Bowling Best Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records for New Zealand vs South Africa in Test matches

Best strike rates in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	7.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	10.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	12.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	15.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
VD Philander	15.5	3	44	6	15.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
W O'Rourke	13.5	4	34	5	16.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	16.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
M Ntini	14.0	3	51	5	16.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
JP Duminy	11.3	2	47	4	17.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	17.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
CS Martin	15.0	2	37	5	18.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
MR Gillespie	15.0	2	59	5	18.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
HJ Tayfield	14.0x8	7	13	6	18.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
M Ntini	16.0	7	35	5	19.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
GB Lawrence	16.1	3	52	5	19.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
DW Steyn	16.2	4	33	5	19.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
KA Maharaj	20.2	7	40	6	20.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
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
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	20.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
DW Steyn	14.0	5	42	4	21.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
TG Southee	17.4	6	35	5	21.20	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
VD Philander	22.0	4	81	6	22.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
SB Doull	15.0	5	33	4	22.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
VD Philander	15.0	3	70	4	22.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
CR Matthews	19.0	9	42	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
M Ntini	19.0	2	94	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
K Rabada	19.0	3	60	5	22.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	22.87	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
CS Martin	20.0	6	55	5	24.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
Q McMillan	20.5	4	66	5	25.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
CL Cairns	16.5	2	60	4	25.25	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
RC Motz	17.0	2	68	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
TL Goddard	17.0	9	18	4	25.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
SM Pollock	17.0	5	34	4	25.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
SE Bond	17.0	1	73	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
KA Jamieson	17.0	3	58	4	25.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
N Brand	26.0	1	119	6	26.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Mount Maunganui	04 Feb 2024	Test # 2528
JC Alabaster	17.5	2	59	4	26.75	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
PS de Villiers	18.0	6	42	4	27.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
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
CS Martin	18.0	2	56	4	27.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
VD Philander	18.0	1	72	4	27.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
W O'Rourke	18.2	4	59	4	27.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
CS Martin	23.0	5	104	5	27.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Q McMillan	19.0	2	61	4	28.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
PS de Villiers	24.0	7	64	5	28.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
FJ Cameron	24.4	10	48	5	29.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
HG Vivian	20.0	7	58	4	30.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	04 Mar 1932	Test # 218
N Boje	20.0	2	65	4	30.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
NAT Adcock	19.0x8	4	43	5	30.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
DEJ Ironside	19.0x8	4	51	5	30.40	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
CS Martin	31.0	7	76	6	31.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
JC Alabaster	21.0	4	61	4	31.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
M Ntini	31.4	12	66	6	31.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
PM Pollock	31.5	9	47	6	31.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
JR Reid	16.0x8	5	34	4	32.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
JC Watkins	16.0x8	6	34	4	32.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
SF Burke	27.1	10	68	5	32.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
SM Pollock	22.0	10	37	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
DW Steyn	22.0	3	91	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
M Jansen	22.0	2	98	4	33.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
GB Lawrence	22.2	10	57	4	33.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
MR Gillespie	33.4	7	113	6	33.66	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
PR Adams	22.3	6	63	4	33.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
PS de Villiers	28.1	9	61	5	33.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
SM Pollock	28.3	14	33	5	34.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
KA Maharaj	28.3	7	94	5	34.20	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	08 Mar 2017	Test # 2253
PS de Villiers	23.0	9	52	4	34.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Q McMillan	29.0	2	125	5	34.80	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1932	Test # 218
JR Reid	35.0	15	60	6	35.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
DB Pithey	35.0	11	58	6	35.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	35.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
SB Doull	29.5	9	73	5	35.80	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
MR Gillespie	30.0	7	136	5	36.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
NA Quinn	24.0	9	37	4	36.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	04 Mar 1932	Test # 218
MJ Henry	24.0	2	93	4	36.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2257
DK Morrison	25.0	4	70	4	37.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
NAT Adcock	19.0x8	1	86	4	38.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
KA Walter	25.3	6	63	4	38.25	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
DL Piedt	32.3	5	89	5	39.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
BM McMillan	26.0	5	65	4	39.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
MN Hart	32.4	7	77	5	39.20	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
AA Donald	26.3	2	69	4	39.75	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
JT Partridge	40.0	10	86	6	40.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
AR MacGibbon	20.0x8	2	62	4	40.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
SD Jack	27.0	7	69	4	40.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
DJ Nash	27.0	13	72	4	40.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
S Elworthy	27.0	10	66	4	40.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
CB van Ryneveld	20.6x8	1	67	4	41.50	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
NAT Adcock	26.0x8	8	45	5	41.60	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
GB Lawrence	28.0	5	85	4	42.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
S Elworthy	28.0	5	93	4	42.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
CS Martin	29.0	8	104	4	43.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
FJ Cameron	36.2	9	83	5	43.60	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
SM Pollock	30.4	4	98	4	46.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004	Test # 1686
N Wagner	31.0	10	102	4	46.50	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
N Wagner	39.0	8	86	5	46.80	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
HJ Tayfield	36.0x8	17	62	6	48.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]