Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Players IN South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HM Amla	66	74	9	-	89.18	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
Sarfaraz Ahmed	40	45	6	-	88.88	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
AB de Villiers	103*	117	11	-	88.03	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
AB de Villiers	36	45	4	-	80.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
RJ Peterson	84	106	15	-	79.24	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Tanvir Ahmed	44	59	4	-	74.57	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
GC Smith	29	39	2	-	74.35	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
BJ Watling	63	87	13	-	72.41	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
HM Amla	92	128	13	-	71.87	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
GC Smith	52	73	9	-	71.23	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Nasir Jamshed	46	65	8	-	70.76	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
RJ Peterson	28	40	4	-	70.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
D Elgar	27	40	3	1	67.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
JH Kallis	60	89	5	2	67.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
VD Philander	74	113	9	-	65.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
HM Amla	74*	114	7	-	64.91	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
JH Kallis	50	78	9	-	64.10	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
AB de Villiers	51	81	6	-	62.96	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
GC Smith	54	88	8	-	61.36	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
D Elgar	103*	170	14	1	60.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
HM Amla	58	96	7	-	60.41	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
AN Petersen	106	176	11	1	60.22	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
DG Brownlie	109	186	13	2	58.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
AB de Villiers	121	215	15	-	56.27	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
HM Amla	37	67	6	-	55.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Saeed Ajmal	31	57	4	1	54.38	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
F du Plessis	137	252	14	2	54.36	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
AB de Villiers	61	113	7	-	53.98	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
BJ Watling	63	117	11	-	53.84	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
AB de Villiers	67	129	8	-	51.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
F du Plessis	29	57	6	-	50.87	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
Imran Farhat	30	60	3	-	50.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
BB McCullum	51	103	7	-	49.51	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
Younis Khan	111	226	7	3	49.11	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Asad Shafiq	111	230	14	1	48.26	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Imran Farhat	43	91	5	-	47.25	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
HM Amla	110	235	8	-	46.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
AN Petersen	27	60	5	-	45.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
HM Amla	25	60	3	-	41.66	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Misbah-ul-Haq	44	111	4	3	39.63	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
MJ Guptill	48	122	10	-	39.34	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
Younis Khan	33	86	5	-	38.37	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
Misbah-ul-Haq	64	167	11	-	38.32	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
F du Plessis	41	107	2	-	38.31	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
DG Brownlie	53	141	8	-	37.58	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
AB de Villiers	31	84	3	-	36.90	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
F du Plessis	28	83	4	-	33.73	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Azhar Ali	65	193	7	-	33.67	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
Asad Shafiq	56	168	9	-	33.33	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
BJ Watling	42	151	4	-	27.81	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
Azhar Ali	27	110	3	-	24.54	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075

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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:

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]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]