Batting Highest Career Strike Rate

Highest strike rates for South Africa in Tests

Highest strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SO Hetmyer (WI)	2017-2019	16	30	-	838	93	27.93	1138	73.63	-	5	-	85	27
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.93	6	22	7	411	33
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	9613+	69.77*	24	45	10	952+	84
DJG Sammy (WI)	2007-2013	38	63	2	1323	106	21.68	1949	67.88	1	5	8	157	34
DG Bedingham (SA)	2023-2025	15	26	3	828	110	36.00	1228	67.42	1	4	2	91	17
JE Taylor (WI)	2003-2016	46	73	7	856	106	12.96	1368	62.57	1	1	12	116	19
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	59	91	7	1292	84	15.38	2107	61.31	-	6	17	149	29
KR Mayers (WI)	2021-2023	18	32	3	949	210*	32.72	1550	61.22	2	2	5	117	16
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	130	230	6	11912	400*	53.17	19694	60.48	34	48	17	1551	88
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	103	182	11	7214	333	42.18	11970	60.26	15	37	15	1046	98
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.80	4	8	4	236	20
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.71	27	38	10	1164	24
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	46	84	2	2993	152	36.50	5016	59.66	8	13	7	426	14
MA Holding (WI)	1975-1987	60	76	10	910	73	13.78	1185+	58.98*	-	6	15	78+	36
PWA Mulder (SA)	2019-2025	21	34	4	1153	367*	38.43	1955	58.97	3	1	3	138	17
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256+	58.28*	4	8	2	122+	3
K Verreynne (SA)	2021-2025	27	42	6	1165	136*	32.36	2007	58.04	4	3	4	122	14
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	52	78	9	2470	130	35.79	3981+	57.84*	2	16	8	305+	9
AS Joseph (WI)	2016-2025	40	65	2	770	86	12.22	1357	56.74	-	2	13	83	28
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	7515	242*	46.67	6942+	56.68*	19	39	4	712+	70
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
JR Murray (WI)	1993-2002	33	45	4	918	101*	22.39	1670	54.97	1	3	9	102	6
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2024	69	123	20	3073	202*	29.83	5595	54.92	3	14	11	359	55
RD Rickelton (SA)	2022-2025	11	19	2	638	259	37.52	1169	54.57	2	-	1	76	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.51	22	46	8	1024	64
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1707+	54.48*	7	11	1	246+	11
T de Zorzi (SA)	2023-2025	13	23	-	641	177	27.86	1182	54.23	1	2	3	69	6
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	56	102	6	2898	112*	30.18	5373	53.93	3	18	7	347	36
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	4063+	53.58*	26	30	12	593+	32+
A Athanaze (WI)	2023-2025	13	25	-	627	92	25.08	1171	53.54	-	4	2	71	3
JD Campbell (WI)	2019-2025	23	46	6	994	68	24.85	1875	53.01	-	3	4	120	9
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1991	81	107	11	1810	92	18.85	3163+	52.73*	-	10	15	189+	18
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	7198	52.52	2	16	9	412	35
PV Simmons (WI)	1988-1997	26	47	2	1002	110	22.26	1933	51.83	1	4	4	139	4
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.75	5	8	3	256	12
KOA Powell (WI)	2011-2021	44	83	1	2113	134	25.76	4152	50.89	3	7	8	278	16
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	86	104	23	944	40	11.65	1858	50.80	-	-	22	143	5
T Stubbs (SA)	2024-2025	10	18	1	510	122	30.00	1014	50.29	2	1	1	42	8
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	5762	233	36.46	11462	50.27	13	27	13	633	63
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	16	655	20
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	18	28	5	506	84*	22.00	1009	50.14	-	3	3	70	5
KAR Hodge (WI)	2024-2025	11	22	-	556	120	25.27	1110	50.09	1	3	2	72	2
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2025	71	107	20	1031	47	11.85	2059	50.07	-	-	20	135	16
CS Baugh (WI)	2003-2012	21	36	2	610	68	17.94	1220	50.00	-	3	1	71	4
SC Williams (WI)	1994-2002	31	52	3	1183	128	24.14	2367	49.97	1	3	6	171	6
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.97	28	41	13	1170	14
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	11932+	49.49*	19	34	11	872+	67
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	64	110	13	3708	172	38.22	7544	49.15	4	25	10	425	16
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	70	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.96	14	20	10	548	25
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	29	54	1	2523	258	47.60	1958+	48.82*	6	10	3	230+	11
D Ramdin (WI)	2005-2016	74	126	14	2898	166	25.87	5945	48.74	4	15	9	376	6
DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2010	40	71	1	2200	113	31.42	4527	48.59	3	13	6	269	21
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	116	45	699	32*	9.84	1439	48.57	-	-	21	104	8
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1969	44	78	6	3104	209*	43.11	1979+	48.35*	7	16	3	227+	6+
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	43	62	10	1312	85	25.23	2715	48.32	-	4	5	184	6
J Garner (WI)	1977-1987	58	68	14	672	60	12.44	1146+	48.08*	-	1	17	55+	15
RS Morton (WI)	2005-2008	15	27	1	573	70*	22.03	1192	48.07	-	4	1	79	7
KA Edwards (WI)	2011-2014	17	32	1	986	121	31.80	2052	48.05	2	8	4	111	12
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	6227	256	47.53	2914+	47.87*	15	28	7	491+	23+
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2004	65	112	21	2577	118	28.31	5391	47.80	3	14	12	300	23
D Elgar (SA)	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	45	80	1	2608	213	33.01	5459	47.77	5	14	6	368	16
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	5949	194	44.39	12398+	47.77*	16	27	8	761+	23
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2024	14	25	-	704	82	28.16	1477	47.66	-	4	-	86	0
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2016	71	127	7	3917	260	32.64	8219	47.65	7	24	14	537	32
AB Barath (WI)	2009-2012	15	28	-	657	104	23.46	1388	47.33	1	4	2	93	5
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	30	49	2	2047	302	43.55	2865+	47.22*	7	7	2	210+	6
SO Dowrich (WI)	2015-2020	35	62	8	1570	125*	29.07	3341	46.99	3	9	8	178	11
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	87	154	8	5842	291	40.01	12484	46.79	15	31	12	747	14
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	98	145	29	1439	53	12.40	3080	46.72	-	1	26	172	12
RC Fredericks (WI)	1968-1977	59	109	7	4334	169	42.49	4335+	46.52*	8	26	7	352+	8
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.02	8986	46.32	10	21	9	516	21
JP Duminy (SA)	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.85	4544	46.28	6	8	9	250	13
RL Chase (WI)	2016-2025	52	96	4	2379	137*	25.85	5142	46.26	5	11	13	247	21
TB de Bruyn (SA)	2017-2022	13	25	1	468	101	19.50	1012	46.24	1	-	2	69	2
AJ Hall (SA)	2002-2007	21	33	4	760	163	26.20	1650	46.06	1	3	7	96	4
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.25	28724	45.97	45	58	16	1477	96
DS Smith (WI)	2003-2018	43	76	2	1760	108	23.78	3834	45.90	1	8	7	246	1
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1991	81	115	11	3322	139	31.94	6202+	45.82*	5	16	8	344+	11
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1981	66	109	10	4399	187	44.43	4217+	45.69*	12	21	10	422+	12
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	52	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	4	256	22
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2017	11	19	-	632	117	33.26	1402	45.07	3	2	3	66	0
DM Bravo (WI)	2010-2020	56	102	5	3538	218	36.47	7886	44.86	8	17	5	404	41
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	185	61	936	30*	7.54	2088	44.82	-	-	43	77	19
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.63	6	23	11	409	33
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	64	94	20	1779	74	24.04	3995	44.53	-	8	8	204	17
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	202	25	7487	184	42.29	15052+	44.41*	18	39	10	818+	24
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	93	119	27	1251	76	13.59	2825	44.28	-	2	14	124	36
SSJ Brooks (WI)	2019-2022	13	24	-	553	111	23.04	1255	44.06	1	3	3	73	4
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.74	1684+	43.88*	6	15	3	251+	5
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.81	6	11	8	362	7
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.64	8385	43.70	11	11	7	397	13
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	27395	43.31	30	66	15	1285	36
DL Murray (WI)	1963-1980	62	96	9	1993	91	22.90	2300+	43.30*	-	11	7	160+	7
BP Nash (WI)	2008-2011	21	33	-	1103	114	33.42	2548	43.28	2	8	-	130	3
SJ Erwee (SA)	2022-2023	10	19	1	479	108	26.61	1107	43.27	1	1	2	56	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1993	25	32	3	535	74	18.44	1252+	42.73*	-	3	5	52	9

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Minimum of 1000 balls faced

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at Wankhede, England in India 5th T20I, Feb 2, 2025 [T20I # 3086]

India vs England at Pune, England in India 4th T20I, Jan 31, 2025 [T20I # 3085]

England vs India at Rajkot, England in India 3rd T20I, Jan 28, 2025 [T20I # 3084]