Batting innings by innings (Men's First-class)

The highest score in men's first-class cricket v South Africa is 374 by Mahela Jayawardene (SL) v SA at Colombo, 27 Jul 2006.

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Overall Innings by innings Match by match Format summary Team summary Opposition summary Ground summary Series summary Year summary

Player	Runs	BF	4s	6s	SR	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Date
Mahela JayawardeneSL	374	572	43	1	65.38	4	b A Nel	2	v SA	Colombo	27 Jul 2006
Virender SehwagIND	319	304	42	5	104.93	2	c ND McKenzie b M Ntini	2	v SA	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
Chris GayleWI	317	483	37	3	65.63	1	c GC Smith b M Zondeki	2	v SA	St John's	29 Apr 2005
Donald BradmanAUS	299*	-	23	0	-	3	not out	2	v SA	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
Kumar SangakkaraSL	287	457	35	0	62.80	3	c †MV Boucher b AJ Hall	2	v SA	Colombo	27 Jul 2006
Stephen FlemingNZ	262	423	31	2	61.94	3	b AG Prince	1	v SA	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
Michael ClarkeAUS	259*	398	26	0	65.08	5	not out	2	v SA	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012
Ben StokesENG	258	198	30	11	130.30	6	run out (AB de Villiers)	1	v SA	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016
Virat KohliIND	254*	336	33	2	75.60	4	not out	1	v SA	Pune	10 Oct 2019
Eddie PaynterENG	243	-	24	0	-	3	c A Melville b ACB Langton	1	v SA	Durban	20 Jan 1939
Rachin RavindraNZ	240	366	26	3	65.57	4	b N Brand	1	v SA	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024
Mahela JayawardeneSL	237	415	25	3	57.11	4	lbw b M Hayward	1	v SA	Galle	4 Aug 2004
Kumar SangakkaraSL	232	357	31	1	64.99	3	c JH Kallis b SM Pollock	1	v SA	Colombo	11 Aug 2004
Michael ClarkeAUS	230	257	40	1	89.49	5	b M Morkel	1	v SA	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
Donald BradmanAUS	226	-	22	0	-	3	lbw b CL Vincent	1	v SA	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931
Marcus TrescothickENG	219	374	32	2	58.56	1	c JA Rudolph b M Ntini	2	v SA	London	4 Sept 2003
Bill EdrichENG	219	-	25	0	-	3	c N Gordon b ACB Langton	4	v SA	Durban	3 Mar 1939
Mayank AgarwalIND	215	371	23	6	57.95	1	c DL Piedt b D Elgar	1	v SA	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019
Victor TrumperAUS	214*	247	26	0	86.64	5	not out	2	v SA	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911
Greg BlewettAUS	214	421	33	0	50.83	6	c PR Adams b L Klusener	2	v SA	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997
Wavell HindsWI	213	297	34	2	71.72	1	c †MV Boucher b CK Langeveldt	1	v SA	Guyana	31 Mar 2005
Rohit SharmaIND	212	255	28	6	83.14	2	c L Ngidi b K Rabada	1	v SA	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
Jack HobbsENG	211	-	15	0	-	1	c HW Taylor b GM Parker	2	v SA	London	28 Jun 1924
Denis ComptonENG	208	-	20	0	-	4	c AMB Rowan b L Tuckett	1	v SA	London	21 Jun 1947
Neil HarveyAUS	205	-	19	0	-	3	c JE Cheetham b ERH Fuller	1	v SA	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953
Adam GilchristAUS	204*	213	19	8	95.77	7	not out	1	v SA	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
Brad HodgeAUS	203*	332	22	0	61.14	5	not out	3	v SA	Perth	16 Dec 2005
Shivnarine ChanderpaulWI	203*	370	23	0	54.86	5	not out	1	v SA	Guyana	31 Mar 2005
Herbie CollinsAUS	203	-	26	0	-	1	c NV Lindsay b CP Carter	1	v SA	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
Brian LaraWI	202	274	32	2	73.72	4	c M van Jaarsveld b A Nel	2	v SA	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003
David WarnerAUS	200	255	16	2	78.43	1	b A Nortje	2	v SA	Melbourne	26 Dec 2022
Andy FlowerZIM	199*	470	24	1	42.34	5	not out	3	v SA	Harare	7 Sept 2001
Ian BellENG	199	336	20	1	59.23	5	c & b PL Harris	1	v SA	London	10 Jul 2008
Brian LaraWI	196	286	25	0	68.53	4	b A Nel	1	v SA	Trinidad	8 Apr 2005
Usman KhawajaAUS	195*	368	19	1	52.99	1	not out	1	v SA	Sydney	4 Jan 2023
Cyril WashbrookENG	195	-	18	0	-	2	c DW Begbie b CN McCarthy	1	v SA	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
Clem HillAUS	191	200	18	0	95.50	3	b COC Pearse	1	v SA	Sydney	9 Dec 1910
Bill EdrichENG	191	-	22	3	-	3	b L Tuckett	2	v SA	Manchester	5 Jul 1947
Joe RootENG	190	234	27	1	81.20	4	c †Q de Kock b M Morkel	1	v SA	London	6 Jul 2017
Matt RenshawAUS	190	397	21	1	47.86	5	c AK Markram b SR Harmer	1	v SA	Durban	9 Oct 2026
Neil HarveyAUS	190	-	21	0	-	4	c JC Watkins b ARA Murray	2	v SA	Sydney	9 Jan 1953
Stan McCabeAUS	189*	-	-	0	-	3	not out	4	v SA	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935
Bill EdrichENG	189	-	26	1	-	3	b NBF Mann	1	v SA	London	21 Jun 1947
Jim BurkeAUS	189	-	15	0	-	2	b HJ Tayfield	1	v SA	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957
Jack HobbsENG	187	-	-	0	-	1	hit wicket b NO Norton	1	v SA	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
Mike AthertonENG	185*	492	29	0	37.60	1	not out	4	v SA	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995
Phil MeadENG	181	-	-	0	-	4	c AW Nourse b JM Blanckenberg	1	v SA	Durban	18 Jan 1923
Wally HammondENG	181	-	16	0	-	4	b EQ Davies	1	v SA	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938
Marcus TrescothickENG	180	248	24	4	72.58	1	c †MV Boucher b M Ntini	3	v SA	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
Neil HarveyAUS	178	-	16	0	-	5	c †WW Wade b NBF Mann	1	v SA	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949

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