High scores for England vs South Africa in Tests IN South Africa
High scores
Player | Runs | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Innings in match | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 275 | 878 | 642 | 26 | 0 | 42.83 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 3 | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | |
| 258 | 338 | 198 | 30 | 11 | 130.30 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
| 243 | 334 | - | 24 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
| 219 | 460 | - | 25 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
| 201 | 707 | 477 | 27 | 0 | 42.13 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
| 195 | 295 | - | 18 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
| 187 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
| 185* | 643 | 492 | 29 | 0 | 37.60 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 4 | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
| 183 | 391 | 273 | 25 | 0 | 67.03 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 3 | 3 Jan 2010 | Test # 1946 | |
| 181 | 454 | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 18 Jan 1923 | Test # 150 | |
| 181 | 336 | - | 16 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
| 180 | 367 | 248 | 24 | 4 | 72.58 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 3 | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 176 | 310 | - | 25 | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 3 | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 174 | 333 | 221 | 25 | 2 | 78.73 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 1 | 9 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
| 172 | 339 | - | 28 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | |
| 162 | 364 | 264 | 21 | 1 | 61.36 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 2 | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 161 | 484 | 307 | 25 | 0 | 52.44 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 2 | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 158 | 290 | - | 16 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
| 156* | 370 | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 3 | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
| 154 | 440 | - | 12 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 | |
| 152 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
| 150* | 281 | 191 | 18 | 2 | 78.53 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
| 149 | 493 | 334 | 11 | 0 | 44.61 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 | 2 Jan 2005 | Test # 1732 | |
| 148* | 432 | - | 9 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 147 | - | - | 19 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 3 | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 147 | 353 | 250 | 23 | 1 | 58.80 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 146* | 635 | 463 | 17 | 0 | 31.53 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | |
| 144* | 248 | - | 17 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 3 | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | |
| 143 | - | - | 17 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 141 | 300 | - | 13 | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | |
| 141 | 403 | 277 | 25 | 0 | 50.90 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 1 | 16 Nov 1995 | Test # 1312 | |
| 140 | - | - | 11 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
| 140 | 349 | - | 7 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
| 140 | 313 | 227 | 10 | 1 | 61.67 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 2 | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
| 138 | 344 | - | 16 | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 | |
| 137 | 272 | 236 | 18 | 0 | 58.05 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 1 | 12 Feb 1965 | Test # 578 | |
| 136* | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 2 | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
| 136* | 230 | - | 12 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 2 | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
| 136* | 277 | 217 | 16 | 1 | 62.67 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 3 | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
| 136 | 383 | 285 | 16 | 0 | 47.71 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 135* | 382 | 226 | 18 | 1 | 59.73 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 1 | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 134* | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
| 133* | 497 | 311 | 19 | 1 | 42.76 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 | 3 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 132* | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 3 | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
| 132 | 344 | 261 | 20 | 2 | 50.57 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 129* | - | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 2 | 12 Feb 1949 | Test # 312 | |
| 129* | 250 | 128 | 17 | 2 | 100.78 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 1 | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 126 | 301 | 228 | 17 | 0 | 55.26 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 2 | 17 Dec 2004 | Test # 1728 | |
| 125 | 428 | - | 11 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 1 | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
| 125 | 350 | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 1 | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
| 124 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
| 123 | - | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 3 | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 123 | - | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | |
| 123 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 3 | 12 Feb 1949 | Test # 312 | |
| 122* | 333 | 289 | 18 | 0 | 42.21 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
| 122 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 2 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
| 122 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 121 | 329 | - | 16 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | |
| 121 | 320 | - | 12 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 | |
| 120 | 226 | 241 | 11 | 0 | 49.79 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| 120 | 268 | - | 12 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
| 120 | 178 | - | 16 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
| 120 | 451 | - | 2 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 | 3 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
| 120 | 345 | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 | 1 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | |
| 120 | 351 | 255 | 10 | 1 | 47.05 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 | |
| 120 | 306 | 225 | 16 | 1 | 53.33 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 1 | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 | |
| 120 | 272 | 214 | 12 | 2 | 56.07 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 1 | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 119 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 2 | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| 119 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 2 | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 118* | 313 | 209 | 15 | 0 | 56.45 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 118* | 386 | 246 | 8 | 1 | 47.96 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 2 | 26 Dec 2015 | Test # 2196 | |
| 118 | - | - | - | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 3 | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 118 | 401 | 263 | 11 | 0 | 44.86 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 2 | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
| 117 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 2 | 27 Feb 1914 | Test # 134 | |
| 117 | - | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | |
| 117 | 176 | - | 8 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | |
| 117 | 525 | - | 6 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
| 117 | 423 | 396 | 12 | 0 | 29.54 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 2 | 12 Feb 1965 | Test # 578 | |
| 115* | - | - | - | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 3 | 9 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
| 115 | 145 | - | 13 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
| 115 | 320 | 218 | 14 | 0 | 52.75 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 1 | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 114 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
| 112 | - | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 112 | 159 | - | 12 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
| 112 | - | - | - | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 | 1 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | |
| 112 | 251 | - | 10 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 3 | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
| 111 | 270 | - | - | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
| 111 | - | - | 15 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 | 12 Feb 1949 | Test # 312 | |
| 110* | 363 | - | 7 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 3 | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
| 110 | 351 | 241 | 16 | 0 | 45.64 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
| 110 | 372 | 245 | 11 | 0 | 44.89 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 1 | 17 Dec 2004 | Test # 1728 | |
| 110 | 214 | 139 | 17 | 0 | 79.13 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 | |
| 109 | - | - | - | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 1 | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| 109 | 190 | - | 14 | 0 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 3 | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
| 109 | 276 | 169 | 11 | 1 | 64.49 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 3 | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
| 109 | 220 | 169 | 19 | 0 | 64.49 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 1 | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 108* | 247 | - | 10 | 0 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 1 | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 108 | 251 | 170 | 17 | 0 | 63.52 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 2 | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 108 | 380 | 274 | 15 | 0 | 39.41 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 2 | 9 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
| 108 | 290 | 220 | 14 | 1 | 49.09 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 3 | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 |
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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]