Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores Held in South Africa for Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	-	42.83	South Africa	v England	Durban	3	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
SP Fleming	262	576	423	31	2	61.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
RD Rickelton	259	607	343	29	3	75.51	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	03 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
E Paynter	243	334	-	24	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
AD Nourse	231	289	-	36	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	95.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
JH Kallis	224	434	325	31	1	68.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	1	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
GS Blewett	214	519	421	33	-	50.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
RG Pollock	209	350	-	30	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	2	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
HM Amla	208	475	371	22	-	56.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	95.77	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
HL Collins	203	267	-	26	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
BC Lara	202	439	274	32	2	73.72	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
JH Kallis	201*	389	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	2	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	1	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
D Elgar	199	553	388	15	3	51.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	1	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
F du Plessis	199	412	276	24	-	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	2	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
HH Gibbs	196	442	354	25	1	55.36	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	1	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
C Washbrook	195	295	-	18	-	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
HH Gibbs	192	474	335	24	3	57.31	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
SJ McCabe	189*	-	-	-	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
JW Burke	189	578	-	15	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
JB Hobbs	187	-	-	-	-	-	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
JH Kallis	186	383	262	25	3	70.99	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	3	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
MA Atherton	185*	643	492	29	-	37.60	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
D Elgar	185	425	287	28	-	64.45	South Africa	v India	Centurion	2	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
GC Smith	183	391	273	25	-	67.03	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
DT Lindsay	182	273	227	25	5	80.17	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
CP Mead	181	454	-	-	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
WR Hammond	181	336	-	16	-	-	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
G Kirsten	180	558	461	20	-	39.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	1	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
ME Trescothick	180	367	248	24	4	72.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
RN Harvey	178	240	-	16	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
JH Kallis	177	479	344	20	-	51.45	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	2	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
HM Amla	176*	511	378	24	-	46.56	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	3	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
HW Taylor	176	310	-	25	-	-	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
L Klusener	174	333	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	1	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
ER Dexter	172	339	-	28	-	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
T Bavuma	172	376	280	20	-	61.42	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	3	08 Mar 2023	Test # 2497
SR Tendulkar	169	329	254	26	-	66.53	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
DJ Cullinan	168	425	306	20	-	54.90	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
AL Hassett	167	-	-	14	1	-	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
AB de Villiers	163	313	196	12	7	83.16	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	2	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
AG Prince	162*	333	223	23	2	72.64	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Centurion	2	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
JH Kallis	162	364	264	21	1	61.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	2	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
MJ Clarke	161*	430	301	17	-	53.48	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
HH Gibbs	161	484	307	25	-	52.44	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	2	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
JH Kallis	161	459	291	19	-	55.32	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
AB de Villiers	160*	303	205	19	2	78.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	1	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
SR Waugh	160	501	366	22	-	43.71	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
JH Kallis	160	345	289	26	-	55.36	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	1	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
G Kirsten	160	372	227	17	1	70.48	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	2	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
PJ Hughes	160	376	323	15	3	49.53	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	3	06 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
WW Armstrong	159*	-	-	-	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
L Hutton	158	290	-	16	-	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
JH Kallis	158	411	297	17	1	53.19	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	1	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
AR Morris	157	-	-	15	1	-	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
GC Smith	157	422	248	17	1	63.30	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	1	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
EAB Rowan	156*	370	-	-	-	-	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	3	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
SR Tendulkar	155	233	184	23	1	84.23	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	1	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
JP Duminy	155	293	221	19	-	70.13	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	1	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
AJ Pithey	154	440	-	12	1	-	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1	01 Jan 1965	Test # 573
MDKJ Perera	153*	309	200	12	5	76.50	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	4	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
RB Simpson	153	386	-	12	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
CA Pujara	153	353	270	21	-	56.66	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
V Kohli	153	379	217	15	-	70.50	India	v South Africa	Centurion	2	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
W Rhodes	152	-	-	-	-	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
CN Frank	152	512	-	17	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
AB de Villiers	152	318	235	16	2	64.68	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
AK Markram	152	309	216	17	1	70.37	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	1	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
RN Harvey	151*	328	-	-	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	4	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
GC Smith	151	338	216	18	-	69.90	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
MJ Clarke	151	266	176	22	-	85.79	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
JM Bairstow	150*	281	191	18	2	78.53	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
MS Sinclair	150	397	321	23	1	46.72	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
G Kirsten	150	326	223	14	-	67.26	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	1	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
AG Prince	150	358	249	19	2	60.24	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	2	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
SJ McCabe	149	268	-	6	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	2	14 Dec 1935	Test # 247
JH Kallis	149	493	334	11	-	44.61	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
HM Amla	149	408	317	20	-	47.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2	27 Apr 2006	Test # 1800
KF Barrington	148*	432	-	9	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
R Dravid	148	541	362	21	-	40.88	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
SE Marsh	148	428	288	15	-	51.38	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	1	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
AB de Villiers	148	323	194	15	1	76.28	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
GC White	147	-	-	19	2	-	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	3	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
AJ Strauss	147	353	250	23	1	58.80	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
GC Smith	147	236	165	27	-	89.09	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	2	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
N Hussain	146*	635	463	17	-	31.53	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
SR Tendulkar	146	465	314	17	2	46.49	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
DA Warner	145	243	156	13	4	92.94	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Shan Masood	145	371	251	17	-	57.76	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	03 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
KC Bland	144*	248	-	17	2	-	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
FL Fane	143	-	-	17	-	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
EAB Rowan	143	-	-	-	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
AK Markram	143	253	186	22	-	76.88	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	1	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
AK Markram	143	340	218	19	-	65.59	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	4	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297

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SLC Greys vs SLC Blues at Colombo (SSC), SLC T20 League 2nd Match, Aug 8, 2025 [Twenty20]

Norway vs France at Stockholm, Viking Cup 3rd Match, Aug 8, 2025 [T20I # 3397]

Croatia vs Cyprus at Zagreb, Cyprus in Croatia 3rd T20I, Aug 8, 2025 [T20I # 3396]