Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches
Most runs conceded in an innings
Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
65.0 | 5 | 221 | 0 | 3.40 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1810 | |
53.1 | 6 | 203 | 3 | 3.81 | South Africa | v India | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 | |
50.0 | 10 | 196 | 1 | 3.92 | South Africa | v India | Pune | 10 Oct 2019 | Test # 2364 | |
55.0 | 6 | 189 | 3 | 3.43 | South Africa | v India | Visakhapatnam | 02 Oct 2019 | Test # 2363 | |
42.0 | 5 | 188 | 2 | 4.47 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 | |
45.0 | 6 | 184 | 3 | 4.08 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 20 Jul 2000 | Test # 1504 | |
50.0 | 5 | 182 | 1 | 3.64 | South Africa | v India | Eden Gardens | 14 Feb 2010 | Test # 1952 | |
23.0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 7.82 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 | Test # 2061 | |
58.0 | 15 | 180 | 5 | 3.10 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 16 Jan 2020 | Test # 2380 | |
29.5 | 2 | 175 | 3 | 5.86 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
55.2 | 10 | 174 | 1 | 2.36 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 03 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
65.0 | 11 | 174 | 1 | 2.67 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 | |
68.0 | 17 | 174 | 5 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
51.2 | 11 | 169 | 4 | 2.47 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 09 Jan 1953 | Test # 362 | |
38.0 | 4 | 168 | 1 | 4.42 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 17 Feb 1911 | Test # 114 | |
60.0 | 9 | 167 | 5 | 2.08 | South Africa | v England | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1949 | Test # 313 | |
44.0 | 4 | 165 | 4 | 3.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1936 | Test # 250 | |
62.0 | 9 | 165 | 2 | 2.66 | South Africa | v West Indies | Basseterre | 18 Jun 2010 | Test # 1961 | |
52.0 | 7 | 163 | 1 | 3.13 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 28 Feb 1997 | Test # 1356 | |
44.0 | 5 | 163 | 1 | 3.70 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2004 | Test # 1730 | |
43.0 | 5 | 162 | 4 | 3.76 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 | Test # 1800 | |
43.0 | 9 | 160 | 2 | 3.72 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 03 Jan 2020 | Test # 2379 | |
51.0 | 4 | 157 | 1 | 3.07 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 28 Feb 1936 | Test # 251 | |
40.0 | 3 | 157 | 5 | 2.94 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1938 | Test # 268 | |
41.0 | 4 | 155 | 1 | 2.83 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 27 Dec 1948 | Test # 307 | |
55.0 | 16 | 154 | 4 | 2.80 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1931 | Test # 214 | |
36.0 | 4 | 154 | 2 | 3.20 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 03 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
40.0 | 4 | 154 | 3 | 3.85 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 | Test # 2313 | |
35.0 | 4 | 153 | 1 | 4.37 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 | |
36.0 | 4 | 153 | 5 | 4.25 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2015 | Test # 2196 | |
37.0 | 2 | 152 | 6 | 4.10 | South Africa | v England | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 | Test # 153 | |
33.0 | 3 | 150 | 4 | 4.54 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1931 | Test # 214 | |
28.0 | 3 | 150 | 1 | 5.35 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2016 | Test # 2197 | |
51.0 | 7 | 148 | 3 | 2.90 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 | Test # 206 | |
50.0 | 5 | 148 | 4 | 2.96 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 | |
42.0 | 3 | 148 | 2 | 3.52 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 04 Aug 2004 | Test # 1709 | |
46.2 | 12 | 146 | 4 | 3.15 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1951 | Test # 334 | |
38.0 | 4 | 146 | 1 | 3.84 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 26 Dec 2009 | Test # 1944 | |
30.0 | 5 | 146 | 5 | 4.86 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 | Test # 2061 | |
31.0 | 5 | 145 | 5 | 4.67 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 | |
43.0 | 3 | 145 | 2 | 3.37 | South Africa | v West Indies | St John's | 29 Apr 2005 | Test # 1750 | |
49.0 | 5 | 144 | 2 | 2.20 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 | Test # 320 | |
46.0 | 4 | 144 | 1 | 3.13 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 04 Dec 1964 | Test # 571 | |
28.0 | 1 | 144 | 2 | 5.14 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 | Test # 2485 | |
55.0 | 11 | 143 | 3 | 2.60 | South Africa | v Australia | Durban | 14 Dec 1935 | Test # 247 | |
51.0 | 15 | 143 | 4 | 2.80 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
67.0 | 24 | 143 | 4 | 2.13 | South Africa | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 14 Sep 2001 | Test # 1563 | |
32.0 | 0 | 142 | 3 | 4.43 | South Africa | v Australia | Manchester | 27 May 1912 | Test # 121 | |
40.0 | 2 | 142 | 5 | 3.55 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 29 Jan 1932 | Test # 215 | |
44.0 | 6 | 142 | 4 | 2.42 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 1953 | Test # 364 | |
37.0 | 4 | 141 | 2 | 2.85 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1949 | Test # 319 | |
46.5 | 6 | 140 | 5 | 2.98 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 18 Dec 1931 | Test # 213 | |
38.0 | 7 | 138 | 1 | 3.63 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Dubai (DICS) | 12 Nov 2010 | Test # 1976 | |
33.0 | 3 | 137 | 2 | 4.15 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 | Test # 1654 | |
43.0 | 10 | 136 | 1 | 2.37 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 | Test # 449 | |
35.0 | 7 | 136 | 2 | 3.88 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 28 Feb 1997 | Test # 1356 | |
29.0 | 2 | 135 | 1 | 4.65 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 04 Aug 1994 | Test # 1264 | |
39.0 | 0 | 135 | 3 | 3.46 | South Africa | v India | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 | Test # 1722 | |
41.5 | 3 | 135 | 0 | 3.22 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2022 | Test # 2485 | |
37.0 | 4 | 133 | 1 | 2.69 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 03 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
31.0 | 2 | 133 | 4 | 4.29 | South Africa | v India | Ranchi | 19 Oct 2019 | Test # 2365 | |
56.0 | 12 | 132 | 1 | 1.76 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 03 Mar 1939 | Test # 271 | |
23.0 | 2 | 132 | 2 | 4.30 | South Africa | v Australia | Gqeberha | 03 Mar 1950 | Test # 322 | |
45.0 | 10 | 131 | 6 | 2.91 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 | Test # 170 | |
53.0 | 21 | 130 | 5 | 1.83 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1957 | Test # 435 | |
46.0 | 11 | 130 | 2 | 2.82 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 06 Oct 1997 | Test # 1380 | |
29.1 | 1 | 130 | 3 | 4.45 | South Africa | v Australia | Adelaide | 14 Dec 2001 | Test # 1576 | |
29.0 | 2 | 130 | 0 | 4.48 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 | |
20.0 | 1 | 129 | 4 | 6.45 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 | |
35.4 | 4 | 129 | 3 | 2.72 | South Africa | v Australia | Melbourne | 06 Feb 1953 | Test # 365 | |
24.0 | 0 | 129 | 2 | 4.03 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 10 Jan 1964 | Test # 550 | |
38.3 | 10 | 129 | 5 | 3.35 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1964 | Test # 572 | |
22.0 | 1 | 129 | 1 | 5.86 | South Africa | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 2002 | Test # 1582 | |
31.0 | 4 | 129 | 1 | 4.16 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 04 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 | |
26.0 | 1 | 129 | 3 | 4.96 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1810 | |
37.0 | 3 | 129 | 4 | 3.48 | South Africa | v India | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2007 | Test # 1827 | |
38.2 | 8 | 129 | 3 | 3.36 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 | |
30.0 | 3 | 129 | 1 | 4.30 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 09 Nov 2012 | Test # 2056 | |
41.1 | 10 | 129 | 9 | 3.13 | South Africa | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 | Test # 2313 | |
22.0 | 0 | 129 | 2 | 5.86 | South Africa | v India | Visakhapatnam | 02 Oct 2019 | Test # 2363 | |
47.2 | 12 | 128 | 7 | 2.70 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 01 Jul 1907 | Test # 93 | |
48.0 | 14 | 128 | 3 | 2.66 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1924 | Test # 157 | |
35.3 | 9 | 128 | 3 | 3.60 | South Africa | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1947 | Test # 287 | |
53.5 | 19 | 128 | 6 | 2.37 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1962 | Test # 519 | |
51.0 | 13 | 128 | 4 | 2.50 | South Africa | v England | Johannesburg | 22 Jan 1965 | Test # 575 | |
45.0 | 11 | 128 | 7 | 2.84 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Lahore | 17 Oct 2003 | Test # 1664 | |
28.0 | 3 | 128 | 3 | 4.57 | South Africa | v India | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 | Test # 1870 | |
29.0 | 0 | 127 | 2 | 3.28 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 20 Jan 1939 | Test # 269 | |
47.0 | 12 | 127 | 1 | 2.70 | South Africa | v England | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
42.5 | 9 | 127 | 6 | 2.96 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 | Test # 1916 | |
31.0 | 6 | 127 | 3 | 4.09 | South Africa | v Australia | Brisbane | 09 Nov 2012 | Test # 2056 | |
20.0 | 2 | 127 | 3 | 6.35 | South Africa | v Australia | Perth | 30 Nov 2012 | Test # 2064 | |
38.0 | 1 | 126 | 4 | 3.31 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1936 | Test # 249 | |
29.0 | 2 | 125 | 5 | 4.31 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Wellington | 04 Mar 1932 | Test # 218 | |
34.2 | 3 | 125 | 2 | 2.73 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 | Test # 445 | |
26.0 | 3 | 124 | 3 | 4.76 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 | Test # 75 | |
38.0 | 5 | 124 | 2 | 3.26 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 | |
33.0 | 8 | 124 | 1 | 3.75 | South Africa | v Australia | Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2002 | Test # 1590 | |
29.0 | 5 | 124 | 1 | 4.27 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 17 Feb 2022 | Test # 2450 | |
43.0 | 9 | 123 | 2 | 2.86 | South Africa | v England | Durban | 13 Dec 1913 | Test # 130 |
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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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