Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Lohmann	14.2	6	28	9	2.33	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
SF Barnes	38.4	7	103	9	2.66	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
HJ Tayfield	37.0	11	113	9	2.29	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
GA Lohmann	9.4	5	7	8	0.85	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
J Briggs	14.2	5	11	8	1.13	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	1.73	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
SF Barnes	26.5	9	56	8	2.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
HJ Tayfield	37.7	14	69	8	1.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
SJ Snooke	31.4	8	70	8	2.21	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
J Briggs	19.1	11	17	7	1.32	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	1.52	South Africa	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	2.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	3.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	3.09	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JJ Ferris	25.0	16	37	7	1.77	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
GA Lohmann	15.4	6	38	7	2.88	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
CV Grimmett	19.5	9	40	7	2.01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	3.33	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
GA Lohmann	24.0	9	42	7	2.10	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
C Blythe	18.0	5	46	7	2.55	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	2.87	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
SF Barnes	29.5	7	56	7	1.87	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	3.29	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SN Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	3.42	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
AE Hall	37.3	12	63	7	1.68	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	3.96	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
G Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.54	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	3.47	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
AA Donald	28.0	4	84	7	3.00	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
FA Rose	28.0	6	84	7	3.00	West Indies	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
SF Barnes	32.0	10	88	7	2.75	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
AEE Vogler	22.0	2	94	7	4.27	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910	Test # 106
WH Ashley	43.1	18	95	7	3.29	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
CV Grimmett	45.0	18	100	7	2.22	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	3.86	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	3.15	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	0.97	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
S Haigh	11.4	6	11	6	1.11	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	1.66	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	1.39	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.61	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	1.94	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
JH Sinclair	12.0	4	26	6	2.60	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	2.19	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	3.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
AK Davidson	17.4	4	34	6	1.45	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	4.08	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	2.64	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	1.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	3.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	2.68	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	3.16	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
FH Tyson	23.0	7	40	6	1.30	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	2.68	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
GHT Simpson-Hayward	16.0	3	43	6	2.68	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910	Test # 106
CN McCarthy	12.0	2	43	6	2.68	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
NAT Adcock	18.0	2	43	6	1.79	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
WA Johnston	20.1	5	44	6	1.63	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
EP Nupen	16.1	1	46	6	2.84	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
AN Connolly	28.2	9	47	6	1.65	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	4.66	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
CP Carter	28.0	8	50	6	1.78	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
SM Pollock	22.3	6	50	6	2.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	2.63	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
K Rabada	15.0	3	50	6	3.33	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	28 Feb 2023	Test # 2495
CL Vincent	31.2	9	51	6	1.62	South Africa	v England	Durban	21 Feb 1931	Test # 207
CEL Ambrose	19.0	4	51	6	2.68	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
TL Goddard	32.5	14	53	6	1.61	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	1.20	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	3.53	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
JJ Ferris	29.2	11	54	6	2.20	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
K Rabada	22.0	9	54	6	2.45	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	3.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	2.58	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
A Nortje	14.3	1	56	6	3.86	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
PS Heine	14.2	3	58	6	3.05	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
NBF Mann	37.4	14	59	6	1.18	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
M Ntini	21.0	6	59	6	2.80	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
JJ Bumrah	13.5	-	61	6	4.40	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
HJ Tayfield	36.0	17	62	6	1.29	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
IAR Peebles	38.5	10	63	6	1.62	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
M Ntini	31.4	12	66	6	2.08	South Africa	v New Zealand	Bloemfontein	17 Nov 2000	Test # 1514
C Blythe	32.0	13	68	6	2.12	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
GO Rabone	38.7	10	68	6	1.31	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1954	Test # 379
L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	2.95	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
DW Steyn	21.5	6	72	6	3.29	South Africa	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008	Test # 1860
CV Grimmett	48.0	23	73	6	1.52	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
MJ Procter	24.0	11	73	6	3.04	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
JM Blanckenberg	22.5	5	76	6	3.32	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	2.53	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
JM Gregory	25.1	4	77	6	3.05	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	05 Nov 1921	Test # 145
WS Lees	31.3	7	78	6	2.47	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
HJ Tayfield	24.3	6	78	6	2.40	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Mushtaq Ahmed	37.0	13	78	6	2.10	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Waqar Younis	23.0	6	78	6	3.39	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
PJ Cummins	29.0	5	79	6	2.72	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
CA Walsh	24.5	6	80	6	3.22	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441

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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]