Bowling Most 5wi Career

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

Most five-wickets-in-an-innings

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
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
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2011	140	188	15406	2567.4	505	9170	375	6/22	24.45	3.57	41.08	16	14	2
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
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	101	130	11249	1874.5	381	6150	265	7/84	23.20	3.28	42.44	7	12	2
K Rabada (SA)	2015-2024	94	124	8859	1476.3	231	6099	272	7/112	22.42	4.13	32.56	9	11	4
VD Philander (SA)	2007-2020	53	84	6923	1153.5	306	3235	166	6/21	19.48	2.80	41.70	5	9	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	20	34	7621	952.5	306	2378	92	9/113	25.84	1.87	82.83	1	8	1
SF Barnes (ENG)	1913-1914	4	8	1356	226.0	56	536	49	9/103	10.93	2.37	27.67	-	7	3
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	2077	346.1	140	642	44	7/40	14.59	1.85	47.20	-	5	3
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	15	28	3865	644.1	123	1631	49	6/46	33.28	2.53	78.87	1	5	1
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2024	47	66	5141	856.5	142	3096	96	7/32	32.25	3.61	53.55	3	5	-
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1902	5	9	1146	-	43	643	30	6/92	21.43	3.36	38.20	-	4	1
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	10	20	1907	317.5	67	984	45	7/94	21.86	3.09	42.37	2	4	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1937	242.1	56	658	30	5/49	21.93	2.03	64.56	2	4	-
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4	-
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
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
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	96	135	10150	1691.4	308	6076	230	5/20	26.41	3.59	44.13	11	4	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1956-1957	4	8	1118	139.6	37	359	26	7/36	13.80	1.92	43.00	-	3	1
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	14	24	1816	302.4	52	1125	52	6/37	21.63	3.71	34.92	1	3	1
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	7	13	1858	309.4	106	716	33	7/46	21.69	2.31	56.30	-	3	2
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	19	26	2073	345.3	50	1164	52	6/61	22.38	3.36	39.86	1	3	-
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	27	33	2132	355.2	31	1639	70	6/56	23.41	4.61	30.45	2	3	-
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1966-1970	8	14	2317	386.1	91	957	25	5/46	38.28	2.47	92.68	-	3	-
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2020	28	36	3117	519.3	83	1857	63	5/23	29.47	3.57	49.47	3	3	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2017-2024	58	66	3193	532.1	75	2662	119	6/39	22.36	5.00	26.83	5	3	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2003	35	41	3204	534.0	131	1502	66	7/15	22.75	2.81	48.54	1	3	-
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	31	3480	580.0	160	1472	56	6/38	26.28	2.53	62.14	1	3	-
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2003	37	45	3744	624.0	101	2149	76	6/76	28.27	3.44	49.26	3	3	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3	-
JH Kallis (Afr/SA)	1995-2013	236	269	14915	2485.5	428	8876	284	5/21	31.25	3.57	52.51	6	3	-
JJ Ferris (ENG)	1892-1892	1	2	272	54.2	27	91	13	7/37	7.00	2.00	20.92	-	2	1
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2023	6	7	403	67.1	6	378	15	6/40	25.20	5.62	26.86	-	2	-
G Geary (ENG)	1927-1928	2	3	465	77.3	18	180	12	7/70	15.00	2.32	38.75	-	2	1
AS Joseph (WI)	2023-2023	6	8	489	81.3	4	384	24	5/40	16.00	4.71	20.37	-	2	-
SF Burke (SA)	1962-1965	2	3	660	110.0	37	257	11	6/128	23.36	2.33	60.00	-	2	1
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	8	989	164.5	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2007-2022	18	18	1020	170.0	9	806	29	6/99	27.79	4.74	35.17	1	2	-
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1902	6	11	1064	-	61	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2009	16	18	1132	188.4	35	737	34	5/76	21.67	3.90	33.29	1	2	-
CP Carter (SA)	1914-1921	5	7	1169	194.5	42	517	24	6/50	21.54	2.65	48.70	-	2	-
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1962	5	9	1208	201.2	54	493	20	5/48	24.65	2.44	60.40	-	2	-
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-2001	13	16	1256	209.2	23	870	30	5/60	29.00	4.15	41.86	-	2	1
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2004	11	13	1259	209.5	30	731	22	5/33	33.22	3.48	57.22	-	2	-
AN Connolly (AUS)	1970-1970	4	7	1286	214.2	57	522	20	6/47	26.10	2.43	64.30	-	2	-
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	9	14	1431	238.3	41	880	31	7/61	28.38	3.68	46.16	-	2	1
GP Swann (ENG)	2000-2010	12	13	1466	244.2	25	859	23	5/54	37.34	3.51	63.73	1	2	-
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	1502	250.2	112	460	27	5/20	17.03	1.83	55.62	3	2	-
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	16	20	1508	251.2	38	1047	35	5/40	29.91	4.16	43.08	2	2	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2020	15	20	1558	259.4	43	966	47	6/79	20.55	3.72	33.14	2	2	-
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	-
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	11	19	1731	288.3	51	998	44	5/28	22.68	3.45	39.34	1	2	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1993-2003	26	28	1888	314.4	37	1107	50	5/16	22.14	3.51	37.76	1	2	-
N Gordon (SA)	1938-1939	5	8	1966	245.6	28	807	20	5/103	40.35	2.46	98.30	-	2	-
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1910	10	19	1973	328.5	79	907	43	6/87	21.09	2.75	45.88	3	2	-
WD Parnell (SA)	2009-2023	56	57	2192	365.2	20	2182	84	5/48	25.97	5.97	26.09	4	2	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1948-1949	5	9	2218	277.2	40	794	24	5/80	33.08	2.14	92.41	2	2	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1931	10	17	2350	391.4	90	891	41	6/51	21.73	2.27	57.31	1	2	-
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1950	10	17	2437	304.5	33	1097	26	6/43	42.19	2.70	93.73	-	2	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1993-2003	36	38	2526	421.0	39	1943	81	6/78	23.98	4.61	31.18	5	2	1
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	19	2691	-	60	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.72	1	2	-
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2009	39	44	2745	457.3	56	2028	85	5/42	23.85	4.43	32.29	4	2	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2006-2014	29	35	2815	469.1	67	1758	72	7/68	24.41	3.74	39.09	5	2	1
Imran Tahir (SA)	2011-2019	62	66	3650	608.2	34	2738	114	6/24	24.01	4.50	32.01	2	2	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	18	31	3664	610.4	145	1635	48	6/127	34.06	2.67	76.33	3	2	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1997	39	48	3890	648.2	177	1832	74	5/42	24.75	2.82	52.56	3	2	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	32	42	4738	789.4	181	2292	90	6/86	25.46	2.90	52.64	6	2	-
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	94	104	5691	948.3	139	3574	107	5/25	33.40	3.76	53.18	2	2	-
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	58	75	5953	992.1	184	3658	119	6/81	30.73	3.68	50.02	1	2	-
A Rose-Innes (SA)	1889-1889	2	3	128	32.0	8	89	5	5/43	17.80	4.17	25.60	-	1	-
A Codrington (CAN)	2003-2003	5	4	150	25.0	4	129	6	5/27	21.50	5.16	25.00	-	1	-
CA Smith (ENG)	1889-1889	1	2	154	38.2	16	61	7	5/19	8.71	2.37	22.00	-	1	-
C Heseltine (ENG)	1896-1896	2	3	157	31.2	3	84	5	5/38	16.80	3.21	31.40	-	1	-
WH Ashley (SA)	1889-1889	1	1	173	43.1	18	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	-	1	-
DT Johnston (IRE)	2009-2009	3	3	180	30.0	8	83	7	5/14	11.85	2.76	25.71	-	1	-
Arshdeep Singh (IND)	2023-2023	5	5	186	31.0	1	139	11	5/37	12.63	4.48	16.90	1	1	-
AC Agar (AUS)	2016-2023	6	6	192	32.0	-	181	10	5/24	18.10	5.65	19.20	-	1	-
FA Rose (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	222	37.0	6	115	7	7/84	16.42	3.10	31.71	-	1	-
D Maisuria (BOT)	2022-2023	11	11	242	40.2	1	195	23	5/18	8.47	4.83	10.52	1	1	-
MA Baig (MWI)	2022-2023	11	11	246	41.0	1	221	21	6/9	10.52	5.39	11.71	-	1	-
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2019-2019	2	3	249	41.3	4	143	6	5/66	23.83	3.44	41.50	-	1	-
J Theron (SA)	2010-2012	9	9	269	44.5	-	306	18	5/44	17.00	6.82	14.94	-	1	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	297	49.3	8	176	15	7/34	11.73	3.55	19.80	1	1	-
MA Ealham (ENG)	2000-2000	6	6	298	49.4	4	182	8	5/15	22.75	3.66	37.25	-	1	-
RJ van Vuuren (NAM)	2003-2003	5	5	300	50.0	5	298	8	5/43	37.25	5.96	37.50	-	1	-
Rahat Ali (PAK)	2013-2013	2	3	314	52.2	2	227	6	6/127	37.83	4.33	52.33	-	1	-
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1997-1997	6	6	317	52.5	5	262	12	5/41	21.83	4.95	26.41	-	1	-
CG Macartney (AUS)	1921-1921	2	3	357	59.3	26	104	7	5/44	14.85	1.74	51.00	-	1	-
M de Lange (SA)	2011-2016	5	6	370	61.4	5	315	14	7/81	22.50	5.10	26.42	-	1	-
JW Hearne (ENG)	1914-1914	3	5	372	62.0	12	217	7	5/49	31.00	3.50	53.14	-	1	-
WP Howell (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	384	64.0	16	174	14	5/81	12.42	2.71	27.42	1	1	-
FH Tyson (ENG)	1956-1957	2	3	392	49.0	14	100	8	6/40	12.50	1.53	49.00	-	1	-
Kuldeep Yadav (IND)	2018-2023	10	10	404	67.2	1	330	24	5/17	13.75	4.90	16.83	2	1	-

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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]