| England in South Africa Test Series, 1888/89 | 1888/89 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| England in South Africa Test Match, 1891/92 | 1891/92 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1895/96 | 1895/96 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1898/99 | 1898/99 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06 | 1905/06 | South Africa | 4-1 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1907 | 1907 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10 | 1909/10 | South Africa | 3-2 (5) |
| Triangular Tournament (Australia, England, South Africa in England), 1912 | 1912 | England | - |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1912 | 1912 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14 | 1913/14 | England | 4-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23 | 1922/23 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1924 | 1924 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28 | 1927/28 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1929 | 1929 | England | 2-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31 | 1930/31 | South Africa | 1-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1935 | 1935 | South Africa | 1-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39 | 1938/39 | England | 1-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1947 | 1947 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49 | 1948/49 | England | 2-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1951 | 1951 | England | 3-1 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1955 | 1955 | England | 3-2 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57 | 1956/57 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1960 | 1960 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65 | 1964/65 | England | 1-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1965 | 1965 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| Benson & Hedges World Cup (in Australia/New Zealand), 1991/92 | 1991/92 | Pakistan | - |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1994 | 1994 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Texaco Trophy (South Africa in England), 1994 | 1994 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96 | 1995/96 | South Africa | 1-0 (5) |
| England in South Africa ODI Series, 1995/96 | 1995/96 | South Africa | 6-1 (7) |
| Wills World Cup (in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 1995/96 | 1995/96 | Sri Lanka | - |
| Texaco Trophy (South Africa in England), 1998 | 1998 | South Africa | 2-1 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1998 | 1998 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| Emirates Triangular Tournament (England, South Africa, Sri Lanka in England), 1998 | 1998 | Sri Lanka | - |
| Wills International Cup (in Bangladesh), 1998/99 | 1998/99 | South Africa | - |
| ICC World Cup (in England/Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland), 1999 | 1999 | Australia | - |
| England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00 | 1999/00 | South Africa | 2-1 (5) |
| Standard Bank Triangular Tournament (England, South Africa, Zimbabwe in South Africa), 1999/00 | 1999/00 | South Africa | - |
| ICC KnockOut (in Kenya), 2000/01 | 2000/01 | New Zealand | - |
| NatWest Series (England, South Africa, Zimbabwe in England), 2003 | 2003 | England | - |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 2003 | 2003 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05 | 2004/05 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| England in South Africa ODI Series, 2004/05 | 2004/05 | South Africa | 4-1 (7) |
| ICC World Cup (in West Indies), 2006/07 | 2006/07 | Australia | - |
| ICC World Twenty20 (in South Africa), 2007/08 | 2007/08 | India | - |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2008 | 2008 | South Africa | 2-1 (4) |
| NatWest Series [South Africa in England], 2008 | 2008 | England | 4-0 (5) |
| ICC World Twenty20 (in England), 2009 | 2009 | Pakistan | - |
| ICC Champions Trophy (in South Africa), 2009/10 | 2009/10 | Australia | - |
| England in South Africa T20I Series, 2009/10 | 2009/10 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| England in South Africa ODI Series, 2009/10 | 2009/10 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10 | 2009/10 | drawn | 1-1 (4) |
| ICC World Twenty20 (in West Indies), 2010 | 2010 | England | - |
| ICC Cricket World Cup (in Bangladesh/India/Sri Lanka), 2010/11 | 2010/11 | India | - |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2012 | 2012 | South Africa | 2-0 (3) |
| NatWest Series [South Africa in England], 2012 | 2012 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| South Africa in England T20I Series, 2012 | 2012 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| ICC Champions Trophy (in England), 2013 | 2013 | India | - |
| World T20 (in Bangladesh), 2013/14 | 2013/14 | Sri Lanka | - |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16 | 2015/16 | England | 2-1 (4) |
| England in South Africa ODI Series, 2015/16 | 2015/16 | South Africa | 3-2 (5) |
| England in South Africa T20I Series, 2015/16 | 2015/16 | South Africa | 2-0 (2) |
| World T20 (in India), 2015/16 | 2015/16 | West Indies | - |
| South Africa in England ODI Series, 2017 | 2017 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017 | 2017 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2017 | 2017 | England | 3-1 (4) |
| ICC Cricket World Cup (in England), 2019 | 2019 | England | - |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20 | 2019/20 | England | 3-1 (4) |
| England in South Africa ODI Series, 2019/20 | 2019/20 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| England in South Africa T20I Series, 2019/20 | 2019/20 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| England in South Africa T20I Series, 2020/21 | 2020/21 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup (in Oman/United Arab Emirates), 2021/22 | 2021/22 | Australia | - |
| South Africa in England ODI Series, 2022 | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| South Africa in England T20I Series, 2022 | 2022 | South Africa | 2-1 (3) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2022 | 2022 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| England in South Africa ODI Series, 2022/23 | 2022/23 | South Africa | 2-1 (3) |
| ICC Cricket World Cup (in India), 2023/24 | 2023/24 | Australia | - |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup (in United States of America/West Indies), 2024 | 2024 | India | - |
| ICC Champions Trophy (in Pakistan/United Arab Emirates), 2024/25 | 2024/25 | India | - |
| South Africa in England ODI Series, 2025 | 2025 | South Africa | 2-1 (3) |
| South Africa in England T20I Series, 2025 | 2025 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |