Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

South Africa vs other countries Tests 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
UT Yadav	31	10	-	5	310.00	India	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
MJ Henry	27	9	1	3	300.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
SP Fleming	31*	11	6	1	281.81	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
NAM McLean	31	12	-	4	258.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
DA Warner	30	14	5	1	214.28	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
MA Wood	42	23	2	5	182.60	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
SPD Smith	36*	20	5	-	180.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Mohammad Yousuf	50	29	6	2	172.41	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
GA Gooch	33	20	7	-	165.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
AM Rahane	27*	17	4	1	158.82	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
MA Starc	68*	43	9	2	158.13	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
MP Bowden	25	16	5	-	156.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
SCJ Broad	43	28	2	4	153.57	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
BA Stokes	72	47	7	3	153.19	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
AR Patel	26	17	1	2	152.94	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Nov 2025	Test # 2606
VRV Singh	29	19	6	-	152.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
SC Williams	83*	55	7	2	150.90	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	6 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
Waqar Younis	28	19	4	1	147.36	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
SR Watson	25	17	1	2	147.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
NM Lyon	25	17	3	1	147.05	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2485
WPUJC Vaas	38	26	6	2	146.15	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
SC Williams	26	18	5	-	144.44	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
M Azharuddin	109	77	18	1	141.55	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
MA Starc	35	25	4	2	140.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
SCG MacGill	29	21	5	-	138.09	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
PA Strang	38*	28	4	2	135.71	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
MR Gillespie	27	20	3	2	135.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
VT Trumper	31	23	5	-	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
CJ McDermott	31	23	4	1	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
CH Gayle	66	49	13	-	134.69	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
A Symonds	72	54	5	6	133.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	-	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
CH Gayle	29	22	5	1	131.81	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
Mohammad Shahid	25	19	4	1	131.57	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Chattogram	21 Jul 2015	Test # 2172
BA Stokes	258	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
A Cotter	36*	28	3	2	128.57	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
AC Gilchrist	138*	108	22	2	127.77	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
Hasan Mahmud	38*	30	1	4	126.66	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Chattogram	29 Oct 2024	Test # 2559
Mohammad Ashraful	34	27	7	-	125.92	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	40	8	-	125.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
SR Watson	40	32	2	3	125.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
RA Jadeja	40	32	-	3	125.00	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
JL Langer	25	20	3	-	125.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
V Kohli	31*	25	3	1	124.00	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
CH Gayle	26	21	6	-	123.80	West Indies	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
NM Lyon	47	38	8	-	123.68	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
CH Gayle	48	39	11	-	123.07	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
N Wagner	33	27	3	2	122.22	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
YBK Jaiswal	28	23	6	-	121.73	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
SCJ Broad	57*	47	8	2	121.27	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Z Crawley	69*	57	12	-	121.05	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
SM Curran	35	29	6	-	120.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SCJ Broad	35	29	5	1	120.68	England	v South Africa	Lord's	17 Aug 2022	Test # 2474
GP Swann	41	34	5	2	120.58	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
JL Pattinson	42	35	4	2	120.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
D Ramdin	30	25	5	-	120.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
MG Johnson	123*	103	11	5	119.41	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
PAJ DeFreitas	37	31	4	1	119.35	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
RAS Lakmal	31	26	6	-	119.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
TM Head	70	59	8	1	118.64	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	4 Jan 2023	Test # 2488
TA Boult	33*	28	1	3	117.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	7 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
MG Johnson	27	23	3	1	117.39	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
A Symonds	55	47	3	4	117.02	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
N Dickwella	42	36	6	1	116.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
Mohammed Shami	28	24	5	-	116.66	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
BA Stokes	28	24	6	-	116.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
SN Thakur	28	24	5	1	116.66	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
SK Warne	36	31	6	1	116.12	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
SB Doull	38*	33	6	1	115.15	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
JM Bairstow	54	47	8	-	114.89	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
Shahid Nazir	40	35	4	1	114.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
V Sehwag	33	29	6	-	113.79	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
BA Stokes	33	29	5	1	113.79	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
MM Ali	75*	66	9	3	113.63	England	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
A Flintoff	42	37	9	-	113.51	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	9 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
Kamran Akmal	42	37	5	-	113.51	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	1 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
GP Wickramasinghe	51	45	8	1	113.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
RR Pant	27	24	2	2	112.50	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Nov 2025	Test # 2606
CG Macartney	56	50	7	-	112.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
SCJ Broad	67*	60	11	-	111.66	England	v South Africa	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
A Symonds	29	26	4	1	111.53	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
PW Hasaranga	59	53	12	1	111.32	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
Shakib Al Hasan	30	27	6	-	111.11	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
KC Sangakkara	64	58	10	1	110.34	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
B Muzarabani	32*	29	4	2	110.34	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
JA Warrican	35*	32	3	2	109.37	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	7 Aug 2024	Test # 2542
SK Warne	36	33	7	-	109.09	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
JL Langer	37	34	7	-	108.82	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
JM Bairstow	63	58	6	1	108.62	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
Harbhajan Singh	27	25	4	1	108.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
Misbah-ul-Haq	28*	26	2	2	107.69	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
BA Stokes	58	54	9	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
JC Buttler	29	27	4	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
PW Hasaranga	29	27	5	-	107.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
C de Grandhomme	45	42	5	1	107.14	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
RS Kaluwitharana	32	30	4	1	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
VVS Laxman	32	30	4	1	106.66	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
WPUJC Vaas	32	30	3	-	106.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2002	Test # 1624
DA Warner	119	112	16	4	106.25	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
RT Ponting	34	32	6	-	106.25	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595

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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:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]