Bowling Best Figures Match

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

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
SF Barnes	65.3	16	159	17	2.42	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
J Briggs	33.3x4	16	28	15	1.24	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
GA Lohmann	25.3x5	11	45	15	2.10	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
C Blythe	38.3	10	99	15	2.57	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
SF Barnes	61.5	17	144	14	2.32	England	v South Africa	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
CV Grimmett	96.2	28	199	14	2.06	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932	Test # 215
SF Barnes	37.4	14	57	13	1.51	England	v South Africa	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
JJ Ferris	54.2x5	27	91	13	2.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
M Muralidaran	76.0	13	171	13	2.25	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
CV Grimmett	93.0	41	173	13	1.86	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
GA Lohmann	31.2x5	10	71	12	2.71	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
JH Wardle	42.6x8	12	89	12	1.56	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
R Ashwin	46.0	13	98	12	2.13	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
R Tattersall	60.2	24	101	12	1.67	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
AV Bedser	56.5	18	112	12	1.97	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
MG Johnson	33.1	4	127	12	3.82	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
SK Warne	69.0	25	128	12	1.85	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
G Geary	54.3	16	130	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
AP Freeman	71.4	25	171	12	2.38	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
MJ Hoggard	52.3	7	205	12	3.90	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
M Muralidaran	80.4	14	225	12	2.78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
H Ironmonger	22.5	12	24	11	1.05	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
AER Gilligan	34.3	10	90	11	2.60	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
JB Statham	41.0	11	97	11	2.36	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1960	Test # 493
SK Warne	53.1	17	109	11	2.05	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
SF Barnes	47.0	12	110	11	2.34	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
C Blythe	60.5	23	118	11	1.93	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
MG Johnson	58.2	9	159	11	2.72	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
M Muralidaran	68.3	17	161	11	2.35	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
CS Martin	54.0	12	180	11	3.33	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
MDK Perera	37.0	12	78	10	2.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
CV Grimmett	53.4	21	88	10	1.63	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936	Test # 249
C Blythe	48.0	18	104	10	2.16	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
SF Barnes	44.4	12	105	10	2.35	England	v South Africa	Durban	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
CV Grimmett	46.3	15	110	10	2.36	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1936	Test # 250
MM Ali	35.0	11	112	10	3.20	England	v South Africa	Lord's	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Hasan Ali	31.4	4	114	10	3.60	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
SF Barnes	43.2	12	115	10	2.65	England	v South Africa	Leeds	8 Jul 1912	Test # 124
JC Laker	65.0	20	119	10	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
ARC Fraser	54.3	13	122	10	2.23	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
Waqar Younis	40.4	10	133	10	3.27	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
DE Malcolm	41.3	7	138	10	3.32	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1994	Test # 1266
Saeed Ajmal	60.1	11	147	10	2.44	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	3.47	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
M Muralidaran	82.2	17	172	10	2.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
DVP Wright	71.2	16	175	10	2.45	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
Noman Ali	63.0	7	191	10	3.03	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	12 Oct 2025	Test # 2602
AP Freeman	67.3	13	207	10	3.06	England	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
MJ Henry	26.0	11	55	9	2.11	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	17 Feb 2022	Test # 2450
JV Saunders	20.0	3	66	9	3.30	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
AK Davidson	46.1x8	14	82	9	1.33	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
H Ironmonger	77.0	45	86	9	1.11	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
JB Statham	56.0	21	88	9	1.57	England	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
SR Clark	33.0	10	89	9	2.69	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
W O'Rourke	32.1	8	93	9	2.89	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	13 Feb 2024	Test # 2529
Shahadat Hossain	34.3	8	97	9	2.81	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
WJ Whitty	45.0	13	98	9	2.17	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
S Haigh	38.4x5	10	99	9	3.06	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
WP Howell	43.0	12	99	9	2.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Nov 1902	Test # 77
D Gough	47.3	13	100	9	2.10	England	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
MA Wood	30.4	5	100	9	3.26	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
FS Trueman	36.3	9	104	9	2.84	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jul 1960	Test # 494
MW Tate	47.0	10	106	9	2.25	England	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
JNT Seales	32.4	7	106	9	3.24	West Indies	v South Africa	Providence	15 Aug 2024	Test # 2543
MA Starc	28.4	5	109	9	3.80	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	1 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
AE Trott	63.2x5	27	110	9	2.08	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
HMRKB Herath	90.0	47	111	9	1.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
HMRKB Herath	50.3	14	128	9	2.53	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
Harbhajan Singh	51.3	9	141	9	2.73	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
PJ Cummins	46.5	10	141	9	3.01	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
R Benaud	56.0x8	12	144	9	1.92	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
Mushtaq Ahmed	69.0	22	149	9	2.15	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
R Benaud	61.2x8	8	154	9	1.88	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
AV Bedser	85.4	26	159	9	1.85	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
DG Cork	63.3	13	162	9	2.55	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
WS Lees	57.3	13	163	9	2.83	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
GP Swann	56.0	6	164	9	2.92	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
Taijul Islam	65.0	12	202	9	3.10	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Gqeberha	8 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
GD McGrath	26.3	10	49	8	1.84	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
TE Bailey	30.4x8	11	53	8	1.30	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
WA Johnston	32.1x8	9	65	8	1.51	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
J Srinath	31.0	11	68	8	2.19	India	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996	Test # 1338
FR Foster	40.1	17	70	8	1.74	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
CV Grimmett	44.3	19	72	8	1.61	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	18 Dec 1931	Test # 213
RA Jadeja	29.5	4	76	8	2.54	India	v South Africa	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
FH Tyson	40.0x8	13	78	8	1.46	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
FH Tyson	45.3	12	79	8	1.73	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
CEL Ambrose	36.0	10	79	8	2.19	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
CEL Ambrose	60.4	26	81	8	1.33	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
JJ Bumrah	21.5	1	86	8	3.93	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
GA Lohmann	47.0x5	17	87	8	2.22	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
AE Trott	31.2x5	10	88	8	3.36	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Apr 1899	Test # 59
R Ashwin	38.0	10	90	8	2.36	India	v South Africa	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
ARC Fraser	48.0	17	92	8	1.91	England	v South Africa	Leeds	6 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
S Sreesanth	35.0	11	99	8	2.82	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
SCJ Broad	34.1	11	99	8	2.89	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
GAR Lock	55.0	25	101	8	1.83	England	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
GHT Simpson-Hayward	40.0	6	102	8	2.55	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
JN Gillespie	41.0	14	103	8	2.51	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
W Voce	53.2	19	104	8	1.95	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1930	Test # 200

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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
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]