfontein	4 Mar 2020	ODI # 4252
LB Williams	5.0	-	36	3	10.00	South Africa	v Ireland	Abu Dhabi	4 Oct 2024	ODI # 4781
L Ngidi	3.2	-	31	2	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	27 Nov 2020	T20I # 1109
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
L Ngidi	8.4	1	42	5	10.40	South Africa	v Australia	Mackay	22 Aug 2025	ODI # 4896
SSB Magala	9.0	2	43	5	10.80	South Africa	v Netherlands	Johannesburg	2 Apr 2023	ODI # 4563

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Minimum of 2 wickets
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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613 - Live]
>> 326/8 (83.0 ov, MA Starc 33*, NM Lyon 0*, BA Stokes 0/53) - Stumps

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614 - Live]
>> 55/0 (16.2 ov, TWM Latham 25*, DP Conway 29*, JP Greaves 0/4)

Zambia vs Sierra Leone at Abuja, West Africa Trophy 3rd place play-off, Dec 14, 2025 [T20I # 3642]