Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings in Tests at SA: SuperSport Park, Centurion - vs South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
KAJ Roach	10.0	-	47	5	12.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	14.71	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
CRD Fernando	12.0	-	49	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
MG Johnson	16.0	3	59	5	19.20	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Mohammed Shami	16.0	5	44	5	19.20	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
Mohammad Abbas	19.3	6	54	6	19.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
JC Archer	17.0	1	102	5	20.40	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
AS Joseph	18.3	-	81	5	22.20	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
SP Jones	15.3	3	47	4	23.25	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
Mohammed Shami	16.0	3	49	4	24.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
CA Walsh	24.5	6	80	6	24.83	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
JEC Franklin	18.0	3	75	4	27.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
KD Mills	18.0	7	43	4	27.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
Shaheen Shah Afridi	18.0	1	64	4	27.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
Rahat Ali	27.2	1	127	6	27.33	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
SCJ Broad	18.3	4	58	4	27.75	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Shakib Al Hasan	28.0	3	99	6	28.00	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
A Flintoff	19.0	6	44	4	28.50	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
Mohammad Amir	20.0	6	62	4	30.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
SM Curran	20.0	5	58	4	30.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
JM Anderson	20.5	1	73	4	31.25	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
DNT Zoysa	22.0	8	76	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
Mohammad Asif	27.5	4	89	5	33.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
M Muralidaran	30.0	8	63	5	36.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
MR Gillespie	30.0	7	136	5	36.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
JJ Bumrah	26.4	5	69	4	40.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
BA Stokes	27.0	3	86	4	40.50	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
GD McGrath	40.4	15	86	6	40.66	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
N Wagner	39.0	8	86	5	46.80	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
GP Swann	45.2	10	110	5	54.40	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
R Ashwin	38.5	10	113	4	58.25	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
PW Hasaranga	45.0	5	171	4	67.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Netherlands vs Bangladesh at Sylhet, Netherlands in Bangladesh 1st T20I, Aug 30, 2025 [T20I # 3425]

Serbia vs Croatia at Szodliget, Eastern Europe Cup 3rd Match, Aug 30, 2025 [T20I # 3422]

Guernsey vs Switzerland at Castel, Switzerland in Guernsey 1st T20I, Aug 30, 2025 [T20I # 3424]