Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs England

Players - vs England

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
G Kirsten	41*	48	8	0	85.41	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
PR Adams	29	38	3	0	76.31	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
SM Pollock	33	45	0	0	73.33	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
AC Hudson	45	63	9	0	71.42	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
DJ Cullinan	61	88	11	0	69.31	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
WJ Cronje	35	51	6	0	68.62	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
AC Hudson	27*	44	5	0	61.36	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
BM McMillan	100*	168	9	3	59.52	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
DJ Richardson	54*	98	5	0	55.10	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
DJ Cullinan	69	128	10	0	53.90	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
SM Pollock	36*	67	5	0	53.73	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
WJ Cronje	48	93	5	0	51.61	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
BM McMillan	35	70	7	0	50.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
DJ Cullinan	91	183	14	0	49.72	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
DJ Cullinan	62	134	7	0	46.26	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
G Kirsten	110	241	16	0	45.64	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
DJ Richardson	84	189	6	0	44.44	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
SM Pollock	32	74	4	0	43.24	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
JN Rhodes	57	134	7	0	42.53	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
BM McMillan	49	118	4	1	41.52	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
JN Rhodes	49	119	5	1	41.17	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
G Kirsten	51	128	9	0	39.84	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
AC Hudson	31	79	3	0	39.24	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
G Kirsten	69	176	8	0	39.20	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
AA Donald	32	90	5	0	35.55	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
BM McMillan	28	81	3	0	34.56	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
JN Rhodes	38	132	4	0	28.78	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318

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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]