Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN England

Highest strike rates in an innings By England vs South Africa in Tests IN England

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Gooch	33	20	7	0	165.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
Q de Kock	51	37	10	0	137.83	South Africa	v England	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
MV Boucher	68	51	12	1	133.33	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	0	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
GC Smith	85	70	10	2	121.42	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
SCJ Broad	57*	47	8	2	121.27	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Z Crawley	69*	57	12	0	121.05	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
SCJ Broad	35	29	5	1	120.68	England	v South Africa	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
GP Swann	41	34	5	2	120.58	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
PAJ DeFreitas	37	31	4	1	119.35	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
JM Bairstow	54	47	8	0	114.89	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
CR Matthews	41	36	6	0	113.88	South Africa	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
AJ Hall	99*	87	15	2	113.79	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
MM Ali	75*	66	9	3	113.63	England	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
SCJ Broad	67*	60	11	0	111.66	England	v South Africa	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
JM Bairstow	63	58	6	1	108.62	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
ME Trescothick	69*	66	12	0	104.54	England	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
HM Amla	36	35	8	0	102.85	South Africa	v England	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
JE Root	78	76	12	0	102.63	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
GA Hick	81*	81	13	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
WJ Cronje	38	38	2	0	100.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
AJ Stewart	36*	36	6	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	4 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
TS Roland-Jones	25	25	4	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
KP Pietersen	45	46	7	1	97.82	England	v South Africa	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
AB de Villiers	44	45	5	0	97.77	South Africa	v England	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
A Flintoff	142	146	18	5	97.26	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
MA Butcher	32	33	6	0	96.96	England	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
DJ Cullinan	27	29	4	0	93.10	South Africa	v England	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
S Elworthy	48	52	7	0	92.30	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
A Flintoff	95	104	12	4	91.34	England	v South Africa	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
D Gough	42*	47	6	1	89.36	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
SCJ Broad	37	42	2	1	88.09	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
OJ Pope	67	77	13	0	87.01	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
RG Pollock	125	145	21	0	86.20	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
A Flintoff	55	64	4	3	85.93	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
HM Amla	30	35	4	0	85.71	South Africa	v England	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
JH Kallis	27	32	2	1	84.37	South Africa	v England	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
KP Pietersen	152	181	20	1	83.97	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
Q de Kock	68	81	8	0	83.95	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
KA Maharaj	41	49	7	0	83.67	South Africa	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
SJ Harmison	49*	59	8	0	83.05	England	v South Africa	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
AJ Stewart	28	34	3	0	82.35	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	4 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
JN Rhodes	32	39	4	0	82.05	South Africa	v England	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
MV Boucher	40	49	5	0	81.63	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
BA Stokes	31	38	2	1	81.57	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
JH Kallis	35	43	6	0	81.39	South Africa	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
JE Root	190	234	27	1	81.19	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
A Flintoff	50	62	8	0	80.64	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
JM Bairstow	49	63	7	0	77.77	England	v South Africa	Manchester	25 Aug 2022	Test # 2475
MA Wood	28	36	4	0	77.77	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
HM Amla	76	99	14	0	76.76	South Africa	v England	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
MJ Prior	68	89	8	0	76.40	England	v South Africa	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
HH Gibbs	179	236	29	1	75.84	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
L Klusener	34	45	6	0	75.55	South Africa	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
SM Pollock	43	57	7	0	75.43	South Africa	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
DJ Richardson	26	35	3	0	74.28	South Africa	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
GC Smith	277	373	35	0	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
AN Cook	46	62	5	1	74.19	England	v South Africa	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
SM Pollock	62	84	9	0	73.80	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
AB de Villiers	39	53	8	0	73.58	South Africa	v England	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
BA Stokes	112	153	9	4	73.20	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
KP Pietersen	100	137	15	0	72.99	England	v South Africa	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
GS Ballance	27	37	5	0	72.97	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
MM Ali	27	37	6	0	72.97	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
GP Thorpe	43	59	5	0	72.88	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	4 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
HM Amla	29	40	3	0	72.50	South Africa	v England	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
MV Boucher	39	54	5	0	72.22	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
F du Plessis	61	85	8	0	71.76	South Africa	v England	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
OJ Pope	73	102	5	0	71.56	England	v South Africa	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
HH Gibbs	183	258	35	1	70.93	South Africa	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
D Gough	34	48	3	2	70.83	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
SM Pollock	50	71	6	0	70.42	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
A Flintoff	40	57	7	1	70.17	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
DJ Cullinan	94	134	12	0	70.14	South Africa	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
GC Smith	259	370	34	0	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
GP Swann	37*	53	4	0	69.81	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
KP Pietersen	149	214	22	1	69.62	England	v South Africa	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
SM Pollock	66*	95	10	1	69.47	South Africa	v England	The Oval	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
M Morkel	25	36	4	0	69.44	South Africa	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
RA McLean	109	157	14	0	69.42	South Africa	v England	Manchester	21 Jul 1960	Test # 495
PD Collingwood	135	195	19	1	69.23	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
JM Bairstow	36	52	6	0	69.23	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
F du Plessis	27	39	4	0	69.23	South Africa	v England	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
KP Pietersen	94	136	13	0	69.11	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
MP Vaughan	29	42	4	0	69.04	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
GP Thorpe	79	115	11	0	68.69	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
HM Amla	28	41	4	0	68.29	South Africa	v England	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
JM Bairstow	99	145	14	1	68.27	England	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
M Ntini	32*	47	4	0	68.08	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
JM Bairstow	51	76	6	0	67.10	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
MA Butcher	77	115	11	0	66.95	England	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
MJ Prior	60	90	9	0	66.66	England	v South Africa	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
VD Philander	54	81	9	0	66.66	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
A Nortje	28*	42	4	0	66.66	South Africa	v England	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
CR Matthews	25	38	5	0	65.78	South Africa	v England	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
DJ Richardson	48	73	7	0	65.75	South Africa	v England	Leeds	4 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
WJ Cronje	69*	105	4	1	65.71	South Africa	v England	Manchester	2 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
GC Smith	44	67	8	0	65.67	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
VD Philander	61	93	6	0	65.59	South Africa	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
A Flintoff	30	46	4	1	65.21	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available

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]