Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

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

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MA Wood	42	23	2	5	182.60	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
MP Bowden	25	16	5	0	156.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
SCJ Broad	43	28	2	4	153.57	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	72	47	7	3	153.19	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
BA Stokes	258	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
SM Curran	35	29	6	0	120.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	28	24	6	0	116.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	33	29	5	1	113.79	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
A Flintoff	42	37	9	0	113.51	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
BA Stokes	58	54	9	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
JC Buttler	29	27	4	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
GP Swann	85	81	10	2	104.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
JM Bairstow	79	76	9	3	103.94	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Q de Kock	129*	128	17	2	100.78	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
RG Pollock	77*	77	6	1	100.00	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
SJ Harmison	42	42	7	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
JE Root	29	29	5	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GP Swann	27	27	3	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
D Paterson	39*	40	6	0	97.50	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
SCJ Broad	32*	33	5	0	96.96	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
M van Jaarsveld	49	52	8	0	94.23	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
T Bavuma	27	29	6	0	93.10	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Q de Kock	39	42	6	1	92.85	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
GO Jones	50	54	5	3	92.59	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
Q de Kock	34	37	2	3	91.89	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
S van Zyl	33	36	6	0	91.66	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
AF Giles	31*	34	5	0	91.17	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
AB de Villiers	36	40	4	1	90.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
MA Wood	35*	39	2	3	89.74	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
GO Jones	73	82	10	2	89.02	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
SM Curran	44	50	6	1	88.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
JP Duminy	36	41	4	1	87.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
RW Barber	97	111	10	0	87.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
MV Boucher	63*	73	9	1	86.30	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
G Kirsten	41*	48	8	0	85.41	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
L Klusener	72	85	11	0	84.70	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
DW Steyn	47	58	3	3	81.03	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
EJ Barlow	42	52	5	0	80.76	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965	Test # 575
PD Collingwood	71	88	12	1	80.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AJ Strauss	54	67	9	0	80.59	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
MV Boucher	95	118	9	0	80.50	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
GP Thorpe	27	34	3	0	79.41	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
A Flintoff	38	48	7	0	79.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
JE Root	110	139	17	0	79.13	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
L Klusener	174	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
JM Bairstow	150*	191	18	2	78.53	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GC Smith	29	37	4	0	78.37	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
N Boje	76	97	12	0	78.35	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
MV Boucher	39	50	5	0	78.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
L Klusener	45	58	6	0	77.58	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
JL Denly	27	35	4	0	77.14	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
PD Collingwood	47	61	5	2	77.04	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
BA Stokes	26	34	4	0	76.47	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
PR Adams	29	38	3	0	76.31	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
HE van der Dussen	51	67	5	0	76.11	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
BA Stokes	35	46	4	2	76.08	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
C Washbrook	25	33	4	0	75.75	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
GC Smith	67*	89	12	0	75.28	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
AF Giles	26	35	4	0	74.28	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
HH Gibbs	98	132	19	0	74.24	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
Q de Kock	95	128	14	0	74.21	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
MJ Prior	60	81	6	1	74.07	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
SM Pollock	33	45	0	0	73.33	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
D Pretorius	33	45	4	1	73.33	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
JM Bairstow	41	56	6	0	73.21	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
PC Strydom	30	41	5	0	73.17	South Africa	v England	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
ME Trescothick	180	248	24	4	72.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
AF Giles	31	43	4	1	72.09	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
PL Harris	36	50	5	0	72.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
SM Pollock	64	89	8	1	71.91	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
OJ Pope	56	78	8	0	71.79	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
AC Hudson	45	63	9	0	71.42	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
JE Root	35	49	5	0	71.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
Z Crawley	25	35	5	0	71.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
MV Boucher	64	90	11	0	71.11	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
AD Nourse	32	45	3	0	71.11	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
HE van der Dussen	98	138	15	2	71.01	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
AJ Strauss	94*	134	12	1	70.14	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
CR Woakes	32	46	5	0	69.56	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
AB de Villiers	34	49	3	0	69.38	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
DJ Cullinan	61	88	11	0	69.31	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
T Bavuma	102*	148	16	0	68.91	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
WJ Cronje	35	51	6	0	68.62	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
DJ Vilas	26	38	4	0	68.42	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
CR Woakes	26	38	4	0	68.42	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
VD Philander	46	68	4	0	67.64	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
GC Smith	183	273	25	0	67.03	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
KA Maharaj	71	106	10	3	66.98	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
AR Caddick	48	72	7	1	66.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
AF Giles	26	39	3	0	66.66	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
H Wood	59	89	11	0	66.29	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
AJ Stewart	86	130	14	1	66.15	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
Q de Kock	76	116	11	0	65.51	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
AB de Villiers	109	169	11	1	64.49	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
HM Amla	109	169	19	0	64.49	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
MJ Prior	76	118	9	0	64.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Thorpe	34	53	7	0	64.15	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
SCJ Broad	25	39	4	0	64.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
MP Vaughan	69	108	9	0	63.88	England	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 2000	Test # 1483
AJ Stewart	95	149	15	0	63.75	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480

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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]