Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

Best economy rates in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
13.010430.3Englandv South AfricaDurban21 Jan 1928Test # 170
14.19720.37Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1957Test # 435
15.0108-0.4Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg07 Feb 1958Test # 449
22.01710-0.45Australiav South AfricaCape Town01 Mar 2014Test # 2122
15.0127-0.46Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg12 Nov 1921Test # 146
16.0111110.51Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
16.081220.56South Africav EnglandGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
32.0241730.63Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg14 Feb 1899Test # 58
25.2152210.65South Africav EnglandJohannesburg15 Feb 1957Test # 437
24.0172110.65South Africav EnglandDurban25 Jan 1957Test # 436
25.0122330.69Englandv South AfricaGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
13.041220.69Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg15 Feb 1957Test # 437
14.071360.69South Africav New ZealandJohannesburg29 Jan 1954Test # 381
15.0911-0.73Australiav South AfricaCape Town26 Nov 1921Test # 147
14.071410.75South Africav EnglandJohannesburg24 Dec 1956Test # 434
13.081320.75South Africav EnglandGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
11.0511-0.75Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg07 Feb 1958Test # 449
23.0131810.78South Africav AustraliaGqeberha14 Mar 1997Test # 1360
16.0817-0.79Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1938Test # 267
12.041320.81South Africav New ZealandJohannesburg29 Jan 1954Test # 381
23.0122520.81South Africav AustraliaDurban24 Jan 1958Test # 447
11.06920.81Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Jan 1931Test # 204
11.049-0.81South Africav AustraliaCape Town17 Mar 1994Test # 1253
8.049-0.84Englandv South AfricaDurban20 Jan 1939Test # 269
15.061710.85Englandv South AfricaGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
27.0152310.85South Africav AustraliaDurban20 Jan 1967Test # 615
14.071620.85South Africav New ZealandDurban11 Dec 1953Test # 377
23.0112010.86Indiav South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 1993Test # 1209
11.0513-0.88Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1957Test # 435
29.3153510.89South Africav New ZealandGqeberha05 Feb 1954Test # 382
15.061820.9Australiav South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1957Test # 445
18.481720.91South Africav IndiaCape Town02 Jan 1993Test # 1209
17.172130.91Australiav South AfricaGqeberha03 Mar 1950Test # 322
29.0122710.93South Africav EnglandDurban14 Feb 1914Test # 133
16.0820-0.93Australiav South AfricaGqeberha28 Feb 1958Test # 451
24.0151510.93Englandv South AfricaGqeberha12 Mar 1889Test # 31
16.071510.93South Africav New ZealandGqeberha16 Feb 1962Test # 524
8.031010.93South Africav New ZealandJohannesburg24 Dec 1953Test # 378
35.5183420.94South Africav EnglandGqeberha12 Feb 1965Test # 578
21.0112050.95Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg15 Feb 1936Test # 250
11.0614-0.95Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg12 Feb 1949Test # 312
30.01929-0.96South Africav IndiaCape Town02 Jan 2011Test # 1988
15.462050.96Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1956Test # 434
10.0513-0.97Englandv South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1938Test # 268
45.0274440.97New Zealandv South AfricaGqeberha16 Feb 1962Test # 524
20.092011Englandv South AfricaDurban04 Dec 1964Test # 571
19.01119-1Indiav South AfricaDurban13 Nov 1992Test # 1200
10.061011South Africav New ZealandDurban26 Dec 1994Test # 1280
26.1123531South Africav New ZealandDurban11 Dec 1953Test # 377
44.1166141.03Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1938Test # 267
18.01219-1.05South Africav AustraliaCape Town22 Jan 1970Test # 670
17.061841.05Australiav South AfricaCape Town08 Nov 1902Test # 77
17.081821.05South Africav EnglandGqeberha09 Dec 1999Test # 1475
14.052021.07South Africav New ZealandJohannesburg29 Jan 1954Test # 381
24.5162731.08South Africav AustraliaJohannesburg19 Feb 1970Test # 672
20.062911.08Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg27 Dec 1948Test # 307
26.183851.09Australiav South AfricaGqeberha28 Feb 1958Test # 451
11.0316-1.09Australiav South AfricaGqeberha28 Feb 1958Test # 451
14.461641.09South Africav EnglandJohannesburg25 Nov 1999Test # 1471
11.051231.09South Africav EnglandJohannesburg30 Nov 1995Test # 1315
11.0412-1.09Pakistanv South AfricaDurban26 Feb 1998Test # 1403
11.061231.09South Africav EnglandCenturion21 Jan 2005Test # 1736
15.062241.1South Africav EnglandGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
42.0186211.1South Africav AustraliaDurban24 Jan 1958Test # 447
23.093421.1Englandv South AfricaGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
14.281641.11South Africav EnglandCenturion26 Dec 2019Test # 2377
20.0430-1.12South Africav EnglandJohannesburg24 Dec 1956Test # 434
14.062111.12South Africav New ZealandGqeberha05 Feb 1954Test # 382
8.0212-1.12Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1957Test # 435
17.472021.13Australiav South AfricaGqeberha14 Mar 1997Test # 1360
19.091841.13South Africav EnglandCape Town01 Apr 1899Test # 59
19.152931.13Australiav South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1957Test # 445
28.0123231.14South Africav IndiaCape Town02 Jan 1993Test # 1209
14.0616-1.14South Africav EnglandGqeberha26 Dec 1995Test # 1320
14.5101711.14South Africav IndiaDurban26 Dec 2006Test # 1825
20.0102321.15South Africav IndiaJohannesburg26 Nov 1992Test # 1201
39.0194511.15Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg23 Dec 1964Test # 572
12.031411.16Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Jan 1931Test # 204
40.1184741.17Australiav South AfricaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
16.082511.17South Africav AustraliaJohannesburg23 Dec 1957Test # 444
24.753921.17Englandv South AfricaGqeberha01 Mar 1957Test # 438
21.0103311.17Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1956Test # 434
21.053321.17Englandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1957Test # 435
37.4145961.18South Africav EnglandDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
10.141231.18South Africav AustraliaGqeberha24 Feb 1967Test # 617
11.061311.18Australiav South AfricaDurban05 Nov 1921Test # 145
16.081921.18South Africav BangladeshBloemfontein19 Nov 2008Test # 1893
21.0112511.19South Africav New ZealandGqeberha16 Feb 1962Test # 524
25.1113031.19South Africav AustraliaGqeberha05 Mar 1970Test # 673
26.01531-1.19New Zealandv South AfricaJohannesburg08 Dec 2000Test # 1522
59.0249431.19South Africav AustraliaDurban24 Jan 1958Test # 447
32.0165141.19New Zealandv South AfricaGqeberha05 Feb 1954Test # 382
10.061611.2New Zealandv South AfricaCape Town01 Jan 1954Test # 379
38.096141.2Englandv South AfricaGqeberha05 Mar 1949Test # 313
44.0225361.2Indiav South AfricaJohannesburg26 Nov 1992Test # 1201
18.072921.2Englandv South AfricaDurban25 Jan 1957Test # 436
14.0917-1.21South Africav EnglandGqeberha09 Dec 1999Test # 1475
27.0133321.22Englandv South AfricaDurban16 Jan 1931Test # 204
27.0103341.22Indiav South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 1993Test # 1209
29.0124821.24South Africav New ZealandJohannesburg29 Jan 1954Test # 381
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

South Africa v India at Centurion, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 2023 [Test # 2520]

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]