Keeping Most Dismissals Series

Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Most dismissals in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Max Dis Inns	Dis/Inn
MV Boucher	5	10	26	25	1	5 (5ct 0st)	2.6
South Africa in England Test Series, 1998
JHB Waite	5	10	26	23	3	4 (4ct 0st)	2.6
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1961/62
DT Lindsay	5	10	24	24	-	6 (6ct 0st)	2.4
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67
Q de Kock	4	7	23	23	-	6 (6ct 0st)	3.285
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20
JHB Waite	5	9	23	16	7	4 (2ct 2st)	2.555
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1953/54
Q de Kock	4	8	19	17	2	4 (4ct 0st)	2.375
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2017
Q de Kock	4	8	19	18	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2.375
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2017/18
MV Boucher	5	9	19	19	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.111
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
MV Boucher	3	5	18	17	1	6 (6ct 0st)	3.6
Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98
MV Boucher	3	6	18	17	1	6 (6ct 0st)	3
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2011/12
MV Boucher	4	7	18	18	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.571
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2008
MV Boucher	5	10	18	18	-	5 (5ct 0st)	1.8
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2000/01
MV Boucher	5	10	18	17	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.8
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
DJ Richardson	3	5	17	17	-	4 (4ct 0st)	3.4
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993
Q de Kock	3	6	17	17	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.833
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa), 2017/18
Q de Kock	3	6	17	17	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.833
Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19
AB de Villiers	3	6	17	17	-	6 (6ct 0st)	2.833
Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13
PW Sherwell	5	9	17	8	9	3 (2ct 1st)	1.888
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1910/11
MV Boucher	3	6	16	15	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2.666
India in South Africa Test Series, 2006/07
Q de Kock	3	6	16	15	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2.666
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2016/17
DJ Richardson	3	6	16	16	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.666
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 1994/95
MV Boucher	4	7	16	16	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.285
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
DJ Richardson	4	7	16	16	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.285
India in South Africa Test Series, 1992/93
JHB Waite	5	10	16	14	2	3 (3ct 0st)	1.6
England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57
Q de Kock	2	4	15	14	1	5 (5ct 0st)	3.75
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014
Q de Kock	3	4	15	13	2	5 (5ct 0st)	3.75
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2016/17
MV Boucher	3	6	15	14	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2.5
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01
JHB Waite	5	9	15	15	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.666
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
AB de Villiers	2	4	14	14	-	5 (5ct 0st)	3.5
India in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14
K Verreynne	2	4	14	14	-	5 (5ct 0st)	3.5
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa), 2021/22
MV Boucher	3	6	14	14	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.333
India in South Africa Test Series, 2010/11
JHB Waite	5	9	14	13	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.555
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1957/58
JHB Waite	5	9	14	13	1	4 (4ct 0st)	1.555
South Africa in England Test Series, 1960
MV Boucher	5	10	14	14	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.4
West Indies in South Africa Test Series, 1998/99
MV Boucher	2	4	13	13	-	6 (6ct 0st)	3.25
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 1997/98
MV Boucher	2	4	13	12	1	6 (6ct 0st)	3.25
Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Series, 2004/05
MV Boucher	3	5	13	13	-	3 (3ct 0st)	2.6
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02
MV Boucher	4	8	13	13	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.625
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2003/04
MV Boucher	2	4	12	12	-	5 (5ct 0st)	3
South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2007/08
Q de Kock	2	4	12	12	-	5 (5ct 0st)	3
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2020/21
DJ Richardson	3	5	12	12	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.4
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97
MV Boucher	4	6	12	12	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2005
MV Boucher	3	6	12	12	-	3 (3ct 0st)	2
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2005/06
MV Boucher	3	6	12	12	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06
MV Boucher	3	6	12	11	1	4 (3ct 1st)	2
Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2006/07
DJ Richardson	3	6	12	11	1	4 (3ct 1st)	2
India in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97
MV Boucher	2	4	11	11	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.75
India in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02
MV Boucher	2	4	11	9	2	4 (3ct 1st)	2.75
South Africa in Bangladesh Test Series, 2003
Q de Kock	2	4	11	11	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.75
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
DJ Richardson	3	5	11	10	1	3 (3ct 0st)	2.2
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1997/98
MV Boucher	3	6	11	11	-	5 (5ct 0st)	1.833
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2005/06
MV Boucher	3	6	11	11	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.833
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2011/12
Q de Kock	3	6	11	11	-	4 (4ct 0st)	1.833
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2016/17
WW Wade	5	9	11	10	1	3 (3ct 0st)	1.222
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
PW Sherwell	5	10	11	9	2	3 (3ct 0st)	1.1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06
MV Boucher	2	4	10	10	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.5
South Africa in India Test Series, 1999/00
MV Boucher	2	4	10	10	-	5 (5ct 0st)	2.5
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03
MV Boucher	2	4	10	7	3	4 (2ct 2st)	2.5
South Africa in Pakistan Test Series, 2007/08
AB de Villiers	5	4	10	13	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2.5
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
RE Grieveson	2	4	10	7	3	3 (3ct 0st)	2.5
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
DT Lindsay	2	4	10	10	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.5
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1969/70
MV Boucher	3	5	10	10	-	3 (3ct 0st)	2
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2010
DJ Richardson	3	5	10	10	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1993/94
MV Boucher	3	6	10	10	-	4 (4ct 0st)	1.666
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 1998/99
MV Boucher	3	6	10	10	-	2 (2ct 0st)	1.666
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2007/08
HB Cameron	5	8	10	7	3	4 (2ct 2st)	1.25
South Africa in England Test Series, 1935
MV Boucher	2	4	9	9	-	3 (3ct 0st)	2.25
South Africa v Zimbabwe Test Series (in South Africa/Zimbabwe), 1999/00
MV Boucher	2	4	9	9	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.25
Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03
AB de Villiers	2	4	9	9	-	3 (3ct 0st)	2.25
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13
K Verreynne	2	4	9	9	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2.25
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa), 2023/24
AB de Villiers	3	5	9	8	1	3 (3ct 0st)	1.8
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2012/13
K Verreynne	3	5	9	8	1	3 (3ct 0st)	1.8
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2022
MV Boucher	3	6	9	8	1	3 (3ct 0st)	1.5
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09
MV Boucher	3	6	9	8	1	3 (2ct 1st)	1.5
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2008/09
AB de Villiers	3	6	9	9	-	5 (5ct 0st)	1.5
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2012
DT Lindsay	3	6	9	7	2	4 (3ct 1st)	1.5
South Africa in England Test Series, 1965
HB Cameron	4	7	9	8	1	2 (2ct 0st)	1.285
South Africa in England Test Series, 1929
HB Cameron	5	7	9	9	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.285
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1931/32
HB Cameron	5	10	9	8	1	2 (2ct 0st)	0.9
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
AB de Villiers	1	-	8	8	-	4 (4ct 0st)	-
Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Match, 2017/18
AB de Villiers	3	3	8	7	1	3 (3ct 0st)	2.666
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2014/15
MV Boucher	2	4	8	7	1	4 (4ct 0st)	2
Pakistan in South Africa Test Series, 2002/03
MV Boucher	2	4	8	6	2	3 (2ct 1st)	2
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004
MV Boucher	2	4	8	8	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
MV Boucher	2	4	8	8	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2
Bangladesh in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09
Q de Kock	2	4	8	7	1	5 (4ct 1st)	2
South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018
Q de Kock	2	4	8	8	-	4 (4ct 0st)	2
Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series, 2018/19
H Klaasen	2	4	8	7	1	3 (3ct 0st)	2
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies in South Africa), 2022/23
MV Boucher	3	5	8	8	-	2 (2ct 0st)	1.6
New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2000/01
PW Sherwell	3	5	8	3	5	3 (1ct 2st)	1.6
South Africa in England Test Series, 1907
MV Boucher	3	6	8	7	1	3 (3ct 0st)	1.333
South Africa in New Zealand Test Series, 2003/04
AB de Villiers	3	6	8	8	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1.333
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14
DJ Richardson	5	8	8	8	-	3 (3ct 0st)	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96
JHB Waite	4	8	8	8	-	2 (2ct 0st)	1
South Africa in Australia Test Series, 1963/64
TA Ward	5	8	8	3	5	3 (1ct 2st)	1
Triangular Tournament (Australia, England, South Africa in England), 1912
HB Cameron	5	9	8	5	3	3 (2ct 1st)	0.888
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
TA Ward	5	10	8	5	3	2 (1ct 1st)	0.8
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
Q de Kock	1	2	7	7	-	4 (4ct 0st)	3.5
Freedom Trophy (India in South Africa), 2021/22
AB de Villiers	4	2	7	9	1	4 (4ct 0st)	3.5
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
DJ Richardson	1	2	7	7	-	4 (4ct 0st)	3.5
Pakistan in South Africa Test Match, 1994/95

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All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper.

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]

New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]

South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]