Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches IN South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
NAM McLean	31	12	0	4	258.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
CJ McDermott	31	23	4	1	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
WJ Cronje	82	63	8	6	130.15	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
MW Pringle	33	27	3	2	122.22	South Africa	v India	Durban	13 Nov 1992	Test # 1200
DJ Cullinan	28	24	3	0	116.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
SM Pollock	28	24	3	0	116.66	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
A Flintoff	42	37	9	0	113.51	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
GP Wickramasinghe	51	45	8	1	113.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
JN Rhodes	103*	95	8	6	108.42	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
M Azharuddin	115	110	19	1	104.54	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
SB Doull	31*	30	4	2	103.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
L Klusener	102*	100	13	1	102.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
Mohammad Wasim	44	44	8	0	100.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
PS de Villiers	66*	68	9	3	97.05	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
BM McMillan	51*	54	4	3	94.44	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
DJ Cullinan	25*	28	1	1	89.28	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
BC Lara	68	77	14	0	88.31	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
RP de Groen	26	30	4	0	86.66	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
G Kirsten	41*	48	8	0	85.41	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
RD Jacobs	78	92	12	1	84.78	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
L Klusener	72	85	11	0	84.70	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SM Pollock	35	42	8	0	83.33	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
DJ Richardson	72*	87	10	1	82.75	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
MJ Slater	26	32	3	0	81.25	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
Azhar Mahmood	132	163	24	0	80.98	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
BC Lara	39	49	6	1	79.59	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
NAM McLean	39	49	4	3	79.59	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
GP Thorpe	27	34	3	0	79.41	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
A Flintoff	38	48	7	0	79.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SM Pollock	30	38	5	0	78.94	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
L Klusener	174	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
PA de Silva	77	98	13	0	78.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
BM McMillan	59*	76	6	0	77.63	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
L Klusener	45	58	6	0	77.58	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
C Pringle	30	39	4	0	76.92	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
ME Waugh	26	34	4	0	76.47	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
PR Adams	29	38	3	0	76.31	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
WJ Cronje	43	57	7	0	75.43	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
MTG Elliott	85	113	13	1	75.22	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
GJ Whittall	85	114	14	0	74.56	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
DJ Cullinan	55	74	7	0	74.32	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
AA Donald	26	35	3	0	74.28	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
RS Kaluwitharana	45	61	8	0	73.77	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
SM Pollock	33	45	0	0	73.33	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
NAM McLean	33	45	5	1	73.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
SM Pollock	64	89	8	1	71.91	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
DJ Cullinan	33	46	6	0	71.73	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
N Kapil Dev	129	180	14	1	71.66	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
AC Hudson	45	63	9	0	71.42	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Dec 1995	Test # 1318
WJ Cronje	79*	111	9	2	71.17	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DC Boon	32*	45	4	0	71.11	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
DJ Cullinan	113	159	13	1	71.06	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
JR Murray	29	41	3	0	70.73	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
CR Matthews	28*	40	5	0	70.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
SB Doull	25	36	2	1	69.44	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
Moin Khan	25	36	4	0	69.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
DJ Cullinan	61	88	11	0	69.31	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
PL Symcox	108	157	17	0	68.78	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
PS de Villiers	46*	67	6	0	68.65	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
WJ Cronje	35	51	6	0	68.62	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
M Azharuddin	60	88	7	0	68.18	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
DJ Richardson	93	137	15	0	67.88	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
N Kapil Dev	25	37	4	0	67.56	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
JN Rhodes	87	129	8	2	67.44	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
SM Pollock	92	138	8	1	66.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
AR Caddick	48	72	7	1	66.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SR Tendulkar	169	254	26	0	66.53	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
ST Jayasuriya	51	77	6	1	66.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
AJ Stewart	86	130	14	1	66.15	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SM Pollock	70*	106	5	2	66.03	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
DJ Richardson	31	47	4	0	65.95	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
HH Gibbs	25	38	4	0	65.78	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
L Klusener	30	46	3	1	65.21	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
ADR Campbell	33	51	7	0	64.70	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
SC Ganguly	60	93	11	1	64.51	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
Saleem Malik	99	154	16	0	64.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
GP Thorpe	34	53	7	0	64.15	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
SP Fleming	48	75	10	0	64.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Wasim Akram	30*	47	5	0	63.82	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
MG Bevan	37*	58	6	0	63.79	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
AJ Stewart	95	149	15	0	63.75	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
L Klusener	49	77	5	1	63.63	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
ME Waugh	42	66	4	1	63.63	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
SR Tendulkar	35	55	7	0	63.63	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
WJ Cronje	122	192	16	1	63.54	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
DJ Cullinan	108	170	17	0	63.52	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
MJ Slater	26	41	3	0	63.41	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
Azhar Mahmood	136	215	16	2	63.25	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
J Srinath	41	65	4	0	63.07	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
BM McMillan	113	180	15	0	62.77	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
G Kirsten	47	75	8	0	62.66	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
WJ Cronje	41	66	7	0	62.12	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
AC Hudson	27*	44	5	0	61.36	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
DJ Cullinan	122*	200	15	1	61.00	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
SA Thomson	82	135	11	2	60.74	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
KR Rutherford	26	43	4	0	60.46	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
G Kirsten	29	48	5	0	60.41	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
JN Rhodes	64	106	8	1	60.37	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
HH Gibbs	35	58	4	0	60.34	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
SM Pollock	38	63	7	0	60.31	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406

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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 Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]