Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches IN South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DA Warner	30	14	5	1	214.28	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
DW Steyn	58	28	6	5	207.14	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
SPD Smith	36*	20	5	0	180.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
SR Watson	25	17	1	2	147.05	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
VD Philander	26*	18	4	1	144.44	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
MA Starc	35	25	4	2	140.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
JH Kallis	54	41	8	2	131.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
BA Stokes	258	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	40	8	0	125.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
SR Watson	40	32	2	3	125.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
KA Maharaj	30	24	3	2	125.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
NM Lyon	47	38	8	0	123.68	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
Q de Kock	29	24	4	0	120.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
RAS Lakmal	31	26	6	0	119.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
MG Johnson	27	23	3	1	117.39	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
RJ Peterson	61	52	9	1	117.30	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
N Dickwella	42	36	6	1	116.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
Mohammed Shami	28	24	5	0	116.66	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Q de Kock	50	43	8	1	116.27	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
AB de Villiers	129	112	12	5	115.17	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
BA Stokes	33	29	5	1	113.79	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Harbhajan Singh	27	25	4	1	108.00	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
AB de Villiers	28	26	4	1	107.69	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Q de Kock	43	40	7	0	107.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
BA Stokes	58	54	9	1	107.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
SR Tendulkar	36	34	8	0	105.88	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
JM Bairstow	79	76	9	3	103.94	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
DW Steyn	28	27	5	0	103.70	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Q de Kock	28*	27	2	2	103.70	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
N Wagner	31	30	4	1	103.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
V Sehwag	32	31	6	0	103.22	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
Q de Kock	129*	128	17	2	100.78	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Q de Kock	33	33	7	0	100.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	19 Aug 2016	Test # 2219
JE Root	29	29	5	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
GP Swann	27	27	3	1	100.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
RJ Harris	26	26	4	1	100.00	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
Q de Kock	86	87	12	0	98.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
TM Dilshan	78	79	12	0	98.73	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
HH Pandya	93	95	14	1	97.89	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
GC Smith	37	38	5	0	97.36	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
SCJ Broad	32*	33	5	0	96.96	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Mohammed Shami	27	28	1	2	96.42	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
Z Khan	29*	31	3	2	93.54	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
Q de Kock	129	138	18	1	93.47	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
DA Warner	145	156	13	4	92.94	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
JH Kallis	34	37	6	0	91.89	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
Q de Kock	34	37	2	3	91.89	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
S van Zyl	33	36	6	0	91.66	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Asad Shafiq	65	71	11	0	91.54	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
KA Maharaj	32*	35	3	0	91.42	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
Litton Das	70	77	13	0	90.90	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
HM Amla	48	53	5	0	90.56	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
DA Warner	66	73	9	1	90.41	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
AK Markram	28	31	3	0	90.32	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
AB de Villiers	36	40	4	1	90.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
Babar Azam	71	79	15	0	89.87	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
DA Warner	70	78	10	0	89.74	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
WU Tharanga	26	29	5	0	89.65	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
HM Amla	66	74	9	0	89.18	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
Babar Azam	49	55	10	0	89.09	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Sarfaraz Ahmed	40	45	6	0	88.88	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
DA Warner	135	152	12	1	88.81	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Q de Kock	55	62	6	0	88.70	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
KA Maharaj	45	51	4	2	88.23	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
AB de Villiers	103*	117	11	0	88.03	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
Imran Tahir	29*	33	5	0	87.87	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
JP Duminy	36	41	4	1	87.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
T Bavuma	35*	40	4	0	87.50	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
AB de Villiers	126*	146	20	1	86.30	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Litton Das	25	29	4	0	86.20	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
MJ Clarke	151	176	22	0	85.79	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
AN Petersen	53	62	8	0	85.48	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
Q de Kock	80	94	8	1	85.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
MG Johnson	40*	47	6	0	85.10	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
MS Dhoni	90	106	14	0	84.90	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
Q de Kock	45	53	5	0	84.90	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
AN Petersen	31*	37	5	1	83.78	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
F du Plessis	41	49	5	0	83.67	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
HM Amla	112	134	21	0	83.58	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
DAJ Bracewell	30	36	3	2	83.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
KA Maharaj	29	35	4	0	82.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Babar Azam	72	87	15	0	82.75	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
GC Smith	27*	33	4	1	81.81	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
AB de Villiers	53	65	5	1	81.53	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
Q de Kock	101	124	11	0	81.45	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
AK Markram	78	96	14	1	81.25	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
HM Amla	132	163	17	0	80.98	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
MDKJ Perera	51	63	7	1	80.95	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
PD Collingwood	71	88	12	1	80.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
DW Steyn	29*	36	2	2	80.55	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
MV Boucher	95	118	9	0	80.50	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
Q de Kock	69	86	6	0	80.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
F du Plessis	81	101	6	1	80.19	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
AB de Villiers	36	45	4	0	80.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
DA Warner	28	35	4	0	80.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
V Sehwag	63	79	9	1	79.74	India	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
PJ Hughes	88	111	14	0	79.27	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
RJ Peterson	84	106	15	0	79.24	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
JE Root	110	139	17	0	79.13	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
AK Markram	34	43	7	0	79.06	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2377]

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2376]

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 19-23, 2019 [Test # 2375]