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
SB Doull	31*	30	4	2	103.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
KR Rutherford	56	60	11	0	93.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
RP de Groen	26	30	4	0	86.66	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
C Pringle	30	39	4	0	76.92	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
AC Parore	89	126	12	1	70.63	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
SB Doull	25	36	2	1	69.44	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
SP Fleming	27	41	3	1	65.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
Saleem Malik	99	154	16	0	64.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
SP Fleming	48	75	10	0	64.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SA Thomson	82	135	11	2	60.74	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
KR Rutherford	26	43	4	0	60.46	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
Wasim Akram	41	69	7	0	59.42	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
KR Rutherford	68	126	11	2	53.96	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
AC Parore	34	64	5	0	53.12	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
Inzamam-ul-Haq	95	179	16	0	53.07	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
AC Parore	49	93	9	0	52.68	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SA Thomson	35	68	7	0	51.47	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BA Young	74	149	7	0	49.66	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
SP Fleming	79	160	11	0	49.37	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
SA Thomson	84	177	15	0	47.45	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SP Fleming	53	118	6	0	44.91	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
MN Hart	34	77	6	0	44.15	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
KR Rutherford	56	138	9	0	40.57	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
MD Crowe	83	209	10	0	39.71	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
DJ Murray	38	102	2	0	37.25	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
MN Hart	28	77	3	0	36.36	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
BA Young	45	131	5	0	34.35	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
GR Larsen	26*	87	4	0	29.88	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
SP Fleming	31	105	3	0	29.52	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
SA Thomson	29	104	4	0	27.88	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
BA Young	51	194	5	0	26.28	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
KR Rutherford	28	112	3	0	25.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
DJ Murray	25	100	4	0	25.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
DJ Murray	25	102	3	0	24.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	4 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
BA Young	51	238	3	0	21.42	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
Asif Mujtaba	26	127	4	0	20.47	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283

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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]