Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - South Africa

Players - South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
RG Pollock	46	33	7	-	139.39	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
RG Pollock	41	31	8	-	132.25	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
SJ Cook	40*	46	5	-	86.95	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
HR Fotheringham	71*	83	13	-	85.54	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
PN Kirsten	61	73	10	-	83.56	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
KS McEwan	120	151	21	-	79.47	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
RG Pollock	102	135	18	1	75.55	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
PN Kirsten	67	96	10	-	69.79	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
RG Pollock	42	66	5	-	63.63	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
RG Pollock	62	104	11	-	59.61	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
AJ Kourie	31	57	2	-	54.38	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
CEB Rice	71*	135	6	4	52.59	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
SJ Cook	69	135	9	-	51.11	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
PN Kirsten	88	176	10	-	50.00	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
CEB Rice	47	94	8	-	50.00	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Johannesburg	13 Jan 1984	First-class
AJ Kourie	63*	128	6	1	49.21	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
SJ Cook	30*	67	4	-	44.77	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
PN Kirsten	84	195	12	-	43.07	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
SJ Cook	26	64	4	-	40.62	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class
AJ Kourie	32	79	4	-	40.50	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Durban	23 Dec 1983	First-class
KS McEwan	32	85	6	-	37.64	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
SJ Cook	45	122	3	-	36.88	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Cape Town	30 Dec 1983	First-class
M Yachad	31	91	4	-	34.06	South Africa	v West Ind XI	Gqeberha	27 Jan 1984	First-class

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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:

South Western Districts vs Northern Cape at Kimberley, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 14th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 4/2 (2.0 ov, TJ van Rensburg 4*, L Alder 0/1) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 9-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 121/2 (31.0 ov, PARP Perera 24*, A Tharindu 78*, JDF Vandersay 0/35) - Stumps

Border vs Mpumalanga at East London, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 13th Match, Jan 8-11, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 70/3 (21.0 ov, B van Niekerk 27*, MY Cook 17*, K Molefe 0/1) - Stumps