Best bowling figures in a match for England vs South Africa in Tests IN England
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 38.3 | 10 | 99 | 15 | 2.57 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 | Test # 94 | |
| 37.4 | 14 | 57 | 13 | 1.51 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
| 60.2 | 24 | 101 | 12 | 1.67 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
| 56.5 | 18 | 112 | 12 | 1.97 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
| 71.4 | 25 | 171 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 | |
| 34.3 | 10 | 90 | 11 | 2.60 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
| 41.0 | 11 | 97 | 11 | 2.36 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1960 | Test # 493 | |
| 47.0 | 12 | 110 | 11 | 2.34 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
| 47.5 | 23 | 87 | 10 | 1.81 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 5 Aug 1965 | Test # 595 | |
| 35.0 | 11 | 112 | 10 | 3.20 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 6 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 | |
| 43.2 | 12 | 115 | 10 | 2.65 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 8 Jul 1912 | Test # 124 | |
| 65.0 | 20 | 119 | 10 | 1.83 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
| 54.3 | 13 | 122 | 10 | 2.23 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 | Test # 1421 | |
| 41.3 | 7 | 138 | 10 | 3.32 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Aug 1994 | Test # 1266 | |
| 71.2 | 16 | 175 | 10 | 2.45 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 | |
| 67.3 | 13 | 207 | 10 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
| 48.0 | 8 | 220 | 10 | 4.58 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 | |
| 31.0 | 7 | 75 | 9 | 2.41 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 | Test # 94 | |
| 56.0 | 21 | 88 | 9 | 1.57 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
| 37.1 | 11 | 92 | 9 | 2.47 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 | Test # 1656 | |
| 47.3 | 13 | 100 | 9 | 2.10 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 6 Aug 1998 | Test # 1422 | |
| 59.0 | 16 | 103 | 9 | 1.74 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 29 Jun 1935 | Test # 243 | |
| 36.3 | 9 | 104 | 9 | 2.84 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jul 1960 | Test # 494 | |
| 47.0 | 10 | 106 | 9 | 2.25 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 12 Jul 1924 | Test # 155 | |
| 85.4 | 26 | 159 | 9 | 1.85 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
| 78.1 | 29 | 164 | 9 | 2.09 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
| 40.1 | 17 | 70 | 8 | 1.74 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
| 45.3 | 12 | 79 | 8 | 1.73 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 9 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 | |
| 48.0 | 17 | 92 | 8 | 1.91 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 6 Aug 1998 | Test # 1422 | |
| 72.4 | 36 | 99 | 8 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
| 55.0 | 25 | 101 | 8 | 1.83 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
| 59.0 | 22 | 104 | 8 | 1.76 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 6 Aug 1998 | Test # 1422 | |
| 53.4 | 22 | 104 | 8 | 1.93 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 | Test # 1654 | |
| 47.2 | 15 | 114 | 8 | 2.40 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 | Test # 1654 | |
| 56.4 | 20 | 115 | 8 | 2.02 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
| 49.5 | 15 | 115 | 8 | 2.30 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 6 Aug 1998 | Test # 1422 | |
| 53.0 | 17 | 116 | 8 | 2.18 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 | |
| 69.5 | 22 | 119 | 8 | 1.70 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 9 Jun 1960 | Test # 492 | |
| 47.3 | 11 | 122 | 8 | 2.56 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jul 1994 | Test # 1263 | |
| 34.4 | 8 | 129 | 8 | 3.72 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 27 Jul 2017 | Test # 2266 | |
| 65.1 | 14 | 143 | 8 | 2.19 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 26 Aug 1965 | Test # 596 | |
| 55.3 | 15 | 149 | 8 | 2.68 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 13 Jul 1935 | Test # 244 | |
| 45.0 | 7 | 149 | 8 | 3.31 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 16 Aug 2012 | Test # 2053 | |
| 56.0 | 12 | 157 | 8 | 2.80 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| 51.4 | 12 | 165 | 8 | 3.19 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 2 Aug 2012 | Test # 2051 | |
| 57.5 | 13 | 172 | 8 | 2.97 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 5 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 | |
| 28.5 | 10 | 49 | 7 | 1.69 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 15 Jun 1935 | Test # 242 | |
| 31.0 | 12 | 54 | 7 | 1.74 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 4 Aug 2017 | Test # 2268 | |
| 42.0 | 19 | 61 | 7 | 1.45 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 22 Jul 1965 | Test # 594 | |
| 31.0 | 8 | 65 | 7 | 2.09 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
| 52.0 | 24 | 66 | 7 | 1.26 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 26 Jul 1947 | Test # 288 | |
| 38.5 | 13 | 78 | 7 | 2.00 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 16 Aug 2012 | Test # 2053 | |
| 27.0 | 5 | 79 | 7 | 2.92 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 17 Aug 2022 | Test # 2474 | |
| 60.4 | 31 | 84 | 7 | 1.38 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
| 25.2 | 3 | 86 | 7 | 3.39 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 8 Sep 2022 | Test # 2476 | |
| 29.1 | 4 | 88 | 7 | 3.01 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
| 29.0 | 8 | 89 | 7 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 8 Sep 2022 | Test # 2476 | |
| 47.0 | 18 | 93 | 7 | 1.97 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jul 1960 | Test # 494 | |
| 33.0 | 8 | 97 | 7 | 2.93 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 19 Aug 1907 | Test # 95 | |
| 31.3 | 10 | 103 | 7 | 3.26 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jul 1994 | Test # 1263 | |
| 56.1 | 19 | 104 | 7 | 1.85 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 8 Jul 1912 | Test # 124 | |
| 87.0 | 49 | 108 | 7 | 1.24 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
| 37.0 | 8 | 113 | 7 | 3.05 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 18 Jul 2008 | Test # 1881 | |
| 46.5 | 8 | 116 | 7 | 2.47 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 9 Jun 1960 | Test # 492 | |
| 43.2 | 10 | 117 | 7 | 2.70 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Jul 2017 | Test # 2264 | |
| 39.5 | 8 | 119 | 7 | 2.98 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 | Test # 1654 | |
| 50.0 | 14 | 125 | 7 | 2.50 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 21 Jul 1960 | Test # 495 | |
| 40.5 | 6 | 126 | 7 | 3.08 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 4 Aug 2017 | Test # 2268 | |
| 47.2 | 12 | 128 | 7 | 2.70 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 1 Jul 1907 | Test # 93 | |
| 57.3 | 14 | 136 | 7 | 2.36 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 26 Aug 1965 | Test # 596 | |
| 53.2 | 12 | 145 | 7 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 26 Aug 1965 | Test # 596 | |
| 38.0 | 7 | 149 | 7 | 3.92 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 7 Aug 2008 | Test # 1885 | |
| 76.2 | 31 | 155 | 7 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
| 77.0 | 31 | 155 | 7 | 2.01 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 9 Jun 1960 | Test # 492 | |
| 51.0 | 13 | 155 | 7 | 3.03 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 | |
| 55.0 | 12 | 156 | 7 | 2.83 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 29 Jun 1929 | Test # 182 | |
| 69.3 | 18 | 171 | 7 | 2.46 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1960 | Test # 496 | |
| 46.3 | 9 | 173 | 7 | 3.72 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 18 Jul 2008 | Test # 1881 | |
| 46.3 | 8 | 179 | 7 | 3.84 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 6 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 | |
| 78.1 | 25 | 189 | 7 | 2.41 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
| 41.4 | 19 | 60 | 6 | 1.44 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
| 30.0 | 8 | 62 | 6 | 2.06 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 25 Aug 2022 | Test # 2475 | |
| 22.0 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 2.86 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 14 Jul 2017 | Test # 2264 | |
| 24.3 | 3 | 65 | 6 | 2.65 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
| 41.0 | 15 | 66 | 6 | 1.60 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Aug 1907 | Test # 95 | |
| 41.0 | 17 | 72 | 6 | 1.75 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 9 Jun 1960 | Test # 492 | |
| 45.0 | 20 | 74 | 6 | 1.64 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 22 Jul 1965 | Test # 594 | |
| 35.0 | 8 | 81 | 6 | 2.31 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 19 Aug 1907 | Test # 95 | |
| 38.4 | 14 | 83 | 6 | 2.14 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
| 32.3 | 6 | 89 | 6 | 2.73 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 29 Jun 1935 | Test # 243 | |
| 46.0 | 13 | 93 | 6 | 2.02 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 5 Aug 1965 | Test # 595 | |
| 31.3 | 9 | 94 | 6 | 2.98 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 5 Aug 1965 | Test # 595 | |
| 37.2 | 4 | 100 | 6 | 2.67 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 8 Jul 1912 | Test # 124 | |
| 56.0 | 17 | 100 | 6 | 1.78 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| 60.0 | 28 | 102 | 6 | 1.70 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 28 Jun 1924 | Test # 154 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 110 | 6 | 5.50 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 17 Aug 2022 | Test # 2474 | |
| 66.0 | 26 | 117 | 6 | 1.77 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 29 Jun 1935 | Test # 243 | |
| 49.3 | 13 | 123 | 6 | 2.48 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 5 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
| 31.2 | 5 | 124 | 6 | 3.95 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 18 Jun 1998 | Test # 1419 | |
| 51.0 | 17 | 133 | 6 | 2.60 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 22 Jul 1965 | Test # 594 |
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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]