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Bowling Best Figures Innings - vs South Africa
Best bowling figures in an innings in Tests at SA: Newlands, Cape Town - vs South Africa
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs conceded
Wickets taken
Econ
Team
Innings in match
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
J Briggs
14.2
5
11
8
1.13
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
Test # 32
J Briggs
19.1
11
17
7
1.32
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
Test # 32
JH Wardle
19.0
3
36
7
1.42
England
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1957
Test # 435
JJ Ferris
25.0
16
37
7
1.77
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1892
Test # 37
GA Lohmann
24.0
9
42
7
2.10
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
Test # 49
C Blythe
18.0
5
46
7
2.55
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Mar 1910
Test # 110
Harbhajan Singh
38.0
1
120
7
3.15
India
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
Test # 1988
S Haigh
11.4
6
11
6
1.11
England
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Apr 1899
Test # 59
Mohammed Siraj
9.0
3
15
6
1.66
India
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
Test # 2522
JJ Ferris
29.2
11
54
6
2.20
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1892
Test # 37
JJ Bumrah
13.5
-
61
6
4.40
India
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2024
Test # 2522
C Blythe
32.0
13
68
6
2.12
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
24 Mar 1906
Test # 91
GO Rabone
38.7
10
68
6
1.31
New Zealand
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1954
Test # 379
Saeed Ajmal
42.0
9
96
6
2.28
Pakistan
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
14 Feb 2013
Test # 2073
CBRLS Kumara
25.0
1
122
6
4.88
Sri Lanka
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2017
Test # 2244
SK Warne
70.0
15
161
6
2.30
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
08 Mar 2002
Test # 1593
SR Watson
5.0
2
17
5
3.40
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
09 Nov 2011
Test # 2016
SR Waugh
22.3
9
28
5
1.24
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
17 Mar 1994
Test # 1253
CV Grimmett
17.0
4
32
5
1.88
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1936
Test # 249
RR Lindwall
15.4
2
32
5
1.54
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1949
Test # 319
JM Anderson
19.0
6
40
5
2.10
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2020
Test # 2379
CL McCool
11.4
1
41
5
2.67
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1949
Test # 319
JJ Bumrah
23.3
8
42
5
1.78
India
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Jan 2022
Test # 2448
CG Macartney
24.3
10
44
5
1.79
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
26 Nov 1921
Test # 147
AN Connolly
26.0
10
47
5
1.80
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
22 Jan 1970
Test # 670
FJ Cameron
24.4
10
48
5
1.94
New Zealand
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1962
Test # 519
R Benaud
21.0
6
49
5
1.75
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1957
Test # 445
C Blythe
28.5
10
50
5
1.73
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
24 Mar 1906
Test # 91
JH Wardle
23.6
9
53
5
1.67
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1957
Test # 435
SR Clark
17.0
3
55
5
3.23
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
16 Mar 2006
Test # 1789
CV Grimmett
36.4
17
56
5
1.52
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1936
Test # 249
JM Anderson
21.1
1
63
5
2.97
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2010
Test # 1946
GG Macaulay
37.0
11
64
5
1.72
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1923
Test # 149
GD McKenzie
33.0
10
65
5
1.96
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1966
Test # 613
H Verity
36.6
13
70
5
1.42
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1938
Test # 268
DCS Compton
25.2
3
70
5
2.07
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1949
Test # 309
WP Howell
26.0
6
81
5
3.11
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
08 Nov 1902
Test # 77
CEW Silverwood
32.0
6
91
5
2.84
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2000
Test # 1482
S Sreesanth
29.0
-
114
5
3.93
India
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2011
Test # 1988
AA Mallett
55.1
16
126
5
2.28
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
22 Jan 1970
Test # 670
AJL Hill
8.0
4
8
4
1.20
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
Test # 49
WP Howell
17.0
6
18
4
1.05
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
08 Nov 1902
Test # 77
AE Trott
11.0
5
19
4
2.07
England
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Apr 1899
Test # 59
WS Lees
14.0
5
27
4
1.92
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
24 Mar 1906
Test # 91
PGH Fender
14.0
4
29
4
2.07
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1923
Test # 149
RJ Harris
24.3
15
32
4
1.30
Australia
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Mar 2014
Test # 2122
J Srinath
27.0
10
33
4
1.22
India
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1993
Test # 1209
RJ Harris
10.3
3
33
4
3.14
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
09 Nov 2011
Test # 2016
SR Clark
16.0
7
34
4
2.12
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
16 Mar 2006
Test # 1789
WJ O'Reilly
25.0
15
35
4
1.40
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1936
Test # 249
JV Saunders
12.2
2
37
4
3.00
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
08 Nov 1902
Test # 77
AA Mailey
14.0
1
40
4
2.85
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
26 Nov 1921
Test # 147
MG Johnson
19.0
5
42
4
2.21
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Mar 2014
Test # 2122
RO Jenkins
9.0
-
48
4
4.00
England
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1949
Test # 309
GJ Thompson
16.0
3
50
4
3.12
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
07 Mar 1910
Test # 109
Saeed Ajmal
18.1
2
51
4
2.80
Pakistan
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
14 Feb 2013
Test # 2073
ST Jayasuriya
33.0
7
53
4
1.60
Sri Lanka
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1998
Test # 1410
AS Kennedy
35.2
13
58
4
1.64
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1923
Test # 149
AP Freeman
29.0
12
58
4
2.00
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1927
Test # 169
JC Alabaster
21.0
4
61
4
2.90
New Zealand
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1962
Test # 519
Z Khan
21.0
2
62
4
2.95
India
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
Test # 1827
AE Trott
20.2
5
69
4
4.05
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Apr 1899
Test # 59
RAS Lakmal
19.5
2
69
4
3.47
Sri Lanka
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2017
Test # 2244
JW Gleeson
30.0
11
70
4
2.33
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
22 Jan 1970
Test # 670
AR MacGibbon
33.0
13
71
4
1.61
New Zealand
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1954
Test # 379
PJ Cummins
26.0
6
78
4
3.00
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
22 Mar 2018
Test # 2300
A Flintoff
31.1
7
79
4
2.53
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2005
Test # 1732
DJ Bravo
37.0
9
82
4
2.21
West Indies
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2008
Test # 1858
B Kumar
19.0
4
87
4
4.57
India
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
Test # 2292
Mohammad Amir
33.0
9
88
4
2.66
Pakistan
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2019
Test # 2340
R Benaud
35.0
6
95
4
2.03
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1957
Test # 445
M Muralidaran
41.0
10
108
4
2.63
Sri Lanka
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1998
Test # 1410
A Kumble
42.3
6
117
4
2.75
India
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2007
Test # 1827
JC Alabaster
50.0
12
119
4
2.38
New Zealand
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1962
Test # 519
Shaheen Shah Afridi
27.1
3
123
4
4.52
Pakistan
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2019
Test # 2340
A Sanford
37.0
4
132
4
3.56
West Indies
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 2004
Test # 1681
M Muralidaran
45.0
8
135
4
3.00
Sri Lanka
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1998
Test # 1410
MG Johnson
37.3
5
148
4
3.94
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 2009
Test # 1916
KF Barrington
3.1
1
4
3
1.26
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1965
Test # 573
LF Kline
10.4
2
18
3
1.28
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1957
Test # 445
AD Pougher
21.0
8
26
3
1.48
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
19 Mar 1892
Test # 37
SMJ Woods
13.0
5
28
3
2.58
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
Test # 49
Mohammed Shami
12.0
3
28
3
2.33
India
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
Test # 2292
LF Kline
19.1
5
29
3
1.13
Australia
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1957
Test # 445
BA Stokes
23.4
8
35
3
1.47
England
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
03 Jan 2020
Test # 2379
PJ Martin
24.0
9
37
3
1.54
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1996
Test # 1321
B Lee
14.5
2
37
3
2.49
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
16 Mar 2006
Test # 1789
SK Warne
30.0
13
38
3
1.26
Australia
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
17 Mar 1994
Test # 1253
JJ Bumrah
11.2
1
39
3
3.44
India
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
05 Jan 2018
Test # 2292
AE Relf
21.0
6
40
3
1.90
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
30 Mar 1906
Test # 92
GD McGrath
20.0
4
42
3
2.10
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
08 Mar 2002
Test # 1593
Danish Kaneria
20.0
6
44
3
2.20
Pakistan
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
26 Jan 2007
Test # 1830
FE Woolley
13.0
3
47
3
3.61
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
11 Mar 1910
Test # 110
G Boycott
20.0
5
47
3
2.35
England
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
01 Jan 1965
Test # 573
WE Astill
29.0
11
48
3
1.65
England
4
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1927
Test # 169
EJ Tyler
18.0
3
49
3
3.26
England
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
21 Mar 1896
Test # 49
JN Gillespie
15.0
4
52
3
3.46
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
08 Mar 2002
Test # 1593
EA McDonald
19.0
3
53
3
2.78
Australia
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
26 Nov 1921
Test # 147
WR Hammond
17.0
4
53
3
3.11
England
2
v South Africa
Cape Town
31 Dec 1927
Test # 169
NAM McLean
16.0
1
53
3
3.31
West Indies
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
02 Jan 1999
Test # 1440
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