Bowling Best Figures Innings - South Africa

Best bowling figures in an innings By Australia vs South Africa in Tests - South Africa

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	2	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
HJ Tayfield	37.1	13	81	7	1.63	South Africa	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
SM Pollock	41.0	11	87	7	2.12	South Africa	2	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
JT Partridge	31.1	6	91	7	2.19	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	7 Feb 1964	Test # 555
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.61	South Africa	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
NAT Adcock	18.0	2	43	6	1.79	South Africa	1	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
PS de Villiers	23.3	8	43	6	1.82	South Africa	4	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
RO Schwarz	11.4	0	47	6	4.02	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	3 Mar 1911	Test # 115
TL Goddard	32.5	14	53	6	1.61	South Africa	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
K Rabada	22.0	9	54	6	2.45	South Africa	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
PS Heine	14.2	3	58	6	3.05	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
AA Donald	27.0	8	59	6	2.18	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
MG Melle	20.5	0	71	6	2.58	South Africa	1	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
MJ Procter	24.0	11	73	6	3.04	South Africa	4	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
KJ Abbott	23.1	3	77	6	3.32	South Africa	3	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
HJ Tayfield	29.4	9	84	6	2.13	South Africa	2	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
CP Carter	29.5	4	91	6	3.05	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
CB Llewellyn	22.0	3	92	6	4.18	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902	Test # 75
PM Pollock	22.6	0	95	6	3.13	South Africa	1	v Australia	Brisbane	6 Dec 1963	Test # 548
PS Heine	37.5	6	96	6	1.91	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
CB Llewellyn	30.5	4	97	6	3.14	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
M Ntini	18.5	2	100	6	5.30	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
SJ Pegler	45.3	9	105	6	2.30	South Africa	1	v Australia	Manchester	27 May 1912	Test # 121
PL Harris	42.5	9	127	6	2.96	South Africa	3	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	2.14	South Africa	3	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
VD Philander	10.1	5	21	5	2.06	South Africa	1	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	2.37	South Africa	4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
AA Donald	18.0	5	36	5	2.00	South Africa	3	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
PM Pollock	23.2	10	39	5	1.67	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
CB Llewellyn	18.1	3	43	5	2.36	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
K Rabada	15.4	5	51	5	3.25	South Africa	1	v Australia	Lord's	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585
TL Goddard	24.6	4	60	5	1.81	South Africa	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
M Ntini	19.0	3	64	5	3.36	South Africa	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
ERH Fuller	30.2	4	66	5	1.63	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
DW Steyn	20.2	3	67	5	3.29	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
AJ Bell	26.1	9	69	5	2.63	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
VD Philander	20.0	3	70	5	3.50	South Africa	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
CB Llewellyn	31.4	9	73	5	2.30	South Africa	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
JM Blanckenberg	24.4	6	78	5	3.16	South Africa	1	v Australia	Durban	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
CR Matthews	36.0	12	80	5	2.22	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
PM Pollock	18.0	2	83	5	3.45	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
EJ Barlow	33.3	9	85	5	2.53	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
B Mitchell	25.5	2	87	5	3.36	South Africa	2	v Australia	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
DW Steyn	29.0	6	87	5	3.00	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
K Rabada	31.0	6	92	5	2.96	South Africa	4	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
K Rabada	21.0	2	96	5	4.57	South Africa	1	v Australia	Gqeberha	9 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
RO Schwarz	25.0	6	102	5	4.08	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	9 Dec 1910	Test # 111
MG Melle	33.0	3	113	5	2.56	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
HJ Tayfield	51.0	18	120	5	1.76	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
JT Partridge	32.5	4	123	5	2.82	South Africa	3	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
KA Maharaj	33.4	5	123	5	3.65	South Africa	1	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
AJ Bell	46.5	6	140	5	2.98	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
AJ Bell	40.0	2	142	5	3.55	South Africa	2	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
M Morkel	30.0	5	146	5	4.86	South Africa	1	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
K Rabada	4.0	1	13	4	3.25	South Africa	4	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
PM Pollock	12.0	4	20	4	1.66	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
B Mitchell	7.3	0	26	4	3.46	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
MJ Procter	18.0	7	32	4	1.77	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	3 Feb 1967	Test # 616
K Rabada	17.0	5	34	4	2.00	South Africa	3	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
DW Steyn	16.0	4	40	4	2.50	South Africa	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
JC Watkins	24.0	8	41	4	1.28	South Africa	1	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
NA Quinn	31.0	13	42	4	1.35	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
MJ Procter	17.0	4	47	4	2.76	South Africa	4	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
RO Schwarz	15.0	3	48	4	3.20	South Africa	4	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
BN Schultz	20.0	4	52	4	2.60	South Africa	1	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
DW Steyn	20.0	4	55	4	2.75	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
DW Steyn	20.0	5	55	4	2.75	South Africa	4	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
DW Steyn	16.0	5	56	4	3.50	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009	Test # 1916
VD Philander	19.2	2	56	4	2.89	South Africa	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
K Rabada	18.0	1	59	4	3.27	South Africa	3	v Australia	Lord's	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585
N Boje	25.2	6	63	4	2.48	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2002	Test # 1582
DW Steyn	18.0	3	64	4	3.55	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
CR Matthews	29.0	9	65	4	2.24	South Africa	1	v Australia	Durban	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1256
L Klusener	30.0	10	67	4	2.23	South Africa	4	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
PL Symcox	27.2	4	69	4	2.52	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
MJ Procter	29.1	7	71	4	2.43	South Africa	3	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
M Ntini	19.5	1	72	4	3.63	South Africa	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
JP Duminy	17.0	0	73	4	4.29	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	1 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
EQ Davies	24.4	4	75	4	3.04	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
RO Schwarz	22.0	2	76	4	3.45	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
K Rabada	17.3	1	76	4	4.34	South Africa	2	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
M Ntini	26.0	4	78	4	3.00	South Africa	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
DW Steyn	29.0	6	78	4	2.68	South Africa	1	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
SJ Pegler	29.5	7	79	4	2.64	South Africa	2	v Australia	Lord's	15 Jul 1912	Test # 125
SJ Pegler	36.0	6	80	4	2.22	South Africa	2	v Australia	Nottingham	5 Aug 1912	Test # 127
PS de Villiers	36.0	12	80	4	2.22	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
CB Llewellyn	16.0	0	81	4	5.06	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
A Nel	24.1	3	81	4	3.35	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2006	Test # 1780
JM Blanckenberg	31.0	5	82	4	2.64	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
AA Donald	31.2	8	83	4	2.64	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
A Nel	31.0	6	84	4	2.70	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
ACB Langton	32.0	6	85	4	2.65	South Africa	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
M Morkel	21.0	7	87	4	4.14	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
JT Partridge	19.6	2	88	4	3.34	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
K Rabada	20.5	1	91	4	4.36	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
M Ntini	22.5	5	93	4	4.07	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
PR Adams	20.0	1	102	4	5.10	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
KA Maharaj	29.4	4	102	4	3.43	South Africa	3	v Australia	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
NBF Mann	28.0	3	105	4	2.81	South Africa	1	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
CB Llewellyn	31.0	4	107	4	3.45	South Africa	2	v Australia	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]