Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

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
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	6.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
GA Lohmann	9.4x5	5	7	8	6.12	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
J Briggs	14.2x4	5	11	8	7.25	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	14.2x5	6	28	9	8.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
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
JWHT Douglas	5.4	2	14	4	8.50	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	8.57	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	9.00	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	9.42	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
HJ Tayfield	8.4x8	1	23	7	9.71	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
S Haigh	11.4x5	6	11	6	9.83	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
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
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	10.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
AJL Hill	8.0x5	4	8	4	10.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	10.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
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
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	10.66	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
CA Smith	13.2x4	6	19	5	10.80	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
J Briggs	19.1x4	11	17	7	11.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	11.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005	Test # 1737
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	2	10	4	11.00	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
Mohammad Hafeez	7.2	1	16	4	11.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
B Mitchell	7.3	-	26	4	11.25	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
GA Lohmann	15.4x5	6	38	7	11.28	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	11.60	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	11.83	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	12.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
KAJ Roach	10.0	-	47	5	12.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	12.16	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	12.33	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
M Hayward	10.4	1	56	5	12.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	12.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	13.00	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
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
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	13.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	13.66	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	13.71	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
AE Trott	11.0x5	5	19	4	13.75	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
JJ Bumrah	13.5	-	61	6	13.83	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	14.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
A Rose-Innes	18.0x4	5	43	5	14.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	1	43	5	14.40	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
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
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	14.71	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
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
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	15.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	15.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
AW Nourse	10.0	3	25	4	15.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
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
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	15.20	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
SN Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	15.28	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
C Blythe	18.0	5	46	7	15.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
AA Donald	13.0	4	49	5	15.60	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	15.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
D Olivier	13.0	2	51	5	15.60	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	15.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
RJ Harris	10.3	3	33	4	15.75	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
WD Parnell	10.3	1	51	4	15.75	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	15.85	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
GHT Simpson-Hayward	16.0	3	43	6	16.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910	Test # 106
CN McCarthy	12.0x8	2	43	6	16.00	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	16.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
KA Maharaj	10.4	1	25	4	16.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
EP Nupen	16.1	1	46	6	16.16	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	16.20	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
SM Pollock	13.3	2	43	5	16.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	16.28	South Africa	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
C Heseltine	16.2x5	3	38	5	16.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
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
DW Steyn	13.5	1	51	5	16.60	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
K Rabada	13.5	4	33	5	16.60	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	16.75	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
M Ntini	14.0	3	51	5	16.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
CV Grimmett	19.5	9	40	7	17.00	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	17.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
GA Lohmann	24.0x5	9	42	7	17.14	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
AA Donald	14.2	4	49	5	17.20	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
MA Wood	14.3	2	46	5	17.40	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JJ Ferris	25.0x5	16	37	7	17.85	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
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
D Olivier	15.0	3	59	5	18.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
RO Jenkins	9.0x8	-	48	4	18.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1949	Test # 309
PM Pollock	12.0	4	20	4	18.00	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670

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Minimum of 4 wickets

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]