Batting match by match (Men's Tests)

The most runs in a match in men's Tests v South Africa since 1925 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	Scores	BF	4s	6s	Opposition	Ground	Date
Mahela JayawardeneSL	374	374	572	43	1	v SA	Colombo	27 Jul 2006
Andy FlowerZIM	341	142 & 199*	670	45	2	v SA	Harare	7 Sept 2001
Virender SehwagIND	319	319	304	42	5	v SA	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
Chris GayleWI	317	317	483	37	3	v SA	St John's	29 Apr 2005
Rohit SharmaIND	303	176 & 127	393	33	13	v SA	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019
Donald BradmanAUS	299	299* & DNB	-	23	0	v SA	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
Kumar SangakkaraSL	296	232 & 64	415	41	2	v SA	Colombo	11 Aug 2004
Marcus TrescothickENG	288	219 & 69*	440	44	2	v SA	London	4 Sept 2003
Kumar SangakkaraSL	287	287	457	35	0	v SA	Colombo	27 Jul 2006
Ben StokesENG	284	258 & 26	232	34	11	v SA	Cape Town	2 Jan 2016
David WarnerAUS	280	135 & 145	308	25	5	v SA	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014
Phillip HughesAUS	275	115 & 160	474	34	5	v SA	Durban	6 Mar 2009
Matt RenshawAUS	272	190 & 82	496	28	3	v SA	Durban	9 Oct 2026
Michael ClarkeAUS	268	230 & 38	318	43	2	v SA	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
Ricky PontingAUS	263	120 & 143*	333	28	1	v SA	Sydney	2 Jan 2006
Stephen FlemingNZ	262	262 & DNB	423	31	2	v SA	Cape Town	27 Apr 2006
Michael ClarkeAUS	259	259*	398	26	0	v SA	Brisbane	9 Nov 2012
Virat KohliIND	254	254*	336	33	2	v SA	Pune	10 Oct 2019
Rachin RavindraNZ	252	240 & 12	392	27	3	v SA	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024
Brad HodgeAUS	244	41 & 203*	428	26	0	v SA	Perth	16 Dec 2005
Eddie PaynterENG	243	243	-	24	0	v SA	Durban	20 Jan 1939
Mahela JayawardeneSL	242	237 & 5	435	25	3	v SA	Galle	4 Aug 2004
Geoff PullarENG	234	59 & 175	-	24	1	v SA	London	18 Aug 1960
Denis ComptonENG	229	158 & 71	-	34	0	v SA	Manchester	7 Jul 1955
Rahul DravidIND	229	148 & 81	508	32	0	v SA	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
Denis ComptonENG	228	65 & 163	-	20	0	v SA	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947
Ajinkya RahaneIND	227	127 & 100*	421	19	7	v SA	Delhi	3 Dec 2015
Kane WilliamsonNZ	227	118 & 109	421	28	1	v SA	Mount Maunganui	4 Feb 2024
Donald BradmanAUS	226	226	-	22	0	v SA	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931
Stan McCabeAUS	223	34 & 189*	-	-	0	v SA	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935
Mayank AgarwalIND	222	215 & 7	402	24	6	v SA	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019
Bill EdrichENG	220	1 & 219	-	25	0	v SA	Durban	3 Mar 1939
Andrew StraussENG	220	126 & 94*	362	29	1	v SA	Port Elizabeth	17 Dec 2004
Jack MoroneyAUS	219	118 & 101*	-	13	0	v SA	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
Ricky PontingAUS	219	103 & 116	412	22	2	v SA	Durban	24 Mar 2006
Dimuth KarunaratneSL	218	158* & 60	302	20	1	v SA	Galle	12 Jul 2018
Eddie PaynterENG	217	117 & 100	-	18	1	v SA	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938
Virat KohliIND	215	119 & 96	374	27	0	v SA	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
Greg BlewettAUS	214	214	421	33	0	v SA	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997
Herbert SutcliffeENG	213	104 & 109*	-	-	0	v SA	London	17 Aug 1929
Bill EdrichENG	213	191 & 22*	-	22	3	v SA	Manchester	5 Jul 1947
Wavell HindsWI	213	213	297	34	2	v SA	Guyana	31 Mar 2005
Neil HarveyAUS	212	205 & 7	-	20	0	v SA	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953
Rohit SharmaIND	212	212	255	28	6	v SA	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
Denis ComptonENG	208	208 & DNB	-	20	0	v SA	London	21 Jun 1947
Brian LaraWI	207	202 & 5	296	33	2	v SA	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003
Alec StewartENG	204	40 & 164	429	29	0	v SA	Manchester	2 Jul 1998
Adam GilchristAUS	204	204*	213	19	8	v SA	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002
Kushal Janith PereraSL	204	51 & 153*	263	19	6	v SA	Durban	13 Feb 2019
Shivnarine ChanderpaulWI	203	203*	370	23	0	v SA	Guyana	31 Mar 2005

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