Bowling Most 5wi Career

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test 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 (SA)	2004-2019	52	99	10496	1749.2	376	5643	261	6/8	21.62	3.22	40.21	19	16	3
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	38	68	7968	1328.0	331	3831	177	7/84	21.64	2.88	45.01	4	12	2
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	53	103	11266	1877.4	440	5986	249	6/59	24.04	3.18	45.24	13	12	2
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2024	33	63	6108	1018.0	205	3509	184	7/112	19.07	3.44	33.19	7	10	4
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	36	69	6408	1068.0	299	2787	146	6/21	19.08	2.60	43.89	5	9	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	59	109	12353	2058.5	629	4955	235	6/30	21.08	2.40	52.56	15	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	26	45	4132	688.4	134	2258	72	7/32	31.36	3.27	57.38	2	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	-
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1998	9	18	2501	416.5	112	1068	51	6/23	20.94	2.56	49.03	3	4	1
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4	-
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	41	80	7829	1304.5	293	4060	155	5/20	26.19	3.11	50.50	6	4	-
JH Wardle (ENG)	1956-1957	4	8	1118	139.6	37	359	26	7/36	13.80	1.92	43.00	-	3	1
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	7	13	1318	219.4	28	827	35	6/56	23.62	3.76	37.65	-	3	-
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	8	15	1593	265.3	48	789	38	6/61	20.76	2.97	41.92	1	3	-
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	12	22	1702	283.4	52	1001	49	6/37	20.42	3.52	34.73	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
M Muralidaran (SL)	1998-2002	6	10	2119	353.1	77	911	35	6/39	26.02	2.57	60.54	2	3	1
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2001	8	16	2232	372.0	88	1087	43	6/76	25.27	2.92	51.90	1	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
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	31	3480	580.0	160	1472	56	6/38	26.28	2.53	62.14	1	3	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	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
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2008	2	2	396	66.0	7	229	11	6/99	20.81	3.46	36.00	-	2	-
G Geary (ENG)	1927-1928	2	3	465	77.3	18	180	12	7/70	15.00	2.32	38.75	-	2	1
SF Burke (SA)	1962-1965	2	3	660	110.0	37	257	11	6/128	23.36	2.33	60.00	-	2	1
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1997	3	6	732	122.0	15	425	17	5/60	25.00	3.48	43.05	-	2	1
Mohammad Asif (PAK)	2007-2007	3	6	755	125.5	34	351	19	5/76	18.47	2.78	39.73	-	2	-
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	-
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1902	6	11	1064	-	61	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-
CP Carter (SA)	1914-1921	5	7	1169	194.5	42	517	24	6/50	21.54	2.65	48.70	-	2	-
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2018	5	10	1198	199.4	40	589	29	6/79	20.31	2.94	41.31	2	2	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	1203	200.3	37	663	26	7/61	25.50	3.30	46.26	-	2	1
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	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	1262	210.2	25	659	21	5/54	31.38	3.13	60.09	1	2	-
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	6	11	1284	214.0	35	771	27	5/40	28.55	3.60	47.55	2	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	-
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2024	9	17	1341	223.3	61	675	39	6/39	17.30	3.02	34.38	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	-
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	8	16	1563	260.3	50	813	35	5/28	23.22	3.12	44.65	1	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	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2002	8	14	1832	305.2	95	685	29	6/86	23.62	2.24	63.17	1	2	-
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2014	8	15	1964	327.2	63	1037	41	7/68	25.29	3.16	47.90	4	2	1
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	-
AMB Rowan (SA)	1948-1949	5	9	2218	277.2	40	794	24	5/80	33.08	2.14	92.41	2	2	-
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2020	10	18	2311	385.1	75	1177	34	5/40	34.61	3.05	67.97	1	2	-
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1931	10	17	2350	391.4	90	891	41	6/51	21.73	2.27	57.31	1	2	-
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	11	20	2412	402.0	149	846	34	5/42	24.88	2.10	70.94	1	2	-
CN McCarthy (SA)	1948-1950	10	17	2437	304.5	33	1097	26	6/43	42.19	2.70	93.73	-	2	-
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	19	2691	-	60	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.72	1	2	-
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	18	31	3664	610.4	145	1635	48	6/127	34.06	2.67	76.33	3	2	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	12	22	3681	613.3	173	1483	61	6/86	24.31	2.41	60.34	5	2	-
A Nel (SA)	2002-2008	20	39	4179	696.3	164	2172	70	6/81	31.02	3.11	59.70	-	2	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	88	147	10281	1713.3	391	5051	165	5/21	30.61	2.94	62.30	5	2	-
A Rose-Innes (SA)	1889-1889	2	3	128	32.0	8	89	5	5/43	17.80	4.17	25.60	-	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	-
MR Gillespie (NZ)	2007-2007	1	1	180	30.0	7	136	5	5/136	27.20	4.53	36.00	-	1	-
JC Archer (ENG)	2019-2019	1	2	216	36.0	5	167	6	5/102	27.83	4.63	36.00	-	1	-
M de Lange (SA)	2011-2011	1	2	218	36.2	5	126	8	7/81	15.75	3.46	27.25	-	1	-
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2014	3	5	221	36.5	10	114	7	5/17	16.28	3.09	31.57	-	1	-
FA Rose (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	222	37.0	6	115	7	7/84	16.42	3.10	31.71	-	1	-
BE Hendricks (SA)	2020-2020	1	2	231	38.3	5	175	6	5/64	29.16	4.54	38.50	-	1	-
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2019-2019	2	3	249	41.3	4	143	6	5/66	23.83	3.44	41.50	-	1	-
JV Saunders (AUS)	1902-1902	2	4	297	49.3	8	176	15	7/34	11.73	3.55	19.80	1	1	-
M Zondeki (SA)	2005-2008	2	4	301	50.1	13	147	12	6/39	12.25	2.93	25.08	-	1	-
Rahat Ali (PAK)	2013-2013	2	3	314	52.2	2	227	6	6/127	37.83	4.33	52.33	-	1	-
CK Langeveldt (SA)	2005-2005	3	5	321	53.3	13	151	8	5/46	18.87	2.82	40.12	-	1	-
MA Wood (ENG)	2020-2020	2	4	351	58.3	15	163	12	5/46	13.58	2.78	29.25	1	1	-
AS Joseph (WI)	2023-2023	2	4	353	58.5	4	220	12	5/81	18.33	3.73	29.41	-	1	-
CG Macartney (AUS)	1921-1921	2	3	357	59.3	26	104	7	5/44	14.85	1.74	51.00	-	1	-
JW Hearne (ENG)	1914-1914	3	5	372	62.0	12	217	7	5/49	31.00	3.50	53.14	-	1	-
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2024	2	2	374	62.2	15	154	6	6/138	25.66	2.47	62.33	-	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	-
KAJ Roach (WI)	2014-2023	3	5	437	72.5	10	279	9	5/47	31.00	3.83	48.55	-	1	-
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1954	3	4	479	59.7	16	131	8	6/68	16.37	1.64	59.87	-	1	-
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2017-2020	3	4	500	83.2	3	394	12	6/122	32.83	4.72	41.66	1	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	523	87.1	26	205	6	5/126	34.16	2.35	87.16	-	1	-
HLE Promnitz (SA)	1927-1928	2	4	528	88.0	30	161	8	5/58	20.12	1.82	66.00	-	1	-
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-2007	4	7	534	89.0	11	293	10	5/43	29.30	3.29	53.40	1	1	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	9	8	536	89.2	30	166	11	5/28	15.09	1.85	48.72	-	1	-
MG Melle (SA)	1950-1950	2	3	544	68.0	5	303	8	5/113	37.87	3.34	68.00	-	1	-
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2021-2024	4	7	546	91.0	17	290	12	6/15	24.16	3.18	45.50	-	1	-
SN Thakur (IND)	2021-2023	4	7	551	91.5	13	330	13	7/61	25.38	3.59	42.38	-	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 West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]