Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches
Best economy rates
Player | Span | Mat | Overs | Mdns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 | 10 |
1956-1957 | 5 | 142.3 | 43 | 1139 | 232 | 19 | 5/20 | 12.21 | 1.22 | 59.9 | - | 1 | - | |
1938-1939 | 5 | 283.2 | 89 | 2266 | 552 | 19 | 5/70 | 29.05 | 1.46 | 119.2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1948-1949 | 5 | 171.5 | 47 | 1373 | 346 | 11 | 3/21 | 31.45 | 1.51 | 124.8 | - | - | - | |
1957-1958 | 5 | 201.5 | 47 | 1613 | 425 | 25 | 6/34 | 17.00 | 1.58 | 64.5 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1956-1970 | 23 | - | 367 | 6505 | 1722 | 63 | 6/53 | 27.33 | 1.58 | 103.2 | - | 1 | - | |
1994-1995 | 4 | 183.0 | 74 | 1098 | 301 | 7 | 3/12 | 43.00 | 1.64 | 156.8 | - | - | - | |
1956-1957 | 5 | 145.1 | 46 | 1161 | 324 | 11 | 2/7 | 29.45 | 1.67 | 105.5 | - | - | - | |
1964-1965 | 4 | 255.5 | 89 | 1535 | 458 | 17 | 5/41 | 26.94 | 1.79 | 90.2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1992-2000 | 36 | 329.3 | 137 | 1977 | 593 | 23 | 3/19 | 25.78 | 1.79 | 85.9 | - | - | - | |
1930-1931 | 5 | 189.2 | 58 | 1136 | 341 | 14 | 3/79 | 24.35 | 1.80 | 81.1 | - | - | - | |
1949-1957 | 8 | 145.0 | 42 | 1160 | 352 | 13 | 4/34 | 27.07 | 1.82 | 89.2 | 1 | - | - | |
1949-1950 | 5 | 160.5 | 31 | 1285 | 392 | 23 | 6/44 | 17.04 | 1.83 | 55.8 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1935-1936 | 5 | 250.2 | 112 | 1502 | 460 | 27 | 5/20 | 17.03 | 1.83 | 55.6 | 3 | 2 | - | |
1935-1936 | 5 | 346.1 | 140 | 2077 | 642 | 44 | 7/40 | 14.59 | 1.85 | 47.2 | - | 5 | 3 | |
1949-1958 | 20 | 952.5 | 306 | 7621 | 2378 | 92 | 9/113 | 25.84 | 1.87 | 82.8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
1956-1957 | 4 | 139.6 | 37 | 1118 | 359 | 26 | 7/36 | 13.80 | 1.92 | 43.0 | - | 3 | 1 | |
1961-1965 | 8 | 271.2 | 92 | 1628 | 524 | 15 | 5/88 | 34.93 | 1.93 | 108.5 | - | 1 | - | |
1953-1954 | 5 | 171.1 | 36 | 1369 | 454 | 22 | 4/62 | 20.63 | 1.98 | 62.2 | 2 | - | - | |
1948-1949 | 5 | 206.5 | 37 | 1653 | 554 | 16 | 4/39 | 34.62 | 2.01 | 103.3 | 2 | - | - | |
1956-1957 | 4 | 130.1 | 20 | 1041 | 349 | 14 | 3/37 | 24.92 | 2.01 | 74.3 | - | - | - | |
1953-1962 | 10 | - | 86 | 1792 | 601 | 23 | 4/34 | 26.13 | 2.01 | 77.9 | 3 | - | - | |
1953-1962 | 17 | - | 112 | 4039 | 1356 | 68 | 6/43 | 19.94 | 2.01 | 59.3 | 4 | 3 | - | |
1957-1958 | 4 | 130.4 | 24 | 1044 | 353 | 11 | 5/125 | 32.09 | 2.02 | 94.9 | - | 1 | - | |
1957-1958 | 5 | 242.1 | 56 | 1937 | 658 | 30 | 5/49 | 21.93 | 2.03 | 64.5 | 2 | 4 | - | |
1906-1914 | 10 | 219.2 | 67 | 1316 | 451 | 18 | 3/31 | 25.05 | 2.05 | 73.1 | - | - | - | |
1938-1939 | 5 | 186.3 | 35 | 1491 | 519 | 16 | 4/29 | 32.43 | 2.08 | 93.1 | 2 | - | - | |
1992-1995 | 11 | 402.0 | 149 | 2412 | 846 | 34 | 5/42 | 24.88 | 2.10 | 70.9 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1922-1923 | 5 | 280.3 | 91 | 1683 | 599 | 31 | 5/76 | 19.32 | 2.13 | 54.2 | 3 | 2 | - | |
1956-1962 | 10 | - | 60 | 2691 | 961 | 37 | 6/58 | 25.97 | 2.14 | 72.7 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1948-1949 | 5 | 277.2 | 40 | 2218 | 794 | 24 | 5/80 | 33.08 | 2.14 | 92.4 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1949-1950 | 5 | 135.0 | 18 | 1080 | 390 | 17 | 5/40 | 22.94 | 2.16 | 63.5 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1948-1950 | 10 | 360.5 | 71 | 2885 | 1053 | 33 | 6/59 | 31.90 | 2.18 | 87.4 | 2 | 1 | - | |
2007-2007 | 3 | 179.1 | 45 | 1075 | 395 | 15 | 4/105 | 26.33 | 2.20 | 71.6 | 1 | - | - | |
1906-1906 | 5 | 209.2 | 69 | 1256 | 467 | 26 | 6/78 | 17.96 | 2.23 | 48.3 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1962-1967 | 5 | 285.2 | 104 | 1712 | 637 | 16 | 4/128 | 39.81 | 2.23 | 107.0 | 1 | - | - | |
1930-1931 | 5 | 250.4 | 65 | 1504 | 561 | 23 | 5/58 | 24.39 | 2.23 | 65.3 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1994-2002 | 8 | 305.2 | 95 | 1832 | 685 | 29 | 6/86 | 23.62 | 2.24 | 63.1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1964-1965 | 5 | 309.1 | 87 | 1855 | 694 | 18 | 5/66 | 38.55 | 2.24 | 103.0 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1923-1931 | 7 | 393.3 | 107 | 2361 | 886 | 40 | 7/63 | 22.15 | 2.25 | 59.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
1992-2007 | 12 | 635.5 | 158 | 3815 | 1441 | 45 | 6/53 | 32.02 | 2.26 | 84.7 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1928-1928 | 3 | 191.3 | 50 | 1149 | 435 | 15 | 3/50 | 29.00 | 2.27 | 76.6 | - | - | - | |
1927-1931 | 10 | 391.4 | 90 | 2350 | 891 | 41 | 6/51 | 21.73 | 2.27 | 57.3 | 1 | 2 | - | |
1927-1939 | 15 | - | 84 | 2102 | 800 | 27 | 5/36 | 29.62 | 2.28 | 77.8 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1964-1965 | 5 | 248.0 | 68 | 1488 | 568 | 9 | 2/55 | 63.11 | 2.29 | 165.3 | - | - | - | |
1961-1962 | 5 | 222.2 | 62 | 1334 | 512 | 28 | 8/53 | 18.28 | 2.30 | 47.6 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1906-1910 | 7 | 309.4 | 106 | 1858 | 716 | 33 | 7/46 | 21.69 | 2.31 | 56.3 | - | 3 | 2 | |
1913-1914 | 4 | 226.0 | 56 | 1356 | 536 | 49 | 9/103 | 10.93 | 2.37 | 27.6 | - | 7 | 3 | |
1992-1997 | 21 | 617.4 | 169 | 3706 | 1471 | 51 | 4/65 | 28.84 | 2.38 | 72.6 | 2 | - | - | |
1949-1950 | 5 | 137.2 | 25 | 1098 | 436 | 18 | 5/34 | 24.22 | 2.38 | 61.0 | - | 1 | - | |
1995-2008 | 59 | 2058.5 | 629 | 12353 | 4955 | 235 | 6/30 | 21.08 | 2.40 | 52.5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | |
1994-2006 | 12 | 613.3 | 173 | 3681 | 1483 | 61 | 6/86 | 24.31 | 2.41 | 60.3 | 5 | 2 | - | |
1935-1939 | 10 | - | 75 | 2984 | 1204 | 25 | 5/58 | 48.16 | 2.42 | 119.3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1970-1970 | 4 | 214.2 | 57 | 1286 | 522 | 20 | 6/47 | 26.10 | 2.43 | 64.3 | - | 2 | - | |
1967-1970 | 7 | 252.2 | 80 | 1514 | 616 | 41 | 6/73 | 15.02 | 2.44 | 36.9 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1961-1962 | 5 | 201.2 | 54 | 1208 | 493 | 20 | 5/48 | 24.65 | 2.44 | 60.4 | - | 2 | - | |
1953-1958 | 14 | 180.0 | 27 | 1440 | 588 | 16 | 4/67 | 36.75 | 2.45 | 90.0 | 1 | - | - | |
1938-1939 | 5 | 245.6 | 28 | 1966 | 807 | 20 | 5/103 | 40.35 | 2.46 | 98.3 | - | 2 | - | |
1966-1970 | 8 | 386.1 | 91 | 2317 | 957 | 25 | 5/46 | 38.28 | 2.47 | 92.6 | - | 3 | - | |
1896-1902 | 6 | - | 61 | 1064 | 442 | 24 | 5/51 | 18.41 | 2.49 | 44.3 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1999-2000 | 3 | 171.4 | 35 | 1030 | 433 | 6 | 4/124 | 72.16 | 2.52 | 171.6 | 1 | - | - | |
1906-1923 | 13 | 245.0 | 57 | 1470 | 618 | 34 | 8/70 | 18.17 | 2.52 | 43.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
1999-2000 | 5 | 185.0 | 51 | 1110 | 468 | 16 | 7/46 | 29.25 | 2.52 | 69.3 | - | 1 | - | |
1921-1936 | 15 | 644.1 | 123 | 3865 | 1631 | 49 | 6/46 | 33.28 | 2.53 | 78.8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
1961-1970 | 17 | 580.0 | 160 | 3480 | 1472 | 56 | 6/38 | 26.28 | 2.53 | 62.1 | 1 | 3 | - | |
1995-1996 | 5 | 189.2 | 48 | 1136 | 485 | 19 | 5/84 | 25.52 | 2.56 | 59.7 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1994-1998 | 9 | 416.5 | 112 | 2501 | 1068 | 51 | 6/23 | 20.94 | 2.56 | 49.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
1998-2002 | 6 | 353.1 | 77 | 2119 | 911 | 35 | 6/39 | 26.02 | 2.57 | 60.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
2006-2007 | 5 | 172.1 | 23 | 1033 | 447 | 7 | 2/26 | 63.85 | 2.59 | 147.5 | - | - | - | |
2011-2020 | 36 | 1068.0 | 299 | 6408 | 2787 | 146 | 6/21 | 19.08 | 2.60 | 43.8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |
2009-2020 | 12 | 412.2 | 109 | 2474 | 1078 | 45 | 6/17 | 23.95 | 2.61 | 54.9 | 3 | 1 | - | |
1961-1970 | 19 | 346.3 | 88 | 2079 | 906 | 31 | 5/85 | 29.22 | 2.61 | 67.0 | - | 1 | - | |
1910-1923 | 15 | 258.0 | 66 | 1548 | 676 | 14 | 3/47 | 48.28 | 2.62 | 110.5 | - | - | - | |
1913-1923 | 13 | 530.0 | 120 | 3180 | 1406 | 56 | 6/76 | 25.10 | 2.65 | 56.7 | 1 | 4 | - | |
1914-1921 | 5 | 194.5 | 42 | 1169 | 517 | 24 | 6/50 | 21.54 | 2.65 | 48.7 | - | 2 | - | |
2007-2011 | 18 | 610.4 | 145 | 3664 | 1635 | 48 | 6/127 | 34.06 | 2.67 | 76.3 | 3 | 2 | - | |
2013-2017 | 7 | 219.1 | 59 | 1315 | 588 | 20 | 7/29 | 29.40 | 2.68 | 65.7 | - | 1 | - | |
1948-1950 | 10 | 304.5 | 33 | 2437 | 1097 | 26 | 6/43 | 42.19 | 2.70 | 93.7 | - | 2 | - | |
2013-2023 | 7 | 201.4 | 39 | 1210 | 546 | 11 | 4/113 | 49.63 | 2.70 | 110.0 | 1 | - | - | |
1961-1962 | 5 | 224.3 | 60 | 1347 | 617 | 22 | 4/59 | 28.04 | 2.74 | 61.2 | 3 | - | - | |
1906-1910 | 10 | 328.5 | 79 | 1973 | 907 | 43 | 6/87 | 21.09 | 2.75 | 45.8 | 3 | 2 | - | |
1910-1910 | 5 | 223.5 | 66 | 1343 | 619 | 23 | 4/50 | 26.91 | 2.76 | 58.3 | 1 | - | - | |
1961-1962 | 5 | 182.2 | 41 | 1094 | 505 | 19 | 4/68 | 26.57 | 2.76 | 57.5 | 1 | - | - | |
2011-2017 | 6 | 203.4 | 31 | 1222 | 565 | 16 | 5/79 | 35.31 | 2.77 | 76.3 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1996-2001 | 21 | 432.1 | 117 | 2593 | 1199 | 30 | 4/93 | 39.96 | 2.77 | 86.4 | 1 | - | - | |
1948-1949 | 5 | 132.7 | 21 | 1063 | 495 | 16 | 4/48 | 30.93 | 2.79 | 66.4 | 1 | - | - | |
2016-2019 | 5 | 185.2 | 38 | 1112 | 523 | 17 | 5/63 | 30.76 | 2.82 | 65.4 | 2 | 1 | - | |
1927-1931 | 8 | 251.4 | 45 | 1510 | 712 | 23 | 6/63 | 30.95 | 2.82 | 65.6 | 2 | 1 | - | |
2009-2014 | 7 | 262.5 | 75 | 1577 | 748 | 21 | 3/46 | 35.61 | 2.84 | 75.0 | - | - | - | |
1999-2005 | 9 | 268.1 | 58 | 1609 | 764 | 28 | 4/44 | 27.28 | 2.84 | 57.4 | 2 | - | - | |
1902-1923 | 26 | 253.0 | 55 | 1518 | 722 | 18 | 4/25 | 40.11 | 2.85 | 84.3 | 1 | - | - | |
1938-1949 | 6 | 220.0 | 30 | 1760 | 842 | 18 | 4/72 | 46.77 | 2.87 | 97.7 | 1 | - | - | |
1992-2002 | 38 | 1328.0 | 331 | 7968 | 3831 | 177 | 7/84 | 21.64 | 2.88 | 45.0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | |
1970-1970 | 4 | 255.0 | 68 | 1530 | 740 | 19 | 5/125 | 38.94 | 2.90 | 80.5 | 1 | 1 | - | |
1992-2001 | 8 | 372.0 | 88 | 2232 | 1087 | 43 | 6/76 | 25.27 | 2.92 | 51.9 | 1 | 3 | - | |
1997-2002 | 6 | 195.4 | 65 | 1174 | 574 | 22 | 5/54 | 26.09 | 2.93 | 53.3 | - | 1 | - | |
1995-2013 | 88 | 1713.3 | 391 | 10281 | 5051 | 165 | 5/21 | 30.61 | 2.94 | 62.3 | 5 | 2 | - | |
2011-2018 | 5 | 199.4 | 40 | 1198 | 589 | 29 | 6/79 | 20.31 | 2.94 | 41.3 | 2 | 2 | - | |
1966-1967 | 5 | 178.0 | 34 | 1068 | 528 | 11 | 5/97 | 48.00 | 2.96 | 97.0 | - | 1 | - | |
2018-2024 | 8 | 265.3 | 48 | 1593 | 789 | 38 | 6/61 | 20.76 | 2.97 | 41.9 | 1 | 3 | - | |
2015-2020 | 8 | 190.5 | 32 | 1145 | 570 | 22 | 4/86 | 25.90 | 2.98 | 52.0 | 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]
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