Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches - South Africa
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
66.5x8 | 22 | 165 | 13 | 1.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 | Test # 361 | |
74.0x8 | 26 | 192 | 13 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
61.7x8 | 31 | 90 | 9 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
62.1x8 | 29 | 97 | 9 | 1.17 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
78.1 | 29 | 164 | 9 | 2.09 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
46.5x8 | 2 | 166 | 9 | 2.67 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
57.4x8 | 6 | 167 | 9 | 2.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
43.0x8 | 19 | 61 | 8 | 1.06 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
33.0x8 | 6 | 87 | 8 | 1.97 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
39.5x8 | 14 | 88 | 8 | 1.66 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
72.4 | 36 | 99 | 8 | 1.36 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
49.2x8 | 8 | 140 | 8 | 2.13 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 06 Feb 1953 | Test # 365 | |
56.0 | 12 | 157 | 8 | 2.80 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 07 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
33.0x8 | 7 | 69 | 7 | 1.56 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
33.0x8 | 3 | 77 | 7 | 1.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
87.0 | 49 | 108 | 7 | 1.24 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
76.2 | 31 | 155 | 7 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
41.4 | 19 | 60 | 6 | 1.44 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
37.3x8 | 9 | 72 | 6 | 1.44 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
22.2x8 | 5 | 75 | 6 | 2.52 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
50.0x8 | 21 | 88 | 6 | 1.32 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
37.5x8 | 6 | 96 | 6 | 1.91 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
56.0 | 17 | 100 | 6 | 1.78 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 07 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
46.3x8 | 14 | 121 | 6 | 1.95 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
49.3 | 13 | 123 | 6 | 2.48 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
38.0x8 | 2 | 131 | 6 | 2.58 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
61.6x8 | 14 | 132 | 6 | 1.60 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
54.0 | 12 | 147 | 6 | 2.72 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
65.0x8 | 25 | 163 | 6 | 1.88 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
73.2 | 14 | 169 | 6 | 2.30 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
45.0x8 | 3 | 171 | 6 | 2.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 | |
67.4x8 | 12 | 202 | 6 | 2.24 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 06 Feb 1953 | Test # 365 | |
18.3x8 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 1.22 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
26.0x8 | 9 | 44 | 5 | 1.26 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
51.0 | 31 | 49 | 5 | 0.96 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
50.5 | 31 | 51 | 5 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
30.0x8 | 12 | 55 | 5 | 1.37 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
48.5 | 19 | 67 | 5 | 1.37 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1953 | Test # 370 | |
34.4 | 9 | 77 | 5 | 2.22 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
38.5 | 12 | 80 | 5 | 2.06 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
70.0 | 27 | 95 | 5 | 1.35 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
56.0 | 11 | 112 | 5 | 2.00 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
51.0x8 | 18 | 120 | 5 | 1.76 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
58.0 | 15 | 123 | 5 | 2.12 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
50.0x8 | 12 | 130 | 5 | 1.95 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
68.0 | 17 | 174 | 5 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
13.0 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1.30 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
29.0x8 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0.64 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
42.5x8 | 16 | 65 | 4 | 1.14 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
46.4 | 15 | 72 | 4 | 1.54 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
44.0 | 21 | 75 | 4 | 1.70 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
23.0 | 2 | 76 | 4 | 3.30 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
36.3x8 | 11 | 78 | 4 | 1.60 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
27.6x8 | 2 | 82 | 4 | 2.21 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
43.5 | 13 | 103 | 4 | 2.34 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
34.3x8 | 13 | 106 | 4 | 2.31 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
49.6x8 | 15 | 111 | 4 | 1.67 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
46.3x8 | 16 | 117 | 4 | 1.89 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1954 | Test # 379 | |
51.1 | 11 | 121 | 4 | 2.36 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
55.5x8 | 13 | 136 | 4 | 1.83 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
52.2 | 14 | 155 | 4 | 2.96 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
51.2x8 | 11 | 169 | 4 | 2.47 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
62.0x8 | 21 | 171 | 4 | 2.06 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
48.3x8 | 8 | 175 | 4 | 2.71 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
58.0x8 | 7 | 207 | 4 | 2.67 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 | Test # 364 | |
29.0x8 | 12 | 44 | 3 | 1.13 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
29.0 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 2.03 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 | |
25.2x8 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 1.84 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
46.0 | 23 | 63 | 3 | 1.36 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1953 | Test # 370 | |
47.0 | 14 | 67 | 3 | 1.42 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
37.2x8 | 11 | 70 | 3 | 1.40 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
37.6x8 | 9 | 70 | 3 | 1.39 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
33.0x8 | 3 | 80 | 3 | 1.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
46.0 | 9 | 87 | 3 | 1.89 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
28.0x8 | 6 | 87 | 3 | 2.33 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
65.0x8 | 30 | 87 | 3 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
33.0x8 | 7 | 90 | 3 | 2.04 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
36.0 | 5 | 92 | 3 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
38.0x8 | 9 | 94 | 3 | 1.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
60.5 | 23 | 96 | 3 | 1.57 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
28.0x8 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 2.65 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
38.0x8 | 5 | 123 | 3 | 2.42 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
33.0x8 | 5 | 127 | 3 | 2.88 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 | Test # 361 | |
80.0x8 | 31 | 135 | 3 | 1.26 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
30.0x8 | 3 | 143 | 3 | 3.57 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 06 Feb 1953 | Test # 365 | |
74.0 | 31 | 144 | 3 | 1.94 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 07 Jul 1955 | Test # 410 | |
40.0x8 | 1 | 145 | 3 | 2.71 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
39.0x8 | 1 | 153 | 3 | 2.94 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 | Test # 364 | |
44.0x8 | 5 | 169 | 3 | 2.88 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 10 Feb 1950 | Test # 321 | |
19.0x8 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1.18 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
17.0x8 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 1.63 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
20.0x8 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 1.50 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
18.3 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 2.27 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
20.0x8 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 2.02 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
25.0x8 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 1.65 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
24.0x8 | 9 | 56 | 2 | 1.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
36.4 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 1.66 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 | |
37.0 | 11 | 66 | 2 | 1.78 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 | |
31.4x8 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 1.66 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
36.0 | 9 | 74 | 2 | 2.05 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 |
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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:
India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]
India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]
Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]
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