Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs South Africa

Players - vs South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CJ McDermott	31	23	4	1	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
MJ Slater	26	32	3	0	81.25	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
CJ McDermott	29*	38	4	0	76.31	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
DC Boon	32*	45	4	0	71.11	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
MJ Slater	53	82	6	0	64.63	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
ME Waugh	42	66	4	1	63.63	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
MJ Slater	26	41	3	0	63.41	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
SR Waugh	164	276	19	0	59.42	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
ME Waugh	84	144	5	1	58.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
DC Boon	38	67	2	0	56.71	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
SR Waugh	45*	82	6	0	54.87	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
AR Border	34	64	4	0	53.12	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
IA Healy	55	104	8	0	52.88	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
SR Waugh	86	164	14	0	52.43	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
IA Healy	61	118	8	0	51.69	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
MA Taylor	70	137	6	0	51.09	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
ME Waugh	113*	222	13	0	50.90	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
MA Taylor	38	75	4	0	50.66	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
MJ Slater	43*	85	5	0	50.58	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
PR Reiffel	32*	65	4	0	49.23	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
MA Taylor	170	349	12	0	48.71	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
IA Healy	30	63	4	0	47.61	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
MJ Slater	95	202	11	0	47.02	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
ME Waugh	28	60	4	0	46.66	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
DC Boon	83	178	10	0	46.62	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
DC Boon	37	80	6	0	46.25	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
DR Martyn	59	135	5	0	43.70	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
MJ Slater	41	96	6	0	42.70	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
SR Waugh	64	150	9	0	42.66	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
ME Waugh	43	101	5	0	42.57	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
DC Boon	50	125	8	0	40.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
MG Hughes	26*	69	2	0	37.68	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
DC Boon	96	257	11	0	37.35	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
MA Taylor	62	169	2	0	36.68	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
MJ Slater	32	89	1	0	35.95	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
MJ Slater	92	262	5	0	35.11	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
AR Border	84	255	3	0	32.94	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
MA Taylor	27	84	2	0	32.14	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
DC Boon	25	79	2	0	31.64	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
AR Border	49	190	3	0	25.78	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
AR Border	42*	166	5	0	25.30	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
AR Border	45	204	5	0	22.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253

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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:

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]