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England's seventh Test tour of South Africa in 1913–14 saw the record set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a Test series. English paceman Sydney Barnes played in four of the five matches and achieved a total of 49 wickets to his name.
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
Quinton de Kock, current South Africa Test wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, holds the record for most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket and is South Africa's most capped wicket-keeper. This is a chronological list of South Africa Test wicket-keepers.
Alan Davidson (Australia), in the tied 1st Test at Brisbane against the West Indies in 1960–61, was the first man to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a match (and is the only other player to achieve this so far), but without a century: his two scores with the bat were 44 and 80, in addition to 11 wickets (5/135 and 6/87).
South Africa: Dates: 29 June 2008 – 4 September 2008: Captains: Michael Vaughan (1st-3rd Tests) Kevin Pietersen (4th Test) Graeme Smith: Test series; Result: South Africa won the 4-match series 2–1: Most runs: Kevin Pietersen (421) AB de Villiers (384) Most wickets: James Anderson (15) Morné Morkel (15) Player of the series: Kevin ...
South Africa led Sri Lanka by 281 runs in the first cricket test at Kingsmead by the end of a dramatic second day in which 19 wickets fell on Thursday. ... Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took ...
This is a list of South African Test cricketers.The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test Cap. International Test teams wear their cap number on their uniform under the national crest. For South African players, current cap numbers worn on their uniform start from their readmission to Test cricket in 1991 following their
Steve Smith (Aus) equalled the joint record of taking five catches as a non-wicket-keeper in a Test innings, becoming the eleventh fielder to achieve this. [30] Morné Morkel became the fifth bowler for South Africa to take 300 wickets in Tests. [31] Tim Paine replaced Steve Smith as captain of Australia on day four. [32]