South African bowlers capturing six or more wickets in a test innings
SA Harmer of South Africa captured six wickets conceding 50 runs against Pakistan in the just concluded test at Rawalpindi to provide the 116th occasion of a South African bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Overs | BPO | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | WH Ashley | 43.1 | 4 | 18 | 95 | 7 | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 2 | JH Sinclair | 12.0 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 1 | v England | Cape Town | 01 Apr 1899 |
| 3 | CB Llewellyn | 22.0 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 6 | 2 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 11 Oct 1902 |
| 4 | CB Llewellyn | 30.5 | 6 | 4 | 97 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Cape Town | 8 Nov 1902 |
| 5 | SJ Snooke | 31.4 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 8 | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 10 Mar 1906 |
| 6 | AEE Vogler | 47.2 | 6 | 12 | 128 | 7 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 01 Jul 1907 |
| 7 | GA Faulkner | 11.0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 1 | v England | Leeds | 29 Jul 1907 |
| 8 | AEE Vogler | 22.0 | 6 | 2 | 94 | 7 | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 01 Jan 1910 |
| 9 | GA Faulkner | 33.4 | 6 | 8 | 87 | 6 | 4 | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1910 |
| 10 | RO Schwarz | 11.4 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 03 Mar 1911 |
| 11 | SJ Pegler | 45.3 | 6 | 9 | 105 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | 27 May 1912 |
| 12 | SJ Pegler | 31.0 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 7 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1912 |
| 13 | GA Faulkner | 27.1 | 6 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 2 | v England | The Oval | 12 Aug 1912 |
| 14 | CP Carter | 28.0 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 6 | 2 | v England | Durban | 14 Feb 1914 |
| 15 | CP Carter | 29.5 | 6 | 4 | 91 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 12 Nov 1921 |
| 16 | JM Blanckenberg | 22.5 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 6 | 2 | v England | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1922 |
| 17 | AE Hall | 37.3 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 4 | v England | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1923 |
| 18 | AE Hall | 36.4 | 6 | 11 | 82 | 6 | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 09 Feb 1923 |
| 19 | GM Parker | 37.0 | 6 | 2 | 152 | 6 | 1 | v England | Birmingham | 14 Jun 1924 |
| 20 | CL Vincent | 45.0 | 6 | 10 | 131 | 6 | 2 | v England | Durban | 21 Jan 1928 |
| 21 | AE Hall | 42.4 | 6 | 9 | 100 | 6 | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 28 Jan 1928 |
| 22 | GF Bissett | 19.0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 7 | 3 | v England | Durban | 04 Feb 1928 |
| 23 | AJ Bell | 30.4 | 6 | 7 | 99 | 6 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 29 Jun 1929 |
| 24 | NA Quinn | 29.5 | 6 | 5 | 92 | 6 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 |
| 25 | EP Nupen | 25.3 | 6 | 3 | 87 | 6 | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1930 |
| 26 | EP Nupen | 16.1 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 3 | v England | Johannesburg | 13 Feb 1931 |
| 27 | CL Vincent | 31.2 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 6 | 2 | v England | Durban | 21 Feb 1931 |
| 28 | NBF Mann | 37.4 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 2 | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 |
| 29 | CN McCarthy | 12.0 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 4 | v England | Durban | 16 Dec 1948 |
| 30 | HJ Tayfield | 8.4 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 2 | v Australia | Durban | 20 Jan 1950 |
| 31 | GWA Chubb | 26.3 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 2 | v England | Manchester | 05 Jul 1951 |
| 32 | MG Melle | 20.5 | 8 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Dec 1952 |
| 33 | HJ Tayfield | 29.4 | 8 | 9 | 84 | 6 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 |
| 34 | HJ Tayfield | 37.1 | 8 | 13 | 81 | 7 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 24 Dec 1952 |
| 35 | HJ Tayfield | 36.0 | 8 | 17 | 62 | 6 | 2 | v New Zealand | Durban | 11 Dec 1953 |
| 36 | HJ Tayfield | 14.0 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 29 Jan 1954 |
| 37 | HJ Tayfield | 37.7 | 8 | 14 | 69 | 8 | 3 | v England | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 |
| 38 | HJ Tayfield | 37.0 | 8 | 11 | 113 | 9 | 4 | v England | Johannesburg | 15 Feb 1957 |
| 39 | HJ Tayfield | 24.3 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 6 | 4 | v England | Gqeberha | 01 Mar 1957 |
| 40 | PS Heine | 14.2 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 2 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1957 |
| 41 | NAT Adcock | 18.0 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Durban | 24 Jan 1958 |
| 42 | PS Heine | 37.5 | 8 | 6 | 96 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 07 Feb 1958 |
| 43 | NAT Adcock | 31.3 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 6 | 1 | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1960 |
| 44 | PM Pollock | 20.3 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 4 | v New Zealand | Durban | 08 Dec 1961 |
| 45 | GB Lawrence | 30.3 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 8 | 2 | v New Zealand | Johannesburg | 26 Dec 1961 |
| 46 | SF Burke | 53.5 | 6 | 19 | 128 | 6 | 1 | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 01 Jan 1962 |
| 47 | PM Pollock | 22.6 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 1 | v Australia | Brisbane | 06 Dec 1963 |
| 48 | JT Partridge | 31.1 | 8 | 6 | 91 | 7 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 07 Feb 1964 |
| 49 | PM Pollock | 31.5 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 6 | 2 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1964 |
| 50 | DB Pithey | 35.0 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 6 | 3 | v New Zealand | Dunedin | 28 Feb 1964 |
| 51 | JT Partridge | 40.0 | 6 | 10 | 86 | 6 | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1964 |
| 52 | TL Goddard | 32.5 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 6 | 4 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 23 Dec 1966 |
| 53 | MJ Procter | 24.0 | 6 | 11 | 73 | 6 | 4 | v Australia | Gqeberha | 05 Mar 1970 |
| 54 | AA Donald | 28.0 | 6 | 4 | 84 | 7 | 3 | v India | Gqeberha | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 55 | PS de Villiers | 23.3 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 6 | 4 | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 1994 |
| 56 | PS de Villiers | 20.5 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 |
| 57 | AA Donald | 33.0 | 6 | 12 | 71 | 8 | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 13 Oct 1995 |
| 58 | L Klusener | 21.3 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 4 | v India | Eden Gardens | 27 Nov 1996 |
| 59 | PR Adams | 19.1 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 6 | 1 | v India | Kanpur | 08 Dec 1996 |
| 60 | AA Donald | 27.0 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 6 | 3 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1997 |
| 61 | SM Pollock | 41.0 | 6 | 11 | 87 | 7 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 |
| 62 | SM Pollock | 22.3 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 |
| 63 | PS de Villiers | 11.5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 |
| 64 | AA Donald | 40.0 | 6 | 14 | 88 | 6 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 02 Jul 1998 |
| 65 | AA Donald | 15.0 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 1 | v England | Johannesburg | 205 Nov 1999 |
| 66 | M Ntini | 31.4 | 6 | 12 | 66 | 6 | 3 | v New Zealand | Bloemfontein | 17 Nov 2000 |
| 67 | SM Pollock | 13.4 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2001 |
| 68 | JH Kallis | 36.0 | 6 | 17 | 67 | 6 | 2 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 29 Mar 2001 |
| 69 | SM Pollock | 21.4 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 6 | 3 | v India | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
| 70 | SM Pollock | 17.4 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 3 | v England | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 |
| 71 | JH Kallis | 17.0 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 4 | v England | Leeds | 21 Aug 2003 |
| 72 | PR Adams | 45.0 | 6 | 11 | 128 | 7 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 17 Oct 2003 |
| 73 | SM Pollock | 29.2 | 6 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 2003 |
| 74 | A Nel | 29.0 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 6 | 2 | v England | Centurion | 21 Jan 2005 |
| 75 | M Zondeki | 14.3 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 3 | v Zimbabwe | Centurion | 11 Mar 2005 |
| 76 | M Ntini | 28.0 | 6 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 1 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 08 Apr 2005 |
| 77 | M Ntini | 19.5 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 7 | 3 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 08 Apr 2005 |
| 78 | A Nel | 16.2 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 3 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 21 Apr 2005 |
| 79 | M Ntini | 18.5 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 6 | 2 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 31 Mar 2006 |
| 80 | M Ntini | 21.0 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 19 Jan 2007 |
| 81 | DW Steyn | 10.3 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 3 | v New Zealand | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 |
| 82 | DW Steyn | 21.5 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 6 | 3 | v West Indies | Durban | 10 Jan 2008 |
| 83 | PL Harris | 42.5 | 6 | 9 | 127 | 6 | 3 | v Australia | Cape Town | 19 Mar 2009 |
| 84 | DW Steyn | 16.4 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 2 | v India | Nagpur | 06 Feb 2010 |
| 85 | DW Steyn | 19.0 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 1 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2010 |
| 86 | M de Lange | 23.2 | 6 | 3 | 81 | 7 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 |
| 87 | VD Philander | 15.5 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 3 | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 15 Mar 2012 |
| 88 | VD Philander | 22.0 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 6 | 2 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 |
| 89 | M Morkel | 16.4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 4 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 |
| 90 | DW Steyn | 8.1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 |
| 91 | KJ Abbott | 11.4 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 2 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 92 | DW Steyn | 30.0 | 6 | 9 | 100 | 6 | 1 | v India | Durban | 26 Dec 2013 |
| 93 | DW Steyn | 8.2 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 3 | v West Indies | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 |
| 94 | K Rabada | 29.0 | 6 | 6 | 112 | 7 | 2 | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 |
| 95 | K Rabada | 10.4 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 4 | v England | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 |
| 96 | KJ Abbott | 23.1 | 6 | 3 | 77 | 6 | 3 | v Australia | Hobart | 12 Nov 2016 |
| 97 | K Rabada | 17.0 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 6 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2017 |
| 98 | KA Maharaj | 20.2 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 6 | 3 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 16 Mar 2017 |
| 99 | VD Philander | 15.4 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 4 | v India | Cape Town | 05 Jan 2018 |
| 100 | L Ngidi | 12.2 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 4 | v India | Centurion | 13 Jan 2018 |
| 101 | K Rabada | 22.0 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 3 | v Australia | Gqeberha | 9 Mar 2018 |
| 102 | VD Philander | 13.0 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 4 | v Australia | Johannesburg | 30 Mar 2018 |
| 103 | KA Maharaj | 41.1 | 6 | 10 | 129 | 9 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 |
| 104 | D Olivier | 14.0 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 1 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 |
| 105 | A Nortje | 14.3 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 03 Jan 2021 |
| 106 | L Ngidi | 24.0 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 6 | 1 | v India | Centurion | 26 Dec 2021 |
| 107 | KA Maharaj | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 4 | v Bangladesh | Durban | 31 Mar 2022 |
| 108 | KA Maharaj | 12.0 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 4 | v Bangladesh | Gqeberha | 08 Apr 2022 |
| 109 | K Rabada | 15.0 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 4 | v West Indies | Centurion | 28 Feb 2023 |
| 110 | N Brand | 26.0 | 6 | 1 | 119 | 6 | 1 | v New Zealand | Mt Maunganui | 04 Feb 2024 |
| 111 | K Rabada | 17.5 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 6 | 3 | v Bangladesh | Mirpur | 21 Oct 2024 |
| 112 | M Jansen | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Durban | 27 Nov 2024 |
| 113 | M Jansen | 14.0 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2024 |
| 114 | S Muthusamy | 32.0 | 6 | 6 | 117 | 6 | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 12 Oct 2025 |
| 115 | KA Maharaj | 42.4 | 6 | 5 | 102 | 7 | 1 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Oct 2025 |
| 116 | SR Harmer | 20.0 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Oct 2025 |
SA Harmer of South Africa captured six wickets conceding 50 runs against Pakistan in the just concluded test at Rawalpindi to provide the 13th occasion of a South African bowler capturing six or more wickets in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Overs | BPO | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | PS de Villiers | 20.5 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 19 Jan 1995 |
| 2 | SM Pollock | 22.3 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Durban | 26 Feb 1998 |
| 3 | PS de Villiers | 11.5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 06 Mar 1998 |
| 4 | PR Adams | 45.0 | 6 | 11 | 128 | 7 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 17 Oct 2003 |
| 5 | SM Pollock | 29.2 | 6 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 2003 |
| 6 | M Ntini | 21.0 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Gqeberha | 19 Jan 2007 |
| 7 | DW Steyn | 8.1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | v Pakistan | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 |
| 8 | KJ Abbott | 11.4 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 2 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 9 | D Olivier | 14.0 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 1 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2018 |
| 10 | M Jansen | 14.0 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Centurion | 26 Dec 2024 |
| 11 | S Muthusamy | 32.0 | 6 | 6 | 117 | 6 | 1 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 12 Oct 2025 |
| 12 | KA Maharaj | 42.4 | 6 | 5 | 102 | 7 | 1 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Oct 2025 |
| 13 | SR Harmer | 20.0 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 20 Oct 2025 |