Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

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
GA Gooch	33	20	7	0	165.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
M Azharuddin	109	77	18	1	141.55	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
CJ McDermott	31	23	4	1	134.78	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	04 Mar 1994	Test # 1252
AJ Stewart	45*	34	9	0	132.35	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
PAJ DeFreitas	37	31	4	1	119.35	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
SB Doull	38*	33	6	1	115.15	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
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
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
GA Hick	81*	81	13	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
Mohammad Wasim	44	44	8	0	100.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
AJ Stewart	36*	36	6	0	100.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
M Azharuddin	52	55	9	0	94.54	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
A Ranatunga	131	140	18	1	93.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
KR Rutherford	56	60	11	0	93.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
D Gough	42*	47	6	1	89.36	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
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
RD Jacobs	78	92	12	1	84.78	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
AJ Stewart	28	34	3	0	82.35	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	04 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
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
PA de Silva	34	42	6	0	80.95	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
Waqar Younis	34	42	4	1	80.95	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
ADR Campbell	25	31	4	0	80.64	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
HH Streak	53	66	8	1	80.30	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
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
PA Strang	37	47	6	0	78.72	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
PA de Silva	77	98	13	0	78.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
BC Strang	25*	32	2	0	78.12	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
C Pringle	30	39	4	0	76.92	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995	Test # 1282
DL Houghton	30	39	5	0	76.92	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
ME Waugh	26	34	4	0	76.47	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
CJ McDermott	29*	38	4	0	76.31	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
MTG Elliott	85	113	13	1	75.22	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
MJ Horne	27	36	4	0	75.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
GJ Whittall	85	114	14	0	74.56	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
RS Kaluwitharana	45	61	8	0	73.77	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
NAM McLean	33	45	5	1	73.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
GP Thorpe	43	59	5	0	72.88	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	04 Jun 1998	Test # 1417
MJ Horne	36	50	7	0	72.00	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
N Kapil Dev	129	180	14	1	71.66	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
M Azharuddin	163*	229	25	1	71.17	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
DC Boon	32*	45	4	0	71.11	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
A Kumble	88	124	13	0	70.96	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
DL Haynes	58	82	9	0	70.73	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
JR Murray	29	41	3	0	70.73	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
ST Jayasuriya	65	92	9	0	70.65	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	14 Sep 1993	Test # 1234
AC Parore	89	126	12	1	70.63	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
GS Blewett	31	44	5	0	70.45	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
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
GP Thorpe	79	115	11	0	68.69	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
PR Reiffel	79*	115	6	0	68.69	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Inzamam-ul-Haq	56	82	10	0	68.29	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
M Azharuddin	60	88	7	0	68.18	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
N Kapil Dev	25	37	4	0	67.56	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
Moin Khan	80	120	12	2	66.66	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
AR Caddick	48	72	7	1	66.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
A Ranatunga	44	66	7	1	66.66	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
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
SP Fleming	27	41	3	1	65.85	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
SR Tendulkar	42	64	7	0	65.62	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
ADR Campbell	33	51	7	0	64.70	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
MJ Slater	53	82	6	0	64.63	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
R Dravid	31	48	5	0	64.58	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
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	72	112	13	0	64.28	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
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
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
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
BC Lara	64	102	11	0	62.74	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
PA de Silva	68	109	9	1	62.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
KLT Arthurton	59	97	10	0	60.82	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
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
M Dillon	36	60	5	0	60.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1999	Test # 1440
PA de Silva	37	62	6	0	59.67	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
SR Waugh	164	276	19	0	59.42	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994	Test # 1246
Wasim Akram	41	69	7	0	59.42	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
AJ Stewart	62	106	7	0	58.49	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
GP Thorpe	73	125	10	0	58.40	England	v South Africa	Leeds	04 Aug 1994	Test # 1264
ME Waugh	84	144	5	1	58.33	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1993	Test # 1242
A Flintoff	36	62	7	0	58.06	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
SC Williams	37	64	3	1	57.81	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433

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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]