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
MA Starc	68*	43	9	2	158.13	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
JL Pattinson	42	35	4	2	120.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
DA Warner	119	112	16	4	106.25	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
MJ Clarke	230	257	40	1	89.49	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
Sarfaraz Ahmed	40	45	6	-	88.88	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
DA Warner	29	34	5	-	85.29	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
MJ Clarke	44	52	8	-	84.61	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
MEK Hussey	100	129	13	-	77.51	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
MEK Hussey	103	137	9	4	75.18	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
Tanvir Ahmed	44	59	4	-	74.57	Pakistan	v South Africa	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
NM Lyon	31	43	6	-	72.09	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
Nasir Jamshed	46	65	8	-	70.76	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
JL Pattinson	29*	42	6	-	69.04	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
DA Warner	41	60	6	-	68.33	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
MS Wade	68	102	7	3	66.66	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
MJ Clarke	259*	398	26	-	65.07	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
MJ Clarke	38	61	3	1	62.29	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
DG Brownlie	109	186	13	2	58.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
EJM Cowan	29	50	6	-	58.00	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
MEK Hussey	54	95	7	-	56.84	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
JW Hastings	32	58	4	-	55.17	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
Saeed Ajmal	31	57	4	1	54.38	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
SR Watson	25	46	4	-	54.34	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
BJ Watling	63	117	11	-	53.84	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
EJM Cowan	136	257	17	-	52.91	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
Imran Farhat	30	60	3	-	50.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
MEK Hussey	26	52	1	-	50.00	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
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
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
DG Brownlie	53	141	8	-	37.58	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
EJM Cowan	53	149	5	1	35.57	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
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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Minimum of 25 runs
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 - Live]
>> 518/7 (124.0 ov, SPD Smith 129*, BJ Webster 42*, WG Jacks 0/31) - Stumps

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]