Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

South Africa vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Strike Rate in an Innings

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	6.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
GA Lohmann	9.4x5	5	7	8	6.12	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	6.50	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
J Briggs	14.2x4	5	11	8	7.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	14.2x5	6	28	9	8.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
JWHT Douglas	5.4	2	14	4	8.50	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
H Ironmonger	7.2	5	6	5	8.80	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	9.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
MW Tate	6.0	1	12	4	9.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	9.42	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
S Haigh	11.4x5	6	11	6	9.83	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	10.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
AJL Hill	8.0x5	4	8	4	10.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
K Cranston	7.0	3	12	4	10.50	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
CA Smith	13.2x4	6	19	5	10.80	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	11.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
J Briggs	19.1x4	11	17	7	11.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	2	10	4	11.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
Mohammad Hafeez	7.2	1	16	4	11.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
GA Lohmann	15.4x5	6	38	7	11.28	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	11.83	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
C Blythe	15.5	1	59	8	11.87	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	12.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
KAJ Roach	10.0	0	47	5	12.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	12.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	12.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
C Green	10.4	3	27	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022	Test # 2485
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	12.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
Mohammed Shami	10.5	2	35	5	13.00	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
Shaheen Shah Afridi	8.5	1	33	4	13.25	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	12 Oct 2025	Test # 2602
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	13.71	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
AE Trott	11.0x5	5	19	4	13.75	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
JJ Bumrah	13.5	0	61	6	13.83	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	14.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	14.20	India	v South Africa	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	1	43	5	14.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
RA Jadeja	12.0	2	30	5	14.40	India	v South Africa	Delhi	3 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	14.71	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
MM Ali	15.0	4	53	6	15.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	15.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	15.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
PJ Cummins	12.4	3	42	5	15.20	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
SN Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	15.28	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
C Blythe	18.0	5	46	7	15.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	15.50	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	15.50	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
SF Barnes	13.0	3	25	5	15.60	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
A Dananjaya	13.0	2	52	5	15.60	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
AE Moss	10.3	0	35	4	15.75	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
RJ Harris	10.3	3	33	4	15.75	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
FR Foster	13.1	7	16	5	15.80	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	15.85	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
GHT Simpson-Hayward	16.0	3	43	6	16.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
WJ Whitty	16.0	7	17	6	16.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
RJ Kirtley	16.2	7	34	6	16.33	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
C Heseltine	16.2x5	3	38	5	16.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	2	36	4	16.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
W O'Rourke	13.5	4	34	5	16.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
OE Robinson	14.0	3	49	5	16.80	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
S Joseph	14.0	4	33	5	16.80	West Indies	v South Africa	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
JJ Bumrah	14.0	5	27	5	16.80	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Nov 2025	Test # 2606
CV Grimmett	19.5	9	40	7	17.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
MW Tate	17.0	4	42	6	17.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
ST Jayasuriya	14.1	4	34	5	17.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
GA Lohmann	24.0x5	9	42	7	17.14	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
HV Hordern	14.2	2	66	5	17.20	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911	Test # 114
C Kelleway	14.2	4	33	5	17.20	Australia	v South Africa	Manchester	27 May 1912	Test # 121
FS Trueman	14.3	6	27	5	17.40	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
MA Wood	14.3	2	46	5	17.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JJ Ferris	25.0x5	16	37	7	17.85	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
MG Johnson	24.0	4	61	8	18.00	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	18.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
CS Martin	15.0	2	37	5	18.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	5 May 2006	Test # 1801
MR Gillespie	15.0	2	59	5	18.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
SJ McCabe	12.0	5	13	4	18.00	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
LJ Nash	12.0	6	18	4	18.00	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
RO Jenkins	9.0x8	0	48	4	18.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
SK Warne	12.0	3	44	4	18.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
CRD Fernando	12.0	0	49	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
RA Jadeja	12.0	3	33	4	18.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
PJ Cummins	18.1	6	28	6	18.16	Australia	v South Africa	Lord's	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585
TW Wall	15.1	7	14	5	18.20	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
AJ Fothergill	18.1x4	11	19	4	18.25	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
CL McCool	11.4x8	1	41	5	18.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
JV Saunders	12.2	2	37	4	18.50	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
SCJ Broad	12.2	1	41	4	18.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
FE Woolley	15.3	1	41	5	18.60	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
JNT Seales	18.4	4	61	6	18.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
Hasan Ali	15.4	2	54	5	18.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
CEL Ambrose	19.0	4	51	6	19.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
JW Hearne	16.0	4	49	5	19.20	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1914	Test # 132
MG Johnson	16.0	3	59	5	19.20	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Hasan Ali	16.0	2	60	5	19.20	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
Mohammed Shami	16.0	5	44	5	19.20	India	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
MDK Perera	12.5	1	40	4	19.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
R Ashwin	16.1	6	32	5	19.40	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
C Blythe	22.4	9	40	7	19.42	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
Mohammad Abbas	19.3	6	54	6	19.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
TJ Matthews	13.0	2	29	4	19.50	Australia	v South Africa	Lord's	15 Jul 1912	Test # 125

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]