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
DJ Cullinan	28	24	3	-	116.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
PS de Villiers	66*	68	9	3	97.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
DJ Cullinan	25*	28	1	1	89.28	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
WJ Cronje	41	59	4	1	69.49	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
DJ Richardson	93	137	15	-	67.88	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
CR Matthews	26	39	3	-	66.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
WJ Cronje	101	155	7	3	65.16	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
BM McMillan	113	180	15	-	62.77	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
WJ Cronje	41	66	7	-	62.12	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
JN Rhodes	37	62	6	-	59.67	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
DJ Cullinan	96	164	13	1	58.53	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
G Kirsten	29	50	4	-	58.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BM McMillan	33	57	3	-	57.89	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
G Kirsten	66*	117	9	-	56.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
G Kirsten	76	136	12	-	55.88	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
JN Rhodes	72	129	7	-	55.81	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
DJ Richardson	109	206	7	-	52.91	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
PS de Villiers	28	55	2	-	50.90	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
G Kirsten	62	122	11	-	50.81	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
WJ Cronje	48	97	5	-	49.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
G Kirsten	64	131	9	-	48.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
DJ Cullinan	58	119	9	1	48.73	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
G Kirsten	42	87	6	-	48.27	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
WJ Cronje	112	235	10	1	47.65	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
DJ Cullinan	34	75	5	-	45.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
DJ Cullinan	69*	157	3	-	43.94	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
G Kirsten	25	58	2	1	43.10	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
JB Commins	45	108	5	-	41.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
DJ Richardson	39*	94	3	-	41.48	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
G Kirsten	33	81	5	-	40.74	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
WJ Cronje	62	154	7	-	40.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
AC Hudson	64	166	8	-	38.55	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
JN Rhodes	28	80	3	-	35.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
PJR Steyn	38	126	8	-	30.15	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
BM McMillan	42	141	4	-	29.78	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
JB Commins	27	96	1	-	28.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
JB Commins	30	111	3	-	27.02	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
PJR Steyn	46	193	5	-	23.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291

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