Most sixes in an innings By England vs South Africa in Tests
Most sixes in an innings
Player | Runs scored in an inns | Mins | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 258 | 338 | 198 | 30 | 11 | 130.30 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
| 142 | 205 | 146 | 18 | 5 | 97.26 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 | |
| 42 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 182.60 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 60 | - | - | - | 4 | - | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
| 38 | 23 | - | - | 4 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 41 | 24 | - | - | 4 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 95 | 132 | 104 | 12 | 4 | 91.34 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 | |
| 180 | 367 | 248 | 24 | 4 | 72.58 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 112 | 276 | 153 | 9 | 4 | 73.20 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 27 Jul 2017 | Test # 2266 | |
| 43 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 153.57 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 62 | 75 | - | 5 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 30 Mar 1906 | Test # 92 | |
| 24 | 19 | - | - | 3 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Feb 1931 | Test # 207 | |
| 90 | 105 | - | 6 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 29 Jun 1935 | Test # 243 | |
| 191 | 317 | - | 22 | 3 | - | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 | |
| 108 | 188 | - | 13 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| 68 | 139 | - | 4 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 64 | 84 | - | 6 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1965 | Test # 573 | |
| 112 | 251 | - | 10 | 3 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
| 110 | 272 | 192 | 9 | 3 | 57.29 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 4 Aug 1994 | Test # 1264 | |
| 100 | 295 | 168 | 9 | 3 | 59.52 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
| 55 | 84 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 85.93 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 | Test # 1656 | |
| 60 | 147 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 53.57 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 50 | 81 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 92.59 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
| 47 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 81.03 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
| 79 | 128 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 103.94 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2015 | Test # 2196 | |
| 75 | 95 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 113.63 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 4 Aug 2017 | Test # 2268 | |
| 34 | 65 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 91.89 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
| 72 | 75 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 153.19 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 71 | 148 | 106 | 10 | 3 | 66.98 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 35 | 63 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 89.74 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 103 | 231 | 163 | 6 | 3 | 63.19 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 25 Aug 2022 | Test # 2475 | |
| 40 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
| 147 | - | - | 19 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 42 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 65 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | Test # 108 | |
| 73 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
| 31 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| 51 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 83 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 27 Feb 1914 | Test # 134 | |
| 45 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 84 | - | - | 11 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Durban | 18 Jan 1923 | Test # 150 | |
| 59 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 9 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
| 120 | 195 | - | 15 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
| 142 | 180 | - | 14 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 16 Aug 1924 | Test # 157 | |
| 53 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 119 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 129 | - | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
| 30 | - | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | |
| 53 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 27 Jul 1935 | Test # 245 | |
| 148 | 210 | - | 14 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 | |
| 64 | 95 | - | - | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | |
| 26 | 49 | - | - | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
| 115 | 144 | - | 13 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 | |
| 20 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
| 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 200.00 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| 24 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
| 16 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
| 21 | 31 | - | 2 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 1 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
| 52 | 144 | - | 5 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1960 | Test # 493 | |
| 144 | 248 | - | 17 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | |
| 73 | 155 | - | 4 | 2 | - | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 26 Aug 1965 | Test # 596 | |
| 39 | 66 | - | 4 | 2 | - | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 26 Aug 1965 | Test # 596 | |
| 78 | 204 | 140 | 8 | 2 | 55.71 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 4 Aug 1994 | Test # 1264 | |
| 36 | 96 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 45.56 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1996 | Test # 1321 | |
| 82 | 212 | 154 | 10 | 2 | 53.24 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 9 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
| 174 | 333 | 221 | 25 | 2 | 78.73 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 9 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
| 105 | 314 | 229 | 10 | 2 | 45.85 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 | |
| 85 | 100 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 121.42 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 24 Jul 2003 | Test # 1651 | |
| 34 | 78 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 70.83 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 | |
| 99 | 126 | 87 | 15 | 2 | 113.79 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 | Test # 1656 | |
| 219 | 570 | 374 | 32 | 2 | 58.55 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 | |
| 73 | 133 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 89.02 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 132 | 344 | 261 | 20 | 2 | 50.57 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
| 149 | 401 | 284 | 17 | 2 | 52.46 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 18 Jul 2008 | Test # 1881 | |
| 85 | 139 | 81 | 10 | 2 | 104.93 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 | |
| 47 | 104 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 77.04 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 | |
| 41 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 120.58 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 16 Aug 2012 | Test # 2053 | |
| 150 | 281 | 191 | 18 | 2 | 78.53 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
| 129 | 250 | 128 | 17 | 2 | 100.78 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 57 | 80 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 121.27 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 6 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 | |
| 14 | - | 7 | - | 2 | 200.00 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 6 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 | |
| 42 | 116 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 56.00 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 14 Jul 2017 | Test # 2264 | |
| 23 | 24 | 19 | - | 2 | 121.05 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 27 Jul 2017 | Test # 2266 | |
| 31 | 126 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 39.24 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
| 22 | 53 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 66.66 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
| 35 | 87 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 76.08 | England | v South Africa | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
| 23 | 24 | 18 | - | 2 | 127.77 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 120 | 272 | 214 | 12 | 2 | 56.07 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 98 | 199 | 138 | 15 | 2 | 71.01 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 32 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| 22 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| 23 | - | - | - | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
| 14 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 2 Jan 1906 | Test # 88 | |
| 66 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 6 Mar 1906 | Test # 89 | |
| 35 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 28 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 48 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 33 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 33 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 73 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 |
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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]