Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in Test matches
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
13.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0.30 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
14.1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.37 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
15.0 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0.40 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
22.0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0.45 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Mar 2014 | Test # 2122 | |
15.0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0.46 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 | Test # 146 | |
16.0 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0.51 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
16.0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0.56 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
32.0 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 0.63 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
25.2 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
24.0 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
25.0 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0.69 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
13.0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0.69 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
14.0 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.69 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
15.0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0.73 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 26 Nov 1921 | Test # 147 | |
14.0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
13.0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
11.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0.75 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
23.0 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0.78 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
16.0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0.79 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | |
12.0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
23.0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
11.0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0.81 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
11.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 17 Mar 1994 | Test # 1253 | |
8.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.84 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
15.0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0.85 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
27.0 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
14.0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0.85 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
23.0 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0.86 | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
11.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.88 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
29.3 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0.89 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
15.0 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0.90 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
18.4 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0.91 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
17.1 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0.91 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 03 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
29.0 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
16.0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0.93 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
24.0 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0.93 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
16.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
8.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
35.5 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 0.94 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 12 Feb 1965 | Test # 578 | |
21.0 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0.95 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1936 | Test # 250 | |
11.0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0.95 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 12 Feb 1949 | Test # 312 | |
30.0 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0.96 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2011 | Test # 1988 | |
15.4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0.96 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
10.0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0.97 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
45.0 | 27 | 44 | 4 | 0.97 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
20.0 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1.00 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 04 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
19.0 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1.00 | India | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 | Test # 1200 | |
10.0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 26 Dec 1994 | Test # 1280 | |
26.1 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
44.1 | 16 | 61 | 4 | 1.03 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | |
18.0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1.05 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 | |
17.0 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1.05 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 08 Nov 1902 | Test # 77 | |
17.0 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1.05 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
14.0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1.07 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
24.5 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1.08 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
20.0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1.08 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
26.1 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 1.09 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
11.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1.09 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
14.4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
11.0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
11.0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1.09 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 | Test # 1403 | |
11.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
15.0 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1.10 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
42.0 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 1.10 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
23.0 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 1.10 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
14.2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
20.0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1.12 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
14.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1.12 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
8.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.12 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
17.4 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1.13 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
19.0 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1.13 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
19.1 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 1.13 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
28.0 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 1.14 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
14.0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1.14 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1995 | Test # 1320 | |
14.5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1.14 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2006 | Test # 1825 | |
20.0 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1.15 | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 | Test # 1201 | |
39.0 | 19 | 45 | 1 | 1.15 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | |
12.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1.16 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
40.1 | 18 | 47 | 4 | 1.17 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 28 Feb 1936 | Test # 251 | |
16.0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
24.7 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 1.17 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
21.0 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1.17 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
21.0 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 1.17 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
37.4 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 1.18 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
10.1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
11.0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1.18 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 05 Nov 1921 | Test # 145 | |
16.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 | Test # 1893 | |
21.0 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1.19 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
25.1 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
26.0 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 1.19 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 08 Dec 2000 | Test # 1522 | |
59.0 | 24 | 94 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
32.0 | 16 | 51 | 4 | 1.19 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
10.0 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1.20 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1954 | Test # 379 | |
38.0 | 9 | 61 | 4 | 1.20 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
44.0 | 22 | 53 | 6 | 1.20 | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 | Test # 1201 | |
18.0 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1.20 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
14.0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1.21 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
27.0 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 1.22 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
27.0 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 1.22 | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
29.0 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1.24 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 |
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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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