Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
65.3 | 16 | 159 | 17 | 2.42 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
33.3x4 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 1.24 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
25.3x5 | 11 | 45 | 15 | 2.10 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
61.5 | 17 | 144 | 14 | 2.32 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
54.2x5 | 27 | 91 | 13 | 2.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
39.4 | 8 | 144 | 13 | 3.63 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
93.0 | 41 | 173 | 13 | 1.86 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 28 Feb 1936 | Test # 251 | |
74.0x8 | 26 | 192 | 13 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
31.2x5 | 10 | 71 | 12 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
42.6x8 | 12 | 89 | 12 | 1.56 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
53.0 | 9 | 127 | 12 | 2.39 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
33.1 | 4 | 127 | 12 | 3.82 | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 | |
54.3 | 16 | 130 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
55.0 | 15 | 139 | 12 | 2.52 | South Africa | v India | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1992 | Test # 1206 | |
52.1 | 6 | 181 | 12 | 3.46 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
52.3 | 7 | 205 | 12 | 3.90 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
36.5 | 16 | 60 | 11 | 1.62 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 | Test # 2072 | |
29.0 | 6 | 96 | 11 | 3.31 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 | Test # 2338 | |
62.3 | 20 | 112 | 11 | 1.79 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
60.5 | 23 | 118 | 11 | 1.93 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
38.0 | 10 | 127 | 11 | 3.34 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
51.4 | 4 | 150 | 11 | 2.90 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
43.0 | 11 | 150 | 11 | 3.48 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 09 Mar 2018 | Test # 2298 | |
68.3 | 17 | 161 | 11 | 2.35 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | |
81.0 | 29 | 196 | 11 | 2.41 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1962 | Test # 519 | |
24.5 | 5 | 63 | 10 | 2.53 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 06 Oct 2017 | Test # 2277 | |
53.4 | 21 | 88 | 10 | 1.63 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1936 | Test # 249 | |
24.3 | 6 | 91 | 10 | 3.71 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 | Test # 1848 | |
29.0 | 5 | 92 | 10 | 3.17 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2017 | Test # 2244 | |
31.3 | 4 | 93 | 10 | 2.95 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 08 Nov 2007 | Test # 1846 | |
24.1 | 3 | 102 | 10 | 4.22 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Centurion | 15 Dec 2011 | Test # 2023 | |
48.0 | 18 | 104 | 10 | 2.16 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
44.4 | 12 | 105 | 10 | 2.35 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
40.2 | 15 | 108 | 10 | 2.67 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 | Test # 1283 | |
46.3 | 15 | 110 | 10 | 2.36 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1936 | Test # 250 | |
49.5 | 12 | 116 | 10 | 2.32 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 | Test # 76 | |
40.4 | 10 | 133 | 10 | 3.27 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
33.0 | 5 | 145 | 10 | 4.39 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 | Test # 1798 | |
48.4 | 18 | 147 | 10 | 3.02 | South Africa | v India | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 | Test # 1564 | |
60.1 | 11 | 147 | 10 | 2.44 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 | |
44.0 | 10 | 153 | 10 | 3.47 | India | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
44.5 | 6 | 178 | 10 | 3.97 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 | Test # 1795 | |
31.0 | 13 | 51 | 9 | 1.64 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
27.1 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 1.98 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
20.0 | 3 | 66 | 9 | 3.30 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 | Test # 76 | |
28.4 | 11 | 68 | 9 | 2.37 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 | Test # 2075 | |
30.1 | 12 | 75 | 9 | 2.48 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 05 Jan 2018 | Test # 2292 | |
46.1x8 | 14 | 82 | 9 | 1.33 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
43.2x5 | 12 | 89 | 9 | 2.46 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
33.0 | 10 | 89 | 9 | 2.69 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 16 Mar 2006 | Test # 1789 | |
35.0 | 6 | 90 | 9 | 2.57 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 04 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
61.7x8 | 31 | 90 | 9 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
62.1x8 | 29 | 97 | 9 | 1.17 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
36.0 | 9 | 97 | 9 | 2.69 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 | Test # 2461 | |
52.3 | 16 | 98 | 9 | 1.86 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1961 | Test # 517 | |
38.4x5 | 10 | 99 | 9 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
43.0 | 12 | 99 | 9 | 2.30 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 08 Nov 1902 | Test # 77 | |
42.3 | 11 | 99 | 9 | 2.32 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 08 Dec 1961 | Test # 515 | |
45.0 | 16 | 99 | 9 | 2.20 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 | |
30.4 | 5 | 100 | 9 | 3.26 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
49.1 | 22 | 103 | 9 | 2.09 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
43.3 | 8 | 103 | 9 | 2.36 | South Africa | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1998 | Test # 1429 | |
35.3 | 9 | 105 | 9 | 2.95 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Centurion | 11 Mar 2005 | Test # 1740 | |
38.3 | 13 | 109 | 9 | 2.83 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 02 Feb 1962 | Test # 523 | |
28.4 | 5 | 109 | 9 | 3.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 01 Mar 2018 | Test # 2297 | |
63.2x5 | 27 | 110 | 9 | 2.08 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
30.4 | 10 | 110 | 9 | 3.58 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Mar 2018 | Test # 2300 | |
50.3 | 14 | 128 | 9 | 2.53 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 | Test # 2026 | |
61.4x5 | 18 | 130 | 9 | 2.52 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
46.5 | 8 | 135 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
46.5 | 10 | 141 | 9 | 3.01 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
56.0x8 | 12 | 144 | 9 | 1.92 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
46.0 | 13 | 147 | 9 | 3.19 | South Africa | v West Indies | Johannesburg | 12 Dec 2003 | Test # 1674 | |
51.0 | 17 | 147 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2013 | Test # 2111 | |
69.0 | 22 | 149 | 9 | 2.15 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 | Test # 1403 | |
61.2x8 | 8 | 154 | 9 | 1.88 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
59.5 | 14 | 161 | 9 | 2.69 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
63.3 | 13 | 162 | 9 | 2.55 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
57.3 | 13 | 163 | 9 | 2.83 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
56.0 | 6 | 164 | 9 | 2.92 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
68.4 | 15 | 167 | 9 | 2.43 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
57.4x8 | 6 | 167 | 9 | 2.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
67.1 | 8 | 194 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
65.0 | 12 | 202 | 9 | 3.10 | Bangladesh | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 | Test # 2461 | |
48.0 | 6 | 216 | 9 | 4.50 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 | |
63.2 | 9 | 225 | 9 | 3.55 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 01 Mar 2018 | Test # 2297 | |
24.4 | 8 | 48 | 8 | 1.94 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
26.3 | 10 | 49 | 8 | 1.84 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 | |
30.4x8 | 11 | 53 | 8 | 1.30 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
43.0x8 | 19 | 61 | 8 | 1.06 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
32.1x8 | 9 | 65 | 8 | 1.51 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
28.4 | 7 | 65 | 8 | 2.26 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 11 Jan 2013 | Test # 2071 | |
28.0 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 2.64 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
40.0x8 | 13 | 78 | 8 | 1.46 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
28.0 | 6 | 78 | 8 | 2.78 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 09 Nov 2011 | Test # 2016 | |
36.0 | 10 | 79 | 8 | 2.19 | West Indies | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1433 | |
39.2 | 17 | 80 | 8 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
21.5 | 1 | 86 | 8 | 3.93 | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2024 | Test # 2522 | |
47.0x5 | 17 | 87 | 8 | 2.22 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
33.0x8 | 6 | 87 | 8 | 1.97 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 |
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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]
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