Cricket in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
14.262892.33Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg02 Mar 1896Test # 48
16.325793.45Englandv South AfricaThe Oval18 Aug 1994Test # 1266
38.4710392.66Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg26 Dec 1913Test # 131
9.45780.85Englandv South AfricaGqeberha13 Feb 1896Test # 47
14.251181.13Englandv South AfricaCape Town25 Mar 1889Test # 32
16.442981.74Englandv South AfricaThe Oval12 Aug 1912Test # 128
26.595682.08Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg26 Dec 1913Test # 131
15.515983.72Englandv South AfricaLeeds29 Jul 1907Test # 94
24.046182.54Australiav South AfricaPerth17 Dec 2008Test # 1899
19.1111771.32Englandv South AfricaCape Town25 Mar 1889Test # 32
15.072371.53New Zealandv South AfricaChristchurch17 Feb 2022Test # 2450
11.023473.09Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg18 Oct 1902Test # 76
19.033671.42Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1957Test # 435
25.0163771.77Englandv South AfricaCape Town19 Mar 1892Test # 37
15.463872.88Englandv South AfricaGqeberha13 Feb 1896Test # 47
29.0123971.34Englandv South AfricaLord's23 Jun 1955Test # 409
22.494071.76Englandv South AfricaLeeds29 Jul 1907Test # 94
19.594072.01Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg15 Feb 1936Test # 250
24.094272.1Englandv South AfricaCape Town21 Mar 1896Test # 49
18.054672.55Englandv South AfricaCape Town11 Mar 1910Test # 110
16.054672.87Englandv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 1999Test # 1480
28.0105271.85Englandv South AfricaLord's21 Jun 1951Test # 335
29.575671.87Englandv South AfricaDurban14 Feb 1914Test # 133
27.085672.07Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 1994Test # 1243
32.3105871.78Englandv South AfricaManchester05 Jul 1951Test # 336
18.356173.29Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg13 Jan 2005Test # 1734
17.536173.42Indiav South AfricaJohannesburg03 Jan 2022Test # 2445
29.576672.21Indiav South AfricaNagpur25 Nov 2015Test # 2189
17.116873.96Australiav South AfricaCenturion12 Feb 2014Test # 2119
27.377072.54Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1927Test # 168
32.0127172.21Englandv South AfricaManchester27 Jul 1929Test # 184
49.2178371.68Australiav South AfricaAdelaide29 Jan 1932Test # 215
28.068473West Indiesv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 1998Test # 1437
35.058472.4Sri Lankav South AfricaGalle20 Jul 2000Test # 1504
30.038772.9Indiav South AfricaEden Gardens28 Nov 2004Test # 1724
32.0108872.75Englandv South AfricaDurban14 Feb 1914Test # 133
46.5129772.07Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (PSS)04 Aug 2006Test # 1812
45.01810072.22Australiav South AfricaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
32.3611573.53Englandv South AfricaLeeds13 Jul 1929Test # 183
47.01111672.46Australiav South AfricaAdelaide29 Jan 1932Test # 215
38.0112073.15Indiav South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2011Test # 1988
46.21114573.12Indiav South AfricaVisakhapatnam02 Oct 2019Test # 2363
6.34761.07Englandv South AfricaBirmingham14 Jun 1924Test # 153
11.461161.11Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Apr 1899Test # 59
9.031561.66Indiav South AfricaCape Town03 Jan 2024Test # 2522
16.071761.06Australiav South AfricaMelbourne31 Dec 1910Test # 112
12.161761.39Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg14 Jan 2016Test # 2199
15.371861.16Australiav South AfricaMelbourne12 Feb 1932Test # 216
11.542161.77Indiav South AfricaAhmedabad20 Nov 1996Test # 1338
15.382761.74Bangladeshv South AfricaMirpur22 Feb 2008Test # 1864
21.372861.3Englandv South AfricaNottingham09 Jun 1955Test # 407
18.082961.61Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)11 Aug 2004Test # 1710
14.043262.28Sri Lankav South AfricaGalle12 Jul 2018Test # 2311
17.443461.45Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg23 Dec 1957Test # 444
24.473461.37West Indiesv South AfricaBridgetown18 Apr 1992Test # 1188
21.093461.61Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 1998Test # 1393
16.273462.08Englandv South AfricaNottingham14 Aug 2003Test # 1654
23.593561.46Englandv South AfricaNottingham15 Jun 1935Test # 242
22.483761.63Englandv South AfricaNottingham07 Jun 1951Test # 334
10.013963.9Sri Lankav South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2000Test # 1526
23.074061.3Englandv South AfricaGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
17.044262.47Englandv South AfricaLeeds12 Jul 1924Test # 155
23.064261.82Englandv South AfricaLeeds06 Aug 1998Test # 1422
16.034362.68Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg01 Jan 1910Test # 106
20.154461.63Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1949Test # 318
28.294761.65Australiav South AfricaGqeberha05 Mar 1970Test # 673
19.045162.68West Indiesv South AfricaGqeberha10 Dec 1998Test # 1433
22.075262.36Englandv South AfricaLeeds08 Jul 1912Test # 124
44.0225361.2Indiav South AfricaJohannesburg26 Nov 1992Test # 1201
15.045363.53Englandv South AfricaLord's06 Jul 2017Test # 2262
29.2115462.2Englandv South AfricaCape Town19 Mar 1892Test # 37
28.085561.96Englandv South AfricaThe Oval16 Aug 1951Test # 338
35.0156061.71New Zealandv South AfricaDunedin28 Feb 1964Test # 559
36.4136161.66West Indiesv South AfricaPort of Spain17 Mar 2001Test # 1538
13.5-6164.4Indiav South AfricaCape Town03 Jan 2024Test # 2522
38.5106361.62Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg13 Feb 1931Test # 206
20.056363.15Englandv South AfricaLord's23 Jun 1960Test # 493
32.0136862.12Englandv South AfricaCape Town24 Mar 1906Test # 91
38.7106861.31New Zealandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1954Test # 379
20.026963.45Australiav South AfricaSydney09 Dec 1910Test # 111
21.027262.57Australiav South AfricaBrisbane05 Dec 1952Test # 359
48.0237361.52Australiav South AfricaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
30.067662.53Indiav South AfricaGqeberha16 Nov 2001Test # 1569
31.077662.45New Zealandv South AfricaAuckland18 Mar 2004Test # 1689
25.147763.05Australiav South AfricaDurban05 Nov 1921Test # 145
37.277762.06Bangladeshv South AfricaDhaka01 May 2003Test # 1642
31.377862.47Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg10 Mar 1906Test # 90
37.0137862.1Pakistanv South AfricaDurban26 Feb 1998Test # 1403
23.067863.39Pakistanv South AfricaGqeberha06 Mar 1998Test # 1406
29.057962.72Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg17 Nov 2011Test # 2018
24.568063.22West Indiesv South AfricaCenturion15 Jan 1999Test # 1441
46.4138161.73West Indiesv South AfricaBridgetown26 Jun 2010Test # 1962
34.098562.5Englandv South AfricaLord's10 Jun 1912Test # 122
40.4158662.11Australiav South AfricaCenturion21 Mar 1997Test # 1362
35.598662.4Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006Test # 1792
41.088762.12Sri Lankav South AfricaGalle20 Jul 2000Test # 1504
30.5108962.88Australiav South AfricaHobart12 Nov 2016Test # 2233
46.0149262Australiav South AfricaMelbourne31 Dec 1931Test # 214
31.399462.98Englandv South AfricaNottingham05 Aug 1965Test # 595
42.099662.28Pakistanv South AfricaCape Town14 Feb 2013Test # 2073
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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
Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]