Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates Held in South Africa for Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2002-2006	6	10	2	523	204*	65.37	537	97.39	2	1	1	71	10
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2020	8	14	-	729	258	52.07	850	85.76	2	2	-	92	21
CH Gayle (WI)	2003-2008	5	10	-	545	116	54.50	644	84.62	2	2	-	90	8
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2014	8	13	4	422	123*	46.88	520	81.15	1	1	2	51	11
DA Warner (AUS)	2014-2018	6	12	-	760	145	63.33	942	80.67	3	4	-	90	9
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	31	50	4	1927	129*	41.89	2622	73.49	3	13	2	249	15
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2019	5	9	2	369	150*	52.71	529	69.75	1	1	1	44	5
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	21	29	4	967	174	38.68	1416	68.29	3	4	1	129	11
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	8	15	-	382	105	25.46	563	67.85	1	1	2	66	2
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	10	17	1	829	182	51.81	532+	67.66*	3	4	1	90+	13
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	29	43	4	714	84	18.30	1075	66.41	-	3	6	79	19
Babar Azam (PAK)	2018-2025	5	10	-	414	81	41.40	626	66.13	-	5	-	73	0
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	29	53	2	2202	152	43.17	3366	65.41	6	10	2	328	9
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	61	103	7	3986	200	41.52	6228	64.00	10	19	6	543	9
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	3	5	-	327	136	65.40	514	63.61	2	-	-	49	2
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	8	14	1	424	79*	32.61	671	63.18	-	3	-	57	4
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	7	13	-	370	90	28.46	587	63.03	-	1	1	54	3
RT Ponting (AUS)	2002-2011	11	21	1	937	116	46.85	1516	61.80	3	5	3	121	9
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	5	10	-	532	160	53.20	871	61.07	2	2	1	71	6
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2020	8	15	1	703	110	50.21	1156	60.81	1	6	-	88	3
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	9	18	1	372	84*	21.88	616	60.38	-	2	6	58	4
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	30	4	711	82	27.34	1217	58.42	-	3	2	109	3
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2009-2014	8	16	3	528	161*	40.61	914	57.76	2	1	3	69	0
K Verreynne (SA)	2022-2025	10	15	2	371	105*	28.53	643	57.69	2	-	1	43	8
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	66	109	8	4788	163	47.40	8335	57.44	13	28	6	585	38
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42*	4	9	1	154+	7
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	8	16	2	506	73	36.14	888	56.98	-	4	2	73	4
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	59	84	18	1922	111	29.12	3383	56.81	1	7	6	222	17
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	53	61	23	378	26	9.94	669	56.50	-	-	12	56	6
RD Rickelton (SA)	2022-2025	6	11	1	538	259	53.80	961	55.98	2	-	1	61	4
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	47	79	5	3055	228	41.28	5488	55.66	9	10	7	437	26
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2005	9	15	1	382	77	27.28	691	55.28	-	2	1	60	6
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	16	26	2	823	109	34.29	1496	55.01	2	4	1	104	5
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	9	18	-	841	202	46.72	1536	54.75	2	5	-	131	7
Shan Masood (PAK)	2018-2025	5	10	-	420	145	42.00	770	54.54	1	2	-	50	2
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2013-2019	6	12	-	385	111	32.08	708	54.37	1	3	1	56	2
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	11	20	-	927	262	46.35	1715	54.05	1	5	1	126	5
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2024	9	18	-	891	153	49.50	1649	54.03	2	4	-	117	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-2007	8	15	1	445	95	31.78	825	53.93	-	3	1	65	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2008-2022	6	12	-	269	65	22.41	500	53.80	-	2	2	39	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2018	6	11	1	411	100	41.10	771	53.30	1	2	1	54	5
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	36	59	10	2147	172	43.81	4067	52.79	4	13	7	259	10
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2022	6	12	1	402	96	36.54	762	52.75	-	3	1	58	4
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	75	103	14	3001	122*	33.71	5692	52.72	4	20	8	368	12
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	-	448	180	44.80	856	52.33	2	-	2	62	6
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2003	2	4	-	280	135	70.00	535	52.33	1	1	-	44	1
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2006	10	18	-	624	122	34.66	1194	52.26	2	3	5	91	4
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	9	15	1	611	116	43.64	1171	52.17	2	1	-	82	3
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2023	7	13	-	432	82	33.23	834	51.79	-	4	-	58	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2011-2024	8	16	-	420	63	26.25	815	51.53	-	2	-	55	1
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	69	117	7	5135	208	46.68	10004	51.32	16	26	8	680	5
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	9	17	1	826	147	51.62	1624	50.86	3	2	3	110	3
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2024	9	18	-	374	103	20.77	740	50.54	1	1	1	55	0
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	48	83	9	3479	199	47.01	6887	50.51	9	17	4	453	15
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	8	16	-	499	85	31.18	989	50.45	-	4	1	66	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2006	6	11	2	371	133	41.22	738	50.27	2	1	2	48	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	36	59	6	2363	168	44.58	4706	50.21	7	11	4	290	13
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	52	68	23	765	58	17.00	1529	50.03	-	1	5	76	25
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	19	33	3	963	155	32.10	1934	49.79	2	4	4	127	4
MN Samuels (WI)	2007-2015	6	11	-	582	105	52.90	1172	49.65	2	3	-	83	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	15	28	3	1161	169	46.44	2348	49.44	5	3	2	172	5
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-1994	3	6	1	251	95	50.20	512	49.02	-	1	-	30	0
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2017	6	10	-	436	117	43.60	890	48.98	2	2	1	50	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2012	8	16	-	572	108	35.75	1175	48.68	1	3	1	78	1
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	40	67	7	2592	199	43.20	5327	48.65	8	10	5	308	13
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	12	17	2	307	70	20.46	631	48.65	-	1	3	40	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	88	143	19	7035	224	56.73	14741	47.72	23	34	9	822	45
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2012	19	32	2	920	101	30.66	1929	47.69	1	3	2	127	2
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	10	18	4	566	96	40.42	1192	47.48	-	4	-	76	2
RR Sarwan (WI)	2003-2004	4	8	-	392	119	49.00	828	47.34	2	1	-	57	0
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2025	37	53	10	548	32*	12.74	1161	47.20	-	-	10	69	7
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2011-2012	3	6	1	339	115*	67.80	730	46.43	2	-	-	41	0
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	41	49	8	345	31*	8.41	744	46.37	-	-	13	49	1
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	40	62	11	2231	162*	43.74	4821	46.27	7	6	6	259	7
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2012	8	16	-	446	98	27.87	965	46.21	-	1	1	61	2
GA Hick (ENG)	1995-1996	5	8	2	293	141	48.83	634	46.21	1	1	-	47	3
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	24	34	4	1114	120	37.13	2433	45.78	2	5	3	146	10
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-2000	10	16	-	577	95	36.06	1262	45.72	-	4	1	86	3
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1970-1970	4	8	-	247	67	30.87	542	45.57	-	2	1	32	2
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	36	60	4	1941	135	34.66	4278	45.37	3	9	5	221	21
IR Bell (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	-	313	140	44.71	690	45.36	1	1	-	35	1
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2004	9	18	4	462	78	33.00	1020	45.29	-	3	-	65	4
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	36	52	11	910	74	22.19	2015	45.16	-	4	5	105	5
AN Cook (ENG)	2009-2016	8	15	-	471	118	31.40	1049	44.89	1	3	1	56	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	26	40	3	1404	103*	37.94	3142	44.68	1	11	2	143	13
Younis Khan (PAK)	2002-2013	8	16	1	489	111	32.60	1097	44.57	1	2	2	51	3
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	3	5	-	271	214	54.20	609	44.49	1	-	1	39	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1994-1994	3	6	1	277	96	55.40	623	44.46	-	2	-	34	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	52	88	8	3384	275	42.30	7639	44.29	8	16	6	436	4
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	1	344	91	57.33	783	43.93	-	3	-	42	4
KL Rahul (IND)	2018-2024	7	13	-	369	123	28.38	840	43.92	2	1	1	54	5
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	22	33	5	907	109	32.39	2075	43.71	1	6	5	95	2
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1970	4	8	-	258	74	32.25	591	43.65	-	3	-	23	2
SE Marsh (AUS)	2011-2018	7	14	-	383	148	27.35	888	43.13	1	-	4	48	1
SM Katich (AUS)	2009-2009	3	6	-	260	108	43.33	603	43.11	1	2	-	32	2
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	21	33	6	1246	113	46.14	2910	42.81	3	8	1	124	7
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	9	14	2	603	160	50.25	1413	42.67	1	4	2	83	0
SA Thomson (NZ)	1994-1995	3	6	-	246	84	41.00	578	42.56	-	2	1	38	2

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka Women vs West Indies Women at Colombo (RPS), West Indies Women tour of Sri Lanka 3rd T20I, May 26, 2015 [Women T20I # 306]

Sri Lanka Women vs West Indies Women at Colombo (RPS), West Indies Women tour of Sri Lanka 2nd T20I, May 25, 2015 [Women T20I # 305]

West Indies Women vs Sri Lanka Women at Colombo (RPS), West Indies Women tour of Sri Lanka 1st T20I, May 23, 2015 [Women T20I # 304]