Bowling Best Figures Match - England

Best bowling figures in a match for England vs South Africa in Tests - England

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SF Barnes	65.3	16	159	17	2.42	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
J Briggs	33.3x4	16	28	15	1.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	25.3x5	11	45	15	2.10	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
SF Barnes	61.5	17	144	14	2.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
JJ Ferris	54.2x5	27	91	13	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
GA Lohmann	31.2x5	10	71	12	2.71	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
G Geary	54.3	16	130	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
AP Freeman	71.4	25	171	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
MJ Hoggard	52.3	7	205	12	3.90	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
AER Gilligan	34.3	10	90	11	2.60	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
JB Statham	41.0	11	97	11	2.36	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
SF Barnes	47.0	12	110	11	2.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
C Blythe	60.5	23	118	11	1.93	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
C Blythe	48.0	18	104	10	2.16	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
SF Barnes	44.4	12	105	10	2.35	England	v South Africa	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
MM Ali	35.0	11	112	10	3.20	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
SF Barnes	43.2	12	115	10	2.65	England	v South Africa	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
JC Laker	65.0	20	119	10	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
ARC Fraser	54.3	13	122	10	2.23	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
DE Malcolm	41.3	7	138	10	3.32	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
DVP Wright	71.2	16	175	10	2.45	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AP Freeman	67.3	13	207	10	3.06	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
JB Statham	56.0	21	88	9	1.57	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
S Haigh	38.4x5	10	99	9	3.06	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
D Gough	47.3	13	100	9	2.10	England	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
MA Wood	30.4	5	100	9	3.26	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
FS Trueman	36.3	9	104	9	2.84	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
MW Tate	47.0	10	106	9	2.25	England	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
AE Trott	63.2x5	27	110	9	2.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
AV Bedser	85.4	26	159	9	1.85	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
DG Cork	63.3	13	162	9	2.55	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
WS Lees	57.3	13	163	9	2.83	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
GP Swann	56.0	6	164	9	2.92	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
TE Bailey	30.4x8	11	53	8	1.30	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
FR Foster	40.1	17	70	8	1.74	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
FH Tyson	40.0x8	13	78	8	1.46	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
FH Tyson	45.3	12	79	8	1.73	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
GA Lohmann	47.0x5	17	87	8	2.22	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
AE Trott	31.2x5	10	88	8	3.36	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
ARC Fraser	48.0	17	92	8	1.91	England	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
SCJ Broad	34.1	11	99	8	2.89	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
GAR Lock	55.0	25	101	8	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
GHT Simpson-Hayward	40.0	6	102	8	2.55	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
W Voce	53.2	19	104	8	1.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200
WS Lees	56.1	20	108	8	1.92	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Jan 1906	Test # 88
RJ Kirtley	47.2	15	114	8	2.40	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
MW Tate	56.4	20	115	8	2.02	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
AR Caddick	52.0	17	116	8	2.23	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
D Gough	47.3	11	122	8	2.56	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jul 1994	Test # 1263
SF Barnes	54.0	11	128	8	2.37	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1914	Test # 132
TS Roland-Jones	34.4	8	129	8	3.72	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
K Higgs	65.1	14	143	8	2.19	England	v South Africa	The Oval	26 Aug 1965	Test # 596
ST Finn	45.0	7	149	8	3.31	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
JM Anderson	43.3	2	161	8	3.70	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SCJ Broad	51.4	12	165	8	3.19	England	v South Africa	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
AS Kennedy	62.1	14	169	8	2.71	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
WJ Edrich	57.5	13	172	8	2.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
MS Nichols	28.5	10	49	7	1.69	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	15 Jun 1935	Test # 242
JM Anderson	31.0	12	54	7	1.74	England	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
CA Smith	38.2x4	16	61	7	2.37	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
JM Anderson	37.0	15	63	7	1.70	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
HJ Butler	52.0	24	66	7	1.26	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
GG Macaulay	50.0	16	83	7	1.66	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
JC Laker	60.4	31	84	7	1.38	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
SCJ Broad	25.2	3	86	7	3.39	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
OE Robinson	29.0	8	89	7	3.06	England	v South Africa	The Oval	8 Sep 2022	Test # 2476
C Blythe	33.0	8	97	7	2.93	England	v South Africa	The Oval	19 Aug 1907	Test # 95
JH Wardle	40.2x8	13	103	7	1.91	England	v South Africa	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
GHT Simpson-Hayward	46.5	7	108	7	2.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
K Farnes	41.2x8	9	109	7	1.98	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
GJ Thompson	36.3	5	112	7	3.06	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	7 Mar 1910	Test # 109
FS Trueman	46.5	8	116	7	2.47	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	9 Jun 1960	Test # 492
MM Ali	51.0	12	116	7	2.27	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
JM Anderson	43.2	10	117	7	2.70	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
JM Anderson	39.5	8	119	7	2.98	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
AS Kennedy	74.1	28	122	7	1.64	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
AP Freeman	51.0	19	124	7	2.43	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
MM Ali	40.5	6	126	7	3.08	England	v South Africa	Manchester	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
IAR Peebles	52.4	7	138	7	2.62	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Feb 1931	Test # 207
DA Allen	66.5	20	140	7	2.09	England	v South Africa	Durban	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571
JB Statham	53.2	12	145	7	2.71	England	v South Africa	The Oval	26 Aug 1965	Test # 596
VWC Jupp	52.0	13	146	7	2.80	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
IAR Peebles	65.5	16	149	7	2.26	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
DG Cork	69.5	17	176	7	2.52	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
CP Buckenham	58.0	6	187	7	3.22	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
JC White	34.0	10	54	6	1.58	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
JM Anderson	30.0	8	62	6	2.06	England	v South Africa	Manchester	25 Aug 2022	Test # 2475
FE Woolley	24.3	3	65	6	2.65	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
W Voce	41.2	6	72	6	1.74	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
R Illingworth	41.0	17	72	6	1.75	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	9 Jun 1960	Test # 492
J Briggs	64.0x4	35	73	6	1.71	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
DJ Brown	45.0	20	74	6	1.64	England	v South Africa	Lord's	22 Jul 1965	Test # 594
GH Hirst	35.0	8	81	6	2.31	England	v South Africa	The Oval	19 Aug 1907	Test # 95
JH Wardle	38.4	14	83	6	2.14	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
FJ Titmus	65.5	28	86	6	1.30	England	v South Africa	Durban	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571

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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]