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
Q de Kock	29	20	5	-	145.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
D Elgar	31*	27	5	-	114.81	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
D Elgar	127	163	22	-	77.91	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
D Elgar	95	130	16	-	73.07	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
AK Markram	68	94	14	-	72.34	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
F du Plessis	199	276	24	-	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
KA Maharaj	73	106	6	2	68.86	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
AK Markram	36*	53	4	-	67.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
D Elgar	29	45	4	-	64.44	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
PWA Mulder	36	63	4	1	57.14	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
T Bavuma	71	125	7	-	56.80	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
D Elgar	58	106	9	-	54.71	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
GF Linde	35	64	5	-	54.68	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
AK Markram	32	60	5	-	53.33	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
HE van der Dussen	67	127	12	-	52.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
HE van der Dussen	48	97	8	-	49.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
T Bavuma	61	125	6	-	48.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
AK Markram	108	243	13	3	44.44	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
T Bavuma	40	93	3	-	43.01	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
HE van der Dussen	64	151	5	-	42.38	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
PWA Mulder	33	83	3	1	39.75	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
AK Markram	74	224	10	-	33.03	South Africa	v Pakistan	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
T Bavuma	44*	138	5	-	31.88	South Africa	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408

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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]
>> 302/8 (75.0 ov, JG Bethell 142*, MJ Potts 0*, SM Boland 2/34) - 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]