Bowling Best Figures Match

Best bowling figures in a match for South Africa in ODIs

Best bowling figures in a match

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Imran Tahir	9.0	-	45	7	5.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Basseterre	15 Jun 2016	ODI # 3747
WW Davis	10.3	-	51	7	4.85	West Indies	v Australia	Leeds	11 Jun 1983	ODI # 203
CEH Croft	9.0	4	15	6	1.66	West Indies	v England	Kingstown	04 Feb 1981	ODI # 115
K Rabada	8.0	3	16	6	2.00	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	10 Jul 2015	ODI # 3663
JNT Seales	7.2	-	18	6	2.45	West Indies	v Pakistan	Tarouba	12 Aug 2025	ODI # 4894
FH Edwards	7.0	1	22	6	3.14	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Nov 2003	ODI # 2069
M Ntini	9.3	4	22	6	2.31	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	03 Mar 2006	ODI # 2345
AA Donald	9.0	-	23	6	2.55	South Africa	v Kenya	Nairobi (Gym)	03 Oct 1996	ODI # 1124
Imran Tahir	6.0	1	24	6	4.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	03 Oct 2018	ODI # 4050
KAJ Roach	8.3	-	27	6	3.17	West Indies	v Netherlands	Delhi	28 Feb 2011	ODI # 3112
SP Narine	9.5	-	27	6	2.74	West Indies	v South Africa	Providence	03 Jun 2016	ODI # 3739
BP Patterson	9.4	-	29	6	3.00	West Indies	v India	Nagpur	08 Dec 1987	ODI # 481
SM Pollock	10.0	2	35	6	3.50	South Africa	v West Indies	East London	24 Jan 1999	ODI # 1393
DW Steyn	9.0	-	39	6	4.33	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	27 Nov 2013	ODI # 3440
IVA Richards	9.4	-	41	6	4.24	West Indies	v India	Delhi	23 Oct 1989	ODI # 582
DJ Bravo	10.0	1	43	6	4.30	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	St George's	24 Feb 2013	ODI # 3339
L Klusener	10.0	-	49	6	4.90	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	06 Nov 1997	ODI # 1252
AH Gray	9.0	-	50	6	5.55	West Indies	v Australia	Port of Spain	09 Mar 1991	ODI # 672
L Ngidi	10.0	-	58	6	5.80	South Africa	v Australia	Bloemfontein	04 Mar 2020	ODI # 4252
CA Walsh	4.3	3	1	5	0.22	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	03 Dec 1986	ODI # 405
CEL Ambrose	8.2	1	17	5	2.04	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	15 Dec 1988	ODI # 540
AJ Hall	10.0	2	18	5	1.80	South Africa	v England	Bridgetown	17 Apr 2007	ODI # 2574
SM Pollock	9.0	1	20	5	2.22	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 2000	ODI # 1560
L Klusener	8.3	3	21	5	2.47	South Africa	v Kenya	Amstelveen	26 May 1999	ODI # 1462
N Boje	6.3	-	21	5	3.23	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Apr 2002	ODI # 1827
M Ntini	6.0	2	21	5	3.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Mohali	27 Oct 2006	ODI # 2438
M Morkel	8.0	-	21	5	2.62	South Africa	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Nov 2014	ODI # 3546
O Thomas	5.1	-	21	5	4.06	West Indies	v England	Gros Islet	02 Mar 2019	ODI # 4103
AME Roberts	10.0	5	22	5	2.20	West Indies	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1980	ODI # 84
WKM Benjamin	10.0	3	22	5	2.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	09 Nov 1993	ODI # 847
FA Rose	10.0	1	23	5	2.30	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingstown	12 Apr 2000	ODI # 1588
SM Pollock	10.0	3	23	5	2.30	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	14 Feb 2007	ODI # 2523
L Klusener	7.1	-	24	5	3.34	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
IR Bishop	8.4	-	25	5	2.88	West Indies	v Pakistan	Brisbane	09 Jan 1993	ODI # 788
L Klusener	7.1	1	25	5	3.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
DW Steyn	10.0	1	25	5	2.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	08 Nov 2013	ODI # 3431
MA Holding	10.0	1	26	5	2.60	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1985	ODI # 305
CEL Ambrose	10.0	2	26	5	2.60	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	14 Jan 1989	ODI # 551
IR Bishop	10.0	1	27	5	2.70	West Indies	v Pakistan	W.A.C.A	01 Jan 1989	ODI # 544
SP Narine	10.0	1	27	5	2.70	West Indies	v New Zealand	Basseterre	16 Jul 2012	ODI # 3290
JO Holder	9.4	2	27	5	2.79	West Indies	v India	North Sound	02 Jul 2017	ODI # 3900
CR Brathwaite	10.0	2	27	5	2.70	West Indies	v P.N.G.	Harare	08 Mar 2018	ODI # 3991
AA Donald	8.4	-	29	5	3.34	South Africa	v India	Eden Gardens	10 Nov 1991	ODI # 686
M Dillon	10.0	4	29	5	2.90	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Southampton	15 Sep 2004	ODI # 2175
JH Kallis	7.3	-	30	5	4.00	South Africa	v West Indies	Dhaka	01 Nov 1998	ODI # 1364
J Garner	10.0	1	31	5	3.10	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Feb 1984	ODI # 248
AC Cummins	9.3	1	31	5	3.26	West Indies	v India	Brisbane	11 Jan 1992	ODI # 702
M Ntini	10.0	-	31	5	3.10	South Africa	v New Zealand	Melbourne	06 Feb 2002	ODI # 1804
WJ Cronje	10.0	-	32	5	3.20	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	07 Dec 1992	ODI # 770
CEL Ambrose	9.3	2	32	5	3.36	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	16 Jan 1993	ODI # 792
VC Drakes	10.0	2	33	5	3.30	West Indies	v Kenya	Kimberley	04 Mar 2003	ODI # 1981
SM Pollock	9.2	1	36	5	3.85	South Africa	v Australia	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999	ODI # 1483
JC Adams	10.0	-	37	5	3.70	West Indies	v Pakistan	Adelaide	17 Dec 1996	ODI # 1154
M Ntini	8.2	-	37	5	4.44	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	11 Jan 2001	ODI # 1668
SM Pollock	9.5	1	37	5	3.76	South Africa	v India	Centurion	10 Oct 2001	ODI # 1757
J Garner	11.0	-	38	5	3.45	West Indies	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1979	ODI # 74
M Morkel	9.3	1	38	5	4.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Napier	29 Feb 2012	ODI # 3252
CK Langeveldt	10.0	1	39	5	3.90	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Providence	28 Mar 2007	ODI # 2556
HR Walsh	10.0	-	39	5	3.90	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	20 Jul 2021	ODI # 4310
K Rabada	10.0	-	39	5	3.90	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Johannesburg	20 Mar 2022	ODI # 4372
M Jansen	8.0	1	39	5	4.87	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Sep 2023	ODI # 4648
RP Snell	9.5	-	40	5	4.06	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1994	ODI # 876
OD Gibson	10.0	1	40	5	4.00	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	W.A.C.A	14 Jan 1996	ODI # 1037
IVA Richards	10.0	-	41	5	4.10	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	18 Mar 1987	ODI # 435
JH Kallis	8.4	1	41	5	4.73	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	18 Dec 2002	ODI # 1923
OD Gibson	8.4	-	42	5	4.84	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Hobart	03 Jan 1996	ODI # 1029
L Klusener	8.4	-	42	5	4.84	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997	ODI # 1167
PT Collins	10.0	1	43	5	4.30	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 2005	ODI # 2212
SSB Magala	9.0	2	43	5	4.77	South Africa	v Netherlands	Johannesburg	02 Apr 2023	ODI # 4563
CEL Stuart	10.0	1	44	5	4.40	West Indies	v Kenya	Nairobi	15 Aug 2001	ODI # 1745
VC Drakes	9.5	1	44	5	4.47	West Indies	v Canada	Centurion	23 Feb 2003	ODI # 1963
KAJ Roach	10.0	-	44	5	4.40	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Roseau	26 Jul 2009	ODI # 2862
J Theron	8.2	-	44	5	5.28	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	17 Oct 2010	ODI # 3059
DR Smith	10.0	-	45	5	4.50	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 2006	ODI # 2346
A Nel	10.0	1	45	5	4.50	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Providence	07 Apr 2007	ODI # 2564
FH Edwards	10.0	-	45	5	4.50	West Indies	v England	Lord's	01 Jul 2007	ODI # 2594
Imran Tahir	10.0	2	45	5	4.50	South Africa	v West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015	ODI # 3616
CH Gayle	10.0	-	46	5	4.60	West Indies	v Australia	St George's	01 Jun 2003	ODI # 2021
SS Cottrell	9.0	-	46	5	5.11	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	22 Feb 2019	ODI # 4097
J Garner	10.0	-	47	5	4.70	West Indies	v England	W.A.C.A	03 Jan 1987	ODI # 411
L Klusener	10.0	-	47	5	4.70	South Africa	v Pakistan	Sharjah	24 Mar 2000	ODI # 1579
JE Taylor	10.0	-	48	5	4.80	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	07 Dec 2007	ODI # 2654
WD Parnell	9.3	1	48	5	5.05	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	27 Nov 2009	ODI # 2930
R Rampaul	10.0	1	49	5	4.90	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Khulna	02 Dec 2012	ODI # 3310
T Shamsi	7.4	-	49	5	6.39	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	04 Sep 2021	ODI # 4315
VA Holder	10.0	-	50	5	5.00	West Indies	v England	Birmingham	30 Aug 1976	ODI # 39
DW Steyn	9.4	-	50	5	5.17	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011	ODI # 3128
M Dillon	10.0	1	51	5	5.10	West Indies	v India	Toronto	14 Sep 1999	ODI # 1499
CD Collymore	9.2	-	51	5	5.46	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	11 Dec 2001	ODI # 1778
R Rampaul	10.0	-	51	5	5.10	West Indies	v India	Chennai	20 Mar 2011	ODI # 3141
M Dillon	10.0	1	52	5	5.20	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	02 Jun 2002	ODI # 1838
CEL Ambrose	10.0	1	53	5	5.30	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sharjah	21 Oct 1991	ODI # 682
JO Holder	10.0	1	53	5	5.30	West Indies	v U.A.E.	Harare	06 Mar 2018	ODI # 3987
KAJ Roach	9.0	-	56	5	6.22	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	08 Dec 2012	ODI # 3313
AS Joseph	8.1	-	56	5	6.85	West Indies	v England	The Oval	27 Sep 2017	ODI # 3916
WD Parnell	8.0	-	57	5	7.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	24 Sep 2009	ODI # 2895
CK Langeveldt	9.5	-	62	5	6.30	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	11 May 2005	ODI # 2243
PV Simmons	10.0	8	3	4	0.30	West Indies	v Pakistan	Sydney	17 Dec 1992	ODI # 782
DR Smith	6.0	1	8	4	1.33	West Indies	v Netherlands	Dublin	10 Jul 2007	ODI # 2599
J Garner	6.0	1	10	4	1.66	West Indies	v New Zealand	Port of Spain	17 Apr 1985	ODI # 327

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