Cricket Records in Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SM Pollock	35	42	8	-	83.33	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
DJ Richardson	72*	87	10	1	82.75	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
ME Waugh	26	34	4	-	76.47	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
MTG Elliott	85	113	13	1	75.22	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
WJ Cronje	79*	111	9	2	71.17	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
L Klusener	30	46	3	1	65.21	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
MG Bevan	37*	58	6	-	63.79	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
DJ Cullinan	34	59	4	-	57.62	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
WJ Cronje	76	144	10	1	52.77	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
BM McMillan	55	108	7	-	50.92	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
ME Waugh	116	228	17	1	50.87	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
GS Blewett	214	421	33	-	50.83	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
SR Waugh	67	132	9	-	50.75	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
AC Hudson	31	62	5	-	50.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
MTG Elliott	44	91	8	-	48.35	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
HH Gibbs	31	65	5	-	47.69	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
BM McMillan	55	119	8	-	46.21	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DJ Cullinan	47	103	8	-	45.63	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DJ Richardson	47	105	4	1	44.76	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
SR Waugh	160	366	22	-	43.71	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
ME Waugh	42	100	7	-	42.00	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
GS Blewett	37	90	5	-	41.11	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
WJ Cronje	27	66	5	-	40.90	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
G Kirsten	43	106	7	-	40.56	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
AM Bacher	49	129	7	-	37.98	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
DJ Cullinan	27	73	5	-	36.98	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
ML Hayden	40	115	5	-	34.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
SR Waugh	60*	179	8	-	33.51	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
AM Bacher	96	322	10	1	29.81	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
MA Taylor	38	138	5	-	27.53	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
JH Kallis	39	155	5	-	25.16	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356

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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

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