Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings for South Africa in Tests IN South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JH Kallis	4.3	1	21	5	5.40	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	5.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	2 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	8.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	1 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	8.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	8.40	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	10.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
JH Sinclair	12.0x5	4	26	6	10.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DW Steyn	7.0	-	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	4 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	11.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
K Rabada	11.0	1	30	5	13.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	13.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
M Jansen	14.0	3	52	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
A Rose-Innes	18.0x4	5	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	15.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
K Rabada	15.0	3	50	6	15.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
AW Nourse	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	15.20	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
AA Donald	13.0	4	49	5	15.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	15.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
D Olivier	13.0	2	51	5	15.60	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	15.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
WD Parnell	10.3	1	51	4	15.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
CN McCarthy	12.0x8	2	43	6	16.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	16.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
KA Maharaj	10.4	1	25	4	16.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
EP Nupen	16.1	1	46	6	16.16	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	16.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
SM Pollock	13.3	2	43	5	16.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	16.28	South Africa	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
M Ntini	11.0	5	39	4	16.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
JH Kallis	11.0	1	42	4	16.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
SM Pollock	11.0	2	35	4	16.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
DW Steyn	13.5	1	51	5	16.60	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
K Rabada	13.5	4	33	5	16.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	16.75	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
M Ntini	14.0	3	51	5	16.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	17.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
AA Donald	14.2	4	49	5	17.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
DJ Terbrugge	15.0	1	46	5	18.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
M Ntini	15.0	9	19	5	18.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
D Olivier	15.0	3	59	5	18.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
PM Pollock	12.0	4	20	4	18.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
VD Philander	12.0	4	27	4	18.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
K Rabada	12.0	2	37	4	18.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
PR Adams	12.1	5	31	4	18.25	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
BE Hendricks	15.3	2	64	5	18.60	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
HJ Tayfield	14.0x8	7	13	6	18.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
M Ntini	18.5	2	100	6	18.83	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
AEE Vogler	22.0	2	94	7	18.85	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
PS Heine	14.2x8	3	58	6	19.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	19.00	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
SM Pollock	15.5	4	32	5	19.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
K Rabada	12.4	3	38	4	19.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
AA Donald	16.0	5	46	5	19.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
AA Donald	16.0	5	40	5	19.20	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
SM Pollock	16.0	3	40	5	19.20	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
CK Langeveldt	16.0	4	46	5	19.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
M Ntini	16.0	7	35	5	19.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	5 May 2006	Test # 1801
A Nortje	16.0	5	36	5	19.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
D Paterson	16.0	4	61	5	19.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
GA Faulkner	12.5	5	26	4	19.25	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	2 Feb 1962	Test # 523
AA Donald	13.0	3	47	4	19.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
JH Kallis	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
DW Steyn	16.2	4	33	5	19.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
NBF Mann	9.7x8	-	65	4	19.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
M Ntini	13.1	2	44	4	19.75	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	20.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
M Jansen	13.3	4	55	4	20.25	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
GF Bissett	17.0	5	37	5	20.40	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
DW Steyn	17.0	4	47	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
DW Steyn	17.0	1	59	5	20.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	8 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
PS de Villiers	20.5	4	81	6	20.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
M Ntini	21.0	6	59	6	21.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
KA Maharaj	17.3	5	59	5	21.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
M Ntini	14.0	4	53	4	21.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
DW Steyn	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
JH Kallis	14.2	5	39	4	21.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]