Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - vs South Africa

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

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
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
MG Bevan	37*	58	6	-	63.79	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
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
MTG Elliott	44	91	8	-	48.35	Australia	v South Africa	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
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
MA Taylor	38	138	5	-	27.53	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362

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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

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