Bowling Best Figures Innings IN South Africa
Best bowling figures in an innings By England vs South Africa in Tests IN South Africa
Best bowling figures in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 14.2 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 2.33 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
| 38.4 | 7 | 103 | 9 | 2.66 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
| 37.0 | 11 | 113 | 9 | 2.29 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
| 9.4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0.85 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
| 14.2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1.13 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| 26.5 | 9 | 56 | 8 | 2.08 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
| 37.7 | 14 | 69 | 8 | 1.36 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
| 31.4 | 8 | 70 | 8 | 2.21 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 19.1 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1.32 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| 19.0 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 1.52 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 19.0 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 1.42 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
| 25.0 | 16 | 37 | 7 | 1.77 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
| 15.4 | 6 | 38 | 7 | 2.88 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
| 24.0 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 2.10 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 2.55 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 2.87 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | |
| 29.5 | 7 | 56 | 7 | 1.87 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 18.3 | 5 | 61 | 7 | 3.29 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 37.3 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 1.68 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 27.3 | 7 | 70 | 7 | 2.54 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 32.0 | 10 | 88 | 7 | 2.75 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 22.0 | 2 | 94 | 7 | 4.27 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 43.1 | 18 | 95 | 7 | 3.29 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| 29.0 | 6 | 112 | 7 | 3.86 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 11.4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1.11 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 12.1 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1.39 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 | |
| 12.0 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 2.60 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 10.4 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 3.00 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 40 | 6 | 1.30 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 1 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
| 16.0 | 3 | 43 | 6 | 2.68 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 12.0 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 2.68 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
| 16.1 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 2.84 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 28.0 | 8 | 50 | 6 | 1.78 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 31.2 | 9 | 51 | 6 | 1.62 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Durban | 21 Feb 1931 | Test # 207 | |
| 15.0 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 3.53 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 29.2 | 11 | 54 | 6 | 2.20 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
| 37.4 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 1.18 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
| 38.5 | 10 | 63 | 6 | 1.62 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 32.0 | 13 | 68 | 6 | 2.12 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 22.5 | 5 | 76 | 6 | 3.32 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 31.3 | 7 | 78 | 6 | 2.47 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 24.3 | 6 | 78 | 6 | 2.40 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Gqeberha | 1 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
| 29.0 | 7 | 81 | 6 | 2.79 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
| 36.4 | 11 | 82 | 6 | 2.23 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 9 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
| 33.4 | 8 | 87 | 6 | 2.58 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 25.3 | 3 | 87 | 6 | 3.41 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
| 42.4 | 9 | 100 | 6 | 2.34 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
| 45.0 | 10 | 131 | 6 | 2.91 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
| 13.2 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2.11 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| 15.4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0.96 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
| 15.5 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 2.02 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1996 | Test # 1321 | |
| 23.1 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 1.46 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Jan 1906 | Test # 88 | |
| 21.2 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 1.68 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 17.0 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 2.17 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
| 16.2 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 2.78 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
| 19.0 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 2.10 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 19.5 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 2.06 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 18.0 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 3.58 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| 16.0 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 2.87 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1996 | Test # 1321 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 2.87 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2005 | Test # 1732 | |
| 14.3 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 3.17 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 26.0 | 13 | 47 | 5 | 1.80 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 | |
| 25.0 | 11 | 48 | 5 | 1.92 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| 33.1 | 14 | 49 | 5 | 1.77 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
| 16.0 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 3.06 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1914 | Test # 132 | |
| 28.5 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 1.73 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 26.0 | 8 | 51 | 5 | 2.35 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
| 13.5 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 3.68 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 | |
| 31.0 | 12 | 51 | 5 | 1.64 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
| 30.0 | 11 | 53 | 5 | 1.76 | South Africa | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 23.6 | 9 | 53 | 5 | 1.67 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
| 21.0 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 2.57 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
| 19.4 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 2.89 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| 37.0 | 14 | 58 | 5 | 1.56 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 29.2 | 3 | 58 | 5 | 1.97 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
| 19.2 | 1 | 58 | 5 | 2.25 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 18 Feb 1939 | Test # 270 | |
| 27.0 | 9 | 60 | 5 | 2.22 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 24.1 | 5 | 61 | 5 | 2.52 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 20.2 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 2.25 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
| 26.1 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 2.40 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
| 21.1 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 2.97 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2010 | Test # 1946 | |
| 25.4 | 6 | 64 | 5 | 2.97 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
| 37.0 | 11 | 64 | 5 | 1.72 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 15.3 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 4.12 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 45.5 | 19 | 66 | 5 | 1.44 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 22.0 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 3.13 | England | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | Test # 108 | |
| 36.6 | 13 | 70 | 5 | 1.42 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
| 25.2 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 2.07 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | |
| 30.0 | 8 | 70 | 5 | 2.33 | England | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 21.3 | 3 | 72 | 5 | 3.34 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Cape Town | 7 Mar 1910 | Test # 109 | |
| 23.0 | 7 | 74 | 5 | 3.21 | South Africa | 3 | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 22.0 | 4 | 75 | 5 | 3.40 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2010 | Test # 1946 | |
| 49.1 | 19 | 76 | 5 | 1.54 | England | 4 | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
| 23.1 | 5 | 78 | 5 | 3.36 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 | |
| 31.2 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 1.92 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1949 | Test # 309 | |
| 30.0 | 6 | 83 | 5 | 2.76 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 38.0 | 13 | 83 | 5 | 2.18 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
| 33.5 | 9 | 83 | 5 | 2.45 | South Africa | 1 | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 32.0 | 7 | 84 | 5 | 2.62 | England | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
| 30.1 | 4 | 87 | 5 | 2.88 | South Africa | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 |
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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]