Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches
Best economy rates in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
20.0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0.50 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
16.0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0.56 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
17.0 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0.58 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 28 Feb 1964 | Test # 559 | |
10.0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0.60 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 06 Sep 1993 | Test # 1233 | |
25.2 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 | Test # 437 | |
24.0 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.65 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
15.0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.66 | South Africa | v India | Bengaluru | 02 Mar 2000 | Test # 1486 | |
16.0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0.68 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1964 | Test # 558 | |
14.0 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0.69 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
14.0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.71 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1964 | Test # 558 | |
14.0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
13.0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1952 | Test # 359 | |
13.0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0.75 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
23.0 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0.78 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 14 Mar 1997 | Test # 1360 | |
12.0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
23.0 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
11.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.81 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 17 Mar 1994 | Test # 1253 | |
23.0 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0.82 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
27.0 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1967 | Test # 615 | |
14.0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0.85 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
24.7 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 0.87 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 07 Feb 1964 | Test # 555 | |
29.3 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 0.89 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
10.0 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0.90 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1951 | Test # 338 | |
18.4 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0.91 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
23.5 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0.92 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
13.0 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0.92 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 24 Apr 2003 | Test # 1640 | |
29.0 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 | Test # 133 | |
15.0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 | Test # 2037 | |
31.0 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1953 | Test # 370 | |
16.0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
8.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0.93 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1953 | Test # 378 | |
35.5 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 0.94 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 12 Feb 1965 | Test # 578 | |
30.0 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0.96 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2011 | Test # 1988 | |
24.0 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 1.00 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
12.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
15.0 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 09 Aug 2014 | Test # 2135 | |
13.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1964 | Test # 560 | |
10.0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 26 Dec 1994 | Test # 1280 | |
10.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1.00 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 11 Nov 1999 | Test # 1468 | |
26.1 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 1.00 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 | Test # 377 | |
16.4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1.02 | South Africa | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 29 Mar 2001 | Test # 1541 | |
26.5 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 1.04 | South Africa | v West Indies | Kingston | 19 Apr 2001 | Test # 1544 | |
18.0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1.05 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 22 Jan 1970 | Test # 670 | |
17.0 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1.05 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1964 | Test # 560 | |
17.0 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1.05 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
28.0 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 1.07 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
14.0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1.07 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
27.0 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 1.07 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 06 Mar 1953 | Test # 368 | |
27.0 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1.07 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 18 Jun 1998 | Test # 1419 | |
24.0 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 1.08 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 21 Jul 1960 | Test # 495 | |
24.5 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1.08 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 19 Feb 1970 | Test # 672 | |
14.4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1999 | Test # 1471 | |
11.0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 | Test # 1315 | |
11.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1.09 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 | Test # 1736 | |
15.0 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1.10 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 | Test # 438 | |
10.0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1.10 | South Africa | v India | Kanpur | 08 Dec 1996 | Test # 1344 | |
38.0 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 1.10 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1964 | Test # 558 | |
42.0 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 1.10 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
45.0 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 1.11 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1964 | Test # 558 | |
62.0 | 37 | 69 | 5 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 21 Jul 1955 | Test # 411 | |
26.0 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 1.11 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 28 Feb 1964 | Test # 559 | |
14.2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | Centurion | 26 Dec 2019 | Test # 2377 | |
53.4 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 1.11 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
20.0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1.12 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1956 | Test # 434 | |
14.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1.12 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 05 Feb 1954 | Test # 382 | |
22.1 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1.12 | South Africa | v West Indies | St John's | 06 Apr 2001 | Test # 1542 | |
15.0 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1.13 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 27 Feb 1932 | Test # 217 | |
19.0 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1.13 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 | Test # 59 | |
28.0 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 1.14 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1993 | Test # 1209 | |
14.0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1.14 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1995 | Test # 1320 | |
14.5 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1.14 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2006 | Test # 1825 | |
27.0 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 1.14 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1955 | Test # 412 | |
20.0 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1.15 | South Africa | v India | Johannesburg | 26 Nov 1992 | Test # 1201 | |
28.3 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 1.15 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 18 Mar 1999 | Test # 1452 | |
16.0 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1.17 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 | Test # 444 | |
37.4 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 1.18 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 | Test # 306 | |
10.1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 24 Feb 1967 | Test # 617 | |
16.0 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1.18 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1964 | Test # 560 | |
16.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1.18 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 19 Nov 2008 | Test # 1893 | |
21.0 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1.19 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Gqeberha | 16 Feb 1962 | Test # 524 | |
25.1 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1970 | Test # 673 | |
59.0 | 24 | 94 | 3 | 1.19 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 | Test # 447 | |
15.0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1.20 | South Africa | v India | Kanpur | 08 Dec 1996 | Test # 1344 | |
10.0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1.20 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 01 May 2003 | Test # 1642 | |
14.0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1.21 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
23.0 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 1.21 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 20 Nov 2010 | Test # 1979 | |
22.0 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1.22 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 2003 | Test # 1666 | |
26.0 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 1.23 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1964 | Test # 560 | |
26.0 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 1.23 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Moratuwa | 25 Aug 1993 | Test # 1232 | |
29.0 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1.24 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 | Test # 381 | |
24.5 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 1.24 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 16 Feb 1923 | Test # 152 | |
24.0 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 26 Dec 2000 | Test # 1526 | |
16.0 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1.25 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 | Test # 1397 | |
16.0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1.25 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 09 Dec 1999 | Test # 1475 | |
12.0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1.25 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1931 | Test # 202 | |
11.1 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1.25 | South Africa | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 1996 | Test # 1347 | |
35.0 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 1.25 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
25.0 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 1.26 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 | Test # 436 | |
19.0 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 1.26 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 18 Jun 1998 | Test # 1419 | |
15.0 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1.26 | South Africa | v Bangladesh | East London | 18 Oct 2002 | Test # 1619 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]
New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 4-7, 2024 [Test # 2528]
South Africa v India at Cape Town, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]
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