Bowling Best Figures Match IN South Africa
Best bowling figures in a match for England vs South Africa in Tests IN South Africa
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 65.3 | 16 | 159 | 17 | 2.42 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
| 33.3x4 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 1.24 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| 25.3x5 | 11 | 45 | 15 | 2.10 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
| 61.5 | 17 | 144 | 14 | 2.32 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 54.2x5 | 27 | 91 | 13 | 2.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
| 39.4 | 8 | 144 | 13 | 3.63 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 | Test # 2200 | |
| 74.0x8 | 26 | 192 | 13 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
| 31.2x5 | 10 | 71 | 12 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
| 42.6x8 | 12 | 89 | 12 | 1.56 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
| 53.0 | 9 | 127 | 12 | 2.39 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 54.3 | 16 | 130 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
| 52.1 | 6 | 181 | 12 | 3.46 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 52.3 | 7 | 205 | 12 | 3.90 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 62.3 | 20 | 112 | 11 | 1.79 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 60.5 | 23 | 118 | 11 | 1.93 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 38.0 | 10 | 127 | 11 | 3.34 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 51.4 | 4 | 150 | 11 | 2.90 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
| 48.0 | 18 | 104 | 10 | 2.16 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
| 44.4 | 12 | 105 | 10 | 2.35 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
| 43.2x5 | 12 | 89 | 9 | 2.46 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 35.0 | 6 | 90 | 9 | 2.57 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 61.7x8 | 31 | 90 | 9 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
| 38.4x5 | 10 | 99 | 9 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 30.4 | 5 | 100 | 9 | 3.26 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 63.2x5 | 27 | 110 | 9 | 2.08 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
| 61.4x5 | 18 | 130 | 9 | 2.52 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
| 46.5 | 8 | 135 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 63.3 | 13 | 162 | 9 | 2.55 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
| 57.3 | 13 | 163 | 9 | 2.83 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 56.0 | 6 | 164 | 9 | 2.92 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
| 68.4 | 15 | 167 | 9 | 2.43 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
| 67.1 | 8 | 194 | 9 | 2.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 30.4x8 | 11 | 53 | 8 | 1.30 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
| 40.0x8 | 13 | 78 | 8 | 1.46 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 1 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
| 39.2 | 17 | 80 | 8 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 47.0x5 | 17 | 87 | 8 | 2.22 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
| 31.2x5 | 10 | 88 | 8 | 3.36 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
| 34.1 | 11 | 99 | 8 | 2.89 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 | |
| 40.0 | 6 | 102 | 8 | 2.55 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 53.2 | 19 | 104 | 8 | 1.95 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
| 56.1 | 20 | 108 | 8 | 1.92 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 2 Jan 1906 | Test # 88 | |
| 40.0 | 6 | 113 | 8 | 2.82 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
| 52.0 | 17 | 116 | 8 | 2.23 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 1999 | Test # 1480 | |
| 54.0 | 11 | 128 | 8 | 2.37 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1914 | Test # 132 | |
| 48.5 | 10 | 136 | 8 | 2.78 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
| 50.5 | 12 | 138 | 8 | 2.71 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 50.2 | 11 | 160 | 8 | 3.17 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 43.3 | 2 | 161 | 8 | 3.70 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2010 | Test # 1946 | |
| 62.1 | 14 | 169 | 8 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 53.0 | 6 | 207 | 8 | 3.90 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | Test # 108 | |
| 70.0x8 | 9 | 232 | 8 | 2.48 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
| 29.5 | 10 | 58 | 7 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1996 | Test # 1321 | |
| 38.2x4 | 16 | 61 | 7 | 2.37 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| 37.0 | 15 | 63 | 7 | 1.70 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 3 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
| 33.0x8 | 7 | 69 | 7 | 1.56 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
| 39.4x8 | 14 | 72 | 7 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
| 57.0 | 20 | 77 | 7 | 1.35 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
| 50.0 | 16 | 83 | 7 | 1.66 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 43.1x4 | 18 | 95 | 7 | 3.29 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
| 34.0 | 11 | 95 | 7 | 2.79 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1996 | Test # 1321 | |
| 27.0 | 6 | 98 | 7 | 3.62 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 | |
| 49.0x5 | 17 | 99 | 7 | 2.42 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
| 32.3 | 6 | 100 | 7 | 3.07 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 7 Mar 1910 | Test # 109 | |
| 40.2x8 | 13 | 103 | 7 | 1.91 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
| 53.1 | 15 | 108 | 7 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 46.5 | 7 | 108 | 7 | 2.30 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 41.2x8 | 9 | 109 | 7 | 1.98 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
| 36.3 | 5 | 112 | 7 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 7 Mar 1910 | Test # 109 | |
| 55.1 | 14 | 115 | 7 | 2.08 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
| 27.5 | 2 | 115 | 7 | 4.13 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2010 | Test # 1948 | |
| 51.0 | 12 | 116 | 7 | 2.27 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2015 | Test # 2196 | |
| 74.1 | 28 | 122 | 7 | 1.64 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
| 51.0 | 19 | 124 | 7 | 2.43 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1927 | Test # 169 | |
| 52.4 | 7 | 138 | 7 | 2.62 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 21 Feb 1931 | Test # 207 | |
| 66.5 | 20 | 140 | 7 | 2.09 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 52.0 | 13 | 146 | 7 | 2.80 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 65.5 | 16 | 149 | 7 | 2.26 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
| 60.7x8 | 18 | 160 | 7 | 1.97 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 5 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
| 58.0 | 10 | 162 | 7 | 2.79 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
| 47.4x8 | 3 | 162 | 7 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 | Test # 267 | |
| 48.1x8 | 5 | 164 | 7 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 12 Feb 1949 | Test # 312 | |
| 39.0 | 4 | 171 | 7 | 4.38 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
| 35.0 | 2 | 171 | 7 | 4.88 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
| 86.0 | 30 | 172 | 7 | 2.00 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
| 54.1 | 10 | 173 | 7 | 3.19 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
| 63.0 | 21 | 174 | 7 | 2.76 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 16 Dec 2009 | Test # 1942 | |
| 59.0 | 12 | 176 | 7 | 2.98 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 | Test # 107 | |
| 69.5 | 17 | 176 | 7 | 2.52 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1995 | Test # 1320 | |
| 58.0 | 6 | 187 | 7 | 3.22 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 80.4 | 19 | 196 | 7 | 2.42 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 9 Feb 1923 | Test # 151 | |
| 20.1 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 2.28 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 6 Mar 1906 | Test # 89 | |
| 31.2 | 9 | 51 | 6 | 1.62 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Feb 1931 | Test # 207 | |
| 34.0 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 1.58 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
| 34.5 | 12 | 61 | 6 | 1.75 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 2 Jan 1906 | Test # 88 | |
| 21.0x8 | 4 | 63 | 6 | 2.25 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
| 41.2 | 6 | 72 | 6 | 1.74 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 16 Jan 1931 | Test # 204 | |
| 64.0x4 | 35 | 73 | 6 | 1.71 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 | Test # 31 | |
| 36.4 | 15 | 82 | 6 | 2.23 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 | |
| 65.5 | 28 | 86 | 6 | 1.30 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 4 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
| 37.0 | 9 | 87 | 6 | 2.35 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 |
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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]