Bowling Best Figures Innings

Best bowling figures in an innings for South Africa in Tests

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
JM Noreiga	49.4	16	95	9	1.91	West Indies	2	v India	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971	Test # 683
HJ Tayfield	37.0	11	113	9	2.29	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
KA Maharaj	41.1	10	129	9	3.13	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
CEH Croft	18.5	7	29	8	1.53	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Port of Spain	04 Mar 1977	Test # 799
LR Gibbs	53.3	37	38	8	0.71	West Indies	3	v India	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1962	Test # 527
CEL Ambrose	22.4	10	45	8	1.98	West Indies	4	v England	Bridgetown	05 Apr 1990	Test # 1143
D Bishoo	13.5	1	49	8	3.54	West Indies	3	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016	Test # 2224
GB Lawrence	30.3	12	53	8	1.73	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
RL Chase	21.4	2	60	8	2.76	West Indies	4	v England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019	Test # 2342
ST Gabriel	20.4	6	62	8	3.00	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	14 Jun 2018	Test # 2308
L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	2.97	South Africa	4	v India	Eden Gardens	27 Nov 1996	Test # 1341
HJ Tayfield	37.7	14	69	8	1.36	South Africa	3	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
SJ Snooke	31.4	8	70	8	2.21	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
AA Donald	33.0	12	71	8	2.15	South Africa	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
MA Holding	33.0	9	92	8	2.78	West Indies	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
AL Valentine	50.0	14	104	8	2.08	West Indies	1	v England	Manchester	08 Jun 1950	Test # 323
M Jansen	6.5	1	13	7	1.90	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Durban	27 Nov 2024	Test # 2563
MD Marshall	15.4	5	22	7	1.40	West Indies	3	v England	Manchester	30 Jun 1988	Test # 1100
HJ Tayfield	8.4	1	23	7	2.02	South Africa	2	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
CEL Ambrose	18.0	9	25	7	1.38	West Indies	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Jan 1993	Test # 1212
GF Bissett	19.0	5	29	7	1.52	South Africa	3	v England	Durban	04 Feb 1928	Test # 172
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	2.48	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
KA Maharaj	10.0	-	32	7	3.20	South Africa	4	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022	Test # 2460
JA Warrican	18.0	3	32	7	1.77	West Indies	3	v Pakistan	Multan	17 Jan 2025	Test # 2577
CA Walsh	20.4	7	37	7	1.79	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
M Ntini	19.5	7	37	7	1.86	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
G Motie	14.5	4	37	7	2.49	West Indies	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Feb 2023	Test # 2491
KA Maharaj	12.0	3	40	7	3.33	South Africa	4	v Bangladesh	Gqeberha	08 Apr 2022	Test # 2461
S Ramadhin	31.0	16	49	7	1.58	West Indies	1	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	3.06	South Africa	2	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
DS Atkinson	40.0	21	53	7	1.32	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	09 Mar 1956	Test # 424
MD Marshall	26.0	9	53	7	2.03	West Indies	3	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
AME Roberts	14.0	3	54	7	2.89	West Indies	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
GE Gomez	18.0	3	55	7	2.29	West Indies	1	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
CD Collymore	16.0	2	57	7	3.56	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Kingston	27 Jun 2003	Test # 1649
AE Hall	37.3	12	63	7	1.68	South Africa	4	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923	Test # 149
AME Roberts	20.5	5	64	7	3.07	West Indies	1	v India	Chennai	11 Jan 1975	Test # 752
SJ Pegler	31.0	8	65	7	2.09	South Africa	2	v England	Lord's	10 Jun 1912	Test # 122
DJG Sammy	21.3	2	66	7	3.06	West Indies	3	v England	Manchester	07 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
S Joseph	11.5	-	68	7	5.74	West Indies	4	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2524
WW Hall	31.2	8	69	7	2.20	West Indies	1	v England	Kingston	17 Feb 1960	Test # 489
FMM Worrell	38.2	9	70	7	1.82	West Indies	2	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1957	Test # 442
RRS Cornwall	25.3	5	75	7	2.94	West Indies	1	v Afghanistan	Lucknow	27 Nov 2019	Test # 2370
JJC Lawson	19.1	3	78	7	4.06	West Indies	1	v Australia	St John's	09 May 2003	Test # 1645
CD Collymore	27.3	5	78	7	2.83	West Indies	1	v Pakistan	Kingston	03 Jun 2005	Test # 1754
MD Marshall	25.3	6	80	7	3.13	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	26 Apr 1985	Test # 1015
HJ Tayfield	37.1	13	81	7	1.63	South Africa	4	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	3.47	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
GA Faulkner	27.1	4	84	7	3.09	South Africa	2	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1912	Test # 128
AA Donald	28.0	4	84	7	3.00	South Africa	3	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
FA Rose	28.0	6	84	7	3.00	West Indies	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1998	Test # 1437
SM Pollock	41.0	11	87	7	2.12	South Africa	2	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
FH Edwards	29.4	6	87	7	2.93	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	Napier	19 Dec 2008	Test # 1900
JT Partridge	31.1	6	91	7	2.19	South Africa	1	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
AEE Vogler	22.0	2	94	7	4.27	South Africa	4	v England	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1910	Test # 106
WH Ashley	43.1	18	95	7	3.29	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889	Test # 32
LR Gibbs	59.0	20	98	7	1.66	West Indies	2	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	3.86	South Africa	2	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
AEE Vogler	47.2	12	128	7	2.70	South Africa	1	v England	Lord's	01 Jul 1907	Test # 93
PR Adams	45.0	11	128	7	2.84	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
JJC Lawson	6.5	4	3	6	0.43	West Indies	3	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	0.97	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
GA Faulkner	11.0	4	17	6	1.54	South Africa	1	v England	Leeds	29 Jul 1907	Test # 94
CA Walsh	15.2	8	18	6	1.17	West Indies	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Test # 1289
MA Holding	9.2	3	21	6	2.25	West Indies	2	v Australia	W.A.C.A	09 Nov 1984	Test # 997
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.61	South Africa	4	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
S Ramadhin	21.2	13	23	6	1.07	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Dunedin	03 Feb 1956	Test # 421
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	1.94	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
M Morkel	16.4	7	23	6	1.38	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	24	6	2.40	West Indies	4	v England	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994	Test # 1257
JH Sinclair	12.0	4	26	6	2.60	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
VA Holder	13.0	4	28	6	2.15	West Indies	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
LR Gibbs	22.2	9	29	6	1.29	West Indies	4	v Australia	Georgetown	14 Apr 1965	Test # 588
KC Brathwaite	11.3	4	29	6	2.52	West Indies	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	22 Oct 2015	Test # 2182
SM Pollock	13.4	6	30	6	2.19	South Africa	1	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001	Test # 1528
MD Marshall	18.0	5	32	6	1.77	West Indies	2	v England	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
A Nel	16.2	3	32	6	1.95	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005	Test # 1749
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	3.00	South Africa	4	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
CEL Ambrose	24.4	7	34	6	1.37	West Indies	4	v South Africa	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	4.08	South Africa	3	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
CC Griffith	21.0	5	36	6	1.71	West Indies	2	v England	Leeds	25 Jul 1963	Test # 546
AME Roberts	20.5	8	37	6	1.77	West Indies	4	v England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976	Test # 779
MD Marshall	15.0	4	37	6	2.46	West Indies	3	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Dec 1983	Test # 971
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	2.64	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
FMM Worrell	12.7	3	38	6	2.21	West Indies	1	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
PM Pollock	20.3	8	38	6	1.85	South Africa	4	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
AL Valentine	26.3	10	39	6	1.47	West Indies	3	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
LR Gibbs	19.0	6	39	6	2.05	West Indies	3	v England	Leeds	04 Aug 1966	Test # 608
VA Holder	20.1	6	39	6	1.93	West Indies	4	v India	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
SM Pollock	17.4	4	39	6	2.20	South Africa	3	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	2.68	South Africa	3	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	3.16	South Africa	4	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
IR Bishop	16.0	4	40	6	2.50	West Indies	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	30 Jan 1993	Test # 1212
TL Best	12.1	1	40	6	3.28	West Indies	3	v Bangladesh	Khulna	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
KA Maharaj	20.2	7	40	6	1.96	South Africa	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	2.68	South Africa	4	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
JO Holder	20.0	6	42	6	2.10	West Indies	1	v England	Southampton	08 Jul 2020	Test # 2388
CN McCarthy	12.0	2	43	6	2.68	South Africa	4	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
NAT Adcock	18.0	2	43	6	1.79	South Africa	1	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447

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