Bowling Best Figures Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings By England vs South Africa in Tests

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Lohmann	14.2	6	28	9	2.33	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	3.45	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
SF Barnes	38.4	7	103	9	2.66	England	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
HJ Tayfield	37.0	11	113	9	2.29	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
GA Lohmann	9.4	5	7	8	0.85	England	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
J Briggs	14.2	5	11	8	1.13	England	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	1.74	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
SF Barnes	26.5	9	56	8	2.08	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
C Blythe	15.5	1	59	8	3.72	England	2	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
HJ Tayfield	37.7	14	69	8	1.36	South Africa	3	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
SJ Snooke	31.4	8	70	8	2.21	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
J Briggs	19.1	11	17	7	1.32	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	1.52	South Africa	3	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 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	15.4	6	38	7	2.88	England	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	1.34	England	4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
C Blythe	22.4	9	40	7	1.76	England	4	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
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
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	2.87	England	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
R Tattersall	28.0	10	52	7	1.85	England	2	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
SF Barnes	29.5	7	56	7	1.87	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
AV Bedser	32.3	10	58	7	1.78	England	1	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	3.29	England	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
AE Hall	37.3	12	63	7	1.68	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
SJ Pegler	31.0	8	65	7	2.09	South Africa	2	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
G Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.54	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
AP Freeman	32.0	12	71	7	2.21	England	2	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
GA Faulkner	27.1	4	84	7	3.09	South Africa	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
SF Barnes	32.0	10	88	7	2.75	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
AEE Vogler	22.0	2	94	7	4.27	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
WH Ashley	43.1	18	95	7	3.29	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	3.86	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
AP Freeman	32.3	6	115	7	3.53	England	1	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
AEE Vogler	47.2	12	128	7	2.70	South Africa	1	v England	Lord's	1 Jul 1907	Test # 93
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	1.07	England	2	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
S Haigh	11.4	6	11	6	1.11	England	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	1.54	South Africa	1	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	1.39	England	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
JH Sinclair	12.0	4	26	6	2.60	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
FH Tyson	21.3	7	28	6	1.30	England	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	3.00	South Africa	4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
RJ Kirtley	16.2	7	34	6	2.08	England	4	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
MS Nichols	23.5	9	35	6	1.46	England	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	15 Jun 1935	Test # 242
AV Bedser	22.4	8	37	6	1.63	England	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
SM Pollock	17.4	4	39	6	2.20	South Africa	3	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
FH Tyson	23.0	7	40	6	1.30	England	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
MW Tate	17.0	4	42	6	2.47	England	2	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
D Gough	23.0	6	42	6	1.82	England	4	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
GHT Simpson-Hayward	16.0	3	43	6	2.68	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
CN McCarthy	12.0	2	43	6	2.68	South Africa	4	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
EP Nupen	16.1	1	46	6	2.84	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
CP Carter	28.0	8	50	6	1.78	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
CL Vincent	31.2	9	51	6	1.62	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	21 Feb 1931	Test # 207
GWA Chubb	26.3	7	51	6	1.92	South Africa	2	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
SF Barnes	22.0	7	52	6	2.36	England	2	v South Africa	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
AA Donald	15.0	3	53	6	3.53	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
MM Ali	15.0	4	53	6	3.53	England	4	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
JJ Ferris	29.2	11	54	6	2.20	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
JH Kallis	17.0	4	54	6	3.17	South Africa	4	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
JC Laker	28.0	8	55	6	1.96	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
NBF Mann	37.4	14	59	6	1.18	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
IAR Peebles	38.5	10	63	6	1.62	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
JB Statham	20.0	5	63	6	3.15	England	2	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
NAT Adcock	31.3	10	65	6	2.06	South Africa	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1960	Test # 496
C Blythe	32.0	13	68	6	2.12	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
JM Blanckenberg	22.5	5	76	6	3.32	South Africa	2	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
WS Lees	31.3	7	78	6	2.47	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
HJ Tayfield	24.3	6	78	6	2.40	South Africa	4	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
A Nel	29.0	7	81	6	2.79	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
AE Hall	36.4	11	82	6	2.23	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
SF Barnes	34.0	9	85	6	2.50	England	3	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
GA Faulkner	33.4	8	87	6	2.58	South Africa	4	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
EP Nupen	25.3	3	87	6	3.41	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
AA Donald	40.0	14	88	6	2.20	South Africa	3	v England	Manchester	2 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
NA Quinn	29.5	5	92	6	3.08	South Africa	2	v England	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
TW Cartwright	31.3	9	94	6	2.98	England	1	v South Africa	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
AJ Bell	30.4	7	99	6	3.22	South Africa	1	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
AE Hall	42.4	9	100	6	2.34	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
DG Cork	31.1	5	119	6	3.81	England	1	v South Africa	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
CL Vincent	45.0	10	131	6	2.91	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
GM Parker	37.0	2	152	6	4.10	South Africa	1	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
FR Foster	13.1	7	16	5	1.21	England	1	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
CA Smith	13.2	6	19	5	2.11	England	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
TE Bailey	15.4	6	20	5	0.96	England	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
SF Barnes	13.0	3	25	5	1.92	England	1	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
FS Trueman	14.3	6	27	5	1.86	England	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
SF Barnes	21.0	10	28	5	1.33	England	1	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
VD Philander	14.5	4	30	5	2.02	South Africa	4	v England	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
TL Goddard	22.4	9	31	5	1.36	South Africa	1	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
SM Pollock	15.5	4	32	5	2.02	South Africa	3	v England	Cape Town	2 Jan 1996	Test # 1321
AA Donald	15.3	5	32	5	2.06	South Africa	2	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
WS Lees	23.1	10	34	5	1.46	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
JB Statham	21.0	6	34	5	1.61	England	3	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
PM Pollock	24.0	15	34	5	1.41	South Africa	4	v England	Nottingham	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
M Jansen	12.2	2	35	5	2.83	South Africa	2	v England	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
WR Hammond	21.2	9	36	5	1.68	England	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
EG Arnold	22.0	7	37	5	1.68	England	2	v South Africa	Lord's	1 Jul 1907	Test # 93
GF Bissett	17.0	5	37	5	2.17	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169

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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]