Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings - South Africa

Players - South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	22.87	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
HR Lance	8.0	0	36	2	24.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
HR Lance	13.0	6	30	3	26.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
NAT Adcock	10.0	4	23	2	30.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
SF Burke	27.1	10	68	5	32.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
GB Lawrence	22.2	10	57	4	33.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
HD Bromfield	18.0	4	37	3	36.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
KA Walter	25.3	6	63	4	38.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
GB Lawrence	28.0	5	85	4	42.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
PM Pollock	14.0	6	18	2	42.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
PM Pollock	22.0	3	61	3	44.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
NAT Adcock	24.0	12	40	3	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
PM Pollock	24.1	5	70	3	48.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
AH McKinnon	17.0	7	32	2	51.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
SF Burke	53.5	19	128	6	53.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
NAT Adcock	27.0	11	60	3	54.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
PM Pollock	28.0	9	63	3	56.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
GB Lawrence	29.0	6	63	3	58.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
PS Heine	24.0	5	78	2	72.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
GB Lawrence	26.2	7	71	2	79.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
HD Bromfield	46.0	11	94	2	138.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Gujarat vs Tripura at Agartala, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group C, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 53/2 (19.0 ov, MA Hingrajia 23*, JM Patel 26*, MB Murasingh 1/6) - Stumps

Easterns (Eastern Transvaal) vs South Western Districts at Oudtshoorn, CSA 4-Day Series Division 2 19th Match, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 224/10 (61.4 ov, ZJH Momberg 24*, T Ndlela 1/19) - Stumps

Nagaland vs Andhra at Sovima, Ranji Trophy Elite, Group A, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 85/4 (33.0 ov, HT Aye 16*, R Jonathan 0*, T Vijay 3/29) - Stumps