Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DW Steyn	13.5	1	51	5	3.68	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
GP Swann	21.0	3	54	5	2.57	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JM Anderson	21.1	1	63	5	2.97	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
M Morkel	22.0	4	75	5	3.40	South Africa	2	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Swann	45.2	10	110	5	2.42	England	1	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PL Harris	37.0	10	123	5	3.32	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SCJ Broad	17.0	3	43	4	2.52	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
F de Wet	23.0	8	55	4	2.39	South Africa	4	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
M Morkel	16.0	5	59	4	3.68	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
JM Anderson	20.5	1	73	4	3.50	England	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
DW Steyn	22.0	5	74	4	3.36	South Africa	2	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Swann	35.0	3	110	4	3.14	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
M Morkel	11.0	1	39	3	3.54	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
M Morkel	31.0	6	78	3	2.51	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
SCJ Broad	29.0	4	83	3	2.86	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
PL Harris	40.0	14	85	3	2.12	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
G Onions	30.0	5	86	3	2.86	England	1	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
JP Duminy	24.0	1	89	3	3.70	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JM Anderson	22.2	1	98	3	4.38	England	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Swann	37.0	5	127	3	3.43	England	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JP Duminy	1.5	-	10	2	5.45	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
WD Parnell	8.0	1	17	2	2.12	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
JP Duminy	12.0	3	30	2	2.50	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SCJ Broad	20.0	6	44	2	2.20	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
M Morkel	18.0	3	46	2	2.55	South Africa	4	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PL Harris	26.0	11	51	2	1.96	South Africa	4	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SCJ Broad	16.0	5	58	2	3.62	England	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
DW Steyn	14.0	1	64	2	4.57	South Africa	3	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
G Onions	20.0	4	69	2	3.45	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
DW Steyn	35.0	11	74	2	2.11	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
GP Swann	22.0	1	74	2	3.36	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JM Anderson	23.3	4	75	2	3.19	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
M Ntini	23.0	4	78	2	3.39	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
GP Swann	23.0	-	93	2	4.04	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
DW Steyn	34.0	6	94	2	2.76	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	6	98	2	3.16	England	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
JP Duminy	3.0	-	7	1	2.33	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
F de Wet	12.0	5	23	1	1.91	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JM Anderson	8.0	2	24	1	3.00	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
JH Kallis	14.0	2	27	1	1.92	South Africa	2	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
R McLaren	10.0	3	30	1	3.00	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
JH Kallis	10.0	3	40	1	4.00	South Africa	1	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
G Onions	16.0	3	50	1	3.12	England	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
M Morkel	28.0	9	51	1	1.82	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
SCJ Broad	19.0	6	54	1	2.84	England	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
M Morkel	21.0	-	60	1	2.85	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
G Onions	23.0	6	62	1	2.69	England	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
F de Wet	20.0	3	72	1	3.60	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SCJ Broad	32.0	8	74	1	2.31	England	1	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
G Onions	22.0	4	87	1	3.95	England	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	3 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JM Anderson	37.0	9	104	1	2.81	England	1	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
PL Harris	38.0	4	146	1	3.84	South Africa	2	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944

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>> 213/8 (65.0 ov, N Vimukthi 9*, KDA Manoj 1*, JDF Vandersay 2/50) - Stumps

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>> 210/4 (58.0 ov, KNA Bandara 74*, PVR de Silva 41*, LN Malinga 1/34) - Stumps