Best bowling figures in a match for England vs South Africa in Tests - South Africa
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 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 | |
| 53.0 | 9 | 127 | 12 | 2.39 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
| 52.1 | 6 | 181 | 12 | 3.46 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 62.3 | 20 | 112 | 11 | 1.79 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 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 | |
| 47.5 | 23 | 87 | 10 | 1.81 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 5 Aug 1965 | Test # 595 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 37.1 | 11 | 92 | 9 | 2.47 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 | Test # 1656 | |
| 59.0 | 16 | 103 | 9 | 1.74 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 29 Jun 1935 | Test # 243 | |
| 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 | |
| 78.1 | 29 | 164 | 9 | 2.09 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
| 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 | |
| 39.2 | 17 | 80 | 8 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
| 72.4 | 36 | 99 | 8 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | 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 | |
| 40.0 | 6 | 113 | 8 | 2.82 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 | Test # 171 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 55.3 | 15 | 149 | 8 | 2.68 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 13 Jul 1935 | Test # 244 | |
| 56.0 | 12 | 157 | 8 | 2.80 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 7 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
| 50.2 | 11 | 160 | 8 | 3.17 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 29.1 | 4 | 88 | 7 | 3.01 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
| 47.0 | 18 | 93 | 7 | 1.97 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 7 Jul 1960 | Test # 494 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 53.1 | 15 | 108 | 7 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 50.0 | 14 | 125 | 7 | 2.50 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 21 Jul 1960 | Test # 495 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 69.3 | 18 | 171 | 7 | 2.46 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1960 | Test # 496 | |
| 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 | |
| 46.3 | 9 | 173 | 7 | 3.72 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 18 Jul 2008 | Test # 1881 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 41.4 | 19 | 60 | 6 | 1.44 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
| 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 | |
| 22.0 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 2.86 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 14 Jul 2017 | Test # 2264 | |
| 41.0 | 15 | 66 | 6 | 1.60 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 19 Aug 1907 | Test # 95 | |
| 36.4 | 15 | 82 | 6 | 2.23 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2000 | Test # 1482 | |
| 32.3 | 6 | 89 | 6 | 2.73 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 29 Jun 1935 | Test # 243 | |
| 42.5 | 11 | 97 | 6 | 2.26 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 4 Feb 1928 | Test # 172 | |
| 43.4 | 12 | 99 | 6 | 2.26 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 2 Jan 2005 | Test # 1732 | |
| 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 | |
| 41.0 | 12 | 105 | 6 | 2.56 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
| 20.0 | 3 | 110 | 6 | 5.50 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 17 Aug 2022 | Test # 2474 | |
| 47.0 | 14 | 111 | 6 | 2.36 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 | Test # 148 | |
| 48.1 | 12 | 117 | 6 | 2.42 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 1 Jan 1923 | Test # 149 | |
| 43.4 | 11 | 120 | 6 | 2.74 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 1 Jan 1914 | Test # 132 | |
| 46.3x8 | 14 | 121 | 6 | 1.95 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 1 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
| 49.3 | 13 | 123 | 6 | 2.48 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 5 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 |
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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]