Bowling Best Figures Innings - vs South Africa

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches - vs South Africa

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
MG Johnson	24.0	4	61	8	2.54	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
MJ Hoggard	18.3	5	61	7	3.29	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
M Muralidaran	35.0	5	84	7	2.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	2.90	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	28 Nov 2004	Test # 1724
M Muralidaran	46.5	12	97	7	2.07	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
Shahadat Hossain	15.3	8	27	6	1.74	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Mirpur	22 Feb 2008	Test # 1864
WPUJC Vaas	18.0	8	29	6	1.61	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
RJ Kirtley	16.2	7	34	6	2.08	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
M Muralidaran	10.0	1	39	6	3.90	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
CA Walsh	36.4	13	61	6	1.66	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	17 Mar 2001	Test # 1538
J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	2.53	India	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Nov 2001	Test # 1569
CS Martin	31.0	7	76	6	2.45	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
Mohammad Rafique	37.2	7	77	6	2.06	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Dhaka	01 May 2003	Test # 1642
SK Warne	35.5	9	86	6	2.40	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
M Muralidaran	41.0	8	87	6	2.12	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000	Test # 1504
Shakib Al Hasan	28.0	3	99	6	3.53	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Nov 2008	Test # 1895
A Kumble	54.0	13	131	6	2.42	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004	Test # 1722
M Muralidaran	64.0	11	131	6	2.04	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
A Kumble	68.4	15	143	6	2.08	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
SK Warne	70.0	15	161	6	2.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
GD McGrath	12.3	4	21	5	1.68	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
ST Jayasuriya	14.1	4	34	5	2.40	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
CS Martin	15.0	2	37	5	2.46	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	05 May 2006	Test # 1801
S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	4.00	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
Danish Kaneria	28.3	8	46	5	1.61	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
GP Swann	21.0	3	54	5	2.57	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
CS Martin	20.0	6	55	5	2.75	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
SR Clark	17.0	3	55	5	3.23	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
PM Siddle	27.5	11	59	5	2.11	Australia	v South Africa	Sydney	03 Jan 2009	Test # 1904
M Muralidaran	45.5	14	68	5	1.48	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
B Lee	19.4	5	69	5	3.50	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006	Test # 1792
Mohammad Asif	38.0	16	76	5	2.00	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
D Ramnarine	31.5	10	78	5	2.45	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
Mohammad Asif	27.5	4	89	5	3.19	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Jan 2007	Test # 1828
CEW Silverwood	32.0	6	91	5	2.84	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2000	Test # 1482
B Lee	22.2	1	93	5	4.16	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
CRD Fernando	34.0	4	98	5	2.88	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
JM Anderson	27.5	4	102	5	3.66	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
CS Martin	23.0	5	104	5	4.52	New Zealand	v South Africa	Auckland	18 Mar 2004	Test # 1689
GP Swann	45.2	10	110	5	2.42	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
SK Warne	39.4	9	113	5	2.84	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001	Test # 1576
M Muralidaran	58.3	16	122	5	2.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
M Muralidaran	33.5	2	128	5	3.78	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
Shakib Al Hasan	38.0	4	130	5	3.42	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
MR Gillespie	30.0	7	136	5	4.53	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1848
J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	4.24	India	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
MJ Hoggard	34.0	2	144	5	4.23	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	3.65	India	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008	Test # 1870
RW Price	79.0	19	181	5	2.29	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Bulawayo	14 Sep 2001	Test # 1563
DJ Bravo	13.1	3	24	4	1.82	West Indies	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2007	Test # 1856
MG Johnson	18.1	7	25	4	1.37	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
M Dillon	15.1	5	32	4	2.10	West Indies	v South Africa	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
SK Warne	13.0	4	33	4	2.53	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
SJ Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	1.70	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
SR Clark	16.0	7	34	4	2.12	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	16 Mar 2006	Test # 1789
Shoaib Akhtar	14.3	2	36	4	2.48	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
Shoaib Akhtar	11.0	2	36	4	3.27	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
SP Jones	13.1	3	39	4	2.96	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004	Test # 1728
M Muralidaran	18.2	6	41	4	2.23	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
Shoaib Malik	17.0	4	42	4	2.47	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1664
KD Mills	18.0	7	43	4	2.38	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
SCJ Broad	17.0	3	43	4	2.52	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
SK Warne	12.0	3	44	4	3.66	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	22 Feb 2002	Test # 1590
A Flintoff	19.0	6	44	4	2.31	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
Harbhajan Singh	23.0	7	44	4	1.91	India	v South Africa	Kanpur	11 Apr 2008	Test # 1873
SP Jones	15.3	3	47	4	3.03	England	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
CRD Fernando	13.0	2	48	4	3.69	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
CRD Fernando	12.0	0	49	4	4.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
CH Gayle	37.5	18	50	4	1.32	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	08 Apr 2005	Test # 1747
A Kumble	28.0	12	56	4	2.00	India	v South Africa	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
CA Walsh	38.0	13	56	4	1.47	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
CL Cairns	16.5	2	60	4	3.56	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	26 Mar 2004	Test # 1692
Z Khan	21.0	2	62	4	2.95	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
SR Clark	18.0	4	64	4	3.55	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006	Test # 1795
NC McGarrell	43.0	19	72	4	1.67	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
SE Bond	17.0	1	73	4	4.29	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007	Test # 1846
JM Anderson	20.5	1	73	4	3.50	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
Shabbir Ahmed	26.0	8	74	4	2.84	Pakistan	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
SK Warne	28.0	7	74	4	2.64	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005	Test # 1779
MS Panesar	26.0	4	74	4	2.84	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
JEC Franklin	18.0	3	75	4	4.16	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
DNT Zoysa	22.0	8	76	4	3.45	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Centurion	20 Jan 2001	Test # 1529
A Flintoff	31.1	7	79	4	2.53	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
S Sreesanth	19.0	3	79	4	4.15	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
PM Siddle	34.0	9	81	4	2.38	Australia	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
B Lee	17.2	1	82	4	4.73	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
DJ Bravo	37.0	9	82	4	2.21	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008	Test # 1858
MP Bicknell	24.0	5	84	4	3.50	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
WPUJC Vaas	36.0	9	85	4	2.36	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	06 Aug 2000	Test # 1507
A Flintoff	30.0	8	89	4	2.96	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
CS Martin	29.0	8	104	4	3.58	New Zealand	v South Africa	Gqeberha	30 Nov 2000	Test # 1519
Danish Kaneria	51.2	14	105	4	2.04	Pakistan	v South Africa	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007	Test # 1829
Abdur Rehman	31.0	3	105	4	3.38	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
Abdur Rehman	38.0	6	105	4	2.76	Pakistan	v South Africa	Karachi	01 Oct 2007	Test # 1843
S Sreesanth	24.0	4	109	4	4.54	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
GP Swann	35.0	3	110	4	3.14	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
MG Johnson	34.2	2	112	4	3.26	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
Danish Kaneria	43.1	5	114	4	2.64	Pakistan	v South Africa	Lahore	08 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
A Kumble	42.3	6	117	4	2.75	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007	Test # 1827
Saqlain Mushtaq	37.0	4	119	4	3.21	Pakistan	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2002	Test # 1635

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]