Cricket in Test matches
Best bowling figures in a match
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
65.3 | 16 | 159 | 17 | 2.42 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1913 | Test # 131 | |
33.3x4 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 1.24 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 | Test # 32 | |
25.3x5 | 11 | 45 | 15 | 2.10 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 | Test # 47 | |
38.3 | 10 | 99 | 15 | 2.57 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 | Test # 94 | |
61.5 | 17 | 144 | 14 | 2.32 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
96.2 | 28 | 199 | 14 | 2.06 | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 | Test # 215 | |
37.4 | 14 | 57 | 13 | 1.51 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 | Test # 128 | |
54.2x5 | 27 | 91 | 13 | 2.00 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | Test # 37 | |
76.0 | 13 | 171 | 13 | 2.25 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 20 Jul 2000 | Test # 1504 | |
93.0 | 41 | 173 | 13 | 1.86 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 28 Feb 1936 | Test # 251 | |
31.2x5 | 10 | 71 | 12 | 2.71 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 02 Mar 1896 | Test # 48 | |
42.6x8 | 12 | 89 | 12 | 1.56 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
46.0 | 13 | 98 | 12 | 2.13 | India | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | Test # 2189 | |
60.2 | 24 | 101 | 12 | 1.67 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1951 | Test # 335 | |
56.5 | 18 | 112 | 12 | 1.97 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 | Test # 336 | |
33.1 | 4 | 127 | 12 | 3.82 | Australia | v South Africa | Centurion | 12 Feb 2014 | Test # 2119 | |
69.0 | 25 | 128 | 12 | 1.85 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 1994 | Test # 1243 | |
54.3 | 16 | 130 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 | Test # 168 | |
71.4 | 25 | 171 | 12 | 2.38 | England | v South Africa | Manchester | 27 Jul 1929 | Test # 184 | |
52.3 | 7 | 205 | 12 | 3.90 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 13 Jan 2005 | Test # 1734 | |
80.4 | 14 | 225 | 12 | 2.78 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 2006 | Test # 1812 | |
22.5 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1.05 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | Test # 216 | |
34.3 | 10 | 90 | 11 | 2.60 | England | v South Africa | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
41.0 | 11 | 97 | 11 | 2.36 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1960 | Test # 493 | |
53.1 | 17 | 109 | 11 | 2.05 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 02 Jan 1998 | Test # 1393 | |
47.0 | 12 | 110 | 11 | 2.34 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
60.5 | 23 | 118 | 11 | 1.93 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 24 Mar 1906 | Test # 91 | |
58.2 | 9 | 159 | 11 | 2.72 | Australia | v South Africa | Perth | 17 Dec 2008 | Test # 1899 | |
68.3 | 17 | 161 | 11 | 2.35 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | |
54.0 | 12 | 180 | 11 | 3.33 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Auckland | 18 Mar 2004 | Test # 1689 | |
37.0 | 12 | 78 | 10 | 2.10 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2311 | |
53.4 | 21 | 88 | 10 | 1.63 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1936 | Test # 249 | |
48.0 | 18 | 104 | 10 | 2.16 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 | Test # 110 | |
44.4 | 12 | 105 | 10 | 2.35 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 | |
46.3 | 15 | 110 | 10 | 2.36 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1936 | Test # 250 | |
35.0 | 11 | 112 | 10 | 3.20 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 06 Jul 2017 | Test # 2262 | |
31.4 | 4 | 114 | 10 | 3.60 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Rawalpindi | 04 Feb 2021 | Test # 2408 | |
43.2 | 12 | 115 | 10 | 2.65 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 08 Jul 1912 | Test # 124 | |
65.0 | 20 | 119 | 10 | 1.83 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
54.3 | 13 | 122 | 10 | 2.23 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 23 Jul 1998 | Test # 1421 | |
40.4 | 10 | 133 | 10 | 3.27 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 | Test # 1406 | |
41.3 | 7 | 138 | 10 | 3.32 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 18 Aug 1994 | Test # 1266 | |
60.1 | 11 | 147 | 10 | 2.44 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Cape Town | 14 Feb 2013 | Test # 2073 | |
44.0 | 10 | 153 | 10 | 3.47 | India | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
82.2 | 17 | 172 | 10 | 2.08 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1810 | |
71.2 | 16 | 175 | 10 | 2.45 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 | |
67.3 | 13 | 207 | 10 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | Test # 183 | |
26.0 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 2.11 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Christchurch | 17 Feb 2022 | Test # 2450 | |
20.0 | 3 | 66 | 9 | 3.30 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 | Test # 76 | |
46.1x8 | 14 | 82 | 9 | 1.33 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 28 Feb 1958 | Test # 451 | |
77.0 | 45 | 86 | 9 | 1.11 | Australia | v South Africa | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1931 | Test # 212 | |
56.0 | 21 | 88 | 9 | 1.57 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 23 Jun 1955 | Test # 409 | |
33.0 | 10 | 89 | 9 | 2.69 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 16 Mar 2006 | Test # 1789 | |
32.1 | 8 | 93 | 9 | 2.89 | New Zealand | v South Africa | Hamilton | 13 Feb 2024 | Test # 2529 | |
34.3 | 8 | 97 | 9 | 2.81 | Bangladesh | v South Africa | Mirpur | 22 Feb 2008 | Test # 1864 | |
45.0 | 13 | 98 | 9 | 2.17 | Australia | v South Africa | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1910 | Test # 112 | |
38.4x5 | 10 | 99 | 9 | 3.06 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
43.0 | 12 | 99 | 9 | 2.30 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 08 Nov 1902 | Test # 77 | |
47.3 | 13 | 100 | 9 | 2.10 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 06 Aug 1998 | Test # 1422 | |
30.4 | 5 | 100 | 9 | 3.26 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Jan 2020 | Test # 2382 | |
36.3 | 9 | 104 | 9 | 2.84 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 07 Jul 1960 | Test # 494 | |
47.0 | 10 | 106 | 9 | 2.25 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 12 Jul 1924 | Test # 155 | |
28.4 | 5 | 109 | 9 | 3.80 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 01 Mar 2018 | Test # 2297 | |
63.2x5 | 27 | 110 | 9 | 2.08 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 | Test # 58 | |
90.0 | 47 | 111 | 9 | 1.23 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Jul 2014 | Test # 2131 | |
50.3 | 14 | 128 | 9 | 2.53 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 | Test # 2026 | |
51.3 | 9 | 141 | 9 | 2.73 | India | v South Africa | Eden Gardens | 28 Nov 2004 | Test # 1724 | |
46.5 | 10 | 141 | 9 | 3.01 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 | Test # 2302 | |
56.0x8 | 12 | 144 | 9 | 1.92 | Australia | v South Africa | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
69.0 | 22 | 149 | 9 | 2.15 | Pakistan | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 | Test # 1403 | |
61.2x8 | 8 | 154 | 9 | 1.88 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
85.4 | 26 | 159 | 9 | 1.85 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
63.3 | 13 | 162 | 9 | 2.55 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
57.3 | 13 | 163 | 9 | 2.83 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 | Test # 90 | |
56.0 | 6 | 164 | 9 | 2.92 | England | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
65.0 | 12 | 202 | 9 | 3.10 | Bangladesh | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 | Test # 2461 | |
26.3 | 10 | 49 | 8 | 1.84 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 | |
30.4x8 | 11 | 53 | 8 | 1.30 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
32.1x8 | 9 | 65 | 8 | 1.51 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | Test # 318 | |
31.0 | 11 | 68 | 8 | 2.19 | India | v South Africa | Ahmedabad | 20 Nov 1996 | Test # 1338 | |
40.1 | 17 | 70 | 8 | 1.74 | England | v South Africa | Lord's | 10 Jun 1912 | Test # 122 | |
44.3 | 19 | 72 | 8 | 1.61 | Australia | v South Africa | Sydney | 18 Dec 1931 | Test # 213 | |
29.5 | 4 | 76 | 8 | 2.54 | India | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 | |
40.0x8 | 13 | 78 | 8 | 1.46 | England | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
45.3 | 12 | 79 | 8 | 1.73 | England | v South Africa | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1955 | Test # 407 | |
36.0 | 10 | 79 | 8 | 2.19 | West Indies | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 10 Dec 1998 | Test # 1433 | |
60.4 | 26 | 81 | 8 | 1.33 | West Indies | v South Africa | Bridgetown | 18 Apr 1992 | Test # 1188 | |
21.5 | 1 | 86 | 8 | 3.93 | India | v South Africa | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2024 | Test # 2522 | |
47.0x5 | 17 | 87 | 8 | 2.22 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 | Test # 49 | |
31.2x5 | 10 | 88 | 8 | 3.36 | England | v South Africa | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
38.0 | 10 | 90 | 8 | 2.36 | India | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 | Test # 2186 | |
48.0 | 17 | 92 | 8 | 1.91 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 06 Aug 1998 | Test # 1422 | |
35.0 | 11 | 99 | 8 | 2.82 | India | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 15 Dec 2006 | Test # 1823 | |
34.1 | 11 | 99 | 8 | 2.89 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Jan 2016 | Test # 2199 | |
55.0 | 25 | 101 | 8 | 1.83 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
40.0 | 6 | 102 | 8 | 2.55 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 | Test # 106 | |
41.0 | 14 | 103 | 8 | 2.51 | Australia | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
53.2 | 19 | 104 | 8 | 1.95 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 | Test # 200 | |
50.2 | 22 | 104 | 8 | 2.06 | Australia | v South Africa | Durban | 14 Dec 1935 | Test # 247 | |
47.0 | 15 | 104 | 8 | 2.21 | India | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 16 Nov 2001 | Test # 1569 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]
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