Fielding Most Catches Innings

South Africa vs other countries Tests Fielding Records - Most Catches in an Innings

Most catches in an innings

Player	Ct Fi	Innings in match	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
VY Richardson	5	3	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
SPD Smith	5	1	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
BA Stokes	5	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
GB Hole	4	3	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
CL Hooper	4	1	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
Taufeeq Umar	4	1	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
PD Collingwood	4	1	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MG Johnson	4	3	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
R Abel	3	1	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
G Ulyett	3	3	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
SMJ Woods	3	1	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
JN Crawford	3	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
FE Woolley	3	1	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
C Kelleway	3	4	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
MC Bird	3	1	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
JM Gregory	3	2	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
HSTL Hendry	3	2	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
FE Woolley	3	2	England	v South Africa	Durban	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
CAG Russell	3	2	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
WR Hammond	3	4	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
WR Hammond	3	4	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
APF Chapman	3	3	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Feb 1931	Test # 207
WR Hammond	3	2	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
WJ Edrich	3	3	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
JT Ikin	3	1	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
GB Hole	3	2	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
MC Cowdrey	3	2	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
DJ Insole	3	4	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
RB Simpson	3	3	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
PGZ Harris	3	4	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
GT Dowling	3	2	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
JW Martin	3	3	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	Test # 549
RB Simpson	3	3	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
IM Chappell	3	1	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
BC Lara	3	2	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
MD Crowe	3	2	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
Ijaz Ahmed	3	2	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
MA Taylor	3	4	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
MA Taylor	3	1	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
SK Warne	3	1	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
CB Lambert	3	3	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
D Ganga	3	3	West Indies	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Jan 1999	Test # 1441
CJ Adams	3	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
MP Vaughan	3	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
VVS Laxman	3	2	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
W Jaffer	3	2	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	2 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
DPMD Jayawardene	3	1	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000	Test # 1505
RT Ponting	3	4	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
ME Waugh	3	1	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
DJ Bravo	3	2	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
ML Hayden	3	1	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
Younis Khan	3	2	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
PD Collingwood	3	3	England	v South Africa	The Oval	7 Aug 2008	Test # 1885
JJ Krejza	3	2	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
CA Pujara	3	1	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
DPMD Jayawardene	3	2	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
LRPL Taylor	3	1	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	7 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
AN Cook	3	1	England	v South Africa	Leeds	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
JS Patel	3	1	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
V Sibanda	3	2	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	9 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
AM Rahane	3	4	India	v South Africa	Mohali	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
JDS Neesham	3	2	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
TWM Latham	3	1	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017	Test # 2257
BA Stokes	3	4	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
AD Mathews	3	2	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
BKG Mendis	3	3	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
JE Root	3	1	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
OJ Pope	3	2	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
OJ Pope	3	3	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
BKG Mendis	3	2	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
Abid Ali	3	3	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	26 Jan 2021	Test # 2406
Imran Butt	3	4	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	4 Feb 2021	Test # 2408
JO Holder	3	3	West Indies	v South Africa	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
DJ Mitchell	3	1	New Zealand	v South Africa	Christchurch	25 Feb 2022	Test # 2451
C Green	3	1	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
YBK Jaiswal	3	1	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
BJ Bennett	3	1	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	28 Jun 2025	Test # 2590
Agha Salman	3	4	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	12 Oct 2025	Test # 2602
YBK Jaiswal	3	1	India	v South Africa	Guwahati	22 Nov 2025	Test # 2609
TW Hayward	2	4	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Feb 1896	Test # 47
GA Lohmann	2	2	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
GA Lohmann	2	1	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
Lord Hawke	2	3	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
WR Cuttell	2	4	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
AJY Hopkins	2	1	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902	Test # 75
E Jones	2	1	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902	Test # 75
VT Trumper	2	2	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Oct 1902	Test # 76
D Denton	2	2	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	6 Mar 1906	Test # 89
S Haigh	2	1	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
D Denton	2	3	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
S Haigh	2	3	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	24 Mar 1906	Test # 91
LJ Moon	2	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
RE Foster	2	4	England	v South Africa	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
GL Jessop	2	2	England	v South Africa	The Oval	19 Aug 1907	Test # 95
W Rhodes	2	3	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1910	Test # 106
W Rhodes	2	3	England	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1910	Test # 107
W Rhodes	2	1	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
GJ Thompson	2	3	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
D Denton	2	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
W Rhodes	2	2	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110

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Figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper
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 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

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]