Bowling Most 4wi Career

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test+ODI+T20I matches

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10	4+
DW Steyn (Afr/SA)	2004-2020	125	172	13757	2292.5	408	8372	374	6/8	22.38	3.65	36.78	23	17	3	40
SM Pollock (Afr/SA)	1995-2008	200	247	19381	3230.1	784	9210	446	6/30	20.65	2.85	43.45	24	13	1	37
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2011	140	188	15406	2567.4	505	9170	375	6/22	24.45	3.57	41.08	16	14	2	30
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2024	94	124	8859	1476.3	231	6099	272	7/112	22.42	4.13	32.56	9	11	4	20
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	101	130	11249	1874.5	381	6150	265	7/84	23.20	3.28	42.44	7	12	2	19
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	96	135	10150	1691.4	308	6076	230	5/20	26.41	3.59	44.13	11	4	-	15
VD Philander (SA)	2007-2020	53	84	6923	1153.5	306	3235	166	6/21	19.48	2.80	41.70	5	9	1	14
PS de Villiers (SA)	1992-1998	40	49	4188	698.0	146	2037	85	6/23	23.96	2.91	49.27	5	4	1	9
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	20	34	7621	952.5	306	2378	92	9/113	25.84	1.87	82.83	1	8	1	9
JH Kallis (Afr/SA)	1995-2013	236	269	14915	2485.5	428	8876	284	5/21	31.25	3.57	52.51	6	3	-	9
L Ngidi (SA)	2017-2024	58	66	3193	532.1	75	2662	119	6/39	22.36	5.00	26.83	5	3	-	8
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	32	42	4738	789.4	181	2292	90	6/86	25.46	2.90	52.64	6	2	-	8
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	47	66	5141	856.5	142	3096	96	7/32	32.25	3.61	53.55	3	5	-	8
SF Barnes (ENG)	1913-1914	4	8	1356	226.0	56	536	49	9/103	10.93	2.37	27.67	-	7	3	7
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	36	38	2526	421.0	39	1943	81	6/78	23.98	4.61	31.18	5	2	1	7
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2014	29	35	2815	469.1	67	1758	72	7/68	24.41	3.74	39.09	5	2	1	7
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3	-	7
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	10	20	1907	317.5	67	984	45	7/94	21.86	3.09	42.37	2	4	1	6
R Benaud (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1937	242.1	56	658	30	5/49	21.93	2.03	64.56	2	4	-	6
WD Parnell (SA)	2009-2023	56	57	2192	365.2	20	2182	84	5/48	25.97	5.97	26.09	4	2	-	6
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1	6
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2009	39	44	2745	457.3	56	2028	85	5/42	23.85	4.43	32.29	4	2	-	6
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2007-2020	24	34	2972	495.2	111	1607	67	6/17	23.98	3.24	44.35	5	1	-	6
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2020	28	36	3117	519.3	83	1857	63	5/23	29.47	3.57	49.47	3	3	-	6
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2003	37	45	3744	624.0	101	2149	76	6/76	28.27	3.44	49.26	3	3	-	6
M Muralidaran (Asia/SL)	1994-2009	36	40	3754	625.4	92	2008	75	6/39	26.77	3.20	50.05	2	4	1	6
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	15	28	3865	644.1	123	1631	49	6/46	33.28	2.53	78.87	1	5	1	6
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	1502	250.2	112	460	27	5/20	17.03	1.83	55.62	3	2	-	5
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-	5
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1910	10	19	1973	328.5	79	907	43	6/87	21.09	2.75	45.88	3	2	-	5
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	2077	346.1	140	642	44	7/40	14.59	1.85	47.20	-	5	3	5
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	27	33	2132	355.2	31	1639	70	6/56	23.41	4.61	30.45	2	3	-	5
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	28	2506	-	87	1372	51	6/26	26.90	3.28	49.13	4	1	-	5
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4	-	5
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	18	31	3664	610.4	145	1635	48	6/127	34.06	2.67	76.33	3	2	-	5
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1997	39	48	3890	648.2	177	1832	74	5/42	24.75	2.82	52.56	3	2	-	5
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-	4
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2	4
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	8	989	164.5	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-	4
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1902	6	11	1064	-	61	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-	4
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2007	14	17	1086	181.0	35	690	36	5/55	19.16	3.81	30.16	3	1	-	4
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1902	5	9	1146	-	43	643	30	6/92	21.43	3.36	38.20	-	4	1	4
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-	4
CA Walsh (WI)	1993-1999	11	15	1361	226.5	49	585	31	6/80	18.87	2.57	43.90	3	1	-	4
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1931	5	9	1504	250.4	65	561	23	5/58	24.39	2.23	65.39	3	1	-	4
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	16	20	1508	251.2	38	1047	35	5/40	29.91	4.16	43.08	2	2	-	4
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-	4
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2020	15	20	1558	259.4	43	966	47	6/79	20.55	3.72	33.14	2	2	-	4
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2024	22	28	1667	277.5	44	1323	50	5/39	26.46	4.76	33.34	3	1	-	4
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	14	24	1816	302.4	52	1125	52	6/37	21.63	3.71	34.92	1	3	1	4
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	19	26	2073	345.3	50	1164	52	6/61	22.38	3.36	39.86	1	3	-	4
LL Tsotsobe (SA)	2009-2014	41	43	2177	362.5	40	1666	62	4/22	26.87	4.59	35.11	4	-	-	4
AMB Rowan (SA)	1948-1949	5	9	2218	277.2	40	794	24	5/80	33.08	2.14	92.41	2	2	-	4
AL Phehlukwayo (SA)	2016-2023	76	75	2481	413.3	21	2437	91	4/22	26.78	5.89	27.26	4	-	-	4
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2003	35	41	3204	534.0	131	1502	66	7/15	22.75	2.81	48.54	1	3	-	4
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	31	3480	580.0	160	1472	56	6/38	26.28	2.53	62.14	1	3	-	4
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2019	62	66	3650	608.2	34	2738	114	6/24	24.01	4.50	32.01	2	2	-	4
N Boje (Afr/SA)	1996-2006	75	85	5490	915.0	138	3297	79	5/21	41.73	3.60	69.49	3	1	-	4
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	94	104	5691	948.3	139	3574	107	5/25	33.40	3.76	53.18	2	2	-	4
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1	3
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2023	10	10	404	67.2	1	330	24	5/17	13.75	4.90	16.83	2	1	-	3
MVT Fernando (SL)	2019-2021	6	9	788	131.2	9	570	22	5/101	25.90	4.34	35.81	2	1	-	3
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-	3
A Nehra (Asia/IND)	2001-2011	20	21	973	162.1	17	786	32	6/23	24.56	4.84	30.40	2	1	-	3
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2022	18	18	1020	170.0	9	806	29	6/99	27.79	4.74	35.17	1	2	-	3
Shoaib Akhtar (Asia/PAK)	1998-2007	14	17	1053	175.3	17	736	30	5/43	24.53	4.19	35.10	2	1	-	3
JH Wardle (ENG)	1956-1957	4	8	1118	139.6	37	359	26	7/36	13.80	1.92	43.00	-	3	1	3
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2009	16	18	1132	188.4	35	737	34	5/76	21.67	3.90	33.29	1	2	-	3
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-	3
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1950	5	9	1285	160.5	31	392	23	6/44	17.04	1.83	55.86	2	1	-	3
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2016-2019	11	15	1316	219.2	40	756	24	5/63	31.50	3.44	54.83	2	1	-	3
KD Mills (NZ)	2003-2013	21	23	1326	221.0	30	920	39	5/25	23.58	4.16	34.00	2	1	-	3
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1962	5	8	1347	224.3	60	617	22	4/59	28.04	2.74	61.22	3	-	-	3
GP Swann (ENG)	2000-2010	12	13	1466	244.2	25	859	23	5/54	37.34	3.51	63.73	1	2	-	3
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-1996	11	13	1484	247.2	52	749	29	5/84	25.82	3.02	51.17	2	1	-	3
IAR Peebles (ENG)	1927-1931	8	14	1510	251.4	45	712	23	6/63	30.95	2.82	65.65	2	1	-	3
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	-	3
AR Caddick (ENG)	1999-2003	16	18	1728	288.0	64	818	33	7/46	24.78	2.84	52.36	2	1	-	3
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	11	19	1731	288.3	51	998	44	5/28	22.68	3.45	39.34	1	2	-	3
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1962	10	14	1792	-	86	601	23	4/34	26.13	2.01	77.91	3	-	-	3
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	7	13	1858	309.4	106	716	33	7/46	21.69	2.31	56.30	-	3	2	3
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-2003	26	28	1888	314.4	37	1107	50	5/16	22.14	3.51	37.76	1	2	-	3
D Gough (ENG)	1995-2005	25	27	2245	374.1	54	1283	50	5/70	25.66	3.42	44.90	2	1	-	3
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1966-1970	8	14	2317	386.1	91	957	25	5/46	38.28	2.47	92.68	-	3	-	3
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1931	10	17	2350	391.4	90	891	41	6/51	21.73	2.27	57.31	1	2	-	3
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	19	2691	-	60	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.72	1	2	-	3
NBF Mann (SA)	1948-1950	10	17	2885	360.5	71	1053	33	6/59	31.90	2.18	87.42	2	1	-	3
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	10	15	2984	-	75	1204	25	5/58	48.16	2.42	119.36	2	1	-	3
Z Khan (Asia/IND)	2001-2013	31	38	3031	505.1	72	1940	72	4/42	26.94	3.84	42.09	3	-	-	3
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	24	37	3994	665.4	142	2040	62	4/31	32.90	3.06	64.41	3	-	-	3
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	42	56	4773	795.3	171	2226	69	4/32	32.26	2.79	69.17	3	-	-	3
A Kumble (Asia/IND)	1992-2007	41	52	5405	900.5	169	2451	75	6/53	32.68	2.72	72.06	2	1	-	3
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	58	75	5953	992.1	184	3658	119	6/81	30.73	3.68	50.02	1	2	-	3
C Bah (SLE)	2023-2023	6	6	78	13.0	1	67	10	4/2	6.70	5.15	7.80	2	-	-	2
H Ssenyondo (UGA)	2022-2023	6	6	132	22.0	2	115	16	4/20	7.18	5.22	8.25	2	-	-	2
Vishil Patel (KENYA)	2023-2023	8	7	150	25.0	3	98	17	4/5	5.76	3.92	8.82	2	-	-	2
Arshdeep Singh (IND)	2023-2023	5	5	186	31.0	1	139	11	5/37	12.63	4.48	16.90	1	1	-	2
D Maisuria (BOT)	2022-2023	11	11	242	40.2	1	195	23	5/18	8.47	4.83	10.52	1	1	-	2
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1999-1999	7	6	263	43.5	-	236	12	4/44	19.66	5.38	21.91	2	-	-	2
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	2	272	54.2	27	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	-	2	1	2

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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 India at Paarl, 3rd ODI, Dec 21, 2023 [ODI # 4716]