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
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
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2021	7	13	1	571	153*	47.58	724	78.86	2	4	-	71	10
SC Williams (ZIM)	2014-2025	14	28	3	1139	154	45.56	1517	75.08	4	3	-	134	11
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	10	18	1	484	105	28.47	666	72.67	1	1	2	82	3
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	32	51	4	2008	129*	42.72	2774	72.38	3	14	2	254	16
PWA Mulder (SA)	2019-2025	11	18	2	734	367*	45.87	1017	72.17	2	-	1	92	9
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2008	9	17	1	852	175	53.25	1207	70.58	3	3	1	147	8
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	15	28	2	748	92	28.76	1065	70.23	-	6	5	77	22
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2019	5	9	2	369	150*	52.71	529	69.75	1	1	1	44	5
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2011	11	18	2	677	127	42.31	972	69.65	1	3	-	88	4
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	24	32	5	1027	174	38.03	1500	68.46	3	4	1	136	13
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	10	17	1	829	182	51.81	532+	67.66*	3	4	1	90+	13
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1994-2004	12	20	1	479	157	25.21	714	67.08	1	1	4	66	4
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	30	45	4	786	84	19.17	1175	66.89	-	4	6	84	22
Babar Azam (PAK)	2018-2025	7	12	-	416	81	34.66	635	65.51	-	5	1	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
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2006	7	11	1	318	58	31.80	501	63.47	-	1	-	52	0
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	7	13	-	370	90	28.46	587	63.03	-	1	1	54	3
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	8	14	-	315	79	22.50	512	61.52	-	3	-	43	3
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
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	5	8	-	356	136	44.50	586	60.75	2	-	1	52	2
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2016	7	12	4	563	173*	70.37	928	60.66	2	3	1	55	5
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2011	12	22	1	968	116	46.09	1598	60.57	3	5	3	124	9
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	11	22	-	1063	202	48.31	1796	59.18	3	5	-	159	11
K Verreynne (SA)	2022-2025	12	18	3	459	105*	30.60	777	59.07	2	-	1	53	9
BB McCullum (NZ)	2005-2013	10	17	-	385	111	22.64	655	58.77	1	1	1	51	3
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	30	4	711	82	27.34	1217	58.42	-	3	2	109	3
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2025	6	7	2	333	150*	66.60	572	58.21	1	1	-	44	0
WU Tharanga (SL)	2016-2017	4	8	2	295	110*	49.16	507	58.18	1	1	-	38	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	12	20	1	754	127	39.68	1303	57.86	1	5	-	92	6
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2009-2014	8	16	3	528	161*	40.61	914	57.76	2	1	3	69	0
RL Chase (WI)	2017-2023	6	10	-	299	95	29.90	518	57.72	-	2	2	25	4
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42*	4	9	1	154+	7
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	67	110	8	4795	163	47.00	8369	57.29	13	28	6	585	38
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	62	86	18	2024	111	29.76	3550	57.01	1	8	6	232	20
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2004-2025	24	48	2	1717	171	37.32	3024	56.77	4	11	2	183	19
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	49	81	5	3276	228	43.10	5779	56.68	10	11	7	477	30
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	55	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
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-2007	15	27	1	1033	112	39.73	1847	55.92	2	6	1	149	4
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2016	7	12	2	516	113	51.60	927	55.66	1	4	-	54	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2005	9	15	1	382	77	27.28	691	55.28	-	2	1	60	6
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2011-2021	5	9	1	320	150*	40.00	580	55.17	1	1	-	42	3
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	13	25	2	669	116*	29.08	1213	55.15	1	3	7	93	7
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	17	28	3	872	109	34.88	1584	55.05	2	4	1	109	6
Shan Masood (PAK)	2018-2025	5	10	-	420	145	42.00	770	54.54	1	2	-	50	2
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2012	10	18	-	853	270	47.38	1566	54.46	2	3	1	116	3
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2007	9	17	-	668	159	39.29	1227	54.44	1	6	2	91	4
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2024	9	18	-	891	153	49.50	1649	54.03	2	4	-	117	3
SPD Smith (AUS)	2014-2018	6	11	1	411	100	41.10	771	53.30	1	2	1	54	5
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2007-2013	9	18	-	358	119	19.88	674	53.11	1	-	2	57	2
E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2004-2013	9	17	-	319	86	18.76	601	53.07	-	2	4	40	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	17	29	-	1278	262	44.06	2415	52.91	1	9	1	173	6
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	10	16	1	701	116	46.73	1325	52.90	2	2	-	95	3
BC Strang (ZIM)	1995-2001	16	30	5	295	53	11.80	558	52.86	-	1	7	31	2
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	78	105	14	3140	125	34.50	5947	52.79	5	20	8	387	13
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
MD Crowe (NZ)	1992-1995	5	10	-	383	140	38.30	726	52.75	1	2	1	44	4
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	14	24	4	815	140	40.75	1549	52.61	1	4	-	117	3
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	-	448	180	44.80	856	52.33	2	-	2	62	6
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2006	10	18	-	624	122	34.66	1194	52.26	2	3	5	91	4
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2011	5	10	1	533	135	59.22	1022	52.15	2	2	-	78	2
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2023	7	13	-	432	82	33.23	834	51.79	-	4	-	58	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1992-1995	5	10	2	337	89	42.12	653	51.60	-	4	2	38	4
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2013-2019	8	16	-	428	111	26.75	830	51.56	1	3	1	62	2
Rahmat Shah (AFG)	2024-2025	2	3	-	392	234	130.66	763	51.37	2	-	-	40	3
Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG)	2024-2025	2	3	-	272	246	90.66	530	51.32	1	-	-	26	0
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	70	118	7	5139	208	46.29	10031	51.23	16	26	8	680	5
G Gambhir (IND)	2005-2011	4	7	1	386	97	64.33	756	51.05	-	4	-	55	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	9	17	1	826	147	51.62	1624	50.86	3	2	3	110	3
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	53	69	23	784	58	17.04	1547	50.67	-	1	5	76	27
WW Hinds (WI)	2003-2004	5	10	-	271	81	27.10	535	50.65	-	2	2	40	3
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1998-1998	3	5	-	261	192	52.20	517	50.48	1	-	-	32	0
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2013-2025	11	22	-	635	89	28.86	1259	50.43	-	5	2	64	5
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	49	85	9	3561	199	46.85	7061	50.43	9	18	4	463	16
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	13	23	2	720	101	34.28	1428	50.42	1	4	3	98	5
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-2006	12	20	-	600	128	30.00	1190	50.42	1	3	2	84	3
Abid Ali (PAK)	2021-2021	2	2	1	275	215*	275.00	547	50.27	1	1	-	39	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2006	6	11	2	371	133	41.22	738	50.27	2	1	2	48	1
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-2001	7	12	-	425	149	35.41	846	50.23	1	1	-	47	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	19	35	4	1401	169	45.19	2791	50.19	5	5	3	202	6
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	38	61	6	2374	168	43.16	4741	50.07	7	11	5	291	13
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2015	8	13	-	663	105	51.00	1325	50.03	2	3	-	96	3
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2011-2025	19	38	2	1317	146	36.58	2648	49.73	2	7	2	145	10
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2024	13	26	1	757	110	30.28	1523	49.70	2	3	1	89	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1994-2001	6	11	1	295	77	29.50	595	49.57	-	1	1	49	1
PJ Moor (IRE/ZIM)	2016-2025	6	12	-	349	79	29.08	707	49.36	-	3	-	38	3
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2012	10	15	2	421	163*	32.38	853	49.35	1	1	1	56	0
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	20	34	3	1018	155	32.83	2068	49.22	2	5	4	128	4
TWM Latham (NZ)	2016-2016	4	6	-	262	136	43.66	534	49.06	2	-	1	25	1
Moin Khan (PAK)	1995-1998	6	11	-	245	97	22.27	500	49.00	-	1	1	35	0
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2017	6	10	-	436	117	43.60	890	48.98	2	2	1	50	0

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Minimum of 500 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England Women vs India Women at The Oval, India Women in England 3rd T20I, Jul 4, 2025 [Women T20I # 2387]

New Zealand Women vs England Women at The Oval, New Zealand Women in England 4th T20I, Jul 13, 2024 [Women T20I # 1955]

England Women vs Australia Women at The Oval, Australia Women in England 2nd T20I, Jul 5, 2023 [Women T20I # 1505]