Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Best strike rates in an innings for South Africa in Tests

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
KAJ Roach	5.0	1	8	5	6.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	North Sound	04 Jul 2018	Test # 2310
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	6.00	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
MD Marshall	4.2	-	24	4	6.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990	Test # 1157
JJC Lawson	6.5	4	3	6	6.83	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
CA Walsh	5.1	1	14	4	7.75	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	8.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 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	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	9.33	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
DW Steyn	8.0	2	23	5	9.60	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
DAJ Holford	8.1	1	23	5	9.80	West Indies	v India	Bridgetown	10 Mar 1976	Test # 773
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	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	24	6	10.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
MN Samuels	6.4	1	13	4	10.00	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bridgetown	12 Mar 2013	Test # 2079
S Joseph	11.5	-	68	7	10.14	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2524
EA Martindale	8.3	1	22	5	10.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	08 Jan 1935	Test # 238
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
D Bishoo	13.5	1	49	8	10.37	West Indies	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016	Test # 2224
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	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
BP Patterson	8.5	1	24	5	10.60	West Indies	v India	Delhi	25 Nov 1987	Test # 1080
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
WW Hall	9.0	3	20	5	10.80	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962	Test # 528
JC Adams	9.0	4	17	5	10.80	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
JE Taylor	9.0	4	11	5	10.80	West Indies	v England	Kingston	04 Feb 2009	Test # 1906
K Rabada	9.0	1	37	5	10.80	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Oct 2024	Test # 2559
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	11.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
ML Cummins	11.0	1	48	6	11.00	West Indies	v India	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016	Test # 2215
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	11.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
RO Schwarz	11.4	-	47	6	11.66	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911	Test # 115
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	11.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
KAJ Roach	10.0	-	47	5	12.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
D Elgar	8.0	1	22	4	12.00	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
TL Best	12.1	1	40	6	12.16	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Khulna	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	12.20	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
JO Holder	10.1	1	44	5	12.20	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
RL Chase	8.2	1	15	4	12.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	06 Jun 2018	Test # 2306
G Motie	14.5	4	37	7	12.71	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Feb 2023	Test # 2491
DR Parry	10.4	4	15	5	12.80	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	13.00	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
JO Holder	13.0	3	59	6	13.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2312
SM Pollock	11.0	1	37	5	13.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
ST Gabriel	11.0	4	11	5	13.20	West Indies	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	30 Apr 2017	Test # 2260
K Rabada	11.0	1	30	5	13.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	13.20	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
KAJ Roach	11.0	7	17	5	13.20	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	13.42	West Indies	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
D Bishoo	9.0	-	26	4	13.50	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
PWA Mulder	9.0	2	32	4	13.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	13.71	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
CEH Croft	9.1	5	15	4	13.75	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978	Test # 819
Imran Tahir	11.3	2	38	5	13.80	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
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
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	14.12	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
WW Daniel	11.5	-	39	5	14.20	West Indies	v India	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983	Test # 967
CL Hooper	11.5	3	40	5	14.20	West Indies	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	16 Apr 1993	Test # 1220
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	14.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
A Rose-Innes	18.0x4	5	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
ST Gabriel	12.0	3	77	5	14.40	West Indies	v Bangladesh	North Sound	04 Jul 2018	Test # 2310
C Bosch	12.0	2	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
AS Joseph	12.0	2	27	5	14.40	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	12 Jul 2025	Test # 2595
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	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
MD Marshall	9.4	-	25	4	14.50	West Indies	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980	Test # 888
M Morkel	9.4	1	45	4	14.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
M Jansen	12.2	2	35	5	14.80	South Africa	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	15.00	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
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
PR Adams	12.3	3	37	5	15.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
TL Best	12.3	2	24	5	15.00	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012	Test # 2057
AW Nourse	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
PEW Jones	10.0	3	30	4	15.00	West Indies	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
S Ramadhin	10.0	4	25	4	15.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
N Burger	10.0	3	33	4	15.00	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
P Subrayen	10.0	1	42	4	15.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	06 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	15.20	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
CEL Ambrose	10.1	1	20	4	15.25	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1995	Test # 1296
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	15.33	West Indies	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
CEL Ambrose	18.0	9	25	7	15.42	West Indies	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Jan 1993	Test # 1212
JA Warrican	18.0	3	32	7	15.42	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
ST Gabriel	20.4	6	62	8	15.50	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
MA Holding	13.0	2	43	5	15.60	West Indies	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 1984	Test # 993

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