Bowling Most 4wi Career

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over) for South Africa in Tests

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over)

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10	4+
DW Steyn	2004-2019	93	171	18608	3101.2	660	10077	439	7/51	22.95	3.24	42.38	27	26	5	53
SM Pollock	1995-2008	108	202	24353	4058.5	1222	9733	421	7/87	23.11	2.39	57.84	23	16	1	39
M Ntini	1998-2009	101	190	20834	3472.2	759	11242	390	7/37	28.82	3.23	53.42	19	18	4	37
K Rabada	2015-2025	71	130	13100	2183.2	433	7306	336	7/112	21.74	3.34	38.98	15	17	4	32
AA Donald	1992-2002	72	129	15519	2586.3	661	7344	330	8/71	22.25	2.83	47.02	11	20	3	31
M Morkel	2006-2018	86	160	16498	2749.4	605	8550	309	6/23	27.66	3.10	53.39	18	8	-	26
VD Philander	2011-2020	64	119	11391	1898.3	507	5000	224	6/21	22.32	2.63	50.85	8	13	2	21
HJ Tayfield	1949-1960	37	61	13568	-	602	4405	170	9/113	25.91	1.94	79.81	5	14	2	19
KA Maharaj	2016-2025	59	100	11666	1944.2	367	6055	203	9/129	29.82	3.11	57.46	6	11	1	17
N Boje	2000-2006	43	72	8620	1436.4	293	4265	100	5/62	42.65	2.96	86.20	9	3	-	12
JH Kallis	1995-2013	165	270	20172	3362.0	846	9497	291	6/54	32.63	2.82	69.31	7	5	-	12
PS de Villiers	1993-1998	18	34	4805	800.5	221	2063	85	6/23	24.27	2.57	56.52	6	5	2	11
NAT Adcock	1953-1962	26	46	6391	-	218	2195	104	6/43	21.10	2.06	61.45	5	5	-	10
PM Pollock	1961-1970	28	52	6522	-	270	2806	116	6/38	24.18	2.58	56.22	1	9	1	10
PR Adams	1995-2004	45	76	8850	1475.0	339	4405	134	7/128	32.87	2.98	66.04	5	4	1	9
AEE Vogler	1906-1911	15	28	2764	460.4	96	1455	64	7/94	22.73	3.15	43.18	3	5	1	8
M Jansen	2021-2025	18	32	2929	488.1	86	1696	77	7/13	22.02	3.47	38.03	5	3	1	8
GA Faulkner	1906-1924	25	43	4227	704.3	124	2180	82	7/84	26.58	3.09	51.54	4	4	-	8
CL Vincent	1927-1935	25	40	5851	975.1	194	2631	84	6/51	31.32	2.69	69.65	5	3	-	8
A Nel	2001-2008	36	69	7630	1271.4	280	3919	123	6/32	31.86	3.08	62.03	4	3	1	7
TL Goddard	1955-1970	41	75	11736	-	706	3226	123	6/53	26.22	1.64	95.41	2	5	-	7
BN Schultz	1992-1997	9	14	1733	288.5	82	749	37	5/48	20.24	2.59	46.83	4	2	-	6
CB Llewellyn	1896-1912	15	21	2292	-	55	1421	48	6/92	29.60	3.71	47.75	2	4	1	6
AE Hall	1923-1931	7	14	2361	393.3	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	2.25	59.02	3	3	1	6
RO Schwarz	1906-1912	20	31	2639	439.5	66	1417	55	6/47	25.76	3.22	47.98	4	2	-	6
JT Partridge	1963-1965	11	20	3684	-	136	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.72	3	3	-	6
PS Heine	1955-1962	14	27	3890	-	106	1455	58	6/58	25.08	2.24	67.06	2	4	-	6
EP Nupen	1921-1936	17	31	4159	693.1	133	1788	50	6/46	35.76	2.57	83.18	1	5	1	6
AMB Rowan	1947-1951	15	25	5193	-	136	2084	54	5/68	38.59	2.40	96.16	2	4	-	6
NBF Mann	1947-1951	19	33	5796	-	260	1920	58	6/59	33.10	1.98	99.93	5	1	-	6
PL Harris	2007-2011	37	63	8809	1468.1	336	3901	103	6/127	37.87	2.65	85.52	3	3	-	6
DL Piedt	2014-2024	12	20	2427	404.3	57	1521	37	5/89	41.10	3.76	65.59	3	2	-	5
SJ Pegler	1910-1924	16	23	2989	498.1	84	1572	47	7/65	33.44	3.15	63.59	3	2	-	5
A Nortje	2019-2023	19	32	3057	509.3	81	1870	70	6/56	26.71	3.67	43.67	1	4	-	5
AJ Bell	1929-1935	16	26	3342	557.0	89	1567	48	6/99	32.64	2.81	69.62	1	4	-	5
JH Sinclair	1896-1911	25	41	3598	-	110	1996	63	6/26	31.68	3.32	57.11	4	1	-	5
JM Blanckenberg	1913-1924	18	25	3888	648.0	132	1817	60	6/76	30.28	2.80	64.80	1	4	-	5
ACB Langton	1935-1939	15	23	4199	-	104	1827	40	5/58	45.67	2.61	104.97	4	1	-	5
GF Bissett	1927-1928	4	8	989	164.5	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	2.84	39.56	2	2	-	4
J Middleton	1896-1902	6	11	1064	-	61	442	24	5/51	18.41	2.49	44.33	2	2	-	4
GB Lawrence	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2	-	4
MJ Procter	1967-1970	7	14	1514	252.2	80	616	41	6/73	15.02	2.44	36.92	3	1	-	4
XC Balaskas	1930-1939	9	11	1572	-	28	806	22	5/49	36.63	3.07	71.45	3	1	-	4
Q McMillan	1929-1932	13	22	2021	336.5	38	1243	36	5/66	34.52	3.69	56.13	2	2	-	4
SR Harmer	2015-2023	10	16	2105	350.5	68	1075	39	4/61	27.56	3.06	53.97	4	-	-	4
D Olivier	2017-2024	16	29	2292	382.0	64	1432	59	6/37	24.27	3.74	38.84	1	3	1	4
L Ngidi	2018-2025	20	35	2578	429.4	100	1356	58	6/39	23.37	3.15	44.44	1	3	-	4
CN McCarthy	1948-1951	15	25	3499	-	64	1510	36	6/43	41.94	2.58	97.19	2	2	-	4
C Bosch	2024-2025	3	6	442	73.4	17	256	15	5/43	17.06	3.47	29.46	2	1	-	3
GWA Chubb	1951-1951	5	8	1425	237.3	63	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.85	1	2	-	3
MG Melle	1950-1953	7	12	1667	-	20	851	26	6/71	32.73	3.06	64.11	1	2	-	3
KJ Abbott	2013-2017	11	21	2081	346.5	95	886	39	7/29	22.71	2.55	53.35	-	3	-	3
L Tuckett	1947-1949	9	17	2104	-	47	980	19	5/68	51.57	2.79	110.73	1	2	-	3
JC Watkins	1949-1957	15	27	2805	-	134	816	29	4/22	28.13	1.74	96.72	3	-	-	3
NA Quinn	1929-1932	12	19	2922	487.0	103	1145	35	6/92	32.71	2.35	83.48	2	1	-	3
Imran Tahir	2011-2015	20	37	3925	654.1	86	2294	57	5/32	40.24	3.50	68.85	1	2	-	3
CR Matthews	1992-1995	18	33	3980	663.2	231	1502	52	5/42	28.88	2.26	76.53	1	2	-	3
L Klusener	1996-2004	49	84	6887	1147.5	318	3033	80	8/64	37.91	2.64	86.08	2	1	-	3
GF Linde	2019-2021	3	5	473	78.5	17	252	9	5/64	28.00	3.19	52.55	1	1	-	2
AL Ochse	1928-1929	3	5	649	108.1	10	362	10	4/79	36.20	3.34	64.90	2	-	-	2
SF Burke	1962-1965	2	3	660	110.0	37	257	11	6/128	23.36	2.33	60.00	-	2	1	2
M Zondeki	2003-2008	6	11	780	130.0	25	480	19	6/39	25.26	3.69	41.05	1	1	-	2
S Elworthy	1998-2002	4	8	867	144.3	35	444	13	4/66	34.15	3.07	66.69	2	-	-	2
DEJ Ironside	1953-1954	3	5	986	123.2	41	275	15	5/51	18.33	1.67	65.73	1	1	-	2
RP Snell	1992-1994	5	9	1025	170.5	42	538	19	4/74	28.31	3.14	53.94	2	-	-	2
D Paterson	2020-2024	7	13	1319	219.5	43	656	25	5/61	26.24	2.98	52.76	-	2	-	2
CP Carter	1912-1924	10	12	1475	245.5	47	694	28	6/50	24.78	2.82	52.67	-	2	-	2
SJ Snooke	1906-1923	26	29	1620	270.0	62	702	35	8/70	20.05	2.60	46.28	1	1	1	2
PWA Mulder	2019-2025	21	36	1896	316.0	75	940	38	4/32	24.73	2.97	49.89	2	-	-	2
CW Henderson	2001-2002	7	12	1962	327.0	79	928	22	4/116	42.18	2.83	89.18	2	-	-	2
N Gordon	1938-1939	5	8	1966	245.6	28	807	20	5/103	40.35	2.46	98.30	-	2	-	2
RJ Peterson	2003-2014	15	27	2515	419.1	85	1416	38	5/33	37.26	3.37	66.18	1	1	-	2
B Mitchell	1929-1949	42	39	2525	-	26	1380	27	5/87	51.11	3.27	93.51	1	1	-	2
JP Duminy	2008-2017	46	57	2703	450.3	48	1601	42	4/47	38.11	3.55	64.35	2	-	-	2
M Hayward	1999-2004	16	29	2821	470.1	90	1609	54	5/56	29.79	3.42	52.24	1	1	-	2
AW Nourse	1902-1924	45	57	3234	539.0	120	1553	41	4/25	37.87	2.88	78.87	2	-	-	2
BM McMillan	1992-1998	38	64	6048	1008.0	255	2537	75	4/65	33.82	2.51	80.64	2	-	-	2
NO Norton	1910-1910	1	1	90	15.0	4	47	4	4/47	11.75	3.13	22.50	1	-	-	1
A Rose-Innes	1889-1889	2	3	128	32.0	8	89	5	5/43	17.80	4.17	25.60	-	1	-	1
P Subrayen	2025-2025	1	2	144	24.0	4	78	4	4/42	19.50	3.25	36.00	1	-	-	1
WH Ashley	1889-1889	1	1	173	43.1	18	95	7	7/95	13.57	3.29	24.71	-	1	-	1
BE Hendricks	2020-2020	1	2	231	38.3	5	175	6	5/64	29.16	4.54	38.50	-	1	-	1
N Brand	2024-2024	2	2	234	39.0	2	171	8	6/119	21.37	4.38	29.25	-	1	-	1
EB Lundie	1914-1914	1	2	286	47.4	9	107	4	4/101	26.75	2.24	71.50	1	-	-	1
GM Parker	1924-1924	2	2	366	61.0	2	273	8	6/152	34.12	4.47	45.75	-	1	-	1
N Burger	2023-2024	3	6	376	62.4	14	237	14	4/33	16.92	3.78	26.85	1	-	-	1
L Sipamla	2020-2022	3	6	419	69.5	14	245	11	4/76	22.27	3.50	38.09	1	-	-	1
F de Wet	2009-2010	2	4	426	71.0	19	186	6	4/55	31.00	2.61	71.00	1	-	-	1
GM Griffin	1960-1960	2	3	432	72.0	14	192	8	4/87	24.00	2.66	54.00	1	-	-	1
M de Lange	2011-2012	2	4	448	74.4	10	277	9	7/81	30.77	3.70	49.77	-	1	-	1
SD Jack	1994-1995	2	4	462	77.0	24	196	8	4/69	24.50	2.54	57.75	1	-	-	1
KA Walter	1961-1961	2	4	495	82.3	20	197	6	4/63	32.83	2.38	82.50	1	-	-	1
GC White	1906-1912	17	14	498	83.0	14	301	9	4/47	33.44	3.62	55.33	1	-	-	1
HLE Promnitz	1927-1928	2	4	528	88.0	30	161	8	5/58	20.12	1.82	66.00	-	1	-	1
WD Parnell	2010-2017	6	10	556	92.4	11	414	15	4/51	27.60	4.46	37.06	1	-	-	1
C Newberry	1913-1914	4	6	558	93.0	15	268	11	4/72	24.36	2.88	50.72	1	-	-	1
S Muthusamy	2019-2025	5	8	564	94.0	11	381	11	4/45	34.63	4.05	51.27	1	-	-	1
D Pretorius	2002-2003	4	8	570	95.0	18	430	6	4/115	71.66	4.52	95.00	1	-	-	1
EQ Davies	1936-1939	5	6	768	-	7	481	7	4/75	68.71	3.75	109.71	1	-	-	1
R Dumbrill	1965-1967	5	9	816	136.0	40	336	9	4/30	37.33	2.47	90.66	1	-	-	1

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan Shaheens vs MCC Young Cricketers and Soth Asian Cricket Academy XI at Beckenham, Pakistan Shaheens in England Tour Match, Aug 3-5, 2025 [Other match]

Warwickshire 2nd XI vs Kent 2nd XI at Canterbury, Second Eleven Championship Group 3, Jul 28-31, 2025 [Other match]

Worcestershire 2nd XI vs Leicestershire 2nd XI at Bromsgrove, Second Eleven Championship Group 1, Jul 28-31, 2025 [Other match]