Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates for South Africa vs Sri Lanka in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	11	19	0	697	101	36.68	918	75.92	1	5	1	78	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1993-2006	15	27	0	857	148	31.74	1268	67.58	1	5	5	122	5
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	11	22	1	435	84*	20.71	716	60.75	0	2	7	68	4
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	10	18	1	504	79*	29.64	831	60.64	0	4	1	66	5
AB de Villiers (SA)	2006-2014	7	12	1	691	160*	62.81	1146	60.29	1	5	0	90	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1993-2000	8	14	1	583	131	44.84	976	59.73	1	4	1	85	3
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2024	8	15	1	397	68	28.35	668	59.43	0	3	1	52	1
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2024	11	22	1	730	158*	34.76	1288	56.67	2	4	1	91	1
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2014	17	32	0	1534	287	47.93	2714	56.52	3	7	2	208	4
F du Plessis (SA)	2014-2021	11	19	2	874	199	51.41	1572	55.59	1	4	0	96	3
T Bavuma (SA)	2016-2024	11	19	0	587	113	30.89	1064	55.16	1	5	3	56	4
D Elgar (SA)	2014-2021	11	20	1	782	129	41.15	1427	54.8	3	3	2	101	3
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-2006	13	20	3	553	111	32.52	1010	54.75	1	3	0	56	9
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2014	17	32	1	1782	374	57.48	3377	52.76	6	2	2	214	12
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2012	9	17	2	321	78	21.40	613	52.36	0	1	0	45	0
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2012	7	12	1	385	74	35.00	739	52.09	0	4	1	40	2
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2004	6	10	3	435	118*	62.14	836	52.03	1	3	0	47	3
JP Duminy (SA)	2014-2017	5	9	2	387	155	55.28	748	51.73	2	1	1	46	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	17	26	2	775	92	32.29	1517	51.08	0	7	1	91	3
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	9	18	0	506	85	28.11	1006	50.29	0	4	1	67	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2011-2024	12	24	2	779	89	35.40	1552	50.19	0	6	0	90	6
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	11	19	2	917	114*	53.94	1846	49.67	5	3	1	111	10
WJ Cronje (SA)	1993-1998	5	9	1	452	122	56.50	918	49.23	1	3	0	42	11
PA de Silva (SL)	1993-2001	7	13	0	461	82	35.46	952	48.42	0	3	0	64	2
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2002	8	14	0	250	71	17.85	544	45.95	0	1	3	31	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2006	6	10	0	233	92	23.30	518	44.98	0	2	3	30	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2004-2012	5	10	2	413	115*	51.62	931	44.36	2	0	0	47	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2012	15	25	2	894	224	38.86	2021	44.23	1	5	3	104	5
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1998-2006	11	19	2	365	69	21.47	834	43.76	0	3	1	50	2
HM Amla (SA)	2006-2019	14	25	1	727	139*	30.29	1683	43.19	2	2	3	83	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1993-2000	6	11	2	340	101*	37.77	789	43.09	1	2	0	32	2
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	10	17	3	312	35	22.28	747	41.76	0	0	2	35	1
JA Rudolph (SA)	2004-2012	7	12	2	407	102	40.70	990	41.11	1	2	0	52	0
HDRL Thirimanne (SL)	2012-2021	5	10	0	211	38	21.10	516	40.89	0	0	1	31	1
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2002	8	13	0	293	103	22.53	722	40.58	1	0	3	32	3
JK Silva (SL)	2011-2017	6	12	0	250	48	20.83	646	38.69	0	0	2	34	0
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	6	10	0	250	86	25.00	678	36.87	0	2	0	27	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1993-2002	7	13	2	431	104*	39.18	1170	36.83	1	2	1	61	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-2002	9	16	1	639	180	42.60	1753	36.45	1	5	1	79	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-2004	12	23	0	601	120	26.13	1655	36.31	1	4	4	81	0
KC Wessels (SA)	1993-1993	3	5	0	188	92	37.60	519	36.22	0	1	0	14	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1993-1998	5	9	0	172	53	19.11	517	33.26	0	2	2	18	1
AC Hudson (SA)	1993-1993	3	5	0	202	90	40.40	609	33.16	0	2	0	24	1
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2019	9	12	3	177	27*	19.66	574	30.83	0	0	1	16	2

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]