Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

By an innings
Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
inns & 360 runs--v South AfricaJohannesburg22 Feb 2002Test # 1590
inns & 259 runs--v South AfricaGqeberha3 Mar 1950Test # 322
inns & 254 runs--v BangladeshBloemfontein6 Oct 2017Test # 2277
inns & 229 runs--v Sri LankaCape Town2 Jan 2001Test # 1528
inns & 220 runs--v West IndiesCenturion17 Dec 2014Test # 2150
inns & 202 runs--v South AfricaCape Town25 Mar 1889Test # 32
inns & 197 runs--v South AfricaJohannesburg2 Mar 1896Test # 48
inns & 196 runs--v South AfricaJohannesburg28 Feb 1997Test # 1356
inns & 193 runs--v New ZealandGqeberha11 Jan 2013Test # 2071
inns & 189 runs--v South AfricaCape Town19 Mar 1892Test # 37
inns & 184 runs--v South AfricaJohannesburg15 Feb 1936Test # 250
inns & 160 runs--v BangladeshPotchefstroom25 Oct 2002Test # 1621
inns & 157 runs--v South AfricaDurban13 Dec 1913Test # 130
inns & 142 runs--v PakistanCape Town2 Jan 2003Test # 1637
inns & 141 runs--v South AfricaCape Town31 Dec 1957Test # 445
inns & 129 runs--v AustraliaDurban5 Feb 1970Test # 671
inns & 129 runs--v BangladeshBloemfontein19 Nov 2008Test # 1893
inns & 120 runs--v ZimbabweGqeberha26 Dec 2017Test # 2290
inns & 118 runs--v Sri LankaJohannesburg12 Jan 2017Test # 2247
inns & 107 runs--v BangladeshEast London18 Oct 2002Test # 1619
inns & 104 runs--v South AfricaDurban4 Dec 1964Test # 571
inns & 100 runs--v West IndiesDurban10 Jan 2008Test # 1860
inns & 98 runs--v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2009Test # 1944
inns & 85 runs--v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1949Test # 318
inns & 81 runs--v Sri LankaCenturion15 Dec 2011Test # 2023
inns & 78 runs--v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1936Test # 249
inns & 74 runs--v EnglandJohannesburg14 Jan 2010Test # 1948
inns & 65 runs--v West IndiesDurban26 Dec 2003Test # 1679
inns & 64 runs--v Sri LankaJohannesburg8 Nov 2002Test # 1624
inns & 62 runs--v ZimbabweCenturion11 Mar 2005Test # 1740
inns & 59 runs--v New ZealandCenturion16 Nov 2007Test # 1848
inns & 58 runs--v New ZealandDurban11 Dec 1953Test # 377
inns & 53 runs--v South AfricaGqeberha16 Jan 2020Test # 2380
inns & 51 runs--v New ZealandJohannesburg2 Feb 1962Test # 523
inns & 48 runs--v BangladeshCenturion26 Nov 2008Test # 1895
inns & 45 runs--v Sri LankaCenturion26 Dec 2020Test # 2399
inns & 37 runs--v EnglandCape Town2 Jan 2000Test # 1482
inns & 33 runs--v South AfricaCape Town21 Mar 1896Test # 49
inns & 32 runs--v IndiaCenturion26 Dec 2023Test # 2520
inns & 27 runs--v New ZealandCape Town2 Jan 2013Test # 2069
inns & 25 runs--v IndiaCenturion16 Dec 2010Test # 1985
inns & 21 runs--v EnglandJohannesburg25 Nov 1999Test # 1471
inns & 21 runs--v ZimbabweCape Town4 Mar 2005Test # 1737
inns & 20 runs--v AustraliaCape Town19 Mar 2009Test # 1916
inns & 18 runs--v PakistanCenturion22 Feb 2013Test # 2075
inns & 16 runs--v EnglandCape Town30 Mar 1906Test # 92
inns & 13 runs--v South AfricaDurban20 Jan 1939Test # 269
inns & 13 runs--v ZimbabweBloemfontein29 Oct 1999Test # 1466
inns & 12 runs--v South AfricaJohannesburg26 Dec 1913Test # 131
inns & 7 runs--v Sri LankaCenturion20 Jan 2001Test # 1529
inns & 6 runs--v South AfricaDurban28 Feb 1936Test # 251
By runs
Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
492 runs61246.4v AustraliaJohannesburg30 Mar 2018Test # 2302
358 runs53151.0v New ZealandJohannesburg8 Nov 2007Test # 1846
351 runs56975.2v West IndiesCenturion15 Jan 1999Test # 1441
333 runs42432.4v BangladeshPotchefstroom28 Sep 2017Test # 2276
332 runs41323.3v BangladeshGqeberha8 Apr 2022Test # 2461
328 runs39534.1v IndiaDurban26 Dec 1996Test # 1347
324 runs49069.3v PakistanJohannesburg19 Jan 1995Test # 1283
323 runs57090.3v AustraliaGqeberha5 Mar 1970Test # 673
322 runs43039.4v AustraliaCape Town22 Mar 2018Test # 2300
312 runs38550.1x8v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1957Test # 435
307 runs48677.5v AustraliaJohannesburg19 Feb 1970Test # 672
288 runs31918.4x5v South AfricaGqeberha13 Feb 1896Test # 47
284 runs39135.1v West IndiesJohannesburg8 Mar 2023Test # 2497
282 runs42766.2v IndiaCape Town2 Jan 1997Test # 1349
282 runs50762.0v Sri LankaCape Town2 Jan 2017Test # 2244
281 runs48259.4v South AfricaCenturion12 Feb 2014Test # 2119
280 runs38234.4v EnglandCenturion22 Jan 2016Test # 2200
259 runs39460.5v PakistanGqeberha6 Mar 1998Test # 1406
245 runs511134.3v South AfricaCape Town1 Mar 2014Test # 2122
243 runs44078.4v EnglandJohannesburg10 Mar 1906Test # 90
241 runs41671.0v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2015Test # 2196
233 runs495117.5v AustraliaJohannesburg23 Dec 1966Test # 611
231 runs44873.4v AustraliaGqeberha20 Feb 2014Test # 2121
220 runs27419.0v BangladeshDurban31 Mar 2022Test # 2460
211 runs480100.4v PakistanJohannesburg1 Feb 2013Test # 2072
210 runs24622.4x5v South AfricaCape Town1 Apr 1899Test # 59
208 runs45087.3v South AfricaDurban26 Dec 2011Test # 2026
206 runs48896.3v Sri LankaGqeberha26 Dec 2016Test # 2243
204 runs40058.2v New ZealandCenturion27 Aug 2016Test # 2220
197 runs45496.3v AustraliaJohannesburg4 Mar 1994Test # 1252
196 runs501123.4v EnglandCape Town2 Jan 2005Test # 1732
191 runs46677.1v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Jan 2020Test # 2382
189 runs37851.0v West IndiesJohannesburg12 Dec 2003Test # 1674
189 runs438137.4v South AfricaCape Town3 Jan 2020Test # 2379
178 runs32038.2v West IndiesGqeberha10 Dec 1998Test # 1433
175 runs546132.2v South AfricaDurban6 Mar 2009Test # 1913
174 runs35455.1v IndiaDurban26 Dec 2006Test # 1825
170 runs451129.1v AustraliaCape Town22 Jan 1970Test # 670
168 runs387100.0v EnglandJohannesburg23 Dec 1922Test # 148
162 runs454119.2v South AfricaJohannesburg26 Feb 2009Test # 1910
159 runs24522.0v South AfricaJohannesburg18 Oct 1902Test # 76
149 runs42191.4v West IndiesCape Town2 Jan 1999Test # 1440
137 runs32778.4v South AfricaJohannesburg25 Nov 1994Test # 1276
135 runs28750.2v IndiaCenturion13 Jan 2018Test # 2293
132 runs23347.5x8v New ZealandJohannesburg24 Dec 1953Test # 378
131 runs20433.4x8v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Dec 1956Test # 434
128 runs24936.0v New ZealandCenturion15 Apr 2006Test # 1798
128 runs38974.5v South AfricaGqeberha26 Dec 2007Test # 1856
123 runs40286.5v South AfricaJohannesburg15 Dec 2006Test # 1823
118 runs41792.4v South AfricaDurban1 Mar 2018Test # 2297
113 runs30568.0v South AfricaCenturion26 Dec 2021Test # 2443
112 runs41099.5v South AfricaDurban24 Mar 2006Test # 1792
109 runs344117.1v South AfricaDurban16 Feb 1923Test # 152
107 runs38165.4v PakistanJohannesburg11 Jan 2019Test # 2341
107 runs37693.0v EnglandCenturion26 Dec 2019Test # 2377
95 runs34882.4v EnglandDurban21 Jan 1910Test # 107
91 runs396109.4v South AfricaJohannesburg1 Jan 1914Test # 132
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
77 runs32559.3v South AfricaJohannesburg13 Jan 2005Test # 1734
72 runs408142.2v South AfricaCape Town1 Jan 1962Test # 519
72 runs20842.4v IndiaCape Town5 Jan 2018Test # 2292
70 runs37795.3v Sri LankaCape Town19 Mar 1998Test # 1410
63 runs24173.3v South AfricaJohannesburg24 Jan 2018Test # 2294
58 runs18958.3x8v EnglandGqeberha1 Mar 1957Test # 438
40 runs314144.0v South AfricaGqeberha16 Feb 1962Test # 524
32 runs13277.1x5v South AfricaJohannesburg14 Feb 1899Test # 58
30 runs19779.3v New ZealandDurban8 Dec 1961Test # 515
29 runs25588.2v South AfricaDurban26 Feb 1998Test # 1403
28 runs24067.3v EnglandJohannesburg24 Dec 1930Test # 200
19 runs24453.2v EnglandJohannesburg1 Jan 1910Test # 106
17 runs23278.0x8v EnglandJohannesburg15 Feb 1957Test # 437
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Winner
Margin
Target
Overs
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
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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]