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
PWA Mulder	367*	410	334	49	4	109.88	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	06 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
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
KC Sangakkara	270	468	365	36	2	73.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
DL Houghton	266	675	541	30	3	49.16	Zimbabwe	v Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	1	20 Oct 1994	Test # 1271
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
MS Atapattu	249	516	324	36	1	76.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
Hashmatullah Shahidi	246	694	474	21	-	51.89	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2573
E Paynter	243	334	-	24	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
Rahmat Shah	234	488	424	23	3	55.18	Afghanistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2573
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
G Kirsten	220	442	286	33	1	76.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
MS Atapattu	216*	627	437	24	-	49.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
Abid Ali	215*	637	407	29	-	52.82	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1	07 May 2021	Test # 2421
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
T Chanderpaul	207*	596	467	16	3	44.32	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	04 Feb 2023	Test # 2489
AC Gilchrist	204*	293	213	19	8	95.77	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
GJ Whittall	203*	453	359	22	2	56.54	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	1	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
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
GW Flower	201*	654	523	11	1	38.43	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	1	31 Jan 1995	Test # 1285
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
Younis Khan	200*	614	404	15	3	49.50	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	3	03 Sep 2013	Test # 2095
AD Mathews	200*	-	468	16	3	42.73	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	2	19 Jan 2020	Test # 2381
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	1	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
A Flower	199*	590	470	24	1	42.34	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	3	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
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
Mohammad Wasim	192	560	407	23	-	47.17	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Harare	2	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
HH Gibbs	192	474	335	24	3	57.31	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
BC Lara	191	271	203	23	4	94.08	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
SJ McCabe	189*	-	-	-	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
JH Kallis	189*	581	443	19	3	42.66	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
JW Burke	189	578	-	15	-	-	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
GJ Whittall	188*	506	429	27	2	43.82	Zimbabwe	v New Zealand	Harare	3	19 Sep 2000	Test # 1511
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
KC Brathwaite	182	488	312	18	-	58.33	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	04 Feb 2023	Test # 2489
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
CH Gayle	175	392	255	34	-	68.62	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	19 Jul 2001	Test # 1551
L Klusener	174	333	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	1	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
LRPL Taylor	173*	365	299	19	-	57.85	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	28 Jul 2016	Test # 2210
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
BRM Taylor	171	489	324	8	2	52.77	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Harare	1	17 Apr 2013	Test # 2086
MS Atapattu	170	333	253	21	-	67.19	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	2	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
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
MW Goodwin	166*	316	204	17	4	81.37	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	3	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
R Ravindra	165*	197	139	21	2	118.70	New Zealand	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	07 Aug 2025	Test # 2599
TM Dilshan	163*	479	343	18	-	47.52	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	2	26 Nov 1999	Test # 1473
TMK Mawoyo	163*	645	453	20	-	35.98	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	1	01 Sep 2011	Test # 2006
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
Mohammad Yousuf	159	365	282	21	-	56.38	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	16 Nov 2002	Test # 1627
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
JH Kallis	157*	381	272	14	5	57.72	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1	07 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
AR Morris	157	-	-	15	1	-	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1	03 Mar 1950	Test # 322
ST Jayasuriya	157	228	147	19	3	106.80	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	2	06 May 2004	Test # 1698
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
GW Flower	156*	512	329	13	2	47.41	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	1	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
A Flower	156	336	245	18	1	63.67	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Harare	1	31 Jan 1995	Test # 1285
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
SC Williams	154	266	174	10	3	88.50	Zimbabwe	v Afghanistan	Bulawayo	1	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2573

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Namibia vs Canada at King City (NW), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 82nd Match, Sep 2, 2025 [ODI # 4903]

Canada vs Scotland at King City (NW), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 81st Match, Aug 31, 2025 [ODI # 4901]

Canada vs Namibia at King City (NW), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 79th Match, Aug 27, 2025 [ODI # 4898]