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
JP Duminy	36	41	4	1	87.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
MV Boucher	63*	73	9	1	86.30	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
DW Steyn	47	58	3	3	81.03	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
MV Boucher	95	118	9	-	80.50	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
MV Boucher	39	50	5	-	78.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
PL Harris	36	50	5	-	72.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
AB de Villiers	34	49	3	-	69.38	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
HM Amla	114	166	14	1	68.67	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
GC Smith	183	273	25	-	67.03	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AB de Villiers	64	101	6	1	63.36	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AN Petersen	100	164	16	-	60.97	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
HM Amla	95	156	14	-	60.89	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AB de Villiers	53	88	5	-	60.22	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
AB de Villiers	36	60	4	-	60.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GC Smith	30	50	3	-	60.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
MV Boucher	51	86	7	-	59.30	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
R McLaren	33*	56	5	-	58.92	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
JH Kallis	108	189	11	-	57.14	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JH Kallis	75	132	7	-	56.81	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
GC Smith	105	187	16	-	56.14	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
HM Amla	75	138	8	-	54.34	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
HM Amla	253*	473	22	-	53.48	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
JH Kallis	120	225	16	1	53.33	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MV Boucher	39	75	3	-	52.00	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
AB de Villiers	50	98	6	-	51.02	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JH Kallis	173	351	15	2	49.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
MV Boucher	49	100	6	-	49.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AB de Villiers	58	119	5	-	48.73	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AB de Villiers	32	66	5	-	48.48	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
JH Kallis	46	96	5	-	47.91	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AG Prince	45	94	6	-	47.87	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
HM Amla	100	213	10	-	46.94	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MV Boucher	29	65	3	-	44.61	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
DW Steyn	26	59	3	-	44.06	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PL Harris	38	89	4	-	42.69	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
GC Smith	75	186	9	-	40.32	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JP Duminy	56	150	6	1	37.33	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
HM Amla	123*	394	16	-	31.21	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952

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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:

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