Fielding Most Catches Match

South Africa vs other countries Tests Fielding Records - Most Catches in a Match

Most catches in a match

Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Ct Fi	Match Date	Scorecard
VY Richardson	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	6	28 Feb 1936	Test # 251
Taufeeq Umar	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	6	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
SPD Smith	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	6	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
BA Stokes	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	6	3 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
OJ Pope	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
JM Gregory	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	5	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
WR Hammond	England	v South Africa	Durban	5	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
JT Ikin	England	v South Africa	Manchester	5	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
BC Lara	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	5	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
CL Hooper	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5	10 Dec 1998	Test # 1433
RT Ponting	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	5	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
DPMD Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	5	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
AN Cook	England	v South Africa	Leeds	5	2 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
C Green	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	5	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2482
Agha Salman	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	5	12 Oct 2025	Test # 2602
SMJ Woods	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	21 Mar 1896	Test # 49
FE Woolley	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	26 Feb 1910	Test # 108
CAG Russell	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
WR Hammond	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
APF Chapman	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	21 Feb 1931	Test # 207
WJ Edrich	England	v South Africa	Lord's	4	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
DCS Compton	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
JT Ikin	England	v South Africa	Lord's	4	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
GB Hole	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	4	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
GB Hole	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	4	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
DJ Insole	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
R Benaud	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
PGZ Harris	New Zealand	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
GT Dowling	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	4	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
MJK Smith	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571
MJK Smith	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
HP Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Moratuwa	4	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
MD Crowe	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
MA Taylor	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	4	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
SK Warne	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	4	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
ME Waugh	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
ME Trescothick	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	4	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
V Sehwag	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Younis Khan	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	4	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
Younis Khan	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	4	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
PD Collingwood	England	v South Africa	Centurion	4	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MG Johnson	Australia	v South Africa	W.A.C.A	4	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
AM Rahane	India	v South Africa	Mohali	4	5 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
JDS Neesham	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	4	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
BA Stokes	England	v South Africa	The Oval	4	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
BA Stokes	England	v South Africa	Manchester	4	4 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
M Vijay	India	v South Africa	Centurion	4	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
PSP Handscomb	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
AD Mathews	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	4	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
BA Stokes	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
JO Holder	West Indies	v South Africa	Gros Islet	4	18 Jun 2021	Test # 2426
YBK Jaiswal	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	4	3 Jan 2024	Test # 2522
G Ulyett	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
R Abel	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
GA Lohmann	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	2 Mar 1896	Test # 48
D Denton	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
JN Crawford	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	30 Mar 1906	Test # 92
C Kelleway	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	3	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
WW Armstrong	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	3	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
FR Foster	England	v South Africa	The Oval	3	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
FE Woolley	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	13 Dec 1913	Test # 130
W Rhodes	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
MC Bird	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3	27 Feb 1914	Test # 134
HSTL Hendry	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	3	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
PGH Fender	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
AS Kennedy	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
FE Woolley	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
PGH Fender	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
WR Hammond	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
SJ McCabe	Australia	v South Africa	Brisbane	3	27 Nov 1931	Test # 212
SJ McCabe	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	3	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
LJ Nash	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	3	12 Feb 1932	Test # 216
WR Hammond	England	v South Africa	Leeds	3	13 Jul 1935	Test # 244
L Hutton	England	v South Africa	Manchester	3	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
DCS Compton	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
AL Hassett	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
JT Ikin	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	3	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
FR Brown	England	v South Africa	Lord's	3	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
L Hutton	England	v South Africa	The Oval	3	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
JR Reid	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
PBH May	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	3	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
TW Graveney	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	3	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
MC Cowdrey	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
MC Cowdrey	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
RB Simpson	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
RB Simpson	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
RB Simpson	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
RB Simpson	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
JW Martin	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	3	1 Jan 1964	Test # 549
BW Sinclair	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	3	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
ER Dexter	England	v South Africa	Durban	3	4 Dec 1964	Test # 571
KF Barrington	England	v South Africa	Lord's	3	22 Jul 1965	Test # 594
MC Cowdrey	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	3	5 Aug 1965	Test # 595
RB Simpson	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
IM Chappell	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	3	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
RB Simpson	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
IM Chappell	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
WM Lawry	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
J Srinath	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	3	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
ME Waugh	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	3	2 Jan 1994	Test # 1243

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Figures exclude catches not 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]