Bowling Best Figures Match

Records in 2000s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
76.013171132.25Sri Lankav South AfricaGalle20 Jul 2000Test # 1504
52.37205123.90Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg13 Jan 2005Test # 1734
80.414225122.78Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (PSS)04 Aug 2006Test # 1812
58.29159112.72Australiav South AfricaPerth17 Dec 2008Test # 1899
68.317161112.35Sri Lankav South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2000Test # 1526
54.012180113.33New Zealandv South AfricaAuckland18 Mar 2004Test # 1689
82.217172102.08Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)27 Jul 2006Test # 1810
33.0108992.69Australiav South AfricaCape Town16 Mar 2006Test # 1789
34.389792.81Bangladeshv South AfricaMirpur22 Feb 2008Test # 1864
51.3914192.73Indiav South AfricaEden Gardens28 Nov 2004Test # 1724
56.0616492.92Englandv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2009Test # 1944
26.3104981.84Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg22 Feb 2002Test # 1590
35.0119982.82Indiav South AfricaJohannesburg15 Dec 2006Test # 1823
47.01510482.21Indiav South AfricaGqeberha16 Nov 2001Test # 1569
57.41810881.87West Indiesv South AfricaPort of Spain17 Mar 2001Test # 1538
54.52311382.06Australiav South AfricaSydney03 Jan 2009Test # 1904
47.21511482.40Englandv South AfricaNottingham14 Aug 2003Test # 1654
52.3913782.60Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg26 Feb 2009Test # 1910
84.52813881.62Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)06 Aug 2000Test # 1507
60.51116682.72Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006Test # 1792
68.41617082.47Australiav South AfricaAdelaide14 Dec 2001Test # 1576
43.0718884.37Indiav South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2006Test # 1825
69.0921083.04Pakistanv South AfricaKarachi01 Oct 2007Test # 1843
98.02523182.35Australiav South AfricaCape Town08 Mar 2002Test # 1593
78.5526583.36Indiav South AfricaChennai26 Mar 2008Test # 1870
25.0113971.56Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)11 Aug 2004Test # 1710
34.189172.66West Indiesv South AfricaKingston19 Apr 2001Test # 1544
54.0169671.77Indiav South AfricaKanpur11 Apr 2008Test # 1873
47.01811072.34Pakistanv South AfricaGqeberha19 Jan 2007Test # 1829
49.31011172.24Pakistanv South AfricaLahore17 Oct 2003Test # 1664
39.5811972.98Englandv South AfricaNottingham14 Aug 2003Test # 1654
38.2812073.13New Zealandv South AfricaWellington26 Mar 2004Test # 1692
65.21714172.15Pakistanv South AfricaGqeberha19 Jan 2007Test # 1829
46.01214573.15Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg31 Mar 2006Test # 1795
41.5614573.46Pakistanv South AfricaCenturion11 Jan 2007Test # 1828
65.21917472.66Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2002Test # 1582
21.037063.33Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg22 Feb 2002Test # 1590
37.277762.06Bangladeshv South AfricaDhaka01 May 2003Test # 1642
37.098762.35Englandv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2009Test # 1944
32.089062.81Englandv South AfricaCenturion21 Jan 2005Test # 1736
40.0149362.32West Indiesv South AfricaKingston19 Apr 2001Test # 1544
28.339863.43Pakistanv South AfricaLahore17 Oct 2003Test # 1664
28.039963.53Bangladeshv South AfricaCenturion26 Nov 2008Test # 1895
32.0310163.15New Zealandv South AfricaJohannesburg05 May 2006Test # 1801
47.01810762.27Australiav South AfricaAdelaide14 Dec 2001Test # 1576
31.0511263.61West Indiesv South AfricaGqeberha26 Dec 2007Test # 1856
42.31111462.68Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg31 Mar 2006Test # 1795
37.0811763.16Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)27 Jul 2006Test # 1810
50.01311862.36Indiav South AfricaWankhede24 Feb 2000Test # 1484
46.0912262.65Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg26 Feb 2009Test # 1910
49.1812562.54Englandv South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2005Test # 1732
41.41113463.21Australiav South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006Test # 1792
32.0513564.21New Zealandv South AfricaCenturion15 Apr 2006Test # 1798
49.01413662.77Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2005Test # 1779
39.0-14063.58Sri Lankav South AfricaCenturion15 Nov 2002Test # 1626
43.01014163.27Australiav South AfricaDurban15 Mar 2002Test # 1595
68.41514362.08Indiav South AfricaBengaluru02 Mar 2000Test # 1486
60.31814462.38Pakistanv South AfricaFaisalabad24 Oct 2003Test # 1666
44.0414663.31Sri Lankav South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2000Test # 1526
26.3215465.81New Zealandv South AfricaJohannesburg05 May 2006Test # 1801
44.0815563.52Englandv South AfricaThe Oval04 Sep 2003Test # 1659
50.01316163.22Englandv South AfricaBirmingham30 Jul 2008Test # 1883
65.01616462.52West Indiesv South AfricaBridgetown29 Mar 2001Test # 1541
76.02517562.30Australiav South AfricaPerth16 Dec 2005Test # 1777
53.21017663.30Australiav South AfricaPerth16 Dec 2005Test # 1777
61.51317962.89Australiav South AfricaSydney02 Jan 2002Test # 1582
75.02118362.44Indiav South AfricaKanpur20 Nov 2004Test # 1722
23.175652.41Sri Lankav South AfricaColombo (SSC)11 Aug 2004Test # 1710
24.085652.33Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2005Test # 1779
22.055652.54Indiav South AfricaJohannesburg15 Dec 2006Test # 1823
22.337353.24Indiav South AfricaKanpur11 Apr 2008Test # 1873
29.177852.67Englandv South AfricaGqeberha17 Dec 2004Test # 1728
41.3188151.95Australiav South AfricaDurban06 Mar 2009Test # 1913
31.578452.63Australiav South AfricaCape Town16 Mar 2006Test # 1789
29.158752.98West Indiesv South AfricaGqeberha26 Dec 2007Test # 1856
32.069152.84Englandv South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2000Test # 1482
48.0159652.00Pakistanv South AfricaCape Town26 Jan 2007Test # 1830
37.0109652.59Pakistanv South AfricaCape Town26 Jan 2007Test # 1830
39.01210052.56New Zealandv South AfricaCenturion15 Apr 2006Test # 1798
69.02710151.46West Indiesv South AfricaSt John's06 Apr 2001Test # 1542
30.2710453.42Englandv South AfricaThe Oval07 Aug 2008Test # 1885
32.5811153.38Indiav South AfricaJohannesburg15 Dec 2006Test # 1823
58.02211351.94West Indiesv South AfricaSt John's06 Apr 2001Test # 1542
42.01111652.76Englandv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2004Test # 1730
44.0911652.63West Indiesv South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2008Test # 1858
37.0611953.21Englandv South AfricaGqeberha17 Dec 2004Test # 1728
34.3512153.50Englandv South AfricaCenturion21 Jan 2005Test # 1736
37.0312753.43Englandv South AfricaThe Oval07 Aug 2008Test # 1885
49.01512952.63Australiav South AfricaMelbourne26 Dec 2001Test # 1580
38.0413053.42Bangladeshv South AfricaBloemfontein19 Nov 2008Test # 1893
33.0213354.03New Zealandv South AfricaJohannesburg08 Nov 2007Test # 1846
28.4313454.67West Indiesv South AfricaJohannesburg12 Dec 2003Test # 1674
41.01113653.31New Zealandv South AfricaGqeberha30 Nov 2000Test # 1519
36.0513653.77Englandv South AfricaLeeds21 Aug 2003Test # 1656
41.0513653.31Indiav South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2007Test # 1827
30.0713654.53New Zealandv South AfricaCenturion16 Nov 2007Test # 1848
40.0713853.45Pakistanv South AfricaFaisalabad24 Oct 2003Test # 1666
51.31714552.81Englandv South AfricaLeeds21 Aug 2003Test # 1656
38.0715354.02Indiav South AfricaBloemfontein03 Nov 2001Test # 1564
47.0715353.25Englandv South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2004Test # 1730
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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
Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]