Bowling Best Figures Innings - South Africa

Players - 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
A Nel	8.0	2	11	5	1.37	Sth Africans	1	v Zimbabwe A	Bulawayo	21 Sep 2001	List A
N Boje	6.3	-	21	5	3.23	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
M Ntini	10.0	-	31	5	3.10	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	6 Feb 2002	ODI # 1804
SM Pollock	9.5	1	37	5	3.76	South Africa	1	v India	Centurion	10 Oct 2001	ODI # 1757
CW Henderson	9.1	1	17	4	1.85	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
CK Langeveldt	9.3	-	21	4	2.21	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
N Boje	10.0	-	31	4	3.10	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Jan 2002	ODI # 1797
SM Pollock	10.0	1	32	4	3.20	South Africa	1	v Australia	Centurion	24 Mar 2002	ODI # 1820
M Ntini	10.0	1	33	4	3.30	South Africa	2	v Australia	Potchefstroom	27 Mar 2002	ODI # 1821
JM Kemp	6.2	-	20	3	3.15	South Africa	1	v India	Durban	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1766
JH Kallis	5.1	-	23	3	4.45	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Sydney	8 Feb 2002	ODI # 1805
M Ntini	10.0	2	24	3	2.40	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Mar 2002	ODI # 1819
SM Pollock	9.0	1	25	3	2.77	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Jan 2002	ODI # 1784
SM Pollock	6.0	-	28	3	4.66	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
AA Donald	8.0	-	29	3	3.62	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Sydney	8 Feb 2002	ODI # 1805
JH Kallis	9.5	1	30	3	3.05	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Jan 2002	ODI # 1784
AA Donald	10.0	1	40	3	4.00	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Hobart	15 Jan 2002	ODI # 1785
SM Pollock	10.0	-	41	3	4.10	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Kimberley	14 Oct 2001	ODI # 1760
A Nel	7.4	-	45	3	5.86	South Africa	2	v India	East London	19 Oct 2001	ODI # 1762
JM Kemp	7.0	2	14	2	2.00	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
SM Pollock	10.0	1	19	2	1.90	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Benoni	7 Oct 2001	ODI # 1755
SM Pollock	9.0	1	19	2	2.11	South Africa	1	v India	Durban	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1766
M Ntini	8.0	1	21	2	2.62	Sth Africans	1	v Zimbabwe A	Bulawayo	21 Sep 2001	List A
M Ntini	10.0	1	23	2	2.30	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 2002	ODI # 1801
SM Pollock	8.0	-	24	2	3.00	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Jan 2002	ODI # 1797
M Ntini	10.0	3	25	2	2.50	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Benoni	7 Oct 2001	ODI # 1755
L Klusener	7.0	-	27	2	3.85	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	6 Feb 2002	ODI # 1804
SM Pollock	9.1	2	29	2	3.16	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	19 Jan 2002	ODI # 1787
L Klusener	7.0	-	30	2	4.28	South Africa	1	v India	Centurion	10 Oct 2001	ODI # 1757
L Klusener	7.0	-	30	2	4.28	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Sydney	8 Feb 2002	ODI # 1805
CW Henderson	10.0	1	34	2	3.40	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Sep 2001	ODI # 1750
AA Donald	10.0	2	35	2	3.50	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 2002	ODI # 1801
M Ntini	10.0	-	36	2	3.60	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Hobart	15 Jan 2002	ODI # 1785
AA Donald	10.0	-	37	2	3.70	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Jan 2002	ODI # 1797
N Boje	8.0	-	37	2	4.62	South Africa	1	v Australia	Centurion	24 Mar 2002	ODI # 1820
M Hayward	10.0	-	38	2	3.80	South Africa	1	v India	Durban	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1766
N Boje	10.0	-	38	2	3.80	South Africa	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Feb 2002	ODI # 1802
M Ntini	10.0	-	42	2	4.20	South Africa	1	v India	Centurion	10 Oct 2001	ODI # 1757
R Telemachus	10.0	-	42	2	4.20	South Africa	1	v Australia	Centurion	24 Mar 2002	ODI # 1820
L Klusener	8.0	-	44	2	5.50	South Africa	2	v India	East London	19 Oct 2001	ODI # 1762
CK Langeveldt	10.0	-	45	2	4.50	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Kimberley	14 Oct 2001	ODI # 1760
JH Kallis	9.1	1	45	2	4.90	Sth Africans	2	v Australia A	Adelaide	10 Jan 2002	List A
R Telemachus	7.0	-	45	2	6.42	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Mar 2002	ODI # 1819
JH Kallis	10.0	-	48	2	4.80	South Africa	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	22 Mar 2002	ODI # 1819
R Telemachus	10.0	-	48	2	4.80	South Africa	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	6 Apr 2002	ODI # 1824
JM Kemp	10.0	-	50	2	5.00	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Hobart	15 Jan 2002	ODI # 1785
S Elworthy	10.0	1	53	2	5.30	South Africa	1	v Australia	Brisbane	20 Jan 2002	ODI # 1789
SM Pollock	10.0	1	55	2	5.50	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 2002	ODI # 1801
L Klusener	10.0	-	56	2	5.60	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Hobart	15 Jan 2002	ODI # 1785
JH Kallis	10.0	-	57	2	5.70	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	19 Jan 2002	ODI # 1787
M Ntini	10.0	1	58	2	5.80	South Africa	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Feb 2002	ODI # 1802
SM Pollock	10.0	-	59	2	5.90	South Africa	1	v Australia	Bloemfontein	30 Mar 2002	ODI # 1822
JH Kallis	10.0	-	59	2	5.90	South Africa	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	6 Apr 2002	ODI # 1824
R Telemachus	10.0	-	60	2	6.00	South Africa	1	v Australia	Bloemfontein	30 Mar 2002	ODI # 1822
SM Pollock	6.0	1	10	1	1.66	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
SM Pollock	6.0	1	13	1	2.16	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
L Klusener	8.0	3	15	1	1.87	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
JH Kallis	6.0	-	18	1	3.00	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Jan 2002	ODI # 1797
M Ntini	6.0	-	19	1	3.16	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
M Hayward	6.0	-	19	1	3.16	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
L Klusener	5.0	-	19	1	3.80	South Africa	1	v India	Durban	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1766
N Boje	8.0	-	19	1	2.37	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 2002	ODI # 1801
M Ntini	6.0	-	20	1	3.33	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Kimberley	14 Oct 2001	ODI # 1760
SM Pollock	6.3	-	22	1	3.38	Sth Africans	1	v Zimbabwe A	Bulawayo	21 Sep 2001	List A
CK Langeveldt	8.0	1	24	1	3.00	Sth Africans	1	v Zimbabwe A	Bulawayo	21 Sep 2001	List A
JH Kallis	5.0	-	24	1	4.80	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Sep 2001	ODI # 1749
A Nel	10.0	2	24	1	2.40	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Benoni	7 Oct 2001	ODI # 1755
JH Kallis	5.0	1	24	1	4.80	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
SM Pollock	6.0	2	24	1	4.00	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Sydney	8 Feb 2002	ODI # 1805
GC Smith	4.0	-	24	1	6.00	South Africa	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	6 Apr 2002	ODI # 1824
JH Kallis	6.0	1	25	1	4.16	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Benoni	7 Oct 2001	ODI # 1755
L Klusener	7.0	-	26	1	3.71	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Benoni	7 Oct 2001	ODI # 1755
N Boje	5.0	-	26	1	5.20	South Africa	2	v India	East London	19 Oct 2001	ODI # 1762
A Nel	8.0	1	27	1	3.37	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	23 Sep 2001	ODI # 1748
L Klusener	2.4	-	28	1	10.50	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1791
JM Kemp	9.0	2	30	1	3.33	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Sep 2001	ODI # 1750
N Boje	10.0	2	30	1	3.00	South Africa	1	v Kenya	Kimberley	14 Oct 2001	ODI # 1760
SM Pollock	9.0	-	30	1	3.33	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	6 Feb 2002	ODI # 1804
M Ntini	9.2	1	32	1	3.42	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Adelaide	27 Jan 2002	ODI # 1797
SM Pollock	9.0	-	33	1	3.66	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	23 Sep 2001	ODI # 1748
JL Ontong	8.0	1	33	1	4.12	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Sep 2001	ODI # 1750
L Klusener	7.0	-	33	1	4.71	South Africa	1	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Jan 2002	ODI # 1784
L Klusener	9.0	-	35	1	3.88	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	30 Sep 2001	ODI # 1750
CK Langeveldt	8.0	-	35	1	4.37	Sth Africans	2	v Australia A	Adelaide	10 Jan 2002	List A
R Telemachus	6.0	-	35	1	5.83	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
SM Pollock	7.0	-	36	1	5.14	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	22 Jan 2002	ODI # 1791
N Boje	7.0	-	36	1	5.14	South Africa	1	v Australia	Bloemfontein	30 Mar 2002	ODI # 1822
M Ntini	10.0	1	37	1	3.70	Sth Africans	2	v Australia A	Adelaide	10 Jan 2002	List A
JM Kemp	6.0	-	40	1	6.66	South Africa	1	v India	Johannesburg	5 Oct 2001	ODI # 1752
JH Kallis	6.0	-	40	1	6.66	South Africa	2	v Australia	Cape Town	9 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
N Boje	10.0	-	42	1	4.20	South Africa	2	v Kenya	Cape Town	22 Oct 2001	ODI # 1763
N Boje	10.0	-	43	1	4.30	South Africa	1	v Australia	Brisbane	20 Jan 2002	ODI # 1789
CW Henderson	10.0	-	44	1	4.40	South Africa	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	23 Sep 2001	ODI # 1748
JH Kallis	8.0	-	44	1	5.50	South Africa	2	v India	East London	19 Oct 2001	ODI # 1762
JH Kallis	10.0	1	44	1	4.40	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	1 Feb 2002	ODI # 1801
SM Pollock	9.0	-	44	1	4.88	South Africa	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	3 Feb 2002	ODI # 1802
JH Kallis	8.0	-	45	1	5.62	South Africa	1	v India	Johannesburg	5 Oct 2001	ODI # 1752
M Ntini	10.0	-	45	1	4.50	South Africa	1	v India	Durban	26 Oct 2001	ODI # 1766
M Ntini	7.0	2	45	1	6.42	South Africa	1	v New Zealand	Sydney	8 Feb 2002	ODI # 1805
M Ntini	8.0	-	46	1	5.75	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	19 Jan 2002	ODI # 1787

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]