Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Players IN South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
PS de Villiers	20.5	4	81	6	20.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
SB Doull	15.0	5	33	4	22.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
CR Matthews	19.0	9	42	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
PS de Villiers	24.0	7	64	5	28.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
PS de Villiers	19.3	11	27	4	29.25	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
BM McMillan	11.0	1	33	2	33.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
PS de Villiers	28.1	9	61	5	33.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
PS de Villiers	23.0	9	52	4	34.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SB Doull	29.5	9	73	5	35.80	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BM McMillan	12.0	3	46	2	36.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
DK Morrison	25.0	4	70	4	37.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BM McMillan	19.0	8	40	3	38.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BM McMillan	26.0	5	65	4	39.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
MN Hart	32.4	7	77	5	39.20	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Aamer Nazir	13.1	1	67	2	39.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
SD Jack	27.0	7	69	4	40.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	2	45.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
MN Hart	15.2	2	51	2	46.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
DJ Nash	24.0	6	81	3	48.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SD Jack	16.0	7	32	2	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BM McMillan	25.0	9	52	3	50.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
AA Donald	17.0	2	63	2	51.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
MN Hart	26.0	7	57	3	52.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
CR Matthews	28.0	3	98	3	56.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
CE Eksteen	19.0	7	34	2	57.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
Kabir Khan	19.1	4	60	2	57.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
Aaqib Javed	29.4	6	102	3	59.33	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
BM McMillan	30.0	8	53	3	60.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
SA Thomson	31.0	7	65	3	62.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
PS de Villiers	31.2	10	56	3	62.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
RP de Groen	21.0	2	59	2	63.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SB Doull	21.0	6	70	2	63.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
RP Snell	33.5	9	112	3	67.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
CE Eksteen	23.0	10	49	2	69.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Wasim Akram	23.0	4	53	2	69.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
Aaqib Javed	26.0	2	82	2	78.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
PS de Villiers	34.0	8	78	2	102.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
SB Doull	34.2	12	55	2	103.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
MN Hart	54.0	8	141	3	108.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
Wasim Akram	36.0	11	113	2	108.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Panadura Sports Club vs Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club at Maggona, Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 2-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 185/8 (50.0 ov, JDF Vandersay 13*, T Harshana 7*, MNM Dilshad 4/61)

Chilaw Marians Cricket Club vs Colombo Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 2-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 116/5 (31.0 ov, KVA Adikari 2*, S Liyanage 5*, KN Peiris 2/33)

Police Sports Club vs Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club at Galle, Major League Tournament Group A, Jan 2-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 98/4 (38.4 ov, TN Sampath 22*, Kevin Perera 32*, DS Thilakaratne 1/20)