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South Africa vs other countries T20Is Bowling Records - Best Figures in a Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings
Player
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Team
Inns
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
Umar Gul
2.20652.57Pakistan2v South AfricaCenturion3 Mar 2013T20I # 306
Kuldeep Yadav
2.501756.00India2v South AfricaJohannesburg14 Dec 2023T20I # 2401
CV Varun
4.001754.25India2v South AfricaGqeberha10 Nov 2024T20I # 2942
Ahsan Malik
4.001954.75Netherlands1v South AfricaChattogram27 Mar 2014T20I # 386
B Kumar
4.002456.00India2v South AfricaJohannesburg18 Feb 2018T20I # 652
AC Agar
4.002456.00Australia2v South AfricaJohannesburg21 Feb 2020T20I # 1046
AS Joseph
4.0040510.00West Indies2v South AfricaJohannesburg28 Mar 2023T20I # 2036
RP Singh
4.001343.25India2v South AfricaDurban20 Sep 2007T20I # 43
B Kumar
4.001343.25India2v South AfricaCuttack12 Jun 2022T20I # 1569
Abdur Razzak
3.001645.33Bangladesh1v South AfricaJohannesburg5 Nov 2008T20I # 77
Avesh Khan
4.001844.50India2v South AfricaRajkot17 Jun 2022T20I # 1572
DJ Bravo
4.001944.75West Indies2v South AfricaSt George's1 Jul 2021T20I # 1180
K Bhurtel
4.001944.75Nepal1v South AfricaKingstown14 Jun 2024T20I # 2681
OC McCoy
4.002245.50West Indies1v South AfricaSt George's29 Jun 2021T20I # 1179
PADLR Sandakan
4.002345.75Sri Lanka1v South AfricaJohannesburg22 Jan 2017T20I # 590
Faheem Ashraf
3.202346.90Pakistan1v South AfricaLahore31 Oct 2025T20I # 3546
HV Patel
3.102547.89India2v South AfricaVisakhapatnam14 Jun 2022T20I # 1571
Saeed Ajmal
4.002646.50Pakistan2v South AfricaGros Islet10 May 2010T20I # 171
T Sangha
4.003147.75Australia2v South AfricaDurban30 Aug 2023T20I # 2224
SA Abbott
4.013147.75Australia1v South AfricaDurban3 Sep 2023T20I # 2230
MR Adair
4.003147.75Ireland2v South AfricaAbu Dhabi29 Sep 2024T20I # 2876
CV Varun
4.0053413.25India2v South AfricaAhmedabad19 Dec 2025T20I # 3645
JE Taylor
3.01632.00West Indies1v South AfricaGqeberha16 Dec 2007T20I # 50
BD Glover
2.00934.50Netherlands2v South AfricaAdelaide6 Nov 2022T20I # 1871
RL Chase
3.001234.00West Indies2v South AfricaNorth Sound23 Jun 2024T20I # 2720
I Udana
2.301335.20Sri Lanka1v South AfricaJohannesburg22 Jan 2017T20I # 590
JE Taylor
4.011433.50West Indies1v South AfricaNorth Sound20 May 2010T20I # 179
SMSM Senanayake
4.001433.50Sri Lanka1v South AfricaColombo (RPS)2 Aug 2013T20I # 323
Shaheen Shah Afridi
3.001434.66Pakistan2v South AfricaSydney3 Nov 2022T20I # 1861
Salman Mirza
4.001433.50Pakistan1v South AfricaLahore31 Oct 2025T20I # 3546
R Shepherd
4.001533.75West Indies2v South AfricaTarouba25 Aug 2024T20I # 2811
AC Agar
4.001634.00Australia2v South AfricaCape Town26 Feb 2020T20I # 1065
Faheem Ashraf
4.001734.25Pakistan1v South AfricaCenturion16 Apr 2021T20I # 1148
G Motie
2.001738.50West Indies2v South AfricaJohannesburg31 Jan 2026T20I # 3680
MP Stoinis
3.001836.00Australia2v South AfricaDurban30 Aug 2023T20I # 2224
Tanzim Hasan Sakib
4.001834.50Bangladesh1v South AfricaNew York10 Jun 2024T20I # 2664
PADLR Sandakan
4.011934.75Sri Lanka1v South AfricaColombo (RPS)14 Aug 2018T20I # 695
JS Patel
4.002035.00New Zealand1v South AfricaJohannesburg21 Oct 2005T20I # 3
NJ Astle
4.002035.00New Zealand1v South AfricaJohannesburg21 Oct 2005T20I # 3
XJ Doherty
4.002035.00Australia1v South AfricaColombo (RPS)30 Sep 2012T20I # 281
PW Hasaranga
4.002035.00Sri Lanka2v South AfricaSharjah30 Oct 2021T20I # 1378
YS Chahal
4.002035.00India2v South AfricaVisakhapatnam14 Jun 2022T20I # 1571
HH Pandya
3.002036.66India2v South AfricaBridgetown29 Jun 2024T20I # 2729
Arshdeep Singh
3.002036.66India2v South AfricaJohannesburg15 Nov 2024T20I # 2952
JA Duffy
4.002035.00New Zealand2v South AfricaHarare16 Jul 2025T20I # 3317
DJG Sammy
4.002135.25West Indies2v South AfricaJohannesburg18 Jan 2008T20I # 51
Hamid Hassan
4.002135.25Afghanistan1v South AfricaBridgetown5 May 2010T20I # 162
DS Airee
4.002135.25Nepal1v South AfricaKingstown14 Jun 2024T20I # 2681
Z Khan
4.002235.50India2v South AfricaColombo (RPS)2 Oct 2012T20I # 286
R Ashwin
4.002235.50India1v South AfricaMirpur4 Apr 2014T20I # 399
SA Abbott
4.002235.50Australia1v South AfricaDurban1 Sep 2023T20I # 2228
G Motie
4.002235.50West Indies2v South AfricaKingston25 May 2024T20I # 2626
Shaheen Shah Afridi
4.002235.50Pakistan1v South AfricaDurban10 Dec 2024T20I # 3026
RJ Sidebottom
4.002335.75England2v South AfricaBridgetown8 May 2010T20I # 168
CJ Jordan
4.002335.75England2v South AfricaCape Town19 Feb 2016T20I # 503
MA Starc
2.302339.20Australia2v South AfricaCape Town26 Feb 2020T20I # 1065
GP Swann
4.002436.00England2v South AfricaBridgetown8 May 2010T20I # 168
R Ashwin
4.002436.00India2v South AfricaCuttack5 Oct 2015T20I # 457
DJ Hussey
4.002536.25Australia2v South AfricaMelbourne11 Jan 2009T20I # 80
PJ Cummins
4.002536.25Australia1v South AfricaCape Town13 Oct 2011T20I # 210
Mohammad Hafeez
3.002538.33Pakistan2v South AfricaCenturion3 Mar 2013T20I # 306
Saeed Ajmal
4.002536.25Pakistan1v South AfricaDubai (DICS)15 Nov 2013T20I # 336
JP Faulkner
4.002536.25Australia1v South AfricaMelbourne7 Nov 2014T20I # 408
OC McCoy
4.002536.25West Indies1v South AfricaSt George's27 Jun 2021T20I # 1178
DJ Bravo
4.002536.25West Indies1v South AfricaSt George's29 Jun 2021T20I # 1179
DJ Willey
4.012536.25England1v South AfricaSouthampton31 Jul 2022T20I # 1717
NT Ellis
4.012536.25Australia1v South AfricaDurban1 Sep 2023T20I # 2228
G Motie
4.002536.25West Indies2v South AfricaKingston23 May 2024T20I # 2617
GI Hume
4.002536.25Ireland2v South AfricaAbu Dhabi29 Sep 2024T20I # 2876
CV Varun
4.002536.25India2v South AfricaDurban8 Nov 2024T20I # 2938
JC Archer
3.002538.33England2v South AfricaManchester12 Sep 2025T20I # 3450
BJ Dwarshuis
4.002636.50Australia2v South AfricaDarwin10 Aug 2025T20I # 3403
Mohammad Nawaz
4.002636.50Pakistan1v South AfricaRawalpindi28 Oct 2025T20I # 3535
Shaheen Shah Afridi
4.002636.50Pakistan1v South AfricaLahore1 Nov 2025T20I # 3549
Mohammad Amir
4.002736.75Pakistan2v South AfricaCenturion6 Feb 2019T20I # 736
MW Forde
2.502739.52West Indies2v South AfricaKingston23 May 2024T20I # 2617
MW Forde
4.002736.75West Indies1v South AfricaTarouba23 Aug 2024T20I # 2797
JR Hazlewood
4.002736.75Australia2v South AfricaDarwin10 Aug 2025T20I # 3403
TG Southee
4.002837.00New Zealand1v South AfricaWellington17 Feb 2012T20I # 221
Shahid Afridi
4.002837.00Pakistan2v South AfricaCape Town22 Nov 2013T20I # 343
JP Faulkner
4.002837.00Australia1v South AfricaSydney9 Nov 2014T20I # 409
JP Faulkner
4.002837.00Australia1v South AfricaJohannesburg6 Mar 2016T20I # 520
SM Curran
4.002837.00England1v South AfricaCape Town27 Nov 2020T20I # 1109
Ravi Bishnoi
4.002837.00India2v South AfricaDurban8 Nov 2024T20I # 2938
R Trumpelmann
4.002837.00Namibia1v South AfricaWindhoek11 Oct 2025T20I # 3514
NM Coulter-Nile
4.002937.25Australia2v South AfricaDurban4 Mar 2016T20I # 519
JE Taylor
4.003037.50West Indies1v South AfricaThe Oval13 Jun 2009T20I # 106
CJ Jordan
4.003137.75England2v South AfricaCardiff25 Jun 2017T20I # 616
Usman Shinwari
4.003137.75Pakistan1v South AfricaCape Town1 Feb 2019T20I # 732
S Joseph
4.003137.75West Indies2v South AfricaTarouba25 Aug 2024T20I # 2811
NT Ellis
4.003137.75Australia1v South AfricaCairns16 Aug 2025T20I # 3407
Arshdeep Singh
4.003238.00India1v South AfricaThiruvananthapuram28 Sep 2022T20I # 1800
DAJ Bracewell
3.0033311.00New Zealand1v South AfricaEast London23 Dec 2012T20I # 295
TK Curran
4.003338.25England1v South AfricaTaunton23 Jun 2017T20I # 615
MJ Henry
3.2034310.20New Zealand2v South AfricaHarare16 Jul 2025T20I # 3317
R Ngarava
4.003538.75Zimbabwe2v South AfricaHarare14 Jul 2025T20I # 3316
SCJ Broad
4.003739.25England1v South AfricaCape Town16 Sep 2007T20I # 34
L Balaji
3.503739.65India2v South AfricaColombo (RPS)2 Oct 2012T20I # 286
KM Jarvis
4.003739.25Zimbabwe1v South AfricaEast London9 Oct 2018T20I # 698
Arshdeep Singh
4.003739.25India2v South AfricaCenturion13 Nov 2024T20I # 2947
Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years
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:

England vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 3rd T20I, Feb 3, 2026 [T20I # 3683]

Sri Lanka vs England at Pallekele, England in Sri Lanka 2nd T20I, Feb 1, 2026 [T20I # 3682]

Pakistan vs Australia at Lahore, Australia in Pakistan 3rd T20I, Feb 1, 2026 [T20I # 3681]