Bowling Best Figures Innings IN South Africa

Players IN South Africa

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	1.94	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
SM Pollock	22.3	6	50	6	2.22	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
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
M Muralidaran	9.2	-	23	5	2.46	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
L Klusener	7.1	1	25	5	3.48	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	1	43	5	3.58	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	4.00	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
M Muralidaran	30.0	8	63	5	2.10	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
AA Donald	19.2	4	79	5	4.08	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
AA Donald	15.0	4	27	4	1.80	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
R Telemachus	10.0	-	43	4	4.30	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
Wasim Akram	9.4	1	43	4	4.44	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
PA de Silva	7.5	-	45	4	5.74	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
AA Donald	13.0	3	47	4	3.61	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	1.60	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Waqar Younis	17.4	4	55	4	3.11	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
SM Pollock	26.0	5	83	4	3.19	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
L Klusener	24.0	6	93	4	3.87	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
M Muralidaran	41.0	10	108	4	2.63	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
M Muralidaran	45.0	8	135	4	3.00	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
WJ Cronje	14.3	3	21	3	1.44	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
SM Pollock	8.0	2	21	3	2.62	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
Wasim Akram	7.2	1	24	3	3.27	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
S Elworthy	9.0	1	28	3	3.11	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
M Muralidaran	10.0	-	29	3	2.90	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
L Klusener	10.0	2	31	3	3.10	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
WPUJC Vaas	7.5	-	33	3	4.21	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Apr 1998	ODI # 1315
PR Adams	16.0	8	36	3	2.25	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	47	3	4.70	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Apr 1998	ODI # 1315
UDU Chandana	10.0	1	48	3	4.80	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
Azhar Mahmood	15.0	1	49	3	3.26	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	-	50	3	5.00	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	East London	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1314
Wasim Akram	10.0	1	53	3	5.30	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Kimberley	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1309
Waqar Younis	17.2	1	60	3	3.46	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
AA Donald	20.0	4	64	3	3.20	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Mushtaq Ahmed	27.0	5	66	3	2.44	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
AA Donald	21.3	7	66	3	3.06	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Wasim Akram	26.0	8	70	3	2.69	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
Mushtaq Ahmed	32.0	9	71	3	2.21	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
AA Donald	33.0	10	73	3	2.21	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
GP Wickramasinghe	28.4	7	75	3	2.61	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Waqar Younis	23.0	4	80	3	3.47	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
M Muralidaran	23.5	4	94	3	3.94	Sri Lanka	4	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
ST Jayasuriya	5.0	2	10	2	2.00	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
WJ Cronje	8.0	3	13	2	1.62	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Fazl-e-Akbar	8.0	2	16	2	2.00	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
JH Kallis	6.0	1	16	2	2.66	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
WJ Cronje	10.0	2	17	2	1.70	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	East London	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1314
GP Wickramasinghe	8.0	2	22	2	2.75	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
R Telemachus	8.0	1	23	2	2.87	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
PS de Villiers	12.5	3	25	2	1.94	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
S Elworthy	8.0	-	25	2	3.12	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
PA de Silva	6.0	-	26	2	4.33	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
Azhar Mahmood	10.0	1	27	2	2.70	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
L Klusener	7.5	-	27	2	3.44	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
R Telemachus	10.0	1	31	2	3.10	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	-	33	2	4.71	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
S Elworthy	8.3	1	34	2	4.00	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
ST Jayasuriya	7.0	-	34	2	4.85	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	13 Apr 1998	ODI # 1315
HDPK Dharmasena	10.0	-	35	2	3.50	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Kimberley	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1309
DN Crookes	10.0	1	37	2	3.70	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
R Telemachus	7.0	1	37	2	5.28	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	13 Apr 1998	ODI # 1315
Wasim Akram	10.0	-	39	2	3.90	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
R Telemachus	8.4	-	40	2	4.61	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Durban	3 Apr 1998	ODI # 1303
WPUJC Vaas	11.0	3	41	2	3.72	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Waqar Younis	7.0	-	41	2	5.85	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
WJ Cronje	9.0	-	43	2	4.77	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
Saqlain Mushtaq	12.2	-	47	2	3.81	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
Waqar Younis	10.0	-	47	2	4.70	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	East London	11 Apr 1998	ODI # 1314
SM Pollock	24.1	10	55	2	2.27	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
SM Pollock	18.0	3	55	2	3.05	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
KR Pushpakumara	8.0	-	56	2	7.00	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Kimberley	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1309
JH Kallis	18.0	7	58	2	3.22	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
M Ntini	22.5	7	61	2	2.67	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
PR Adams	20.0	2	62	2	3.10	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
L Klusener	18.0	3	67	2	3.72	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
WPUJC Vaas	21.0	2	75	2	3.57	Sri Lanka	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
SM Pollock	23.0	3	77	2	3.34	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
Waqar Younis	10.0	-	86	2	8.60	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
AA Donald	23.0	4	89	2	3.86	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1998	Test # 1400
PR Adams	27.0	3	90	2	3.33	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
PL Symcox	2.0	-	2	1	1.00	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
AA Donald	6.0	-	12	1	2.00	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
Fazl-e-Akbar	5.0	2	16	1	3.20	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Abdul Razzaq	5.0	-	16	1	3.20	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
M Ntini	5.3	-	17	1	3.09	South Africa	4	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
WJ Cronje	6.0	1	17	1	2.83	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
HDPK Dharmasena	5.0	-	18	1	3.60	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
UDU Chandana	4.0	-	19	1	4.75	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
Azhar Mahmood	5.0	1	19	1	3.80	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
AA Donald	10.0	3	20	1	2.00	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
AA Donald	8.0	-	22	1	2.75	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
GP Wickramasinghe	7.0	-	23	1	3.28	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
MJR Rindel	7.0	-	23	1	3.28	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
WJ Cronje	6.0	1	23	1	3.83	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1321
PR Adams	7.0	1	25	1	3.57	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
Mohammad Hussain	5.0	-	25	1	5.00	Pakistan	2	v Sri Lanka	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
Wasim Akram	8.0	-	26	1	3.25	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Centurion	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1318
DNT Zoysa	12.0	2	29	1	2.41	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414

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