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
L Klusener	102*	100	13	1	102.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
BM McMillan	51*	54	4	3	94.44	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
WJ Cronje	34	37	5	-	91.89	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
SM Pollock	35	42	8	-	83.33	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
DJ Richardson	72*	87	10	1	82.75	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
BM McMillan	59*	76	6	-	77.63	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
WJ Cronje	43	57	7	-	75.43	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
DJ Cullinan	55	74	7	-	74.32	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
AA Donald	26	35	3	-	74.28	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
DJ Cullinan	33	46	6	-	71.73	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
WJ Cronje	79*	111	9	2	71.17	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
G Kirsten	133	196	18	-	67.85	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
L Klusener	30	46	3	1	65.21	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
L Klusener	49	77	5	1	63.63	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
DJ Cullinan	122*	200	15	1	61.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
G Kirsten	29	48	5	-	60.41	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
G Kirsten	102	170	14	-	60.00	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
DJ Richardson	36*	60	4	-	60.00	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
AC Hudson	146	244	24	-	59.83	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
DJ Cullinan	153*	261	15	1	58.62	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
DJ Cullinan	34	59	4	-	57.62	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
DJ Cullinan	43	75	4	1	57.33	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
BM McMillan	47	83	4	-	56.62	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
DJ Cullinan	29	52	4	-	55.76	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
DJ Cullinan	77	141	6	1	54.60	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
AM Bacher	55	101	9	-	54.45	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
DJ Cullinan	43	80	7	-	53.75	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
AC Hudson	52	97	8	-	53.60	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
HH Gibbs	25	47	3	-	53.19	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
WJ Cronje	76	144	10	1	52.77	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
WJ Cronje	50	95	8	-	52.63	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
SM Pollock	40*	76	3	-	52.63	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
WJ Cronje	41	79	3	1	51.89	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
BM McMillan	55	108	7	-	50.92	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
G Kirsten	103	204	15	-	50.49	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
SM Pollock	79	158	12	-	50.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
AC Hudson	31	62	5	-	50.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
PS de Villiers	67*	136	5	1	49.26	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
HH Gibbs	31	65	5	-	47.69	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
BM McMillan	55	119	8	-	46.21	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DJ Cullinan	47	103	8	-	45.63	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DJ Richardson	47	105	4	1	44.76	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
BM McMillan	103*	233	9	-	44.20	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
AC Hudson	80	191	12	-	41.88	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
AM Bacher	25	60	4	-	41.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
AC Hudson	55	134	7	-	41.04	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
WJ Cronje	27	66	5	-	40.90	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
G Kirsten	43	106	7	-	40.56	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
G Kirsten	43	108	5	-	39.81	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
PL Symcox	32	81	1	1	39.50	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
WJ Cronje	48*	122	6	-	39.34	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
AM Bacher	49	129	7	-	37.98	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
DJ Cullinan	27	73	5	-	36.98	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
DJ Richardson	39	106	5	-	36.79	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
BM McMillan	34	99	2	-	34.34	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
AM Bacher	25	73	3	1	34.24	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
L Klusener	34*	100	5	-	34.00	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
AM Bacher	96	322	10	1	29.81	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
HH Gibbs	31	112	7	-	27.67	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
JH Kallis	39	155	5	-	25.16	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
AC Hudson	31	141	3	-	21.98	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344

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