Bowling Best Figures Match

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SF Barnes	65.3	16	159	17	2.42	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
J Briggs	33.3x4	16	28	15	1.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	25.3x5	11	45	15	2.10	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
SF Barnes	61.5	17	144	14	2.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
JJ Ferris	54.2x5	27	91	13	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
K Rabada	39.4	8	144	13	3.63	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
CV Grimmett	93.0	41	173	13	1.86	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
HJ Tayfield	74.0x8	26	192	13	1.94	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
GA Lohmann	31.2x5	10	71	12	2.71	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	02 Mar 1896	Test # 48
JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
SJ Snooke	53.0	9	127	12	2.39	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
MG Johnson	33.1	4	127	12	3.82	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
G Geary	54.3	16	130	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
AA Donald	55.0	15	139	12	2.52	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
AEE Vogler	52.1	6	181	12	3.46	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910	Test # 106
MJ Hoggard	52.3	7	205	12	3.90	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
DW Steyn	36.5	16	60	11	1.62	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
D Olivier	29.0	6	96	11	3.31	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
AE Hall	62.3	20	112	11	1.79	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
C Blythe	60.5	23	118	11	1.93	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
AA Donald	38.0	10	127	11	3.34	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
EP Nupen	51.4	4	150	11	2.90	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
K Rabada	43.0	11	150	11	3.48	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
M Muralidaran	68.3	17	161	11	2.35	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
SF Burke	81.0	29	196	11	2.41	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
K Rabada	24.5	5	63	10	2.53	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
CV Grimmett	53.4	21	88	10	1.63	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936	Test # 249
DW Steyn	24.3	6	91	10	3.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
K Rabada	29.0	5	92	10	3.17	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
DW Steyn	31.3	4	93	10	2.95	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
VD Philander	24.1	3	102	10	4.22	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
C Blythe	48.0	18	104	10	2.16	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
SF Barnes	44.4	12	105	10	2.35	England	v South Africa	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
PS de Villiers	40.2	15	108	10	2.67	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
CV Grimmett	46.3	15	110	10	2.36	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
CB Llewellyn	49.5	12	116	10	2.32	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
Waqar Younis	40.4	10	133	10	3.27	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
M Ntini	33.0	5	145	10	4.39	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
SM Pollock	48.4	18	147	10	3.02	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
Saeed Ajmal	60.1	11	147	10	2.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	3.47	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
M Ntini	44.5	6	178	10	3.97	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
VD Philander	31.0	13	51	9	1.64	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
AA Donald	27.1	9	54	9	1.98	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
JV Saunders	20.0	3	66	9	3.30	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
KJ Abbott	28.4	11	68	9	2.37	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
VD Philander	30.1	12	75	9	2.48	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
AK Davidson	46.1x8	14	82	9	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
JH Sinclair	43.2x5	12	89	9	2.46	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
SR Clark	33.0	10	89	9	2.69	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
GF Bissett	35.0	6	90	9	2.57	South Africa	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
HJ Tayfield	61.7x8	31	90	9	1.09	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
HJ Tayfield	62.1x8	29	97	9	1.17	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
KA Maharaj	36.0	9	97	9	2.69	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
GB Lawrence	52.3	16	98	9	1.86	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
S Haigh	38.4x5	10	99	9	3.06	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
WP Howell	43.0	12	99	9	2.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Nov 1902	Test # 77
PM Pollock	42.3	11	99	9	2.32	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
VD Philander	45.0	16	99	9	2.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
MA Wood	30.4	5	100	9	3.26	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
MJ Procter	49.1	22	103	9	2.09	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
SM Pollock	43.3	8	103	9	2.36	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1998	Test # 1429
M Zondeki	35.3	9	105	9	2.95	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
GB Lawrence	38.3	13	109	9	2.83	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
MA Starc	28.4	5	109	9	3.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
AE Trott	63.2x5	27	110	9	2.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
M Morkel	30.4	10	110	9	3.58	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
HMRKB Herath	50.3	14	128	9	2.53	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
J Middleton	61.4x5	18	130	9	2.52	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
JM Blanckenberg	46.5	8	135	9	2.88	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
PJ Cummins	46.5	10	141	9	3.01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
R Benaud	56.0x8	12	144	9	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
M Ntini	46.0	13	147	9	3.19	South Africa	v West Indies	Johannesburg	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1674
DW Steyn	51.0	17	147	9	2.88	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
Mushtaq Ahmed	69.0	22	149	9	2.15	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
R Benaud	61.2x8	8	154	9	1.88	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	07 Feb 1958	Test # 449
PL Harris	59.5	14	161	9	2.69	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
DG Cork	63.3	13	162	9	2.55	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
WS Lees	57.3	13	163	9	2.83	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
GP Swann	56.0	6	164	9	2.92	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
AE Hall	68.4	15	167	9	2.43	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
HJ Tayfield	57.4x8	6	167	9	2.17	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
EP Nupen	67.1	8	194	9	2.88	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
Taijul Islam	65.0	12	202	9	3.10	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
CB Llewellyn	48.0	6	216	9	4.50	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902	Test # 75
KA Maharaj	63.2	9	225	9	3.55	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
PS de Villiers	24.4	8	48	8	1.94	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
GD McGrath	26.3	10	49	8	1.84	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
TE Bailey	30.4x8	11	53	8	1.30	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
HJ Tayfield	43.0x8	19	61	8	1.06	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
WA Johnston	32.1x8	9	65	8	1.51	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
DW Steyn	28.4	7	65	8	2.26	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
AA Donald	28.0	7	74	8	2.64	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
FH Tyson	40.0x8	13	78	8	1.46	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
VD Philander	28.0	6	78	8	2.78	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
CEL Ambrose	36.0	10	79	8	2.19	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
SM Pollock	39.2	17	80	8	2.03	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
JJ Bumrah	21.5	1	86	8	3.93	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
GA Lohmann	47.0x5	17	87	8	2.22	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
NAT Adcock	33.0x8	6	87	8	1.97	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378

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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]