Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches IN South Africa

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	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 Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	10.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
DW Steyn	7.0	0	30	4	10.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	12.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	14.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	15.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
N Boje	10.0	3	28	4	15.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	15.85	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
M Ntini	11.0	5	39	4	16.50	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	2	36	4	16.50	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
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
M Ntini	14.0	3	51	5	16.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
M Ntini	15.0	9	19	5	18.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
DJ Terbrugge	15.0	1	46	5	18.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
CS Martin	15.0	2	37	5	18.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
SK Warne	12.0	3	44	4	18.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
CRD Fernando	12.0	0	49	4	18.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
M Ntini	18.5	2	100	6	18.83	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
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	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
M Ntini	16.0	7	35	5	19.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
SK Warne	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
JH Kallis	13.0	4	33	4	19.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
SP Jones	13.1	3	39	4	19.75	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
M Ntini	13.1	2	44	4	19.75	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
DJ Bravo	13.1	3	24	4	19.75	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
SR Clark	17.0	3	55	5	20.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
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	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
M Ntini	21.0	6	59	6	21.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
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
DW Steyn	18.0	4	63	5	21.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	21.66	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
DW Steyn	21.5	6	72	6	21.83	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
M Ntini	15.1	2	33	4	22.75	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
SM Pollock	15.1	7	32	4	22.75	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
M Ntini	19.0	2	94	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
M Ntini	19.0	6	48	5	22.80	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
SP Jones	15.3	3	47	4	23.25	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
PL Harris	15.4	5	35	4	23.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
B Lee	19.4	5	69	5	23.60	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
M Ntini	20.0	7	49	5	24.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004	Test # 1682
SR Clark	16.0	7	34	4	24.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
DW Steyn	16.0	5	56	4	24.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
GP Swann	21.0	3	54	5	25.20	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
SM Pollock	17.0	6	31	4	25.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
SE Bond	17.0	1	73	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
SCJ Broad	17.0	3	43	4	25.50	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
B Lee	17.2	1	82	4	26.00	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
SM Pollock	17.5	7	39	4	26.75	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
SR Clark	18.0	4	64	4	27.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
JEC Franklin	18.0	3	75	4	27.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
KD Mills	18.0	7	43	4	27.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
M Morkel	18.0	0	73	4	27.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
MG Johnson	18.1	7	25	4	27.25	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
Shakib Al Hasan	28.0	3	99	6	28.00	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
M Ntini	19.0	6	50	4	28.50	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
A Flintoff	19.0	6	44	4	28.50	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
S Sreesanth	19.0	3	79	4	28.50	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
M Ntini	24.0	3	83	5	28.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
A Nel	29.0	7	81	6	29.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
M Ntini	19.2	8	32	4	29.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
DW Steyn	19.5	7	44	4	29.75	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	30.00	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
PR Adams	20.0	1	102	4	30.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
DW Steyn	20.0	5	60	4	30.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
PL Harris	20.2	6	46	4	30.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
M Ntini	25.5	8	66	5	31.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Test # 1679
M Ntini	20.4	7	62	4	31.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
AA Donald	26.0	13	47	5	31.20	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
JM Anderson	20.5	1	73	4	31.25	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
Z Khan	21.0	2	62	4	31.50	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
M Ntini	31.4	12	66	6	31.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
SM Pollock	22.0	10	37	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
DNT Zoysa	22.0	8	76	4	33.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
M Ntini	22.0	5	52	4	33.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
DW Steyn	22.0	3	91	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
Mohammad Asif	27.5	4	89	5	33.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
A Nel	28.1	8	87	5	33.80	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
M Ntini	22.5	5	93	4	34.25	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
SM Pollock	23.0	6	45	4	34.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
F de Wet	23.0	8	55	4	34.50	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SK Warne	35.5	9	86	6	35.83	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
MR Gillespie	30.0	7	136	5	36.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
S Sreesanth	24.0	4	109	4	36.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
CEW Silverwood	32.0	6	91	5	38.40	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
M Ntini	32.0	9	94	5	38.40	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
M Ntini	26.0	4	78	4	39.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
N Boje	26.2	5	106	4	39.50	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	39.60	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
AA Donald	26.3	2	69	4	39.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
SM Pollock	27.0	8	91	4	40.50	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564

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Minimum of 4 wickets
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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]