Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings for South Africa in ODIs

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
CA Walsh	4.3	3	1	5	5.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	03 Dec 1986	ODI # 405
Imran Tahir	6.0	1	24	6	6.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	03 Oct 2018	ODI # 4050
O Thomas	5.1	-	21	5	6.20	West Indies	v England	Gros Islet	02 Mar 2019	ODI # 4103
CH Gayle	4.2	-	19	4	6.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	17 Feb 2002	ODI # 1810
FH Edwards	7.0	1	22	6	7.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Nov 2003	ODI # 2069
M Ntini	6.0	2	21	5	7.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Mohali	27 Oct 2006	ODI # 2438
PV Simmons	4.5	-	18	4	7.25	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	12 Mar 1995	ODI # 987
JP Duminy	4.5	-	16	4	7.25	South Africa	v Ireland	Benoni	25 Sep 2016	ODI # 3780
JNT Seales	7.2	-	18	6	7.33	West Indies	v Pakistan	Tarouba	12 Aug 2025	ODI # 4894
Imran Tahir	9.0	-	45	7	7.71	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	15 Jun 2016	ODI # 3747
N Boje	6.3	-	21	5	7.80	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
K Rabada	8.0	3	16	6	8.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	10 Jul 2015	ODI # 3663
RK Kleinveldt	5.2	2	22	4	8.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Bloemfontein	10 Mar 2013	ODI # 3343
KAJ Roach	8.3	-	27	6	8.50	West Indies	v Netherlands	Delhi	28 Feb 2011	ODI # 3112
O Thomas	5.4	-	27	4	8.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Nottingham	31 May 2019	ODI # 4144
L Klusener	7.1	-	24	5	8.60	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
L Klusener	7.1	1	25	5	8.60	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
OD Gibson	5.5	-	35	4	8.75	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20 Oct 1995	ODI # 1012
VD Philander	5.5	1	12	4	8.75	South Africa	v Ireland	Belfast	24 Jun 2007	ODI # 2591
SJ Benn	5.5	2	18	4	8.75	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	04 Mar 2011	ODI # 3118
WW Davis	10.3	-	51	7	9.00	West Indies	v Australia	Leeds	11 Jun 1983	ODI # 203
CEH Croft	9.0	4	15	6	9.00	West Indies	v England	Kingstown	04 Feb 1981	ODI # 115
AH Gray	9.0	-	50	6	9.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1991	ODI # 672
AA Donald	9.0	-	23	6	9.00	South Africa	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	03 Oct 1996	ODI # 1124
DW Steyn	9.0	-	39	6	9.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	27 Nov 2013	ODI # 3440
JH Kallis	7.3	-	30	5	9.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Dhaka	01 Nov 1998	ODI # 1364
HA Gomes	6.0	1	31	4	9.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Jan 1982	ODI # 140
J Garner	6.0	1	10	4	9.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	17 Apr 1985	ODI # 327
DR Smith	6.0	1	8	4	9.00	West Indies	v Netherlands	Dublin	10 Jul 2007	ODI # 2599
M Morkel	6.0	2	10	4	9.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	11 Jan 2012	ODI # 3225
D Pretorius	6.0	-	36	4	9.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	22 Jul 2022	ODI # 4435
T Shamsi	7.4	-	49	5	9.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	04 Sep 2021	ODI # 4315
RJ Peterson	6.1	1	32	4	9.25	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	23 Nov 2014	ODI # 3551
M Ntini	9.3	4	22	6	9.50	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	03 Mar 2006	ODI # 2345
JH Kallis	6.2	1	22	4	9.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	09 May 2001	ODI # 1716
WD Parnell	8.0	-	57	5	9.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	24 Sep 2009	ODI # 2895
M Morkel	8.0	-	21	5	9.60	South Africa	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Nov 2014	ODI # 3546
M Jansen	8.0	1	39	5	9.60	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Sep 2023	ODI # 4648
BP Patterson	9.4	-	29	6	9.66	West Indies	v India	Nagpur	08 Dec 1987	ODI # 481
IVA Richards	9.4	-	41	6	9.66	West Indies	v India	Delhi	23 Oct 1989	ODI # 582
G Coetzee	6.3	-	50	4	9.75	South Africa	v Australia	Potchefstroom	12 Sep 2023	ODI # 4642
AS Joseph	8.1	-	56	5	9.80	West Indies	v England	The Oval	27 Sep 2017	ODI # 3916
SP Narine	9.5	-	27	6	9.83	West Indies	v South Africa	Providence	03 Jun 2016	ODI # 3739
L Klusener	10.0	-	49	6	10.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Nov 1997	ODI # 1252
SM Pollock	10.0	2	35	6	10.00	South Africa	v West Indies	East London	24 Jan 1999	ODI # 1393
DJ Bravo	10.0	1	43	6	10.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	St George's	24 Feb 2013	ODI # 3339
L Ngidi	10.0	-	58	6	10.00	South Africa	v Australia	Bloemfontein	04 Mar 2020	ODI # 4252
CEL Ambrose	8.2	1	17	5	10.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Dec 1988	ODI # 540
M Ntini	8.2	-	37	5	10.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668
J Theron	8.2	-	44	5	10.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	17 Oct 2010	ODI # 3059
L Klusener	8.3	3	21	5	10.20	South Africa	v Kenya	Amstelveen	26 May 1999	ODI # 1462
KLT Arthurton	6.5	-	44	4	10.25	West Indies	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	05 Feb 1999	ODI # 1402
AA Donald	8.4	-	29	5	10.40	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Nov 1991	ODI # 686
IR Bishop	8.4	-	25	5	10.40	West Indies	v Pakistan	Brisbane	09 Jan 1993	ODI # 788
OD Gibson	8.4	-	42	5	10.40	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	03 Jan 1996	ODI # 1029
L Klusener	8.4	-	42	5	10.40	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997	ODI # 1167
JH Kallis	8.4	1	41	5	10.40	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	18 Dec 2002	ODI # 1923
RA Harper	7.0	-	40	4	10.50	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1994	ODI # 890
DJ Bravo	7.0	1	19	4	10.50	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	27 Mar 2009	ODI # 2828
M Morkel	7.0	-	21	4	10.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Roseau	28 May 2010	ODI # 2982
RJ Peterson	7.0	3	12	4	10.50	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	19 Mar 2011	ODI # 3138
LL Tsotsobe	7.0	2	22	4	10.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	26 Jul 2013	ODI # 3398
DJ Bravo	7.0	-	32	4	10.50	West Indies	v Bangladesh	St George's	20 Aug 2014	ODI # 3509
K Rabada	7.0	-	41	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	25 Oct 2015	ODI # 3700
CH Morris	7.0	-	62	4	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Feb 2017	ODI # 3836
Imran Tahir	7.0	-	29	4	10.50	South Africa	v Afghanistan	Cardiff	15 Jun 2019	ODI # 4160
RP Snell	7.1	2	12	4	10.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	19 Nov 1993	ODI # 853
M Ntini	7.1	1	24	4	10.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	22 Feb 2003	ODI # 1961
LL Tsotsobe	7.1	-	25	4	10.75	South Africa	v India	Durban	08 Dec 2013	ODI # 3443
K Sinclair	7.1	-	24	4	10.75	West Indies	v U.A.E.	Sharjah	09 Jun 2023	ODI # 4584
SM Pollock	9.0	1	20	5	10.80	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 2000	ODI # 1560
KAJ Roach	9.0	-	56	5	10.80	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 Dec 2012	ODI # 3313
SS Cottrell	9.0	-	46	5	10.80	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	22 Feb 2019	ODI # 4097
SSB Magala	9.0	2	43	5	10.80	South Africa	v Netherlands	Johannesburg	02 Apr 2023	ODI # 4563
MV Nagamootoo	7.2	-	32	4	11.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Adelaide	25 Jan 2001	ODI # 1676
SM Pollock	9.2	1	36	5	11.20	South Africa	v Australia	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999	ODI # 1483
CD Collymore	9.2	-	51	5	11.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Dec 2001	ODI # 1778
MA Holding	7.3	-	17	4	11.25	West Indies	v Pakistan	Peshawar	02 Dec 1985	ODI # 344
CA Walsh	7.3	2	16	4	11.25	West Indies	v India	Guwahati	23 Dec 1987	ODI # 482
AC Cummins	9.3	1	31	5	11.40	West Indies	v India	Brisbane	11 Jan 1992	ODI # 702
CEL Ambrose	9.3	2	32	5	11.40	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	16 Jan 1993	ODI # 792
WD Parnell	9.3	1	48	5	11.40	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	27 Nov 2009	ODI # 2930
M Morkel	9.3	1	38	5	11.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Napier	29 Feb 2012	ODI # 3252
Imran Tahir	7.4	-	28	4	11.50	South Africa	v West Indies	East London	21 Jan 2015	ODI # 3587
AR Nurse	7.4	-	51	4	11.50	West Indies	v Ireland	Dublin	05 May 2019	ODI # 4128
DW Steyn	9.4	-	50	5	11.60	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011	ODI # 3128
JO Holder	9.4	2	27	5	11.60	West Indies	v India	North Sound	02 Jul 2017	ODI # 3900
MA Holding	7.5	1	32	4	11.75	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Jan 1982	ODI # 133
CL Hooper	7.5	-	34	4	11.75	West Indies	v Pakistan	Karachi	20 Nov 1991	ODI # 689
DW Steyn	7.5	1	44	4	11.75	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	13 Apr 2009	ODI # 2840
RP Snell	9.5	-	40	5	11.80	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1994	ODI # 876
SM Pollock	9.5	1	37	5	11.80	South Africa	v India	Centurion	10 Oct 2001	ODI # 1757
VC Drakes	9.5	1	44	5	11.80	West Indies	v Canada	Centurion	23 Feb 2003	ODI # 1963
CK Langeveldt	9.5	-	62	5	11.80	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	11 May 2005	ODI # 2243
VA Holder	10.0	-	50	5	12.00	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 Aug 1976	ODI # 39
AME Roberts	10.0	5	22	5	12.00	West Indies	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1980	ODI # 84
J Garner	10.0	1	31	5	12.00	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1984	ODI # 248
MA Holding	10.0	1	26	5	12.00	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1985	ODI # 305
J Garner	10.0	-	47	5	12.00	West Indies	v England	W.A.C.A	03 Jan 1987	ODI # 411
IVA Richards	10.0	-	41	5	12.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1987	ODI # 435

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