Seven or more wickets in a test innings by South African bowlers

Seven or more wickets in a test innings by South African bowlers

KA Maharaj of South Africa captured seven wickets conceding 102 runs against Pakistan in the jusr concluded test at Rawalpindi to provide the 29th occasion of a South African bowler capturing seven or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWInnsOppositionGroundStart Date
1WH Ashley43.14189571v EnglandCape Town25 Mar 1889
2SJ Snooke31.4687084v EnglandJohannesburg10 Mar 1906
3AEE Vogler47.261212871v EnglandLord’s01 Jul 1907
4AEE Vogler22.0629474v EnglandJohannesburg01 Jan 1910
5SJ Pegler31.0686572v EnglandLord’s10 Jun 1912
6GA Faulkner27.1648472v EnglandThe Oval12 Aug 1912
7AE Hall37.36126374v EnglandCape Town01 Jan 1923
8GF Bissett19.0652973v EnglandDurban04 Feb 1928
9HJ Tayfield8.4812372v AustraliaDurban20 Jan 1950
10HJ Tayfield37.18138174v AustraliaMelbourne24 Dec 1952
11HJ Tayfield37.78146983v EnglandDurban25 Jan 1957
12HJ Tayfield37.081111394v EnglandJohannesburg15 Feb 1957
13GB Lawrence30.36125382v New ZealandJohannesburg26 Dec 1961
14JT Partridge31.1869171v AustraliaSydney07 Feb 1964
15AA Donald28.0648473v IndiaGqeberha26 Dec 1992
16AA Donald33.06127183v ZimbabweHarare13 Oct 1995
17L Klusener21.3646484v IndiaEden Gardens27 Nov 1996
18SM Pollock41.06118772v AustraliaAdelaide30 Jan 1998
19PR Adams45.061112872v PakistanLahore17 Oct 2003
20M Ntini19.5673773v West IndiesPort of Spain08 Apr 2005
21DW Steyn16.4665172v IndiaNagpur06 Feb 2010
22M de Lange23.2638171v Sri LankaDurban26 Dec 2011
23KJ Abbott11.4642972v PakistanCenturion22 Feb 2013
24K Rabada29.06611272v EnglandCenturion22 Jan 2016
25KA Maharaj41.161012991v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)20 Jul 2018
26KA Maharaj10.0603274v BangladeshDurban31 Mar 2022
27KA Maharaj12.0634074v BangladeshGqeberha08 Apr 2022
28M Jansen6.5611372v Sri LankaDurban27 Nov 2024
29KA Maharaj42.46510271v PakistanRawalpindi20 Oct 2025

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWInnsOppositionGroundStart Date
1PR Adams45.061112872v PakistanLahore17 Oct 2003
2KJ Abbott11.4642972v PakistanCenturion22 Feb 2013
3KA Maharaj42.46510271v PakistanRawalpindi20 Oct 2025


HJ Tayfield and KA Maharaj are the two South African bowlers to captured seven or more wickets in an innings on four occasions.  The following table lists the performance of these two bowlers

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWInnsOppositionGroundStart Date
1HJ Tayfield8.4812372v AustraliaDurban20 Jan 1950
2HJ Tayfield37.18138174v AustraliaMelbourne24 Dec 1952
3HJ Tayfield37.78146983v EnglandDurban25 Jan 1957
4HJ Tayfield37.081111394v EnglandJohannesburg15 Feb 1957
           
1KA Maharaj41.161012991v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)20 Jul 2018
2KA Maharaj10.0603274v BangladeshDurban31 Mar 2022
3KA Maharaj12.0634074v BangladeshGqeberha08 Apr 2022
4KA Maharaj42.46510271v PakistanRawalpindi20 Oct 2025
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