Highest strike rates for England vs South Africa in Tests
Highest strike rates
Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1998-2000 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 478 | 174 | 68.28 | 639 | 74.8 | 1 | 3 | - | 70 | 3 | |
| 2015-2022 | 15 | 26 | - | 1177 | 258 | 45.26 | 1589 | 74.07 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 140 | 30 | |
| 2016-2020 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 708 | 129* | 41.64 | 1027 | 68.93 | 1 | 6 | - | 96 | 6 | |
| 2008-2022 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 573 | 76 | 17.36 | 833 | 68.78 | - | 3 | 6 | 68 | 10 | |
| 2008-2012 | 10 | 18 | - | 817 | 152 | 45.38 | 1208 | 67.63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 4 | |
| 2012-2022 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 915 | 150* | 45.75 | 1360 | 67.27 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 120 | 7 | |
| 2020-2022 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 445 | 135* | 63.57 | 700 | 63.57 | 1 | 4 | - | 58 | 1 | |
| 2015-2022 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1210 | 190 | 46.53 | 1923 | 62.92 | 2 | 9 | - | 155 | 4 | |
| 1998-2008 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 935 | 142 | 32.24 | 1503 | 62.2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 131 | 23 | |
| 2015-2017 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 368 | 87 | 33.45 | 592 | 62.16 | - | 3 | 1 | 48 | 3 | |
| 2009-2012 | 7 | 13 | - | 433 | 76 | 33.30 | 736 | 58.83 | - | 5 | 2 | 53 | 1 | |
| 2003-2012 | 21 | 39 | 3 | 2051 | 277 | 56.97 | 3524 | 58.2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 261 | 2 | |
| 2003-2005 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 935 | 219 | 51.94 | 1724 | 54.23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 141 | 8 | |
| 1999-2005 | 14 | 24 | - | 1037 | 183 | 43.20 | 1913 | 54.2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 168 | 2 | |
| 2008-2017 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 289 | 25 | 13.13 | 535 | 54.01 | - | - | 6 | 45 | 2 | |
| 1994-1996 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 306 | 84 | 30.60 | 567 | 53.96 | - | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | |
| 1998-2010 | 25 | 37 | 4 | 1141 | 108 | 34.57 | 2126 | 53.66 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 141 | 4 | |
| 2012-2020 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 452 | 61 | 30.13 | 851 | 53.11 | - | 3 | 1 | 60 | 3 | |
| 1995-2005 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 718 | 66* | 27.61 | 1355 | 52.98 | - | 4 | 4 | 74 | 3 | |
| 2004-2016 | 20 | 34 | 1 | 1393 | 174 | 42.21 | 2649 | 52.58 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 180 | 5 | |
| 1994-1998 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 606 | 141 | 43.28 | 1193 | 50.79 | 2 | 2 | - | 87 | 6 | |
| 2004-2017 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 1903 | 311* | 52.86 | 3754 | 50.69 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 250 | 3 | |
| 2020-2022 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 297 | 69* | 33.00 | 596 | 49.83 | - | 2 | - | 43 | 0 | |
| 2015-2020 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 538 | 102* | 35.86 | 1085 | 49.58 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 1 | |
| 2015-2022 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 926 | 136 | 34.29 | 1891 | 48.96 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 2 | |
| 1994-2000 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1081 | 120 | 49.13 | 2217 | 48.75 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 139 | 1 | |
| 1994-2003 | 23 | 39 | 2 | 1450 | 164 | 39.18 | 2975 | 48.73 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 213 | 3 | |
| 1998-2005 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 321 | 41 | 22.92 | 659 | 48.71 | - | - | 1 | 44 | 2 | |
| 2008-2010 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 576 | 135 | 57.60 | 1187 | 48.52 | 1 | 4 | - | 76 | 5 | |
| 1994-1998 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 549 | 100* | 49.90 | 1161 | 47.28 | 1 | 3 | - | 63 | 6 | |
| 2004-2012 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 1113 | 147 | 38.37 | 2361 | 47.14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 145 | 3 | |
| 2012-2012 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 244 | 182 | 61.00 | 521 | 46.83 | 1 | - | 1 | 33 | 0 | |
| 1994-2000 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 809 | 117 | 40.45 | 1759 | 45.99 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 6 | |
| 1995-2012 | 31 | 51 | 3 | 2141 | 182* | 44.60 | 4669 | 45.85 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 237 | 12 | |
| 2008-2010 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 425 | 149 | 32.69 | 931 | 45.64 | 2 | - | 2 | 53 | 3 | |
| 1994-2005 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 897 | 124 | 35.88 | 1975 | 45.41 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 119 | 0 | |
| 1994-2000 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 706 | 126 | 29.41 | 1585 | 44.54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 86 | 2 | |
| 1994-2003 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 239 | 42* | 14.93 | 543 | 44.01 | - | - | 1 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2008-2017 | 19 | 36 | - | 1263 | 118 | 35.08 | 2873 | 43.96 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 158 | 2 | |
| 2003-2012 | 13 | 23 | - | 577 | 93 | 25.08 | 1321 | 43.67 | - | 4 | 2 | 84 | 1 | |
| 2008-2012 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 789 | 199 | 41.52 | 1823 | 43.28 | 2 | 4 | - | 92 | 3 | |
| 1994-1994 | 3 | 6 | - | 238 | 105 | 39.66 | 556 | 42.8 | 1 | - | - | 34 | 0 | |
| 1999-2008 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 808 | 156 | 26.93 | 1891 | 42.72 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 4 | |
| 1995-1996 | 5 | 7 | - | 254 | 66 | 36.28 | 597 | 42.54 | - | 2 | - | 37 | 2 | |
| 1998-2004 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 1007 | 116 | 38.73 | 2413 | 41.73 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 150 | 0 | |
| 2009-2017 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 339 | 61 | 24.21 | 818 | 41.44 | - | 2 | 3 | 44 | 3 | |
| 2019-2020 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 324 | 133* | 54.00 | 784 | 41.32 | 1 | - | - | 51 | 1 | |
| 2019-2022 | 6 | 11 | - | 350 | 98 | 31.81 | 849 | 41.22 | - | 3 | 1 | 45 | 3 | |
| 1994-2003 | 22 | 35 | 2 | 1608 | 275 | 48.72 | 3908 | 41.14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 207 | 2 | |
| 2009-2012 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 407 | 71 | 33.91 | 1004 | 40.53 | - | 3 | - | 50 | 0 | |
| 2012-2016 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 234 | 70 | 23.40 | 583 | 40.13 | - | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | |
| 2015-2020 | 10 | 19 | - | 449 | 86 | 23.63 | 1121 | 40.05 | - | 3 | 1 | 63 | 2 | |
| 2003-2005 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 350 | 110 | 35.00 | 883 | 39.63 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2003-2008 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 529 | 138 | 40.69 | 1337 | 39.56 | 1 | 2 | - | 71 | 0 | |
| 2015-2016 | 4 | 8 | - | 245 | 85 | 30.62 | 648 | 37.8 | - | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2019-2020 | 4 | 7 | - | 210 | 50 | 30.00 | 581 | 36.14 | - | 1 | - | 28 | 2 | |
| 1998-2003 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 1010 | 146* | 43.91 | 2802 | 36.04 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 136 | 5 | |
| 1994-2000 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 1315 | 185* | 43.83 | 3672 | 35.81 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 172 | 1 | |
| 2003-2022 | 29 | 41 | 21 | 202 | 34 | 10.10 | 580 | 34.82 | - | - | 4 | 22 | 2 | |
| 1995-1998 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 262 | 67* | 23.81 | 876 | 29.9 | - | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2020-2020 | 3 | 6 | - | 156 | 84 | 26.00 | 530 | 29.43 | - | 1 | - | 11 | 0 | |
| 1995-1996 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 140 | 50* | 28.00 | 581 | 24.09 | - | 1 | - | 19 | 0 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]
Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]
Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]