Bowling Most 4wi Career

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over) Held in South Africa for Tests

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10	4+
DW Steyn (SA)	2004-2019	53	101	10760	1793.2	396	5727	269	6/8	21.28	3.19	40.00	19	17	3	36
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	55	107	11650	1941.4	461	6173	250	6/59	24.69	3.17	46.60	13	12	2	25
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	62	115	13052	2175.2	670	5187	248	6/30	20.91	2.38	52.62	16	9	1	25
K Rabada (SA)	2016-2025	37	71	6949	1158.1	228	3976	198	7/112	20.08	3.43	35.09	7	10	4	17
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2002	40	72	8383	1397.1	353	3979	190	8/71	20.94	2.84	44.12	4	13	3	17
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	37	71	6576	1096.0	307	2863	147	6/21	19.47	2.61	44.73	5	9	1	14
HH Streak (ZIM)	1994-2005	35	56	7346	1224.2	323	3287	122	6/73	26.94	2.68	60.21	9	4	-	13
M Morkel (SA)	2006-2018	42	82	8033	1338.5	305	4114	158	5/20	26.03	3.07	50.84	6	4	-	10
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1958	20	34	7621	952.5	306	2378	92	9/113	25.84	1.87	82.83	1	8	1	9
RW Price (ZIM)	1999-2011	15	26	4307	717.5	171	2004	61	6/73	32.85	2.79	70.60	5	3	1	8
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	30	52	5134	855.4	162	2758	90	7/32	30.64	3.22	57.04	2	6	-	8
SF Barnes (ENG)	1913-1914	4	8	1356	226.0	56	536	49	9/103	10.93	2.37	27.67	-	7	3	7
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1998	9	18	2501	416.5	112	1068	51	6/23	20.94	2.56	49.03	3	4	1	7
SK Warne (AUS)	1994-2006	13	24	4000	666.4	186	1620	67	6/86	24.17	2.43	59.70	5	2	-	7
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	17	31	4039	-	112	1356	68	6/43	19.94	2.01	59.39	4	3	-	7
M Muralidaran (SL)	1994-2004	13	22	4138	689.4	175	1627	61	6/39	26.67	2.35	67.83	3	4	1	7
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	91	149	10479	1746.3	397	5142	168	5/21	30.60	2.94	62.37	5	2	-	7
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	10	20	1727	287.5	58	1014	51	7/13	19.88	3.52	33.86	4	2	1	6
AEE Vogler (SA)	1906-1910	10	20	1907	317.5	67	984	45	7/94	21.86	3.09	42.37	2	4	1	6
R Benaud (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1937	242.1	56	658	30	5/49	21.93	2.03	64.56	2	4	-	6
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2014	8	15	1964	327.2	63	1037	41	7/68	25.29	3.16	47.90	4	2	1	6
AE Hall (SA)	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1	6
EP Nupen (SA)	1921-1936	15	28	3865	644.1	123	1631	49	6/46	33.28	2.53	78.87	1	5	1	6
WJ O'Reilly (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	1502	250.2	112	460	27	5/20	17.03	1.83	55.62	3	2	-	5
AS Kennedy (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1683	280.3	91	599	31	5/76	19.32	2.13	54.29	3	2	-	5
Saeed Ajmal (PAK)	2011-2013	6	11	1826	304.2	61	827	31	7/95	26.67	2.71	58.90	3	2	2	5
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1998-2003	9	16	1843	307.1	60	1026	41	6/78	25.02	3.34	44.95	3	2	1	5
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1910	10	19	1973	328.5	79	907	43	6/87	21.09	2.75	45.88	3	2	-	5
CV Grimmett (AUS)	1935-1936	5	10	2077	346.1	140	642	44	7/40	14.59	1.85	47.20	-	5	3	5
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	28	2506	-	87	1372	51	6/26	26.90	3.28	49.13	4	1	-	5
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2005-2017	13	19	2854	475.4	42	1833	38	4/4	48.23	3.85	75.10	5	-	-	5
JM Blanckenberg (SA)	1913-1923	13	20	3180	530.0	120	1406	56	6/76	25.10	2.65	56.78	1	4	-	5
PL Harris (SA)	2007-2011	18	31	3664	610.4	145	1635	48	6/127	34.06	2.67	76.33	3	2	-	5
IK Pathan (IND)	2005-2005	2	4	391	65.1	14	237	21	7/59	11.28	3.63	18.61	1	3	1	4
AE Trott (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	474	94.4	37	198	17	5/49	11.64	2.50	27.88	3	1	-	4
GA Lohmann (ENG)	1896-1896	3	6	520	104.0	38	203	35	9/28	5.80	2.34	14.85	-	4	2	4
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2021	4	7	722	120.2	20	404	19	5/52	21.26	3.35	38.00	3	1	-	4
GF Bissett (SA)	1927-1928	4	8	989	164.5	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-	4
J Middleton (SA)	1896-1902	6	11	1064	-	61	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-	4
CB Llewellyn (SA)	1896-1902	5	9	1146	-	43	643	30	6/92	21.43	3.36	38.20	-	4	1	4
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2011-2018	5	10	1198	199.4	40	589	29	6/79	20.31	2.94	41.31	2	2	-	4
S Sreesanth (IND)	2006-2011	6	11	1284	214.0	35	771	27	5/40	28.55	3.60	47.55	2	2	-	4
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-	4
W Voce (ENG)	1930-1931	5	9	1504	250.4	65	561	23	5/58	24.39	2.23	65.39	3	1	-	4
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-	4
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	8	15	1593	265.3	48	789	38	6/61	20.76	2.97	41.92	1	3	-	4
D Olivier (SA)	2017-2022	12	22	1702	283.4	52	1001	49	6/37	20.42	3.52	34.73	1	3	1	4
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2011-2017	8	13	1918	319.4	59	852	35	8/63	24.34	2.66	54.80	1	3	1	4
B Muzarabani (ZIM)	2017-2025	11	15	1973	328.5	61	1059	35	7/58	30.25	3.22	56.37	2	2	-	4
RAS Lakmal (SL)	2016-2020	9	17	2126	354.2	86	899	34	5/63	26.44	2.53	62.52	3	1	-	4
HK Olonga (ZIM)	1995-2002	14	21	2143	357.1	54	1243	41	5/70	30.31	3.48	52.26	2	2	-	4
AMB Rowan (SA)	1948-1949	5	9	2218	277.2	40	794	24	5/80	33.08	2.14	92.41	2	2	-	4
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2011	9	17	2327	387.5	62	1137	37	7/120	30.72	2.93	62.89	3	1	-	4
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2009-2020	12	22	2474	412.2	109	1078	45	6/17	23.95	2.61	54.97	3	1	-	4
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	15	25	2566	427.4	87	1540	45	5/73	34.22	3.60	57.02	1	3	-	4
J Srinath (IND)	1992-2001	12	24	3302	550.2	135	1539	58	6/76	26.53	2.79	56.93	1	3	-	4
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	31	3480	580.0	160	1472	56	6/38	26.28	2.53	62.14	1	3	-	4
J Briggs (ENG)	1889-1889	2	4	391	97.3	51	101	21	8/11	4.80	1.54	18.61	1	2	1	3
C Bosch (SA)	2024-2025	3	6	442	73.4	17	256	15	5/43	17.06	3.47	29.46	2	1	-	3
SE Bond (NZ)	2005-2007	3	6	480	80.0	16	253	18	6/51	14.05	3.16	26.66	2	1	1	3
Hasan Ali (PAK)	2018-2021	4	8	692	115.2	29	392	20	5/27	19.60	3.39	34.60	1	2	-	3
SR Clark (AUS)	2006-2006	3	6	708	118.0	32	317	20	5/55	15.85	2.68	35.40	2	1	-	3
G Motie (WI)	2023-2023	3	6	710	118.2	25	374	22	7/37	17.00	3.16	32.27	1	2	1	3
GHT Simpson-Hayward (ENG)	1910-1910	5	10	898	149.4	18	420	23	6/43	18.26	2.80	39.04	1	2	-	3
CA Walsh (WI)	1998-1999	4	8	953	158.5	36	416	22	6/80	18.90	2.61	43.31	2	1	-	3
L Embuldeniya (SL)	2019-2020	4	7	1032	172.0	32	594	19	5/66	31.26	3.45	54.31	1	2	-	3
JH Wardle (ENG)	1956-1957	4	8	1118	139.6	37	359	26	7/36	13.80	1.92	43.00	-	3	1	3
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-1996	5	7	1136	189.2	48	485	19	5/84	25.52	2.56	59.78	2	1	-	3
DL Piedt (SA)	2014-2016	6	10	1164	194.0	32	695	20	5/153	34.75	3.58	58.20	2	1	-	3
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-2007	7	13	1204	200.4	34	661	24	5/43	27.54	3.29	50.16	2	1	-	3
WS Lees (ENG)	1906-1906	5	9	1256	209.2	69	467	26	6/78	17.96	2.23	48.30	1	2	-	3
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	1262	210.2	25	659	21	5/54	31.38	3.13	60.09	1	2	-	3
WA Johnston (AUS)	1949-1950	5	9	1285	160.5	31	392	23	6/44	17.04	1.83	55.86	2	1	-	3
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2021	6	10	1298	216.2	44	631	24	6/99	26.29	2.91	54.08	1	2	-	3
A Nortje (SA)	2019-2023	7	13	1318	219.4	28	827	35	6/56	23.62	3.76	37.65	-	3	-	3
L Ngidi (SA)	2018-2024	9	17	1341	223.3	61	675	39	6/39	17.30	3.02	34.38	1	2	-	3
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1962	5	8	1347	224.3	60	617	22	4/59	28.04	2.74	61.22	3	-	-	3
MVT Fernando (SL)	2019-2024	7	13	1376	229.2	29	779	30	5/101	25.96	3.39	45.86	2	1	-	3
IAR Peebles (ENG)	1927-1931	8	14	1510	251.4	45	712	23	6/63	30.95	2.82	65.65	2	1	-	3
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2013-2022	8	16	1563	260.3	50	813	35	5/28	23.22	3.12	44.65	1	2	-	3
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	5	9	1613	201.5	47	425	25	6/34	17.00	1.58	64.52	1	2	-	3
KM Jarvis (ZIM)	2011-2020	8	14	1683	280.3	49	933	28	5/64	33.32	3.32	60.10	2	1	-	3
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2016-2024	9	16	1746	291.0	41	1106	31	6/122	35.67	3.80	56.32	2	1	-	3
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1962	10	14	1792	-	86	601	23	4/34	26.13	2.01	77.91	3	-	-	3
C Blythe (ENG)	1906-1910	7	13	1858	309.4	106	716	33	7/46	21.69	2.31	56.30	-	3	2	3
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-2002	9	16	2156	359.2	114	775	35	6/86	22.14	2.15	61.60	1	2	-	3
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2020	10	18	2311	385.1	75	1177	34	5/40	34.61	3.05	67.97	1	2	-	3
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1966-1970	8	14	2317	386.1	91	957	25	5/46	38.28	2.47	92.68	-	3	-	3
CL Vincent (SA)	1927-1931	10	17	2350	391.4	90	891	41	6/51	21.73	2.27	57.31	1	2	-	3
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2013	11	21	2417	402.5	74	1350	43	4/58	31.39	3.35	56.20	3	-	-	3
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1995	12	22	2610	435.0	161	928	36	5/42	25.77	2.13	72.50	1	2	-	3
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1962	10	19	2691	-	60	961	37	6/58	25.97	2.14	72.72	1	2	-	3
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-2011	11	18	2784	464.0	112	1106	33	5/70	33.51	2.38	84.36	2	1	-	3
NBF Mann (SA)	1948-1950	10	17	2885	360.5	71	1053	33	6/59	31.90	2.18	87.42	2	1	-	3
ACB Langton (SA)	1935-1939	10	15	2984	-	75	1204	25	5/58	48.16	2.42	119.36	2	1	-	3
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2004	13	21	3040	506.4	120	1261	41	4/56	30.75	2.48	74.14	3	-	-	3
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1994-2002	29	33	3374	562.2	146	1490	38	4/18	39.21	2.64	88.78	3	-	-	3
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	36	3559	593.1	126	1799	35	4/28	51.40	3.03	101.68	3	-	-	3
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	20	33	3849	641.3	139	1951	60	4/31	32.51	3.04	64.15	3	-	-	3
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	22	43	4508	751.2	178	2340	76	6/81	30.78	3.11	59.31	1	2	-	3

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Namibia vs Canada at King City (NW), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 82nd Match, Sep 2, 2025 [ODI # 4903]

Canada vs Scotland at King City (NW), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 81st Match, Aug 31, 2025 [ODI # 4901]

Canada vs Namibia at King City (NW), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 79th Match, Aug 27, 2025 [ODI # 4898]