Bowling Best Figures Innings

South Africa vs other countries Tests Bowling Records - Best Figures in a Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Lohmann	14.2	6	28	9	2.33	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
DE Malcolm	16.3	2	57	9	3.45	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
SF Barnes	38.4	7	103	9	2.66	England	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
GA Lohmann	9.4	5	7	8	0.85	England	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
J Briggs	14.2	5	11	8	1.13	England	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
SF Barnes	16.4	4	29	8	1.74	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
SF Barnes	26.5	9	56	8	2.08	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
C Blythe	15.5	1	59	8	3.72	England	2	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
MG Johnson	24.0	4	61	8	2.54	Australia	2	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
J Briggs	19.1	11	17	7	1.32	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
MJ Henry	15.0	7	23	7	1.53	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
JV Saunders	11.0	2	34	7	3.09	Australia	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
JH Wardle	19.0	3	36	7	1.42	England	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JJ Ferris	25.0	16	37	7	1.77	England	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
GA Lohmann	15.4	6	38	7	2.88	England	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
JB Statham	29.0	12	39	7	1.34	England	4	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
C Blythe	22.4	9	40	7	1.76	England	4	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
CV Grimmett	19.5	9	40	7	2.01	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
GA Lohmann	24.0	9	42	7	2.10	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
C Blythe	18.0	5	46	7	2.55	England	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
AR Caddick	16.0	5	46	7	2.87	England	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
R Tattersall	28.0	10	52	7	1.85	England	2	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
SF Barnes	29.5	7	56	7	1.87	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
SK Warne	27.0	8	56	7	2.07	Australia	1	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
AV Bedser	32.3	10	58	7	1.78	England	1	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	3.29	England	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
SN Thakur	17.5	3	61	7	3.42	India	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	2.21	India	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	3.96	Australia	2	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
G Geary	27.3	7	70	7	2.54	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
AP Freeman	32.0	12	71	7	2.21	England	2	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
CV Grimmett	49.2	17	83	7	1.68	Australia	3	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
FA Rose	28.0	6	84	7	3.00	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
M Muralidaran	35.0	5	84	7	2.40	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	2.90	India	3	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
SF Barnes	32.0	10	88	7	2.75	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
M Muralidaran	46.5	12	97	7	2.07	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
CV Grimmett	45.0	18	100	7	2.22	Australia	1	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
AP Freeman	32.3	6	115	7	3.53	England	1	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
CV Grimmett	47.0	11	116	7	2.46	Australia	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	3.15	India	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
R Ashwin	46.2	11	145	7	3.12	India	2	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	2 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
AER Gilligan	6.3	4	7	6	1.07	England	2	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
S Haigh	11.4	6	11	6	1.11	England	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
Mohammed Siraj	9.0	3	15	6	1.66	India	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
WJ Whitty	16.0	7	17	6	1.06	Australia	4	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	1.39	England	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
H Ironmonger	15.3	7	18	6	1.16	Australia	3	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	1.77	India	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	1.74	Bangladesh	2	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
FH Tyson	21.3	7	28	6	1.30	England	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
PJ Cummins	18.1	6	28	6	1.54	Australia	2	v South Africa	Lord's	11 Jun 2025	Test # 2585
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	1.61	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	2.28	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
AK Davidson	17.4	4	34	6	1.45	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
CEL Ambrose	24.4	7	34	6	1.37	West Indies	4	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
SK Warne	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	Australia	3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
RJ Kirtley	16.2	7	34	6	2.08	England	4	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
MS Nichols	23.5	9	35	6	1.46	England	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	15 Jun 1935	Test # 242
AV Bedser	22.4	8	37	6	1.63	England	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	3.90	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
FH Tyson	23.0	7	40	6	1.30	England	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
MW Tate	17.0	4	42	6	2.47	England	2	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
D Gough	23.0	6	42	6	1.82	England	4	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
GHT Simpson-Hayward	16.0	3	43	6	2.68	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
WA Johnston	20.1	5	44	6	1.63	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
AN Connolly	28.2	9	47	6	1.65	Australia	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
CEL Ambrose	19.0	4	51	6	2.68	West Indies	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
SF Barnes	22.0	7	52	6	2.36	England	2	v South Africa	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	1.20	India	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
MM Ali	15.0	4	53	6	3.53	England	4	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
JJ Ferris	29.2	11	54	6	2.20	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
Mohammad Abbas	19.3	6	54	6	2.76	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2024	Test # 2572
JC Laker	28.0	8	55	6	1.96	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
JR Reid	35.0	15	60	6	1.71	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
CA Walsh	36.4	13	61	6	1.66	West Indies	3	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
JJ Bumrah	13.5	-	61	6	4.40	India	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
JNT Seales	18.4	4	61	6	3.26	West Indies	3	v South Africa	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
IAR Peebles	38.5	10	63	6	1.62	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
JB Statham	20.0	5	63	6	3.15	England	2	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
C Blythe	32.0	13	68	6	2.12	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
GO Rabone	38.7	10	68	6	1.31	New Zealand	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
A Cotter	20.0	2	69	6	3.45	Australia	2	v South Africa	Sydney	9 Dec 1910	Test # 111
DT Ring	21.0	2	72	6	2.57	Australia	2	v South Africa	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
CV Grimmett	48.0	23	73	6	1.52	Australia	3	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	2.53	India	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
CS Martin	31.0	7	76	6	2.45	New Zealand	1	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
JM Gregory	25.1	4	77	6	3.05	Australia	2	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
Mohammad Rafique	37.2	7	77	6	2.06	Bangladesh	1	v South Africa	Dhaka	1 May 2003	Test # 1642
WS Lees	31.3	7	78	6	2.47	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
Mushtaq Ahmed	37.0	13	78	6	2.10	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Waqar Younis	23.0	6	78	6	3.39	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
PJ Cummins	29.0	5	79	6	2.72	Australia	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Asif Afridi	34.3	6	79	6	2.28	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	20 Oct 2025	Test # 2603
CA Walsh	24.5	6	80	6	3.22	West Indies	1	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
SJ Benn	46.4	13	81	6	1.73	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
SF Barnes	34.0	9	85	6	2.50	England	3	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
GD McGrath	40.4	15	86	6	2.11	Australia	2	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
SK Warne	35.5	9	86	6	2.40	Australia	4	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
M Muralidaran	41.0	8	87	6	2.12	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2025 [Test # 2615 - Live]
>> 132/10 (34.3 ov, SPD Smith 24*, BA Stokes 3/24) - Innings break

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]