Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings - South Africa

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches - South Africa

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MJ Procter	36*	31	2	2	116.12	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
DT Lindsay	60	54	10	1	111.11	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
BA Richards	65	74	12	1	87.83	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
BA Richards	140	164	20	1	85.36	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
BL Irvine	73	86	10	1	84.88	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
BA Richards	32	44	5	0	72.72	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
BL Irvine	102	146	9	2	69.86	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
RG Pollock	274	401	43	0	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
MJ Procter	32	48	4	0	66.66	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
BL Irvine	79	126	4	2	62.69	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
RG Pollock	87	141	13	0	61.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
BA Richards	126	212	16	3	59.43	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
HR Lance	30	54	2	1	55.55	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
MJ Procter	26	49	3	0	53.06	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
MJ Procter	48	94	5	0	51.06	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
PM Pollock	36*	71	4	0	50.70	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
A Bacher	57	116	8	0	49.13	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
PM Pollock	25	51	2	1	49.01	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
BA Richards	81	178	10	0	45.50	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
EJ Barlow	110	252	13	1	43.65	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
A Bacher	73	170	8	0	42.94	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
BL Irvine	25	59	3	1	42.37	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
HR Lance	61	144	7	0	42.36	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
RG Pollock	52	125	5	0	41.60	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
EJ Barlow	73	176	9	1	41.47	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
EJ Barlow	127	322	11	1	39.44	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
RG Pollock	50	130	8	0	38.46	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
BL Irvine	42	111	3	0	37.83	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
BA Richards	35	95	3	0	36.84	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
RG Pollock	49	134	7	1	36.56	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
A Bacher	30	89	2	0	33.70	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
BA Richards	29	87	4	0	33.33	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
D Gamsy	30*	96	2	0	31.25	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
EJ Barlow	27	87	1	0	31.03	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
DT Lindsay	43	143	4	0	30.06	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673

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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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]