Cricket Records for South Africa in Test matches

Most dismissals in a match

Player	Dis	Ct	St	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AB de Villiers	11	11	0	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013	Test # 2072
DJ Richardson	9	9	0	South Africa	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
MV Boucher	9	8	1	South Africa	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	06 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
MV Boucher	9	9	0	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
MV Boucher	9	9	0	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2010	Test # 1987
Q de Kock	9	8	1	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014	Test # 2129
DT Lindsay	8	8	0	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
DJ Richardson	8	8	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
MV Boucher	8	8	0	South Africa	v India	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001	Test # 1564
MV Boucher	8	8	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002	Test # 1626
MV Boucher	8	8	0	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Centurion	11 Mar 2005	Test # 1740
MV Boucher	8	8	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011	Test # 2023
AB de Villiers	8	8	0	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
Q de Kock	8	8	0	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
AB de Villiers	8	8	0	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2290
Q de Kock	8	8	0	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	09 Mar 2018	Test # 2298
Q de Kock	8	8	0	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
Q de Kock	8	8	0	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
Q de Kock	8	8	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021	Test # 2401
JHB Waite	7	5	2	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
JHB Waite	7	4	3	South Africa	v New Zealand	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962	Test # 519
DT Lindsay	7	7	0	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
DJ Richardson	7	7	0	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995	Test # 1283
DJ Richardson	7	7	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995	Test # 1291
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Wankhede	24 Feb 2000	Test # 1484
MV Boucher	7	6	1	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
MV Boucher	7	5	2	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003	Test # 1654
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006	Test # 1798
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
MV Boucher	7	6	1	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	26 Jan 2007	Test # 1830
MV Boucher	7	7	0	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
AB de Villiers	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013	Test # 2108
AB de Villiers	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013	Test # 2111
AB de Villiers	7	6	1	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2015	Test # 2196
Q de Kock	7	7	0	South Africa	v Australia	Hobart	12 Nov 2016	Test # 2233
Q de Kock	7	5	2	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017	Test # 2255
Q de Kock	7	6	1	South Africa	v England	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
Q de Kock	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018	Test # 2294
Q de Kock	7	7	0	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	03 Jan 2019	Test # 2340
Q de Kock	7	7	0	South Africa	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019	Test # 2341
Q de Kock	7	7	0	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020	Test # 2382
Q de Kock	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2021	Test # 2443
K Verreynne	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022	Test # 2445
K Verreynne	7	7	0	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	11 Jan 2022	Test # 2448
JHB Waite	6	6	0	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960	Test # 492
JHB Waite	6	6	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
JHB Waite	6	6	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
DT Lindsay	6	6	0	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
DJ Richardson	6	6	0	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992	Test # 1188
DJ Richardson	6	6	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1276
DJ Richardson	6	6	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
DJ Richardson	6	6	0	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995	Test # 1307
DJ Richardson	6	5	1	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
DJ Richardson	6	6	0	South Africa	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v England	Leeds	06 Aug 1998	Test # 1422
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 2005	Test # 1777
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006	Test # 1823
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
MV Boucher	6	5	1	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1910
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v England	Centurion	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1942
MV Boucher	6	6	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2011	Test # 2026
Q de Kock	6	6	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Jul 2014	Test # 2131
Q de Kock	6	6	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016	Test # 2220
Q de Kock	6	6	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	26 Dec 2016	Test # 2243
Q de Kock	6	6	0	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	14 Jul 2017	Test # 2264
Q de Kock	6	6	0	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018	Test # 2292
Q de Kock	6	5	1	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Jul 2018	Test # 2311
Q de Kock	6	6	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Gqeberha	21 Feb 2019	Test # 2348
K Verreynne	6	6	0	South Africa	v India	Centurion	26 Dec 2023	Test # 2520
PW Sherwell	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
TA Ward	5	3	2	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	01 Jan 1914	Test # 132
RE Grieveson	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	18 Feb 1939	Test # 270
RE Grieveson	5	2	3	South Africa	v England	Durban	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
JHB Waite	5	2	3	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
JHB Waite	5	4	1	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
JHB Waite	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Manchester	07 Jul 1955	Test # 410
JHB Waite	5	4	1	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957	Test # 435
JHB Waite	5	5	0	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	02 Feb 1962	Test # 523
DT Lindsay	5	4	1	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	05 Aug 1965	Test # 595
D Gamsy	5	5	0	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	05 Feb 1970	Test # 671
DJ Richardson	5	5	0	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
DJ Richardson	5	5	0	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1994	Test # 1243
DJ Richardson	5	5	0	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
MV Boucher	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
MV Boucher	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	23 Jul 1998	Test # 1421
MV Boucher	5	5	0	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bloemfontein	29 Oct 1999	Test # 1466
MV Boucher	5	5	0	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	25 Oct 2002	Test # 1621
MV Boucher	5	3	2	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
AB de Villiers	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
AB de Villiers	5	4	1	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
MV Boucher	5	5	0	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734

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All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper.

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]