Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - South Africa

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DW Steyn	58	28	6	5	207.14	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
VD Philander	26*	18	4	1	144.44	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
JP Duminy	33*	23	2	3	143.47	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
AB de Villiers	68	49	8	1	138.77	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
Q de Kock	51	37	10	-	137.83	South Africa	v England	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
JH Kallis	54	41	8	2	131.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
KA Maharaj	30	24	3	2	125.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
HM Amla	25	20	3	-	125.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
Q de Kock	29	24	4	-	120.83	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
KA Maharaj	41*	34	2	3	120.58	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
RJ Peterson	61	52	9	1	117.30	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
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
VD Philander	32	28	6	-	114.28	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
K Rabada	34	31	6	1	109.67	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2257
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	-	107.50	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
DW Steyn	28	27	5	-	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
Q de Kock	32	31	3	-	103.22	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
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	-	100.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	19 Aug 2016	Test # 2219
Q de Kock	86	87	12	-	98.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
AB de Villiers	44	45	5	-	97.77	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
GC Smith	37	38	5	-	97.36	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
HM Amla	62	64	8	-	96.87	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
F du Plessis	48	51	8	1	94.11	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
Q de Kock	129	138	18	1	93.47	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
JH Kallis	34	37	6	-	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
AB de Villiers	169	184	21	3	91.84	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
GC Smith	55*	60	8	1	91.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
S van Zyl	33	36	6	-	91.66	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
KA Maharaj	32*	35	3	-	91.42	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
AN Petersen	39	43	4	1	90.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
HM Amla	48	53	5	-	90.56	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
AK Markram	28	31	3	-	90.32	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
Q de Kock	36	40	4	-	90.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
AB de Villiers	36	40	4	1	90.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
HM Amla	66	74	9	-	89.18	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
Q de Kock	55	62	6	-	88.70	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
HM Amla	196	221	21	-	88.68	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
KA Maharaj	45	51	4	2	88.23	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
AB de Villiers	103*	117	11	-	88.03	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
AB de Villiers	51	58	6	-	87.93	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
Imran Tahir	29*	33	5	-	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
M Morkel	35*	40	5	-	87.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
T Bavuma	35*	40	4	-	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
AB de Villiers	25	29	1	-	86.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
HM Amla	30	35	4	-	85.71	South Africa	v England	Manchester	04 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
AN Petersen	53	62	8	-	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
Q de Kock	45	53	5	-	84.90	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
JH Kallis	27	32	2	1	84.37	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
GC Smith	84	100	13	-	84.00	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
Q de Kock	68	81	8	-	83.95	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
AN Petersen	31*	37	5	1	83.78	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
F du Plessis	41	49	5	-	83.67	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
HM Amla	112	134	21	-	83.58	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
Q de Kock	84	101	11	1	83.16	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
KA Maharaj	29	35	4	-	82.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
HM Amla	46*	56	9	-	82.14	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
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	-	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	-	80.98	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
AB de Villiers	85	105	11	1	80.95	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	14 Nov 2015	Test # 2188
DW Steyn	29*	36	2	2	80.55	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
MV Boucher	95	118	9	-	80.50	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
AB de Villiers	135*	168	13	6	80.35	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
Q de Kock	69	86	6	-	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	-	80.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
M Morkel	35*	44	5	1	79.54	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
RJ Peterson	84	106	15	-	79.24	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
AK Markram	34	43	7	-	79.06	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Zubayr Hamza	62	79	10	1	78.48	South Africa	v India	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019	Test # 2365
AB de Villiers	160*	205	19	2	78.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
F du Plessis	67*	86	3	-	77.90	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
S van Zyl	101*	130	15	-	77.69	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
HM Amla	38*	49	6	-	77.55	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
AB de Villiers	65	84	11	-	77.38	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Q de Kock	91	118	10	3	77.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
GC Smith	37	48	3	-	77.08	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
AK Markram	143	186	22	-	76.88	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
AB de Villiers	148	194	15	1	76.28	South Africa	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2015	Test # 2154
Q de Kock	90	118	11	2	76.27	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2257
HE van der Dussen	51	67	5	-	76.11	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
AB de Villiers	63	83	6	-	75.90	South Africa	v India	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
Q de Kock	59	78	8	-	75.64	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
HM Amla	53	71	10	-	74.64	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	19 Aug 2016	Test # 2219
F du Plessis	135*	181	15	-	74.58	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
KA Maharaj	35	47	3	1	74.46	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
JH Kallis	201*	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
GC Smith	29	39	2	-	74.35	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
AB de Villiers	29	39	5	-	74.35	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
D Elgar	113	152	17	-	74.34	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277

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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]