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South Africa Cricket Team T20 Stats: Most Runs, Most Wickets, Highest Score and More

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June 21, 2024

South Africa Cricket Team has always been one of the strongest cricket teams in the world. Despite the fact that the team has yet to win an ICC T20 World Cup, South Africa has created a lot of T20 records that are going to be very tough for the other teams to break. The most destructive batters of the world, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, are in the batting line-up of the South African Cricket Team. They are going to be one of the top contenders for the T20 World Cup trophy in the upcoming few World Cups.

South Africa Cricket Team T20 Player Batting Stats

Quinton de Kock has scored the most runs and most ducks for the South Africa Cricket Team in the T20s. He has 2389 runs and 7 ducks. Rilee Rossouw has the highest strike rate and most centuries for the Proteas. He has a strike rate of 159.79 and 2 centuries to his name. Reeza Hendricks has the most fifties and most runs in a series for the South Africans. He has 15 fifties and 296 runs in one of the series. Retired Faf du Plessis and JP Duminy hold the record for the highest score and highest average, respectively, for South Africa. Faf du Plessis once scored 119, while JP Duminy maintained an average of 38.68 in his career.

Criteria	Player	Stat
Most Runs	Quinton de Kock	2389
Highest Score	Faf du Plessis	119
Highest Average	JP Duminy	38.68
Highest Strike Rate	Rilee Rossouw	159.79
Most 100s	Rilee Rossouw	2
Most 50s	Reeza Hendricks	15
Most Ducks	Quinton de Kock	7
Most Runs in a Series	Reeza Hendricks	296

South Africa Cricket Team T20 Player Bowling Stats

Tabraiz Shamsi is the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20s. He has picked a total of 82 wickets. Dwaine Pretorius has the best bowling figures, with 5/17 to his name. Johan Botha has the best economy rate. He bowled at an astonishing economy of 6.37. Imran Tahir’s 2 Fifers are the most for any South African bowler. He has also picked the most wickets in a series. Kyle Abbott has conceded the most runs in an innings for South Africa.

Criteria	Player	Stats
Most Wickets	Tabraiz Shamsi	82
Best Bowling Figure	Dwaine Pretorius	5/17
Best Economy Rate	Johan Botha	6.37
Most Fifers	Imran Tahir	2
Most Runs Conceded in an Innings	Kyle Abbott	68
Most Wickets in a Series	Imran Tahir	12

South Africa Cricket Team Top T20 Partnerships

The 174 run partnership between Quinton de Kock and David Miller in 2022 against India is the highest ever T20 partnership for the South Africa Cricket Team. Below are all the partnership records for the Proteas.

Wicket	Runs	Batsmen	Country	Versus	Ground	Match Date
1st	170	Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman	South Africa	England	SuperSport Park	15/11/2009
2nd	168	Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	Bangladesh	Sydney Cricket Ground	27/10/2022
3rd	133*	Richard Levi and AB de Villiers	South Africa	New Zealand	Seddon Park	19/02/2012
4th	174*	Quinton de Kock and David Miller	South Africa	India	Barsapara Cricket Stadium	02/10/2022
5th	79	Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller	South Africa	Bangladesh	Nassau County International Cricket Stadium	10/06/2024
6th	69	Mark Boucher and Albie Morkel	South Africa	India	Kingsmead	20/09/2007
7th	57*	Shaun Pollock and Albie Morkel	South Africa	West Indies	Wanderers Stadium	18/01/2008
8th	64*	Wayne Parnell and Rusty Theron	South Africa	Australia	Wanderers Stadium	16/10/2011
9th	58*	David Miller and Lutho Sipamla	South Africa	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	14/02/2021
10th	19*	Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje	South Africa	West Indies	National Cricket Stadium (Grenada)	01/07/2021

South Africa Cricket Team Overall T20 Stats

South Africa has played 180 T20 matches, winning 101 and losing 76. 3 matches of the African team did not produce any results. The highest score for South Africa in T20s is 259/4, and the lowest score is 87/10.