Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Bowling averages
Player
Span
Mat
Inns
Balls
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
5
10
Ct
St
KJ Abbott2013-20171121208195886397/2922.712.5553.33040
HD Ackerman1998-1998400000-0.00--0010
PR Adams1995-20044576885033944051347/12832.872.9866.041290
NAT Adcock1953-19622646639121821951046/4321.102.0661.45040
HM Amla2004-20191245540370-0.004.11-001080
JH Anderson1902-1902100000-0.00--0010
WH Ashley1889-188911173189577/9513.573.2924.71000
A Bacher1965-19701200000-0.00--00100
AM Bacher1996-19991916040-0.004.00-00110
XC Balaskas1930-1939911157228806225/4936.633.0771.41050
EJ Barlow1961-1970304630211151362405/8534.052.7075.510350
HV Baumgartner1913-19131116639922/9949.503.5783.00010
T Bavuma2014-20235759616111/2961.003.8196.000280
R Beaumont1912-1914516100-0.000.00-0020
DG Bedingham2023-2024400000-0.00--0020
DW Begbie1948-195054160013011/38130.004.87160.00020
AJ Bell1929-193516263342891567486/9932.642.8169.64060
M Bisset1899-1910300000-0.00--0021
GF Bissett1927-19284898928469257/2918.762.8439.52000
JM Blanckenberg1913-1924182538881321817606/7630.282.8064.84090
KC Bland1961-196621123941812522/1662.501.90197.000100
EG Bock1935-1935121382910-0.003.95-0000
N Boje2000-20064372862029342651005/6242.652.9686.230180
GE Bond1938-193811160160-0.006.00-0000
T Bosch1992-199212237910432/6134.662.6379.00000
J Botha2006-2010510101729573174/5633.703.3859.80030
JT Botten1965-1965368283733782/5642.122.44103.50010
MV Boucher1997-2012146180611/66.004.508.00053023
N Brand2024-202422234217186/11921.374.3829.21030
WH Brann1922-1923300000-0.00--0020
AW Briscoe1935-1939200000-0.00--0010
HD Bromfield1961-19659161810101599175/8835.231.98106.410130
LS Brown1931-193223318718931/3063.003.56106.00000
CGD Burger1958-1958200000-0.00--0010
N Burger2023-2024242269154114/3314.004.0820.50010
SF Burke1962-19652366037257116/12823.362.3360.02100
ID Buys1922-1922121444520-0.002.16-0000
HB Cameron1927-19352600000-0.00--003912
T Campbell1910-1912500000-0.00--0071
PR Carlstein1958-1964800000-0.00--0030
CP Carter1912-19241012147547694286/5024.782.8252.62020
RH Catterall1922-1931249342716273/1523.142.8448.800120
HW Chapman1914-192123126110411/51104.004.95126.00010
JE Cheetham1949-19552416020-0.002.00-00130
GA Chevalier1970-1970122531110053/6820.002.3750.60010
JAJ Christy1929-193210613849221/1546.004.0069.00030
GWA Chubb1951-195158142563577216/5127.472.4267.82000
JAK Cochran1931-1931111385470-0.002.04-0000
SK Coen1927-19282112070-0.003.50-0010
G Coetzee2023-2023363667245103/3724.504.0136.60000
JMM Commaille1910-19281200000-0.00--0010
JB Commins1994-1995300000-0.00--0020
DP Conyngham1923-1923123662210321/4051.501.68183.00010
FJ Cook1896-1896100000-0.00--0000
SC Cook2016-2017111120160-0.008.00-0060
SJ Cook1992-1993300000-0.00--0000
AHC Cooper1913-1913100000-0.00--0010
JL Cox1913-1914345762424542/7461.252.55144.00010
G Cripps1892-189211150230-0.009.20-0000
RJ Crisp1935-1936914142830747205/9937.353.1371.41030
WJ Cronje1992-2000688538002431288433/1429.952.0388.300330
DJ Cullinan1993-200170812037121/1035.503.5560.000670
SH Curnow1930-1932700000-0.00--0050
EL Dalton1929-193915128647490124/5940.833.4072.00050
EQ Davies1936-193956768748174/7568.713.75109.70000
AC Dawson2003-2003242521411752/2023.402.7850.40000
OC Dawson1947-1949915129441578102/5757.802.68129.400100
HG Deane1924-19311700000-0.00--0080
TB de Bruyn2017-20221341021740-0.004.35-00120
Z de Bruyn2004-20043321689232/3230.662.5572.00000
Q de Kock2014-20215400000-0.00--0022111
M de Lange2011-2012244481027797/8130.773.7049.71010
R de Swardt2024-2024242701012132/6140.332.6890.00030
AB de Villiers2004-20181145204610422/4952.003.05102.0002225
PS de Villiers1993-1998183448052212063856/2324.272.5756.552110
F de Wet2009-2010244261918664/5531.002.6171.00010
T de Zorzi2023-2024400000-0.00--0020
HH Dippenaar1999-200738112110-0.000.50-00270
CD Dixon1914-191412240611832/6239.332.9580.00010
AA Donald1992-2002721291551966173443308/7122.252.8347.0203180
RR Dower1899-1899100000-0.00--0020
RG Draper1950-1950200000-0.00--0000
CAR Duckworth1957-1957200000-0.00--0030
R Dumbrill1965-1967598164033694/3037.332.4790.60030
JP Duminy1927-1929336003911/1739.003.9060.00020
JP Duminy2008-201746572703481601424/4738.113.5564.300380
OR Dunell1889-1889200000-0.00--0010
F du Plessis2012-2021695780690-0.005.30-00630
JH du Preez1967-196723144125132/2217.002.1248.00020
JF du Toit1892-1892118554711/4747.003.3185.00010
DV Dyer1947-1947300000-0.00--0000
CE Eksteen1993-200071415369749483/1261.751.92192.00050
D Elgar2012-20248645103612673154/2244.863.8969.000920
MK Elgie1961-196232662460-0.004.18-0040
S Elworthy1998-20024886735444134/6634.153.0766.60010
WR Endean1951-19582800000-0.00--00410
SJ Erwee2022-20231000000-0.00--0080
WS Farrer1962-1964600000-0.00--0020
GA Faulkner1906-1924254342271242180827/8426.583.0951.540200
JP Fellows-Smith1960-1960441141610-0.003.21-0020
CG Fichardt1892-1896200000-0.00--0020
CE Finlason1889-18891112070-0.003.50-0000
CE Floquet1910-191011482240-0.003.00-0000
C Fortuin2024-2024200000-0.00--0032
HH Francis1899-1899200000-0.00--0010
CM Francois1922-1923596843622563/2337.501.97114.00050
CN Frank1921-1921300000-0.00--0000
WHB Frank1896-1896115835211/5252.005.3758.00000
ERH Fuller1953-1958712189861668225/6630.362.1186.21030
GM Fullerton1947-1951700000-0.00--00102
KJ Funston1952-19581800000-0.00--0070
D Gamsy1970-1970200000-0.00--0050
HH Gibbs1996-20089016040-0.004.00-00940
RA Gleeson1896-1896100000-0.00--0020
GK Glover1896-1896116542811/2828.002.5865.00000
TL Goddard1955-197041751173670632261236/5326.221.6495.450480
N Gordon1938-193958196628807205/10340.352.4698.32010
R Graham1899-1899242401312732/2242.333.1780.00020
RE Grieveson1939-1939200000-0.00--0073
GM Griffin1960-1960234321419284/8724.002.6654.00000
AE Hall1923-19317142361107886407/6322.152.2559.03140
AJ Hall2002-200721383001951617453/135.933.2366.600160
GG Hall1965-19651118679411/9494.003.03186.00000
EA Halliwell1892-1902800000-0.00--00102
CG Halse1964-196436587726063/5043.332.6597.80010
PAM Hands1913-192472370180-0.002.91-0030
RHM Hands1914-1914100000-0.00--0000
MA Hanley1949-19491223278811/5788.002.27232.00000
SR Harmer2015-202310162105681075394/6127.563.0653.90040
PL Harris2007-20113763880933639011036/12737.872.6585.530160
TA Harris1947-1949300000-0.00--0010
GPD Hartigan1912-191454252714111/72141.003.35252.00000
RL Harvey1936-1936200000-0.00--0000
CMH Hathorn1902-19111200000-0.00--0050
M Hayward1999-200416292821901609545/5629.793.4252.21040
F Hearne1892-1896416204022/4020.003.8731.00020
GAL Hearne1922-1924300000-0.00--0030
PS Heine1955-1962142738901061455586/5825.082.2467.04080
CW Henderson2001-2002712196279928224/11642.182.8389.10020
BE Hendricks2020-202012231517565/6429.164.5438.51000
O Henry1992-1993344271518932/5663.002.65142.30020
CFW Hime1896-1896125543111/2031.003.3855.00000
AC Hudson1992-19983500000-0.00--00360
P Hutchinson1889-1889200000-0.00--0030
Imran Tahir2011-201520373925862294575/3240.243.5068.82080
DEJ Ironside1953-19543598641275155/5118.331.6765.71010
BL Irvine1970-1970400000-0.00--0020
SD Jack1994-1995244622419684/6924.502.5457.70010
M Jansen2021-202413221980591117495/3522.793.3840.410130
CL Johnson1896-18961114012570-0.002.44-0010
JH Kallis1995-20131652702017284694972916/5432.632.8269.3501960
HJ Keith1953-1957821082630-0.003.50-0090
JM Kemp2001-2005484792022293/3324.662.7853.20030
GA Kempis1889-188912168177643/5319.002.7142.00000
I Khan2009-2009100000-0.00--0010
G Kirsten1993-2004101153491914221/071.002.44174.500830
PN Kirsten1992-1994123541300-0.003.33-0080
H Klaasen2019-2023400000-0.00--00102
RK Kleinveldt2012-20134766721422103/6542.203.7966.70020
L Klusener1996-2004498468873183033808/6437.912.6486.010340
JJ Kotze1902-190735413824363/6440.503.5368.80030
HG Kuhn2017-2017400000-0.00--0010
AP Kuiper1992-1992100000-0.00--0010
F Kuys1899-1899116043122/3115.503.1030.00000
HR Lance1962-1970131994838479123/3039.913.0379.00070
CK Langeveldt2005-200661099927593165/4637.063.5662.41020
ACB Langton1935-1939152341991041827405/5845.672.61104.91080
GB Lawrence1961-196259133462512288/5318.282.3047.62020
FL le Roux1914-191412543240-0.002.66-0000
PT Lewis1913-1913100000-0.00--0000
GFJ Liebenberg1998-1998500000-0.00--0010
GF Linde2019-2021354731725295/6428.003.1952.51000
DT Lindsay1963-19701900000-0.00--00572
JD Lindsay1947-1947300000-0.00--0041
NV Lindsay1921-1921100000-0.00--0010
WVS Ling1921-192361180200-0.006.66-0010
CB Llewellyn1896-191215212292551421486/9229.603.7147.74170
EB Lundie1914-191412286910744/10126.752.2471.50000
MJ Macaulay1965-196512276177321/1036.501.58138.00000
CN McCarthy1948-195115253499641510366/4341.942.5897.12060
DJ McGlew1951-1962343320230-0.004.31-00180
ND McKenzie2000-2009586900680-0.004.53-00540
AH McKinnon1960-19678152546153925264/12835.572.1797.90010
R McLaren2010-201424264816232/7254.003.6888.00000
RA McLean1951-19644014010-0.001.50-00230
BM McMillan1992-1998386460482552537754/6533.822.5180.600490
Q McMillan1929-193213222021381243365/6634.523.6956.12080
KA Maharaj2016-20245083957529950551589/12931.993.1660.691160
PJ Malan2020-20203112050-0.002.50-0030
NBF Mann1947-1951193357962601920586/5933.101.9899.91030
PNF Mansell1951-19551318150631736113/5866.902.93136.900150
LA Markham1949-19491210417211/3472.004.15104.00000
AK Markram2017-20243713249513022/2765.003.13124.500370
WFE Marx1921-192135228114443/8536.003.7857.00000
CR Matthews1992-1995183339802311502525/4228.882.2676.52040
DJ Meintjes1923-192324246711563/3819.162.8041.00030
MG Melle1950-1953712166720851266/7132.733.0664.12040
A Melville1938-19491100000-0.00--0080
J Middleton1896-1902611106461442245/5118.412.4944.32010
CH Mills1892-18921114078322/8341.503.5570.00010
WH Milton1889-1892337954821/524.003.6439.50020
B Mitchell1929-194942392525261380275/8751.113.2793.510560
F Mitchell1912-1912300000-0.00--0000
EM Moore2024-2024100000-0.00--0010
TL Moreki2024-2024243981120221/32101.003.04199.00010
DPB Morkel1927-19321622170455821184/9345.612.8994.600130
JA Morkel2009-200912192413211/44132.004.12192.00000
M Morkel2006-2018861601649860585503096/2327.663.1053.380250
CH Morris2016-20174862315459123/3838.254.4251.90050
PWA Mulder2019-20231220105049515193/127.102.9455.200170
ARA Murray1952-195410162374111710184/16939.441.79131.80030
S Muthusamy2019-202334273419021/6395.004.17136.50030
A Nel2001-20083669763028039191236/3231.863.0862.031160
JD Nel1949-1957600000-0.00--0010
C Newberry1913-19144655815268114/7224.362.8850.70030
ES Newson1930-1939368741526542/5866.251.81218.50030
M Ngam2000-20013539215189113/2617.182.8935.60010
L Ngidi2018-202418312351941222546/3922.623.1143.53070
F Nicholson1935-1936400000-0.00--0030
JFW Nicolson1928-192832240170-0.004.25-0000
A Nortje2019-202319323057811870706/5626.713.6743.64060
NO Norton1910-1910119044744/4711.753.1322.50000
AD Nourse1935-195134220190-0.002.70-00120
AW Nourse1902-1924455732341201553414/2537.872.8878.800430
M Ntini1998-200910119020834759112423907/3728.823.2353.4184250
EP Nupen1921-1936173141591331788506/4635.762.5783.15190
AE Ochse1889-1889200000-0.00--0000
AL Ochse1928-19293564910362104/7936.203.3464.90010
S O'Linn1960-1961700000-0.00--0040
D Olivier2017-202416292292641432596/3724.273.7438.83130
JL Ontong2002-200423185213311/79133.004.31185.00010
HGO Owen-Smith1929-19295615601130-0.004.34-0040
AW Palm1927-1928100000-0.00--0010
GM Parker1924-192422366227386/15234.124.4745.71000
DC Parkin1892-18921113048233/8227.333.7843.30010
WD Parnell2010-201761055611414154/5127.604.4637.00030
JT Partridge1963-1965112036841361373447/9131.202.2383.73060
D Paterson2020-2024478332839993/3944.332.8792.50010
COC Pearse1910-191133144010633/5635.334.4148.00010
SJ Pegler1910-192416232989841572477/6533.443.1563.52050
AN Petersen2010-201536711416211/262.003.26114.000310
KD Petersen2021-20241400000-0.00--00180
RJ Peterson2003-201415272515851416385/3337.263.3766.11090
AL Phehlukwayo2017-2018482509147113/1313.363.5222.70020
VD Philander2011-2020641191139150750002246/2122.322.6350.8132170
DL Piedt2014-202410172211551357345/8939.913.6865.02050
AJ Pithey1957-196517112050-0.002.50-0030
DB Pithey1963-1967813142467577126/5848.082.43118.61060
JB Plimsoll1947-194712237914333/12847.663.6279.00000
PM Pollock1961-19702852652227028061166/3824.182.5856.29190
RG Pollock1963-197023134141720442/5051.002.95103.500170
SM Pollock1995-200810820224353122297334217/8723.112.3957.8161720
RM Poore1896-18963190411/44.002.669.00030
JE Pothecary1960-1960368283235494/5839.332.5692.00020
AW Powell1899-1899112011011/1010.003.0020.00020
D Pretorius2002-2003485701843064/11571.664.5295.00000
D Pretorius2019-2020364802225272/2636.003.1568.50020
AG Prince2002-20116649614711/247.002.9396.000470
CFH Prince1899-1899100000-0.00--0000
MW Pringle1992-1995456522127052/6254.002.48130.40000
MJ Procter1967-1970714151480616416/7315.022.4436.91040
HLE Promnitz1927-1928245283016185/5820.121.8266.01020
NA Quinn1929-1932121929221031145356/9232.712.3583.41010
K Rabada2015-2024621121141637864192917/11222.053.3739.2144300
N Reid1921-19211112636322/6331.503.0063.00000
JN Rhodes1992-200052212150-0.002.50-00340
AR Richards1896-1896100000-0.00--0000
BA Richards1970-1970437232611/1226.002.1672.00030
WHM Richards1889-1889100000-0.00--0000
DJ Richardson1992-19984200000-0.00--001502
RD Rickelton2022-2023400000-0.00--0010
JB Robertson1935-1936357382632163/14353.502.60123.00020
A Rose-Innes1889-18892312888955/4317.804.1725.61020
TW Routledge1892-1896400000-0.00--0020
AMB Rowan1947-1951152551931362084545/6838.592.4096.14070
EAB Rowan1935-195126219170-0.002.21-00140
GA Rowe1896-19025899850456155/11530.402.7466.51040
JA Rudolph2003-201248196641343241/1108.003.90166.000290
MW Rushmere1992-1992100000-0.00--0000
SV Samuelson1910-1910111082640-0.003.55-0010
BN Schultz1992-1997914173382749375/4820.242.5946.82020
RO Schwarz1906-191220312639661417556/4725.763.2247.920180
AW Seccull1896-1896116023722/3718.503.7030.00010
MA Seymour1963-19707914583658893/8065.332.41162.00020
WA Shalders1899-1907121483611/66.000.7548.00030
T Shamsi2016-2018244831027863/9146.333.4580.50000
GH Shepstone1896-1899221159470-0.002.45-0020
PW Sherwell1906-19111300000-0.00--002016
IJ Siedle1928-1936181191711/77.002.2119.00070
JH Sinclair1896-1911254135981101996636/2631.683.3257.11090
L Sipamla2020-20223641914245114/7622.273.5038.00020
CJE Smith1902-1902300000-0.00--0020
FW Smith1889-1896300000-0.00--0020
GC Smith2002-20141163714182888582/145110.623.74177.2001660
VI Smith1947-1957912165555769124/14364.082.78137.90030
RP Snell1992-199459102542538194/7428.313.1453.90010
SD Snooke1907-1907100000-0.00--0020
SJ Snooke1906-19232629162062702358/7020.052.6046.211240
WRT Solomon1899-1899100000-0.00--0010
RB Stewart1889-1889100000-0.00--0020
DW Steyn2004-20199317118608660100774397/5122.953.2442.3265260
PJR Steyn1995-1995300000-0.00--0000
LA Stricker1910-1912139174310511/36105.003.62174.00030
PC Strydom2000-200021360270-0.004.50-0010
T Stubbs2024-2024100000-0.00--0010
GA Stuurman2022-202221174512411/124124.004.27174.00000
MJ Susskind1924-1924500000-0.00--0010
PL Symcox1993-1998203435611351603374/6943.322.7096.20050
HM Taberer1902-1902126024811/2548.004.8060.00000
AB Tancred1889-1889200000-0.00--0020
LJ Tancred1902-19131400000-0.00--0030
VM Tancred1899-1899100000-0.00--0000
GL Tapscott1913-1913100000-0.00--0010
LE Tapscott1923-19232112120-0.001.00-0000
HJ Tayfield1949-196037611356860244051709/11325.911.9479.8142260
AI Taylor1956-1956100000-0.00--0000
D Taylor1914-1914200000-0.00--0000
HW Taylor1912-193242113421815653/1531.202.7368.400190
DJ Terbrugge1998-2004713101244517205/4625.853.0650.61040
NHCD Theunissen1889-188911805510-0.003.82-0000
G Thornton1902-1902112402011/2020.005.0024.00010
DS Tomlinson1935-193511600380-0.003.80-0000
AJ Traicos1970-1970364702420742/7051.752.64117.50040
PHJ Trimborn1967-19704874731257113/1223.362.0667.90070
TL Tsolekile2004-2004300000-0.00--0060
LL Tsotsobe2010-2011598703544893/4349.773.0896.60010
L Tuckett1947-1949917210447980195/6851.572.79110.72090
LR Tuckett1914-1914121204690-0.003.45-0020
PS Twentyman-Jones1902-1902100000-0.00--0000
PGV van der Bijl1938-1939500000-0.00--0010
HE van der Dussen2019-20221800000-0.00--00230
EA van der Merwe1929-1936200000-0.00--0030
PL van der Merwe1963-19671537972211/622.001.6779.000110
M van Jaarsveld2002-200491420280-0.004.00-00110
CB van Ryneveld1951-19581920155427671174/6739.472.5991.400140
R van Tonder2024-2024200000-0.00--0020
S van Zyl2014-201612114031514863/2024.662.2067.10060
GD Varnals1964-19653112120-0.001.00-0000
K Verreynne2021-20241600000-0.00--00483
DJ Vilas2015-2016600000-0.00--00130
GC Viljoen2016-20161211429411/7994.004.94114.00000
KG Viljoen1930-1949272481230-0.002.87-0050
CL Vincent1927-1935254058511942631846/5131.322.6969.630270
CH Vintcent1889-1892343692319343/8848.253.1392.20010
AEE Vogler1906-191115282764961455647/9422.733.1543.151200
S von Berg2024-20241217431000-0.003.44-0000
HF Wade1935-19361000000-0.00--0040
WW Wade1938-19501100000-0.00--00152
JHB Waite1951-19655000000-0.00--0012417
KA Walter1961-1961244952019764/6332.832.3882.50030
TA Ward1912-19242300000-0.00--001913
JC Watkins1949-195715272805134816294/2228.131.7496.700120
C Wesley1960-1960300000-0.00--0010
KC Wessels1992-19941600000-0.00--00120
RJ Westcott1954-195851320220-0.004.12-0000
GC White1906-191217144981430194/4733.443.6255.300100
LB Williams2022-202222185510533/5435.003.4061.60040
CM Willoughby2003-2003233001812511/47125.002.50300.00000
JT Willoughby1896-1896232751215962/3726.503.4645.80000
CS Wimble1892-1892100000-0.00--0000
PL Winslow1950-1955500000-0.00--0010
OE Wynne1948-1950600000-0.00--0030
M Zondeki2003-200861178025480196/3925.263.6941.01010
K Zondo2022-2023500000-0.00--0020
Zubayr Hamza2019-2024800000-0.00--0070
JW Zulch1910-1921162240280-0.007.00-0040
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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]