Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

By runs
Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
17 runs23278.0x8v EnglandJohannesburg15 Feb 1957Test # 437
19 runs24453.2v EnglandJohannesburg1 Jan 1910Test # 106
28 runs24067.3v EnglandJohannesburg24 Dec 1930Test # 200
29 runs25588.2v South AfricaDurban26 Feb 1998Test # 1403
30 runs19779.3v New ZealandDurban8 Dec 1961Test # 515
32 runs13277.1x5v South AfricaJohannesburg14 Feb 1899Test # 58
40 runs314144.0v South AfricaGqeberha16 Feb 1962Test # 524
58 runs18958.3x8v EnglandGqeberha1 Mar 1957Test # 438
63 runs24173.3v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Jan 2018Test # 2294
70 runs37795.3v Sri LankaCape Town19 Mar 1998Test # 1410
72 runs408142.2v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1962Test # 519
72 runs20842.4v IndiaCape Town5 Jan 2018Test # 2292
77 runs32559.3v South AfricaJohannesburg13 Jan 2005Test # 1734
87 runs312101.1v South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1927Test # 169
87 runs30372.3v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2010Test # 1987
87 runs24741.0v West IndiesCenturion28 Feb 2023Test # 2495
91 runs396109.4v South AfricaJohannesburg1 Jan 1914Test # 132
95 runs34882.4v EnglandDurban21 Jan 1910Test # 107
107 runs38165.4v PakistanJohannesburg11 Jan 2019Test # 2341
107 runs37693.0v EnglandCenturion26 Dec 2019Test # 2377
109 runs344117.1v South AfricaDurban16 Feb 1923Test # 152
112 runs41099.5v South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006Test # 1792
113 runs30568.0v South AfricaCenturion26 Dec 2021Test # 2443
118 runs41792.4v South AfricaDurban1 Mar 2018Test # 2297
123 runs40286.5v South AfricaJohannesburg15 Dec 2006Test # 1823
128 runs24936.0v New ZealandCenturion15 Apr 2006Test # 1798
128 runs38974.5v South AfricaGqeberha26 Dec 2007Test # 1856
131 runs20433.4x8v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1956Test # 434
132 runs23347.5x8v New ZealandJohannesburg24 Dec 1953Test # 378
135 runs28750.2v IndiaCenturion13 Jan 2018Test # 2293
137 runs32778.4v South AfricaJohannesburg25 Nov 1994Test # 1276
149 runs42191.4v West IndiesCape Town2 Jan 1999Test # 1440
159 runs24522.0v South AfricaJohannesburg18 Oct 1902Test # 76
162 runs454119.2v South AfricaJohannesburg26 Feb 2009Test # 1910
168 runs387100.0v EnglandJohannesburg23 Dec 1922Test # 148
170 runs451129.1v AustraliaCape Town22 Jan 1970Test # 670
174 runs35455.1v IndiaDurban26 Dec 2006Test # 1825
175 runs546132.2v South AfricaDurban6 Mar 2009Test # 1913
178 runs32038.2v West IndiesGqeberha10 Dec 1998Test # 1433
189 runs37851.0v West IndiesJohannesburg12 Dec 2003Test # 1674
189 runs438137.4v South AfricaCape Town3 Jan 2020Test # 2379
191 runs46677.1v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Jan 2020Test # 2382
196 runs501123.4v EnglandCape Town2 Jan 2005Test # 1732
197 runs45496.3v AustraliaJohannesburg4 Mar 1994Test # 1252
204 runs40058.2v New ZealandCenturion27 Aug 2016Test # 2220
206 runs48896.3v Sri LankaGqeberha26 Dec 2016Test # 2243
208 runs45087.3v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2011Test # 2026
210 runs24622.4x5v South AfricaCape Town1 Apr 1899Test # 59
211 runs480100.4v PakistanJohannesburg1 Feb 2013Test # 2072
220 runs27419.0v BangladeshDurban31 Mar 2022Test # 2460
231 runs44873.4v AustraliaGqeberha20 Feb 2014Test # 2121
233 runs495117.5v AustraliaJohannesburg23 Dec 1966Test # 611
241 runs41671.0v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2015Test # 2196
243 runs44078.4v EnglandJohannesburg10 Mar 1906Test # 90
245 runs511134.3v South AfricaCape Town1 Mar 2014Test # 2122
259 runs39460.5v PakistanGqeberha6 Mar 1998Test # 1406
280 runs38234.4v EnglandCenturion22 Jan 2016Test # 2200
281 runs48259.4v South AfricaCenturion12 Feb 2014Test # 2119
282 runs42766.2v IndiaCape Town2 Jan 1997Test # 1349
282 runs50762.0v Sri LankaCape Town2 Jan 2017Test # 2244
284 runs39135.1v West IndiesJohannesburg8 Mar 2023Test # 2497
288 runs31918.4x5v South AfricaGqeberha13 Feb 1896Test # 47
307 runs48677.5v AustraliaJohannesburg19 Feb 1970Test # 672
312 runs38550.1x8v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1957Test # 435
322 runs43039.4v AustraliaCape Town22 Mar 2018Test # 2300
323 runs57090.3v AustraliaGqeberha5 Mar 1970Test # 673
324 runs49069.3v PakistanJohannesburg19 Jan 1995Test # 1283
328 runs39534.1v IndiaDurban26 Dec 1996Test # 1347
332 runs41323.3v BangladeshGqeberha8 Apr 2022Test # 2461
333 runs42432.4v BangladeshPotchefstroom28 Sep 2017Test # 2276
351 runs56975.2v West IndiesCenturion15 Jan 1999Test # 1441
358 runs53151.0v New ZealandJohannesburg8 Nov 2007Test # 1846
492 runs61246.4v AustraliaJohannesburg30 Mar 2018Test # 2302
By wickets
Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
1 wicket284112.5v EnglandJohannesburg2 Jan 1906Test # 88
1 wicket17388.3v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1923Test # 149
1 wicket30485.3v South AfricaDurban13 Feb 2019Test # 2347
2 wickets12828.0x8v South AfricaDurban16 Dec 1948Test # 306
2 wickets27093.3v South AfricaGqeberha14 Mar 1997Test # 1360
2 wickets24975.1v South AfricaCenturion14 Jan 2000Test # 1483
2 wickets29291.4v South AfricaJohannesburg31 Mar 2006Test # 1795
2 wickets31086.5v South AfricaJohannesburg17 Nov 2011Test # 2018
3 wickets22158.4v South AfricaJohannesburg26 Feb 1910Test # 108
3 wickets17223.7x8v South AfricaGqeberha5 Mar 1949Test # 313
3 wickets12135.3v Sri LankaCenturion15 Nov 2002Test # 1626
4 wickets15959.1v South AfricaCape Town24 Mar 1906Test # 91
4 wickets17559.3v EnglandCape Town7 Mar 1910Test # 109
4 wickets15349.2v EnglandJohannesburg28 Jan 1928Test # 171
4 wickets16462.4v West IndiesJohannesburg26 Nov 1998Test # 1429
4 wickets33179.1v South AfricaCape Town8 Mar 2002Test # 1593
4 wickets21747.3v New ZealandJohannesburg5 May 2006Test # 1801
4 wickets18243.1v PakistanCape Town14 Feb 2013Test # 2073
5 wickets336123.6x8v South AfricaDurban20 Jan 1950Test # 320
5 wickets21247.3x8v New ZealandGqeberha5 Feb 1954Test # 382
5 wickets10126.3v New ZealandBloemfontein17 Nov 2000Test # 1514
5 wickets335104.5v AustraliaDurban15 Mar 2002Test # 1595
5 wickets21164.1v IndiaCape Town2 Jan 2007Test # 1827
5 wickets19157.3v South AfricaGqeberha19 Jan 2007Test # 1829
5 wickets16164.0v PakistanCape Town26 Jan 2007Test # 1830
6 wickets17965.1v South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1966Test # 613
6 wickets22662.5v Sri LankaCenturion27 Mar 1998Test # 1414
6 wickets10122.5v AustraliaGqeberha9 Mar 2018Test # 2298
6 wickets14950.4v PakistanCenturion26 Dec 2018Test # 2338
7 wickets17661.1v AustraliaGqeberha24 Feb 1967Test # 617
7 wickets8831.2v New ZealandCape Town2 Jan 1995Test # 1282
7 wickets8634.1v New ZealandGqeberha30 Nov 2000Test # 1519
7 wickets14240.4v South AfricaGqeberha17 Dec 2004Test # 1728
7 wickets9527.1v South AfricaCape Town16 Mar 2006Test # 1789
7 wickets19960.5v PakistanCenturion11 Jan 2007Test # 1828
7 wickets18535.2v West IndiesCape Town2 Jan 2008Test # 1858
7 wickets7422.4v South AfricaJohannesburg14 Jan 2016Test # 2199
7 wickets24067.4v IndiaJohannesburg3 Jan 2022Test # 2445
7 wickets21263.3v IndiaCape Town11 Jan 2022Test # 2448
7 wickets7912.0v South AfricaCape Town3 Jan 2024Test # 2522
8 wickets6621.1x4v South AfricaGqeberha12 Mar 1889Test # 31
8 wickets6923.3v EnglandDurban4 Feb 1928Test # 172
8 wickets8620.0x8v South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1949Test # 319
8 wickets6812.4x8v South AfricaGqeberha28 Feb 1958Test # 451
8 wickets18275.0v AustraliaDurban20 Jan 1967Test # 615
8 wickets15245.4v New ZealandDurban26 Dec 1994Test # 1280
8 wickets296.4v AustraliaCenturion21 Mar 1997Test # 1362
8 wickets23650.2v AustraliaCape Town9 Nov 2011Test # 2016
8 wickets12437.4v West IndiesCape Town2 Jan 2015Test # 2154
8 wickets19745.4v South AfricaGqeberha21 Feb 2019Test # 2348
9 wickets3210.5v EnglandJohannesburg6 Mar 1906Test # 89
9 wickets144.1v South AfricaCape Town11 Mar 1910Test # 110
9 wickets10236.3v South AfricaDurban14 Dec 1935Test # 247
9 wickets256.2x8v New ZealandJohannesburg29 Jan 1954Test # 381
9 wickets15351.1v IndiaGqeberha26 Dec 1992Test # 1206
9 wickets9125.1v South AfricaCape Town17 Mar 1994Test # 1253
9 wickets14648.4v West IndiesDurban26 Dec 1998Test # 1437
9 wickets5414.4v IndiaBloemfontein3 Nov 2001Test # 1564
9 wickets419.5v PakistanCape Town3 Jan 2019Test # 2340
10 wickets599.5v South AfricaCape Town8 Nov 1902Test # 77
10 wickets112.1v South AfricaGqeberha27 Feb 1914Test # 134
10 wickets10.1v South AfricaCape Town26 Nov 1921Test # 147
10 wickets5421.0v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1927Test # 168
10 wickets10.4x8v South AfricaJohannesburg7 Feb 1958Test # 449
10 wickets6715.4v EnglandCape Town2 Jan 1996Test # 1321
10 wickets449.0v PakistanDurban26 Dec 2002Test # 1635
10 wickets463.4v West IndiesCenturion16 Jan 2004Test # 1682
10 wickets20.0v Sri LankaCape Town3 Jan 2012Test # 2028
10 wickets5811.4v IndiaDurban26 Dec 2013Test # 2111
10 wickets6713.2v Sri LankaJohannesburg3 Jan 2021Test # 2401
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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]