Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

South Africa vs other countries ODIs Batting Records - Highest Strike Rate in an Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Hasan Ali	32*	11	1	4	290.90	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	7 Apr 2021	ODI # 4287
A Flintoff	31*	12	5	1	258.33	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Aug 2008	ODI # 2759
MA Wood	43*	17	2	5	252.94	England	v South Africa	Wankhede	21 Oct 2023	ODI # 4677
DJG Sammy	58*	24	2	6	241.66	West Indies	v South Africa	North Sound	24 May 2010	ODI # 2980
AR Border	40*	17	4	3	235.29	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	22 Feb 1994	ODI # 885
BB McCullum	59	26	8	4	226.92	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	24 Mar 2015	ODI # 3644
RL Powell	40*	18	5	1	222.22	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	9 Feb 2003	ODI # 1942
Shahid Afridi	77*	35	5	6	220.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	7 Feb 2007	ODI # 2513
Harbhajan Singh	37*	17	4	2	217.64	India	v South Africa	Hyderabad	16 Nov 2005	ODI # 2297
C Green	118*	55	6	8	214.54	Australia	v South Africa	Mackay	24 Aug 2025	ODI # 4897
RR Sarwan	32*	15	2	2	213.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	9 Feb 2003	ODI # 1942
Shahid Afridi	34	16	2	3	212.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	10 Mar 2013	ODI # 3343
A Symonds	27*	13	3	1	207.69	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006	ODI # 2349
AM Ghazanfar	31*	15	2	3	206.66	Afghanistan	v South Africa	Sharjah	22 Sep 2024	ODI # 4772
RC Russell	39*	19	6	-	205.26	England	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Jan 1996	ODI # 1038
N Dickwella	39	19	5	2	205.26	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	10 Feb 2017	ODI # 3834
JE Taylor	43*	21	5	2	204.76	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	1 Feb 2008	ODI # 2668
RL Powell	49*	24	4	2	204.16	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Feb 2004	ODI # 2096
Shoaib Malik	82*	41	6	6	200.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	3 Oct 2003	ODI # 2046
EJG Morgan	67	34	4	5	197.05	England	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Sep 2009	ODI # 2900
Kamran Ghulam	63	32	4	5	196.87	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Dec 2024	ODI # 4819
GH Dockrell	45	23	5	2	195.65	Ireland	v South Africa	Dublin (Malahide)	13 Jul 2021	ODI # 4302
TM Head	35	18	4	1	194.44	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	5 Oct 2016	ODI # 3790
SM Curran	35	18	2	3	194.44	England	v South Africa	Manchester	22 Jul 2022	ODI # 4435
MS Dhoni	68*	35	7	4	194.28	India	v South Africa	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010	ODI # 2962
JC Buttler	62*	32	8	1	193.75	England	v South Africa	Southampton	7 Sep 2025	ODI # 4906
RA Jadeja	29*	15	3	1	193.33	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	5 Nov 2023	ODI # 4694
JC Archer	27*	14	2	2	192.85	England	v South Africa	Lord's	4 Sep 2025	ODI # 4904
MD Shanaka	65	34	4	5	191.17	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	8 Aug 2018	ODI # 4030
Imad Wasim	43*	23	7	-	186.95	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	25 Jan 2019	ODI # 4084
JM Bairstow	43	23	6	3	186.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	9 Feb 2020	ODI # 4242
S Lee	28	15	-	2	186.66	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne (Docklands)	16 Aug 2000	ODI # 1620
Tamim Iqbal	41	22	7	1	186.36	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Benoni	9 Nov 2008	ODI # 2772
Shahid Afridi	88	48	5	7	183.33	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Mar 2013	ODI # 3347
GD Phillips	49*	27	6	1	181.48	New Zealand	v South Africa	Lahore	5 Mar 2025	ODI # 4855
BKG Mendis	76	42	4	8	180.95	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Delhi	7 Oct 2023	ODI # 4661
Shahid Afridi	47	26	5	2	180.76	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	18 Oct 2007	ODI # 2633
JP Faulkner	34*	19	6	-	178.94	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	21 Nov 2014	ODI # 3549
C de Grandhomme	34*	19	-	3	178.94	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	19 Feb 2017	ODI # 3836
DA Reeve	25*	14	4	-	178.57	England	v South Africa	Sydney	22 Mar 1992	ODI # 751
AR Adams	25	14	2	1	178.57	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Oct 2005	ODI # 2289
MM Ali	41	23	2	4	178.26	England	v South Africa	Kimberley	1 Feb 2023	ODI # 4514
TM Head	64	36	9	3	177.77	Australia	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	9 Sep 2023	ODI # 4638
Shahid Afridi	32	18	4	2	177.77	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	23 Oct 2007	ODI # 2637
AC Parore	30*	17	2	-	176.47	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	23 Feb 1995	ODI # 981
MM Ali	33	19	5	-	173.68	England	v South Africa	Southampton	27 May 2017	ODI # 3873
Azmatullah Omarzai	86*	50	5	6	172.00	Afghanistan	v South Africa	Sharjah	20 Sep 2024	ODI # 4768
JC Buttler	48*	28	4	3	171.42	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Feb 2016	ODI # 3734
BB McCullum	41*	24	5	1	170.83	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	20 Feb 2004	ODI # 2101
CH Gayle	41	24	5	2	170.83	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 2015	ODI # 3579
RJ Shastri	27*	16	4	-	168.75	India	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Dec 1992	ODI # 774
MR Marsh	86*	51	5	7	168.62	Australia	v South Africa	Harare	2 Sep 2014	ODI # 3522
KC Sangakkara	75*	45	12	-	166.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	31 Jul 2013	ODI # 3401
SB Styris	45*	27	1	4	166.66	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	20 Feb 2004	ODI # 2101
RG Sharma	40	24	6	2	166.66	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	5 Nov 2023	ODI # 4694
AAP Atkinson	35	21	7	-	166.66	England	v South Africa	Wankhede	21 Oct 2023	ODI # 4677
SMA Priyanjan	25	15	2	1	166.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	9 Jul 2014	ODI # 3501
JL Langer	33*	20	4	-	165.00	Australia	v South Africa	Peshawar	24 Oct 1994	ODI # 937
SM Curran	28	17	1	3	164.70	England	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Jan 2023	ODI # 4513
Inzamam-ul-Haq	36*	22	5	-	163.63	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Dec 2002	ODI # 1916
SK Raina	49	30	5	1	163.33	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	27 Feb 2010	ODI # 2963
NLTC Perera	49	30	8	-	163.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Dambulla	29 Jul 2018	ODI # 4025
SPD Smith	31	19	4	-	163.15	Australia	v South Africa	Harare	27 Aug 2014	ODI # 3516
RA Jadeja	47*	29	7	1	162.06	India	v South Africa	Cardiff	6 Jun 2013	ODI # 3363
DA Warner	29	18	1	4	161.11	Australia	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	16 Nov 2023	ODI # 4704
AD Russell	64*	40	5	5	160.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	25 Jan 2015	ODI # 3591
JJ Roy	48	30	8	1	160.00	England	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Feb 2016	ODI # 3732
RA Jadeja	32	20	2	1	160.00	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	30 Nov 2025	ODI # 4934
BC Lara	59*	37	6	1	159.45	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	1 Feb 2004	ODI # 2094
MDKJ Perera	51	32	6	2	159.37	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	8 Aug 2018	ODI # 4030
MEK Hussey	81	51	9	3	158.82	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006	ODI # 2349
DL Chahar	54	34	5	2	158.82	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	23 Jan 2022	ODI # 4349
MDKJ Perera	27	17	4	-	158.82	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	5 Aug 2018	ODI # 4029
TM Head	38	24	6	1	158.33	Australia	v South Africa	Potchefstroom	12 Sep 2023	ODI # 4642
NLTC Perera	69*	44	3	5	156.81	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kimberley	20 Jan 2012	ODI # 3228
TE Blain	36*	23	1	2	156.52	New Zealand	v South Africa	Brisbane	8 Jan 1994	ODI # 870
YK Pathan	36	23	4	2	156.52	India	v South Africa	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010	ODI # 2962
KC Sangakkara	36	23	6	-	156.52	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Hambantota	12 Jul 2014	ODI # 3502
C Karunaratne	36	23	1	2	156.52	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	4 Sep 2021	ODI # 4315
DR Martyn	50	32	10	-	156.25	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Apr 2000	ODI # 1589
Mashrafe Mortaza	25	16	3	1	156.25	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Providence	7 Apr 2007	ODI # 2564
M Vijay	25	16	5	-	156.25	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	27 Feb 2010	ODI # 2963
RT Ponting	164	105	13	9	156.19	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006	ODI # 2349
Mohammad Yousuf	39	25	5	2	156.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	4 Feb 2007	ODI # 2506
Bilawal Bhatti	39	25	3	2	156.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Nov 2013	ODI # 3438
AJ Finch	53	34	3	4	155.88	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	5 Oct 2016	ODI # 3790
RN Lewis	28*	18	-	3	155.55	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Feb 2008	ODI # 2671
GJ Bailey	28	18	1	1	155.55	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	5 Oct 2016	ODI # 3790
Faheem Ashraf	28	18	2	2	155.55	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	6 Nov 2025	ODI # 4926
Shahid Afridi	62	40	6	4	155.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Tangier	18 Aug 2002	ODI # 1864
V Yadav	34*	22	2	-	154.54	India	v South Africa	East London	19 Dec 1992	ODI # 784
Mashrafe Mortaza	34	22	4	2	154.54	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Benoni	9 Nov 2008	ODI # 2772
KL Rahul	66*	43	6	2	153.48	India	v South Africa	Raipur	3 Dec 2025	ODI # 4935
AC Gilchrist	52	34	8	2	152.94	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Apr 2002	ODI # 1824
AC Gilchrist	26	17	3	-	152.94	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	8 Apr 1997	ODI # 1195
Sohail Tanvir	26	17	1	2	152.94	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	18 Oct 2007	ODI # 2633
GJ Maxwell	29	19	5	-	152.63	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	14 Nov 2014	ODI # 3545
RE van der Merwe	29	19	3	1	152.63	Netherlands	v South Africa	Dharamsala	17 Oct 2023	ODI # 4672
RR Singh	32*	21	3	-	152.38	India	v South Africa	East London	4 Feb 1997	ODI # 1173
A Flintoff	32	21	3	2	152.38	England	v South Africa	The Oval	28 Jun 2003	ODI # 2029

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Minimum of 25 runs
Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]