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South Africa Test Cricket Catches Stats

How many catches South Africa take, and who takes the most, game by game

Updated , after the Australia game

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ICC World Test Championship 27 Oct 26 AustraliaH Won176 runs
ICC World Test Championship 18 Oct 26 AustraliaH Woninns
ICC World Test Championship 9 Oct 26 AustraliaH Lost214 runs
ICC World Test Championship 11 Jun 25 AustraliaH Won5 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 25 PakistanH Won10 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 24 PakistanH Won2 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 5 Dec 24 Sri LankaH Won109 runs
ICC World Test Championship 27 Nov 24 Sri LankaH Won233 runs
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 24 IndiaH Lost7 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 23 IndiaH Woninns
ICC World Test Championship 8 Mar 23 West IndiesH Won284 runs
ICC World Test Championship 28 Feb 23 West IndiesH Won87 runs
ICC World Test Championship 8 Apr 22 BangladeshH Won332 runs
ICC World Test Championship 31 Mar 22 BangladeshH Won220 runs
ICC World Test Championship 11 Jan 22 IndiaH Won7 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 22 IndiaH Won7 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 21 IndiaH Lost113 runs
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 21 Sri LankaH Won10 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 20 Sri LankaH Woninns
ICC World Test Championship 24 Jan 20 EnglandH Lost191 runs
ICC World Test Championship 16 Jan 20 EnglandH Lostinns
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 20 EnglandH Lost189 runs
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 19 EnglandH Won107 runs
Test Series 21 Feb 19 Sri LankaH Lost8 wkts
Test Series 13 Feb 19 Sri LankaH Lost1 wkt
Test Series 11 Jan 19 PakistanH Won107 runs
Test Series 3 Jan 19 PakistanH Won9 wkts
Test Series 26 Dec 18 PakistanH Won6 wkts
Test Series 24 Jan 18 IndiaH Lost63 runs
Test Series 13 Jan 18 IndiaH Won135 runs
Test Series 5 Jan 18 IndiaH Won72 runs
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South Africa total 6.8 85846464679877678276748856651010107999756786-768662661089847987677
Quinton de Kock South Africa Q. de KockKeeper, 29 inns 2.8 97%28/29 4 3 5 3 1 3 2 4 0 5 2 6 1 4 2 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 2 5 2 2 2 4 2
Kyle Verreynne South Africa K. VerreynneKeeper, 24 inns 1.92 79%19/24 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 5 2 3 4
Heinrich Klaasen South Africa H. KlaasenKeeper, 4 inns 1.75 100%4/4 1 1 2 3
AB de Villiers South Africa A. de VilliersKeeper, 6 inns 1.00 83%5/6 1 1 1 1 0 2
Lizaad Williams South Africa L. WilliamsBowler, 4 inns 1.00 75%3/4 2 1 0 1
Rassie van der Dussen South Africa R. van der DussenBatter, 17 inns 0.88 76%13/17 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
Keegan Petersen South Africa K. PetersenAll-rounder, 16 inns 0.81 56%9/16 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 1
Faf du Plessis South Africa F. du PlessisBatter, 25 inns 0.80 60%15/25 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2
Ryan Rickelton South Africa R. RickeltonKeeper, 20 inns 0.70 40%8/20 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Marco Jansen South Africa M. JansenAll-rounder, 28 inns 0.68 46%13/28 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Simon Harmer South Africa S. HarmerBowler, 12 inns 0.67 33%4/12 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Zubayr Hamza South Africa Z. HamzaBatter, 9 inns 0.67 56%5/9 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
Aiden Markram South Africa A. MarkramBatter, 52 inns 0.65 48%25/52 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
David Bedingham South Africa D. BedinghamKeeper, 20 inns 0.65 25%5/20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2
Pieter Malan South Africa P. MalanBatter, 5 inns 0.60 60%3/5 1 1 1 0 0
Dean Elgar South Africa D. ElgarBatter, 45 inns 0.58 47%21/45 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tristan Stubbs South Africa T. StubbsKeeper, 14 inns 0.57 36%5/14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1
Theunis de Bruyn South Africa T. de BruynBatter, 6 inns 0.50 33%2/6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Morne Morkel South Africa M. MorkelBowler, 6 inns 0.50 33%2/6 0 0 1 2 0 0
Corbin Bosch South Africa C. BoschAll-rounder, 4 inns 0.50 50%2/4 0 1 0 1
Matthew Breetzke South Africa M. BreetzkeBatter, 4 inns 0.50 50%2/4 0 0 1 1
Wiaan Mulder South Africa W. MulderAll-rounder, 26 inns 0.46 35%9/26 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
Dale Steyn South Africa D. SteynBowler, 12 inns 0.33 25%3/12 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dwaine Pretorius South Africa D. PretoriusAll-rounder, 6 inns 0.33 33%2/6 0 0 0 1 0 1
Kagiso Rabada South Africa K. RabadaBowler, 49 inns 0.31 22%11/49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
Dane Paterson South Africa D. PatersonBowler, 7 inns 0.29 29%2/7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Keshav Maharaj South Africa K. MaharajBowler, 43 inns 0.28 28%12/43 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Temba Bavuma South Africa T. BavumaBatter, 48 inns 0.25 23%11/48 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hashim Amla South Africa H. AmlaBatter, 16 inns 0.25 25%4/16 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lutho Sipamla South Africa L. SipamlaBowler, 4 inns 0.25 25%1/4 0 1 0 0
Sarel Erwee South Africa S. ErweeBowler, 4 inns 0.25 25%1/4 1 0 0 0
Nandre Burger South Africa N. BurgerBowler, 4 inns 0.25 25%1/4 0 0 1 0
Tony de Zorzi South Africa T. de ZorziBatter, 14 inns 0.21 14%2/14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Duanne Olivier South Africa D. OlivierBowler, 18 inns 0.17 17%3/18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lungi Ngidi South Africa L. NgidiBowler, 18 inns 0.11 11%2/18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gerald Coetzee South Africa G. CoetzeeAll-rounder, 10 inns 0.10 10%1/10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anrich Nortje South Africa A. NortjeBowler, 17 inns 0.06 6%1/17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vernon Philander South Africa V. PhilanderBowler, 19 inns 0.05 5%1/19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marques Ackerman South Africa M. AckermanBatter, 4 inns 0.00 0%0/4 0 0 0 0
Andile Phehlukwayo South Africa A. PhehlukwayoAll-rounder, 2 inns 0.50 50%1/2 1 0
Chris Morris South Africa C. MorrisAll-rounder, 2 inns 0.50 50%1/2 0 1
Senuran Muthusamy South Africa S. MuthusamyBatter, 2 inns 0.50 50%1/2 1 0
Kwena Maphaka South Africa K. MaphakaBowler, 2 inns 0.50 50%1/2 0 1
Beuran Hendricks South Africa B. HendricksBowler, 2 inns 0.00 0%0/2 0 0
A green cell reached the line. Each innings is its own column, the 1st then the 2nd. A blank cell: not in the side.

South Africa Team Catches

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ICC World Test Championship 27 Oct 26 AustraliaH Won176 runs
ICC World Test Championship 18 Oct 26 AustraliaH Woninns
ICC World Test Championship 9 Oct 26 AustraliaH Lost214 runs
ICC World Test Championship 11 Jun 25 AustraliaH Won5 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 25 PakistanH Won10 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 24 PakistanH Won2 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 5 Dec 24 Sri LankaH Won109 runs
ICC World Test Championship 27 Nov 24 Sri LankaH Won233 runs
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 24 IndiaH Lost7 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 23 IndiaH Woninns
ICC World Test Championship 8 Mar 23 West IndiesH Won284 runs
ICC World Test Championship 28 Feb 23 West IndiesH Won87 runs
ICC World Test Championship 8 Apr 22 BangladeshH Won332 runs
ICC World Test Championship 31 Mar 22 BangladeshH Won220 runs
ICC World Test Championship 11 Jan 22 IndiaH Won7 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 22 IndiaH Won7 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 21 IndiaH Lost113 runs
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 21 Sri LankaH Won10 wkts
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 20 Sri LankaH Woninns
ICC World Test Championship 24 Jan 20 EnglandH Lost191 runs
ICC World Test Championship 16 Jan 20 EnglandH Lostinns
ICC World Test Championship 3 Jan 20 EnglandH Lost189 runs
ICC World Test Championship 26 Dec 19 EnglandH Won107 runs
Test Series 21 Feb 19 Sri LankaH Lost8 wkts
Test Series 13 Feb 19 Sri LankaH Lost1 wkt
Test Series 11 Jan 19 PakistanH Won107 runs
Test Series 3 Jan 19 PakistanH Won9 wkts
Test Series 26 Dec 18 PakistanH Won6 wkts
Test Series 24 Jan 18 IndiaH Lost63 runs
Test Series 13 Jan 18 IndiaH Won135 runs
Test Series 5 Jan 18 IndiaH Won72 runs

South Africa Catches Match by Match

The last 31 Tests, innings by innings, and how often South Africa went over the line

Line6.5
OpponentResultInnsForAg 6.5+
Avg 6.85.9 57%
AustraliaAustralia (H)WTC, 27 Oct Wby 176 runs 1st 83
2nd 56
AustraliaAustralia (H)WTC, 18 Oct Wby an innings and 31 runs 1st 87
2nd 4-
AustraliaAustralia (H)WTC, 9 Oct Lby 214 runs 1st 610
2nd 48
AustraliaAustralia (H)WTC, 11 Jun 2025 Wby 5 wickets 1st 65
2nd 44
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2025 Wby 10 wickets 1st 69
2nd 70
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2024 Wby 2 wickets 1st 98
2nd 83
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 5 Dec 2024 Wby 109 runs 1st 75
2nd 75
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 27 Nov 2024 Wby 233 runs 1st 67
2nd 71
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2024 Lby 7 wickets 1st 89
2nd 210
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2023 Wby an innings and 32 runs 1st 75
2nd 6-
West IndiesWest Indies (H)WTC, 8 Mar 2023 Wby 284 runs 1st 77
2nd 48
West IndiesWest Indies (H)WTC, 28 Feb 2023 Wby 87 runs 1st 85
2nd 88
BangladeshBangladesh (H)WTC, 8 Apr 2022 Wby 332 runs 1st 54
2nd 62
BangladeshBangladesh (H)WTC, 31 Mar 2022 Wby 220 runs 1st 64
2nd 54
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 11 Jan 2022 Wby 7 wickets 1st 107
2nd 102
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2022 Wby 7 wickets 1st 107
2nd 71
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2021 Lby 113 runs 1st 96
2nd 95
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2021 Wby 10 wickets 1st 98
2nd 70
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2020 Wby an innings and 45 runs 1st 57
2nd 6-
EnglandEngland (H)WTC, 24 Jan 2020 Lby 191 runs 1st 78
2nd 88
EnglandEngland (H)WTC, 16 Jan 2020 Lby an innings and 53 runs 1st 66
2nd -6 -
EnglandEngland (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2020 Lby 189 runs 1st 710
2nd 69
EnglandEngland (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2019 Wby 107 runs 1st 89
2nd 68
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)TEST, 21 Feb 2019 Lby 8 wickets 1st 63
2nd 26
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)TEST, 13 Feb 2019 Lby 1 wicket 1st 67
2nd 64
PakistanPakistan (H)TEST, 11 Jan 2019 Wby 107 runs 1st 108
2nd 88
PakistanPakistan (H)TEST, 3 Jan 2019 Wby 9 wickets 1st 96
2nd 81
PakistanPakistan (H)TEST, 26 Dec 2018 Wby 6 wickets 1st 48
2nd 72
IndiaIndia (H)TEST, 24 Jan 2018 Lby 63 runs 1st 97
2nd 85
IndiaIndia (H)TEST, 13 Jan 2018 Wby 135 runs 1st 76
2nd 68
IndiaIndia (H)TEST, 5 Jan 2018 Wby 72 runs 1st 75
2nd 79

Bangladesh Catches Match by Match

South Africa's next opponent, their last 40 Tests

Bangladesh catches →
OpponentResultInnsForAg
Avg 4.55.7
West IndiesWest Indies (H)WTC, 5 Nov Ddrawn 1st 17
2nd 41
West IndiesWest Indies (H)WTC, 28 Oct Lby 8 wickets 1st 75
2nd 14
AfghanistanAfghanistan (A)TEST, 9 Oct Ddrawn 1st 67
2nd 85
AustraliaAustralia (A)WTC, 22 Aug Lby an innings and 51 runs 1st 47
2nd -8
AustraliaAustralia (A)WTC, 13 Aug Wby 9 wickets 1st 55
2nd 40
ZimbabweZimbabwe (A)TEST, 28 Jun Lby an innings and 85 runs 1st 68
2nd -9
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 16 May Wby 78 runs 1st 97
2nd 87
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 8 May Wby 104 runs 1st 77
2nd 56
IrelandIreland (H)TEST, 19 Nov 2025 Wby 217 runs 1st 46
2nd 32
IrelandIreland (H)TEST, 11 Nov 2025 Wby an innings and 47 runs 1st 37
2nd 5-
Sri LankaSri Lanka (A)WTC, 25 Jun 2025 Lby an innings and 78 runs 1st 57
2nd -5
Sri LankaSri Lanka (A)WTC, 17 Jun 2025 Ddrawn 1st 67
2nd 22
ZimbabweZimbabwe (H)TEST, 28 Apr 2025 Wby an innings and 106 runs 1st 55
2nd 6-
ZimbabweZimbabwe (H)TEST, 20 Apr 2025 Lby 3 wickets 1st 68
2nd 410
West IndiesWest Indies (A)WTC, 30 Nov 2024 Wby 101 runs 1st 58
2nd 38
West IndiesWest Indies (A)WTC, 22 Nov 2024 Lby 201 runs 1st 55
2nd 76
South AfricaSouth Africa (H)WTC, 29 Oct 2024 Lby an innings and 273 runs 1st 27
2nd -8
South AfricaSouth Africa (H)WTC, 21 Oct 2024 Lby 7 wickets 1st 55
2nd 26
IndiaIndia (A)WTC, 27 Sep 2024 Lby 7 wickets 1st 45
2nd 24
IndiaIndia (A)WTC, 19 Sep 2024 Lby 280 runs 1st 105
2nd 38
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 30 Aug 2024 Wby 6 wickets 1st 45
2nd 93
PakistanPakistan (A)WTC, 21 Aug 2024 Wby 10 wickets 1st 57
2nd 50
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 30 Mar 2024 Lby 192 runs 1st 33
2nd 46
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 22 Mar 2024 Lby 328 runs 1st 77
2nd 78
New ZealandNew Zealand (H)WTC, 6 Dec 2023 Lby 4 wickets 1st 87
2nd 36
New ZealandNew Zealand (H)WTC, 28 Nov 2023 Wby 150 runs 1st 68
2nd 74
AfghanistanAfghanistan (H)TEST, 14 Jun 2023 Wby 546 runs 1st 88
2nd 73
IrelandIreland (H)TEST, 4 Apr 2023 Wby 7 wickets 1st 35
2nd 52
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 22 Dec 2022 Lby 3 wickets 1st 58
2nd 23
IndiaIndia (H)WTC, 14 Dec 2022 Lby 188 runs 1st 25
2nd 25
West IndiesWest Indies (A)WTC, 24 Jun 2022 Lby 10 wickets 1st 56
2nd 06
West IndiesWest Indies (A)WTC, 16 Jun 2022 Lby 7 wickets 1st 58
2nd 27
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 23 May 2022 Lby 10 wickets 1st 56
2nd 05
Sri LankaSri Lanka (H)WTC, 15 May 2022 Ddrawn 1st 46
2nd 3-
South AfricaSouth Africa (A)WTC, 8 Apr 2022 Lby 332 runs 1st 45
2nd 26
South AfricaSouth Africa (A)WTC, 31 Mar 2022 Lby 220 runs 1st 46
2nd 45
New ZealandNew Zealand (A)WTC, 8 Jan 2022 Lby an innings and 117 runs 1st 55
2nd -9
New ZealandNew Zealand (A)WTC, 31 Dec 2021 Wby 8 wickets 1st 86
2nd 42
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 4 Dec 2021 Lby an innings and 8 runs 1st 15
2nd -3
PakistanPakistan (H)WTC, 26 Nov 2021 Lby 8 wickets 1st 26
2nd 05

South Africa Catches Lines

How often each line went over, last 31 Tests, an innings each

LineOverUnderOver %
4.554789%
5.5501182%
6.5352657%
7.5214034%
8.5105116%
LineOverUnderOver %
10.5441476%
11.5401869%
12.5292950%
13.5243441%
14.5203834%

Catches Batting First and Chasing

South Africa's catches per game by when they batted

BattingPWForAg
First161312.711.6
Second15914.110.8

Test Catches Table

Catches per game, sides with 8+ Tests in the last two years

SidePForAgMatch
1South AfricaSouth Africa 1412.79.121.8
2AustraliaAustralia 2112.110.022.1
3New ZealandNew Zealand 1211.89.921.7
4EnglandEngland 2011.59.921.4
5IndiaIndia 1710.111.021.1
6ZimbabweZimbabwe 139.59.719.2
7West IndiesWest Indies 189.39.719.0
8PakistanPakistan 139.110.819.9
9BangladeshBangladesh 169.011.220.2
10Sri LankaSri Lanka 108.311.519.8

South Africa Catches by Competition

Catches per game in each Test competition

CompetitionPW-LForAg
ICC World Test ChampionshipICC World Test Championship2317-613.211.0
Test SeriesTest Series85-313.811.6

South Africa Test Catches Questions

How many catches do South Africa take per innings in Tests?

South Africa have averaged 6.8 catches an innings over their last 31 Tests, since January 2018, against their opponents' 5.9, and their best was 10 in their first innings against India on 11 Jan 2022.

How often do South Africa go over 6.5 catches in an innings?

South Africa went over 6.5 catches in 35 of 61 innings over their last 31 Tests, since January 2018, 57% of the time, while averaging 6.8 an innings against their opponents' 5.9.

Who takes the most catches for South Africa?

Quinton de Kock takes the most catches for South Africa over their last 31 Tests, since January 2018, with 81 in 29 innings at 2.8 an innings, ahead of Kyle Verreynne (46) and Aiden Markram (34).

What is South Africa's highest catches in an innings in a recent Test?

South Africa's highest over their last 31 Tests, since January 2018, is 10 catches in their first innings against India on 11 Jan 2022 at Newlands, Cape Town, against their average of 6.8.

Do South Africa take more catches batting first or chasing?

Chasing brings South Africa more catches over their last 31 Tests, since January 2018: they average 12.7 catches batting first in 16 Tests, and 14.1 batting second in 15, a gap of 1.38 catches.