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Most wickets
Player Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
M Ntini (SA) 1998-2009 53 103 11266 5986 249 6/59 10/145 24.04 3.18 45.2 12 2
SM Pollock (SA) 1995-2008 59 109 12353 4955 235 6/30 10/147 21.08 2.40 52.5 9 1
DW Steyn (SA) 2004-2013 35 68 7372 3949 192 6/8 11/60 20.56 3.21 38.3 13 3
AA Donald (SA) 1992-2002 38 68 7968 3831 177 7/84 12/139 21.64 2.88 45.0 12 2
JH Kallis (SA) 1995-2013 86 144 10011 4910 161 5/21 7/47 30.49 2.94 62.1 2 0
HJ Tayfield (SA) 1949-1958 20 34 7621 2378 92 9/113 13/192 25.84 1.87 82.8 8 1
M Morkel (SA) 2006-2013 21 41 4057 2186 78 5/20 7/98 28.02 3.23 52.0 2 0
A Nel (SA) 2002-2008 20 39 4179 2172 70 6/81 6/105 31.02 3.11 59.7 2 0
NAT Adcock (SA) 1953-1962 17 31 4039 1356 68 6/43 8/87 19.94 2.01 59.3 3 0
TL Goddard (SA) 1956-1970 23 41 6505 1722 63 6/53 8/92 27.33 1.58 103.2 1 0
SK Warne (Aus) 1994-2006 12 22 3681 1483 61 6/86 8/166 24.31 2.41 60.3 2 0
PR Adams (SA) 1995-2004 19 32 3784 1911 57 4/31 6/206 33.52 3.03 66.3 0 0
JM Blanckenberg (SA) 1913-1923 13 20 3180 1406 56 6/76 9/135 25.10 2.65 56.7 4 0
PM Pollock (SA) 1961-1970 17 31 3480 1472 56 6/38 9/99 26.28 2.53 62.1 3 0
VD Philander (SA) 2011-2013 8 16 1543 717 52 5/7 10/102 13.78 2.78 29.6 6 1
PS de Villiers (SA) 1994-1998 9 18 2501 1068 51 6/23 10/108 20.94 2.56 49.0 4 1
JH Sinclair (SA) 1896-1910 17 28 2506 1372 51 6/26 9/89 26.90 3.28 49.1 1 0
BM McMillan (SA) 1992-1997 21 36 3706 1471 51 4/65 7/117 28.84 2.38 72.6 0 0
SF Barnes (Eng) 1913-1914 4 8 1356 536 49 9/103 17/159 10.93 2.37 27.6 7 3
EP Nupen (SA) 1921-1936 15 28 3865 1631 49 6/46 11/150 33.28 2.53 78.8 5 1
PL Harris (SA) 2007-2011 18 31 3664 1635 48 6/127 9/161 34.06 2.67 76.3 2 0
AEE Vogler (SA) 1906-1910 10 20 1907 984 45 7/94 12/181 21.86 3.09 42.3 4 1
A Kumble (India) 1992-2007 12 24 3815 1441 45 6/53 8/113 32.02 2.26 84.7 1 0
CV Grimmett (Aus) 1935-1936 5 10 2077 642 44 7/40 13/173 14.59 1.85 47.2 5 3
GA Faulkner (SA) 1906-1910 10 19 1973 907 43 6/87 8/138 21.09 2.75 45.8 2 0
J Srinath (India) 1992-2001 8 16 2232 1087 43 6/76 8/104 25.27 2.92 51.9 3 0
MJ Procter (SA) 1967-1970 7 14 1514 616 41 6/73 9/103 15.02 2.44 36.9 1 0
CL Vincent (SA) 1927-1931 10 17 2350 891 41 6/51 7/115 21.73 2.27 57.3 2 0
AE Hall (SA) 1923-1931 7 14 2361 886 40 7/63 11/112 22.15 2.25 59.0 3 1
PS Heine (SA) 1956-1962 10 19 2691 961 37 6/58 6/75 25.97 2.14 72.7 2 0
M Hayward (SA) 1999-2003 9 16 1641 926 36 5/56 7/119 25.72 3.38 45.5 1 0
GA Lohmann (Eng) 1896-1896 3 6 520 203 35 9/28 15/45 5.80 2.34 14.8 4 2
M Muralitharan (SL) 1998-2002 6 10 2119 911 35 6/39 11/161 26.02 2.57 60.5 3 1
N Boje (SA) 2000-2006 22 36 3559 1799 35 4/28 4/28 51.40 3.03 101.6 0 0
SJ Snooke (SA) 1906-1923 13 24 1470 618 34 8/70 12/127 18.17 2.52 43.2 1 1
CR Matthews (SA) 1992-1995 11 20 2412 846 34 5/42 8/140 24.88 2.10 70.9 2 0
C Blythe (Eng) 1906-1910 7 13 1858 716 33 7/46 11/118 21.69 2.31 56.3 3 2
NBF Mann (SA) 1948-1950 10 17 2885 1053 33 6/59 7/72 31.90 2.18 87.4 1 0
AS Kennedy (Eng) 1922-1923 5 9 1683 599 31 5/76 8/169 19.32 2.13 54.2 2 0
EJ Barlow (SA) 1961-1970 19 28 2079 906 31 5/85 6/87 29.22 2.61 67.0 1 0
CB Llewellyn (SA) 1896-1902 5 9 1146 643 30 6/92 10/116 21.43 3.36 38.2 4 1
R Benaud (Aus) 1957-1958 5 9 1937 658 30 5/49 9/144 21.93 2.03 64.5 4 0
L Klusener (SA) 1996-2001 21 34 2593 1199 30 4/93 4/50 39.96 2.77 86.4 0 0
GD McGrath (Aus) 1994-2002 8 14 1832 685 29 6/86 8/49 23.62 2.24 63.1 2 0
CS Martin (NZ) 2000-2013 9 14 1588 845 29 5/37 6/101 29.13 3.19 54.7 1 0
GB Lawrence (SA) 1961-1962 5 9 1334 512 28 8/53 9/98 18.28 2.30 47.6 2 0
A Flintoff (Eng) 1999-2005 9 16 1609 764 28 4/44 6/90 27.28 2.84 57.4 0 0
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion, 3rd Test, Feb 22-24, 2013 [Test # 2075]
South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Feb 14-17, 2013 [Test # 2073]
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Feb 1-4, 2013 [Test # 2072]
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