Bowling Best Figures Innings IN South Africa

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches IN South Africa

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	2.48	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	3.96	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
M de Lange	23.2	3	81	7	3.47	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	3.86	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	3.15	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
DW Steyn	8.1	6	8	6	0.97	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	1.39	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
VD Philander	13.0	5	21	6	1.61	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	3.00	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
DW Steyn	8.2	2	34	6	4.08	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	2.64	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	3.16	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
VD Philander	15.4	4	42	6	2.68	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	2.63	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
K Rabada	22.0	9	54	6	2.45	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
K Rabada	17.0	3	55	6	3.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
PJ Cummins	29.0	5	79	6	2.72	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Saeed Ajmal	42.0	9	96	6	2.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
DW Steyn	30.0	9	100	6	3.33	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
CBRLS Kumara	25.0	1	122	6	4.88	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
Rahat Ali	27.2	1	127	6	4.64	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2075
RA Jadeja	58.2	15	138	6	2.36	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	1.16	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	02 Jan 2013	Test # 2069
VD Philander	7.0	3	15	5	2.14	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	3.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
DW Steyn	13.0	5	17	5	1.30	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	11 Jan 2013	Test # 2071
M Morkel	12.4	5	20	5	1.57	South Africa	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	1.90	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
M Morkel	9.4	3	23	5	2.37	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	2.24	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
K Rabada	11.0	1	30	5	2.72	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
DW Steyn	16.2	4	33	5	2.02	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
K Rabada	13.5	4	33	5	2.38	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017	Test # 2277
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	3.18	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
VD Philander	20.0	7	45	5	2.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
VD Philander	11.1	1	49	5	4.38	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
DW Steyn	13.5	1	51	5	3.68	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
D Olivier	13.0	2	51	5	3.92	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
UWMBCA Welegedara	16.4	3	52	5	3.12	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
DW Steyn	28.4	10	52	5	1.81	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
VD Philander	13.0	2	53	5	4.07	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
JJ Bumrah	18.5	2	54	5	2.86	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
VD Philander	26.0	10	59	5	2.26	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
MG Johnson	16.0	3	59	5	3.68	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
KA Maharaj	17.3	5	59	5	3.37	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
D Olivier	15.0	3	59	5	3.93	South Africa	v Pakistan	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
JM Anderson	21.1	1	63	5	2.97	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
RAS Lakmal	27.0	9	63	5	2.33	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
L Embuldeniya	26.0	3	66	5	2.53	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
VD Philander	20.0	3	70	5	3.50	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
DW Steyn	20.0	3	73	5	3.65	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
M Morkel	22.0	4	75	5	3.40	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
DW Steyn	31.0	11	75	5	2.41	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
K Rabada	23.1	5	78	5	3.36	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
HMRKB Herath	30.3	7	79	5	2.59	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
PJ Cummins	28.5	5	83	5	2.87	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
N Wagner	39.0	8	86	5	2.20	New Zealand	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
K Rabada	21.0	2	96	5	4.57	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
JC Archer	17.0	1	102	5	6.00	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
S Sreesanth	29.0	0	114	5	3.93	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
KA Maharaj	33.4	5	123	5	3.65	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
NM Lyon	46.0	7	130	5	2.82	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
DL Piedt	36.0	4	153	5	4.25	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Harbhajan Singh	7.2	2	10	4	1.36	India	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
Mohammad Hafeez	7.2	1	16	4	2.18	Pakistan	v South Africa	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
VD Philander	14.2	8	16	4	1.11	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
DW Steyn	10.4	3	18	4	1.68	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
SCJ Broad	15.0	6	25	4	1.66	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
KA Maharaj	10.4	1	25	4	2.34	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
VD Philander	12.0	4	27	4	2.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
VD Philander	15.0	6	29	4	1.93	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
RJ Harris	24.3	15	32	4	1.30	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
RJ Harris	10.3	3	33	4	3.14	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
K Rabada	12.0	2	37	4	3.08	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
K Rabada	12.4	3	38	4	3.00	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
RAS Lakmal	16.3	3	39	4	2.36	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
VD Philander	19.0	6	40	4	2.10	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
MG Johnson	19.0	5	42	4	2.21	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014	Test # 2122
ST Finn	15.0	6	42	4	2.80	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
D Olivier	15.0	3	48	4	3.20	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
DW Steyn	20.0	7	48	4	2.40	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
HMRKB Herath	20.0	7	49	4	2.45	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
Mohammed Shami	16.0	3	49	4	3.06	India	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
Saeed Ajmal	18.1	2	51	4	2.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
WD Parnell	10.3	1	51	4	4.85	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
DW Steyn	20.0	4	55	4	2.75	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
DW Steyn	20.0	5	55	4	2.75	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
PJ Cummins	18.0	5	58	4	3.22	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018	Test # 2302
SCJ Broad	18.3	4	58	4	3.13	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
SM Curran	20.0	5	58	4	2.90	England	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
M Morkel	16.0	5	59	4	3.68	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010	Test # 1948
M Morkel	22.1	5	60	4	2.70	South Africa	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018	Test # 2293
VD Philander	27.0	6	61	4	2.25	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
K Rabada	16.4	2	61	4	3.66	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Mohammad Amir	20.0	6	62	4	3.10	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
MVT Fernando	17.0	1	62	4	3.64	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
DW Steyn	18.0	3	64	4	3.55	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
Shaheen Shah Afridi	18.0	1	64	4	3.55	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
M Morkel	20.0	2	69	4	3.45	South Africa	v West Indies	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2014	Test # 2153
MM Ali	25.0	3	69	4	2.76	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196

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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 Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2377]

Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 2019 [Test # 2376]

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 19-23, 2019 [Test # 2375]