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Rank	Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	NBF Mann	20.0	13	10	-	0.50	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
🥈 2	TL Goddard	16.0	8	12	2	0.56	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
🥉 3	TL Goddard	17.0	14	10	1	0.58	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
4	AA Donald	10.0	7	6	2	0.60	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	06 Sep 1993	Test # 1233
5	TL Goddard	25.2	15	22	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
5	HJ Tayfield	24.0	17	21	1	0.65	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
7	N Boje	15.0	6	10	2	0.66	South Africa	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000	Test # 1486
8	TL Goddard	16.0	10	11	1	0.68	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
9	HJ Tayfield	14.0	7	13	6	0.69	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
10	JT Partridge	14.0	8	10	-	0.71	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
11	TL Goddard	14.0	7	14	1	0.75	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
11	ARA Murray	13.0	7	13	-	0.75	South Africa	v Australia	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952	Test # 359
11	TL Goddard	13.0	8	13	2	0.75	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
14	AA Donald	23.0	13	18	1	0.78	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
15	JC Watkins	12.0	4	13	2	0.81	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
15	TL Goddard	23.0	12	25	2	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
15	WJ Cronje	11.0	4	9	-	0.81	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	17 Mar 1994	Test # 1253
18	ARA Murray	23.0	16	19	2	0.82	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
19	TL Goddard	27.0	15	23	1	0.85	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1967	Test # 615
19	JC Watkins	14.0	7	16	2	0.85	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
21	TL Goddard	24.7	10	29	2	0.87	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964	Test # 555
22	HJ Tayfield	29.3	15	35	1	0.89	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
23	MG Melle	10.0	6	9	4	0.90	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
24	WJ Cronje	18.4	8	17	2	0.91	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
25	JC Watkins	23.5	14	22	4	0.92	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
25	SM Pollock	13.0	9	12	2	0.92	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
27	CP Carter	29.0	12	27	1	0.93	South Africa	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914	Test # 133
27	DW Steyn	15.0	9	14	-	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012	Test # 2037
27	ARA Murray	31.0	16	29	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
27	HD Bromfield	16.0	7	15	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
27	ARA Murray	8.0	3	10	1	0.93	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
32	TL Goddard	35.5	18	34	2	0.94	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
33	PL Harris	30.0	19	29	-	0.96	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011	Test # 1988
34	NBF Mann	24.0	16	24	4	1.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
34	JC Watkins	12.0	5	16	1	1.00	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	09 Jan 1953	Test # 362
34	M Morkel	15.0	9	15	3	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014	Test # 2135
34	KC Bland	13.0	6	13	-	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
34	WJ Cronje	10.0	6	10	1	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	26 Dec 1994	Test # 1280
34	AA Donald	10.0	5	10	-	1.00	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Nov 1999	Test # 1468
34	HJ Tayfield	26.1	12	35	3	1.00	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
41	N Boje	16.4	10	17	4	1.02	South Africa	v West Indies	Bridgetown	29 Mar 2001	Test # 1541
42	SM Pollock	26.5	17	28	5	1.04	South Africa	v West Indies	Kingston	19 Apr 2001	Test # 1544
43	PM Pollock	18.0	12	19	-	1.05	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
43	TL Goddard	17.0	9	18	4	1.05	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
43	SM Pollock	17.0	8	18	2	1.05	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
46	ARA Murray	28.0	15	30	3	1.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
46	DEJ Ironside	14.0	5	20	2	1.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
46	JC Watkins	27.0	17	29	1	1.07	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953	Test # 368
46	SM Pollock	27.0	16	29	1	1.07	South Africa	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
50	TL Goddard	24.0	16	26	3	1.08	South Africa	v England	Manchester	21 Jul 1960	Test # 495
50	TL Goddard	24.5	16	27	3	1.08	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
52	SM Pollock	14.4	6	16	4	1.09	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1999	Test # 1471
52	CE Eksteen	11.0	5	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
52	M Ntini	11.0	6	12	3	1.09	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
55	PS Heine	15.0	6	22	4	1.10	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	01 Mar 1957	Test # 438
55	WJ Cronje	10.0	5	11	2	1.10	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
55	TL Goddard	38.0	21	42	-	1.10	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
55	TL Goddard	42.0	18	62	1	1.10	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
59	JT Partridge	45.0	24	50	2	1.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964	Test # 558
59	TL Goddard	62.0	37	69	5	1.11	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
59	TL Goddard	26.0	10	29	1	1.11	South Africa	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
59	VD Philander	14.2	8	16	4	1.11	South Africa	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019	Test # 2377
59	HJ Tayfield	53.4	29	60	5	1.11	South Africa	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
64	HJ Tayfield	20.0	4	30	-	1.12	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
64	JC Watkins	14.0	6	21	1	1.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	05 Feb 1954	Test # 382
64	SM Pollock	22.1	11	25	2	1.12	South Africa	v West Indies	St John's	06 Apr 2001	Test # 1542
67	NA Quinn	15.0	6	17	3	1.13	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932	Test # 217
67	J Middleton	19.0	9	18	4	1.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899	Test # 59
69	CR Matthews	28.0	12	32	3	1.14	South Africa	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993	Test # 1209
69	BM McMillan	14.0	6	16	-	1.14	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995	Test # 1320
69	SM Pollock	14.5	10	17	1	1.14	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2006	Test # 1825
69	ERH Fuller	27.0	11	31	1	1.14	South Africa	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
73	CR Matthews	20.0	10	23	2	1.15	South Africa	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992	Test # 1201
73	SM Pollock	28.3	14	33	5	1.15	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	18 Mar 1999	Test # 1452
75	VI Smith	16.0	8	25	1	1.17	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
76	NBF Mann	37.4	14	59	6	1.18	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
76	PHJ Trimborn	10.1	4	12	3	1.18	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	24 Feb 1967	Test # 617
76	EJ Barlow	16.0	8	19	-	1.18	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
76	M Ntini	16.0	8	19	2	1.18	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008	Test # 1893
80	NAT Adcock	21.0	11	25	1	1.19	South Africa	v New Zealand	Gqeberha	16 Feb 1962	Test # 524
80	MJ Procter	25.1	11	30	3	1.19	South Africa	v Australia	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1970	Test # 673
80	HJ Tayfield	59.0	24	94	3	1.19	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
83	PS de Villiers	15.0	7	18	-	1.20	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
83	AC Dawson	10.0	5	12	1	1.20	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	01 May 2003	Test # 1642
85	L Klusener	14.0	9	17	-	1.21	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
85	PL Harris	23.0	14	28	2	1.21	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
87	SM Pollock	22.0	12	27	1	1.22	South Africa	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003	Test # 1666
88	TL Goddard	26.0	17	32	-	1.23	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1964	Test # 560
88	WJ Cronje	26.0	14	32	1	1.23	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993	Test # 1232
90	HJ Tayfield	29.0	12	48	2	1.24	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
90	AE Hall	24.5	9	31	2	1.24	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
92	N Boje	24.0	12	30	2	1.25	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000	Test # 1526
92	JH Kallis	16.0	10	20	1	1.25	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
92	WJ Cronje	16.0	5	20	-	1.25	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
92	RH Catterall	12.0	2	15	3	1.25	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931	Test # 202
92	AA Donald	11.1	4	14	4	1.25	South Africa	v India	Durban	26 Dec 1996	Test # 1347
92	AH McKinnon	35.0	17	44	3	1.25	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965	Test # 575
98	TL Goddard	25.0	11	42	1	1.26	South Africa	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
98	JH Kallis	19.0	9	24	4	1.26	South Africa	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1998	Test # 1419
98	M Ntini	15.0	9	19	5	1.26	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619

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