Batting Most Sixes Innings - South Africa

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches - South Africa

Most sixes in an innings

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AB de Villiers	135	-	168	13	6	80.35	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
AB de Villiers	278	601	418	23	6	66.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
AB de Villiers	129	149	112	12	5	115.17	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
JH Kallis	201	389	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
DW Steyn	58	35	28	6	5	207.14	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
JH Kallis	135	280	218	8	4	61.92	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1976
D Elgar	160	-	287	18	4	55.74	South Africa	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
GC Smith	132	-	238	9	3	55.46	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
JH Kallis	105	225	147	12	3	71.42	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
DW Steyn	41	98	64	2	3	64.06	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
JP Duminy	33	39	23	2	3	143.47	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
AB de Villiers	169	225	184	21	3	91.84	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
D Elgar	103	246	187	11	3	55.08	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
KA Maharaj	41	41	34	2	3	120.58	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
Q de Kock	91	159	118	10	3	77.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
D Elgar	199	553	388	15	3	51.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
Q de Kock	34	65	37	2	3	91.89	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
JH Kallis	173	419	351	15	2	49.28	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
DW Steyn	39	-	73	4	2	53.42	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
AN Petersen	52	-	70	3	2	74.28	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
JH Kallis	54	64	41	8	2	131.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
DW Steyn	29	62	36	2	2	80.55	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
AB de Villiers	160	303	205	19	2	78.04	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
RK Kleinveldt	17	30	18	0	2	94.44	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
JH Kallis	60	110	89	5	2	67.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
F du Plessis	137	311	252	14	2	54.36	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
AB de Villiers	91	241	148	10	2	61.48	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
D Elgar	83	294	193	9	2	43.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
DW Steyn	30	75	71	2	2	42.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
DW Steyn	19	18	18	0	2	105.55	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
AB de Villiers	152	318	235	16	2	64.68	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
Q de Kock	18	20	15	0	2	120.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
F du Plessis	103	335	230	13	2	44.78	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
JP Duminy	35	72	65	1	2	53.84	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
Q de Kock	129	250	128	17	2	100.78	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
F du Plessis	112	377	234	12	2	47.86	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
DW Steyn	13	12	12	0	2	108.33	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
VD Philander	73	179	143	10	2	51.04	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
Q de Kock	64	152	100	5	2	64.00	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
Q de Kock	90	160	118	11	2	76.27	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2257
M Morkel	14	-	7	0	2	200.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
VD Philander	42	116	75	3	2	56.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
Q de Kock	28	27	27	2	2	103.70	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
AK Markram	125	264	204	14	2	61.27	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
AB de Villiers	35	107	50	2	2	70.00	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
KA Maharaj	30	38	24	3	2	125.00	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
AK Markram	84	216	145	10	2	57.93	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
F du Plessis	120	227	178	18	2	67.41	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
VD Philander	33	64	49	1	2	67.34	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
KA Maharaj	45	65	51	4	2	88.23	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
VD Philander	22	68	38	0	2	57.89	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Q de Kock	111	-	163	16	2	68.09	South Africa	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
VD Philander	37	-	72	2	2	51.38	South Africa	v India	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
MV Boucher	15	28	10	1	1	150.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JP Duminy	36	69	41	4	1	87.80	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
HM Amla	114	228	166	14	1	68.67	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
MV Boucher	69	-	146	4	1	47.26	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
PL Harris	10	-	24	0	1	41.66	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
JH Kallis	40	-	67	4	1	59.70	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
AG Prince	57	-	119	2	1	47.89	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
AN Petersen	22	-	48	2	1	45.83	South Africa	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
MV Boucher	17	-	36	0	1	47.22	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
JH Kallis	62	-	128	6	1	48.43	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
JH Kallis	110	-	227	12	1	48.45	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
AG Prince	9	-	20	0	1	45.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
AN Petersen	39	-	129	1	1	30.23	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
GC Smith	46	-	94	5	1	48.93	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
DW Steyn	20	-	41	0	1	48.78	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010	Test # 1961
PL Harris	19	30	24	2	1	79.16	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
DW Steyn	27	76	57	3	1	47.36	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
HM Amla	140	296	202	14	1	69.30	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
AN Petersen	77	191	114	9	1	67.54	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
AB de Villiers	33	103	76	0	1	43.42	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
HM Amla	59	110	80	9	1	73.75	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
DW Steyn	32	61	48	2	1	66.66	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
AB de Villiers	73	197	136	10	1	53.67	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
DW Steyn	15	33	31	1	1	48.38	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Imran Tahir	11	25	19	0	1	57.89	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
AB de Villiers	69	204	141	6	1	48.93	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
JH Kallis	224	434	325	31	1	68.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
AN Petersen	109	276	188	13	1	57.97	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
HM Amla	62	149	102	8	1	60.78	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
JA Rudolph	105	250	182	15	1	57.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
JH Kallis	6	10	7	0	1	85.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
M Morkel	35	56	44	5	1	79.54	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
VD Philander	14	48	35	1	1	40.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
GC Smith	55	87	60	8	1	91.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
AB de Villiers	68	65	49	8	1	138.77	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
M Morkel	10	10	5	0	1	200.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
AN Petersen	39	82	43	4	1	90.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
AN Petersen	156	503	335	19	1	46.56	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
JH Kallis	182	434	326	23	1	55.82	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
JH Kallis	27	50	32	2	1	84.37	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
HM Amla	38	149	82	3	1	46.34	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
HM Amla	104	350	244	7	1	42.62	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
JH Kallis	49	123	91	5	1	53.84	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
JH Kallis	147	349	274	14	1	53.64	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
VD Philander	11	49	27	0	1	40.74	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	09 Nov 2012	Test # 2056
F du Plessis	78	205	159	13	1	49.05	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
JH Kallis	58	109	93	10	1	62.36	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061

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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]