Bowling Best Figures Innings

Cricket Records in 2010s in Test matches

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	2.21	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
MG Johnson	17.1	1	68	7	3.96	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	3.15	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
R Ashwin	46.2	11	145	7	3.12	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
SCJ Broad	12.1	6	17	6	1.39	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
MDK Perera	14.0	4	32	6	2.28	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
MM Ali	15.0	4	53	6	3.53	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
PJ Cummins	29.0	5	79	6	2.72	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
SJ Benn	46.4	13	81	6	1.73	West Indies	v South Africa	Bridgetown	26 Jun 2010	Test # 1962
JR Hazlewood	30.5	10	89	6	2.88	Australia	v South Africa	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
Saeed Ajmal	42.0	9	96	6	2.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
HMRKB Herath	32.5	5	98	6	2.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
MR Gillespie	33.4	7	113	6	3.35	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
Tanvir Ahmed	28.0	6	120	6	4.28	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
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
Saeed Ajmal	55.5	8	151	6	2.70	Pakistan	v South Africa	Dubai (DICS)	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
MA Starc	28.5	3	154	6	5.34	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	30 Nov 2012	Test # 2064
SR Watson	5.0	2	17	5	3.40	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011	Test # 2016
RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	1.77	India	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	2.24	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
RA Jadeja	12.0	2	30	5	2.50	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
R Ashwin	16.1	6	32	5	1.97	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
MA Starc	10.4	3	34	5	3.18	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
Mohammed Shami	10.5	2	35	5	3.23	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363
HMRKB Herath	45.0	30	40	5	0.88	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
R Ashwin	24.0	5	51	5	2.12	India	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015	Test # 2186
UWMBCA Welegedara	16.4	3	52	5	3.12	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
A Dananjaya	13.0	2	52	5	4.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
JJ Bumrah	18.5	2	54	5	2.86	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
TS Roland-Jones	16.4	4	57	5	3.42	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
Harbhajan Singh	48.3	23	59	5	1.21	India	v South Africa	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010	Test # 1952
MR Gillespie	15.0	2	59	5	3.93	New Zealand	v South Africa	Hamilton	15 Mar 2012	Test # 2036
MG Johnson	16.0	3	59	5	3.68	Australia	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014	Test # 2119
R Ashwin	49.1	26	61	5	1.24	India	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015	Test # 2191
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
SCJ Broad	16.4	2	69	5	4.14	England	v South Africa	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
MDK Perera	41.5	11	69	5	1.64	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
MM Ali	19.5	1	69	5	3.47	England	v South Africa	Manchester	04 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
JM Anderson	23.2	6	72	5	3.08	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
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
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
SJ Benn	47.0	9	120	5	2.55	West Indies	v South Africa	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010	Test # 1960
NM Lyon	46.0	7	130	5	2.82	Australia	v South Africa	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014	Test # 2121
J Nyumbu	49.3	7	157	5	3.17	Zimbabwe	v South Africa	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
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
SCJ Broad	15.0	6	25	4	1.66	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
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
RA Jadeja	12.0	3	33	4	2.75	India	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015	Test # 2189
Mustafizur Rahman	17.4	6	37	4	2.09	Bangladesh	v South Africa	Chattogram	21 Jul 2015	Test # 2172
JM Anderson	17.0	5	38	4	2.23	England	v South Africa	Manchester	04 Aug 2017	Test # 2268
RAS Lakmal	16.3	3	39	4	2.36	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
MDK Perera	12.5	1	40	4	3.11	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2018	Test # 2313
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
MM Ali	16.1	5	45	4	2.78	England	v South Africa	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
MDK Perera	23.0	8	46	4	2.00	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
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
RA Jadeja	16.0	2	50	4	3.12	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	14 Nov 2015	Test # 2188
Saeed Ajmal	18.1	2	51	4	2.80	Pakistan	v South Africa	Cape Town	14 Feb 2013	Test # 2073
CS Martin	18.0	2	56	4	3.11	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	07 Mar 2012	Test # 2035
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
MM Ali	20.0	7	59	4	2.95	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
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
TA Boult	32.4	12	64	4	1.95	New Zealand	v South Africa	Dunedin	08 Mar 2017	Test # 2253
Shaheen Shah Afridi	18.0	1	64	4	3.55	Pakistan	v South Africa	Centurion	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2338
PM Siddle	33.0	15	65	4	1.96	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012	Test # 2061
JR Hazlewood	22.0	5	68	4	3.09	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
MM Ali	25.0	3	69	4	2.76	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
RAS Lakmal	19.5	2	69	4	3.47	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
R Ashwin	28.4	9	69	4	2.40	India	v South Africa	Pune	10 Oct 2019	Test # 2364
R Ashwin	18.0	2	70	4	3.88	India	v South Africa	Bengaluru	14 Nov 2015	Test # 2188
HMRKB Herath	45.0	17	71	4	1.57	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
MA Starc	18.4	2	71	4	3.80	Australia	v South Africa	Perth	03 Nov 2016	Test # 2230
MVT Fernando	17.1	2	71	4	4.13	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Durban	13 Feb 2019	Test # 2347
ST Finn	27.0	5	74	4	2.74	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
Saeed Ajmal	32.4	7	74	4	2.26	Pakistan	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013	Test # 2098
ST Finn	18.0	2	75	4	4.16	England	v South Africa	Lord's	16 Aug 2012	Test # 2053
MA Starc	18.0	2	75	4	4.16	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	01 Mar 2018	Test # 2297
N Pradeep	27.0	8	78	4	2.88	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2247
MM Ali	16.0	2	78	4	4.87	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
PJ Cummins	26.0	6	78	4	3.00	Australia	v South Africa	Cape Town	22 Mar 2018	Test # 2300
I Sharma	25.0	5	79	4	3.16	India	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
MDK Perera	19.2	1	79	4	4.08	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
MA Starc	23.2	5	80	4	3.42	Australia	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016	Test # 2236
BA Stokes	27.0	3	86	4	3.18	England	v South Africa	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
B Kumar	19.0	4	87	4	4.57	India	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
RA Jadeja	25.0	6	87	4	3.48	India	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019	Test # 2363

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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]