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
GP Swann	85	81	10	2	104.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
Harbhajan Singh	39	39	6	1	100.00	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
GP Swann	27	27	3	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
V Sehwag	165	174	23	2	94.82	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
PD Collingwood	71	88	12	1	80.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AJ Strauss	54	67	9	0	80.59	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
V Sehwag	109	139	15	0	78.41	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
PD Collingwood	47	61	5	2	77.04	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
MJ Prior	60	81	6	1	74.07	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
A Mishra	28	38	5	0	73.68	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
MS Dhoni	132*	187	12	3	70.58	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
G Gambhir	25	38	3	0	65.78	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
MJ Prior	76	118	9	0	64.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SCJ Broad	25	39	4	0	64.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IR Bell	140	227	10	1	61.67	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
KP Pietersen	31	52	4	0	59.61	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
Z Khan	33	57	4	2	57.89	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
PD Collingwood	50	88	5	1	56.81	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
KP Pietersen	81	143	11	0	56.64	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SR Tendulkar	100	179	13	0	55.86	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
VVS Laxman	143*	260	16	0	55.00	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
AJ Strauss	46	87	6	0	52.87	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SR Tendulkar	106	206	12	0	51.45	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
KP Pietersen	40	79	3	1	50.63	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
AN Cook	65	136	7	0	47.79	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AN Cook	55	116	7	0	47.41	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
AN Cook	118	263	11	0	44.86	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
IJL Trott	42	99	4	0	42.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
PD Collingwood	91	215	7	0	42.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
AJ Strauss	45	107	7	0	42.05	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
IR Bell	35	86	6	0	40.69	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
S Badrinath	56	139	7	0	40.28	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
IR Bell	48	121	8	0	39.66	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JM Anderson	29	78	4	1	37.17	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IR Bell	78	213	10	0	36.61	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
WP Saha	36	101	4	0	35.64	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
M Vijay	32	90	4	0	35.55	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
IJL Trott	69	212	7	0	32.54	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PD Collingwood	26*	99	6	0	26.26	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
IJL Trott	28	117	3	0	23.93	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MS Dhoni	25	112	3	0	22.32	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
PD Collingwood	40	188	4	0	21.27	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946

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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]