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South Africa Test Wickets Stats

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

Updated 27 October 2026, after the Australia game

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Player	Avg	Hit %	27 Oct 26 H Won176 runs		18 Oct 26 H Woninns		9 Oct 26 H Lost214 runs		22 Nov 25 A Won408 runs		14 Nov 25 A Won30 runs		20 Oct 25 A Won8 wkts		12 Oct 25 A Lost		6 Jul 25 A Woninns		28 Jun 25 A Won328 runs		11 Jun 25 H Won5 wkts
Player	Avg	Hit %	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
South Africa total	9.8		10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
S. HarmerBowler, 14 inns	3.1	71%10/14	437-104-4	621.1-16-6	05.3-9-0	239-93-2	128.2-68-1	125-121-1	327-64-3	623-37-6	415.2-30-4	414-21-4	225-75-2	620-50-6	133-101-1	414.1-51-4
C C. YusufAll-rounder, 4 inns	2.5	100%4/4															27-20-2	217-38-2	314-42-3	39-22-3
K. RabadaBowler, 10 inns	2.3	50%5/10	123-98-1	314-39-3	212-33-2	423-77-4							118-60-1	111-38-1	117-56-1	110-33-1					515.4-51-5	418-59-4
M. JansenAll-rounder, 14 inns	2.1	50%7/14	322.1-60-3	08-17-0	511-33-5	117.1-34-1	331-68-3	18-45-1	619.5-48-6	115-23-1	315-35-3	27-15-2	020-58-0	03-5-0							314-49-3	118-58-1
S. MuthusamyBatter, 8 inns	2.0	38%3/8							02-2-0	17-21-1			04-17-0	04-11-0	632-117-6	517-57-5	113-59-1	319.3-77-3
K. MaharajBowler, 12 inns	1.83	50%6/12					020-75-0	29-56-2	115-39-1	212.5-37-2	116-66-1	29-37-2	742.4-102-7	211.3-34-2					316.4-70-3	124-71-1	16-19-1	06-17-0
C. BoschAll-rounder, 6 inns	1.83	33%2/6	-DNB	-DNB							111-32-1	02-14-0					17-27-1	419-38-4	09-31-0	512-43-5
A. NortjeBowler, 3 inns	1.67	67%2/3			13.3-5-1	-DNB	228-88-2	212-56-2
P. SubrayenAll-rounder, 4 inns	1.50	50%2/4													225.4-78-2	05-22-0	410-42-4	014-36-0
W. MulderAll-rounder, 16 inns	1.13	31%5/16	121-63-1	02-4-0	29.3-14-2	321-64-3	427-68-4	04-24-0	010-14-0	04-6-0	05-15-0	-DNB			02-13-0	-DNB	26-20-2	18-24-1	416-50-4	07-13-0	011-36-0	18-18-1
A. MarkramBatter, 12 inns	0.25	0%0/12	03-14-0	06-13-0	01-0-0	07-18-0	03-3-0	-DNB	010-26-0	02-2-0	-DNB	13-5-1	04-12-0	-DNB	01-6-0	-DNB					12-5-1	12-5-1
L. NgidiBowler, 2 inns	1.50	50%1/2																			08-45-0	313-38-3
D. BrevisBatter, 1 inns	1.00	0%0/1											-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	-DNB	14.2-22-1
G. CoetzeeAll-rounder, 2 inns	0.50	0%0/2	119-70-1	06-7-0
K. MaphakaBowler, 2 inns	0.00	0%0/2															-DNB	-DNB	012-52-0	010-28-0

A green cell reached the line. Each innings is its own column, the 1st then the 2nd. The line under a figure is the bowler's overs, runs and wickets; DNB did not bowl.

South Africa Team Wickets

Line9.5

Avg9.88.6

Hit95%

1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st2nd

27 Oct 26

H Won176 runs

18 Oct 26

H Woninns

9 Oct 26

H Lost214 runs

22 Nov 25

A Won408 runs

14 Nov 25

A Won30 runs

20 Oct 25

A Won8 wkts

12 Oct 25

A Lost

6 Jul 25

A Woninns

28 Jun 25

A Won328 runs

11 Jun 25

H Won5 wkts

South Africa Wickets Match by Match

The last 10 Tests, innings by innings, and how often South Africa went over the line

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Opponent	Result	Inns	For	Ag	9.5+
Avg			9.8	8.6	95%
Australia (H)WTC, 27 Oct	Wby 176 runs	1st	10	10
Australia (H)WTC, 27 Oct	Wby 176 runs	2nd	10	10
Australia (H)WTC, 18 Oct	Wby an innings and 31 runs	1st	10	9
Australia (H)WTC, 18 Oct	Wby an innings and 31 runs	2nd	10	-
Australia (H)WTC, 9 Oct	Lby 214 runs	1st	10	10
Australia (H)WTC, 9 Oct	Lby 214 runs	2nd	6	10
India (A)WTC, 22 Nov 2025	Wby 408 runs	1st	10	10
India (A)WTC, 22 Nov 2025	Wby 408 runs	2nd	10	5
India (A)WTC, 14 Nov 2025	Wby 30 runs	1st	10	10
India (A)WTC, 14 Nov 2025	Wby 30 runs	2nd	10	10
Pakistan (A)WTC, 20 Oct 2025	Wby 8 wickets	1st	10	10
Pakistan (A)WTC, 20 Oct 2025	Wby 8 wickets	2nd	10	2
Pakistan (A)WTC, 12 Oct 2025	L	1st	10	10
Pakistan (A)WTC, 12 Oct 2025	L	2nd	10	10
Zimbabwe (A)TEST, 6 Jul 2025	Wby an innings and 236 runs	1st	10	5
Zimbabwe (A)TEST, 6 Jul 2025	Wby an innings and 236 runs	2nd	10	-
Zimbabwe (A)TEST, 28 Jun 2025	Wby 328 runs	1st	10	9
Zimbabwe (A)TEST, 28 Jun 2025	Wby 328 runs	2nd	10	10
Australia (H)WTC, 11 Jun 2025	Wby 5 wickets	1st	10	10
Australia (H)WTC, 11 Jun 2025	Wby 5 wickets	2nd	10	5

Bangladesh Wickets Match by Match

South Africa's next opponent, their last 10 Tests

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Opponent	Result	Inns	For	Ag
Avg			9.2	8.6
West Indies (H)WTC, 5 Nov	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
West Indies (H)WTC, 5 Nov	Ddrawn	2nd	6	4
West Indies (H)WTC, 28 Oct	Lby 8 wickets	1st	10	10
West Indies (H)WTC, 28 Oct	Lby 8 wickets	2nd	2	10
Afghanistan (A)TEST, 9 Oct	Ddrawn	1st	10	10
Afghanistan (A)TEST, 9 Oct	Ddrawn	2nd	8	7
Australia (A)WTC, 22 Aug	Lby an innings and 51 runs	1st	10	10
Australia (A)WTC, 22 Aug	Lby an innings and 51 runs	2nd	-	10
Australia (A)WTC, 13 Aug	Wby 9 wickets	1st	10	10
Australia (A)WTC, 13 Aug	Wby 9 wickets	2nd	10	1
Zimbabwe (A)TEST, 28 Jun	Lby an innings and 85 runs	1st	10	10
Zimbabwe (A)TEST, 28 Jun	Lby an innings and 85 runs	2nd	-	10
Pakistan (H)WTC, 16 May	Wby 78 runs	1st	10	10
Pakistan (H)WTC, 16 May	Wby 78 runs	2nd	10	10
Pakistan (H)WTC, 8 May	Wby 104 runs	1st	10	10
Pakistan (H)WTC, 8 May	Wby 104 runs	2nd	10	9
Ireland (H)TEST, 19 Nov 2025	Wby 217 runs	1st	10	10
Ireland (H)TEST, 19 Nov 2025	Wby 217 runs	2nd	10	4
Ireland (H)TEST, 11 Nov 2025	Wby an innings and 47 runs	1st	10	8
Ireland (H)TEST, 11 Nov 2025	Wby an innings and 47 runs	2nd	10	-

South Africa Wickets Lines

How often each line went over, last 10 Tests, an innings each

Line	Over	Under	Over %
7.5	19	1	95%
8.5	19	1	95%
9.5	19	1	95%
10.5	0	20	0%
11.5	0	20	0%

Line	Over	Under	Over %
16.5	13	5	72%
17.5	13	5	72%
18.5	13	5	72%
19.5	11	7	61%
20.5	0	18	0%

Wickets Batting First and Chasing

South Africa's wickets per game by when they batted

Batting	P	W	For	Ag
First	6	6	20.0	14.7
Second	4	2	19.0	16.8

Test Wickets Table

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

Side	P	For	Ag	Match
1South Africa	14	19.7	15.6	35.3
2New Zealand	12	18.6	14.9	33.5
3England	20	18.4	16.9	35.3
4Australia	21	18.0	16.3	34.3
5India	17	17.7	15.7	33.3
6Pakistan	13	17.0	19.4	36.4
7Bangladesh	16	16.6	16.7	33.3
8West Indies	18	16.3	17.9	34.2
9Sri Lanka	10	13.6	18.1	31.7
10Zimbabwe	13	13.4	17.4	30.8

South Africa Wickets by Competition

Wickets per game in each Test competition

Competition	P	W-L	For	Ag
ICC World Test Championship	8	6-2	19.5	16.4
Test Series	2	2-0	20.0	12.0

South Africa Test Wickets Questions

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

South Africa have averaged 9.8 wickets an innings over their last 10 Tests, their opponents 8.6.

How often do South Africa go over 9.5 wickets in an innings?

South Africa went over 9.5 wickets in 19 of their last 20 innings.

Who takes the most wickets for South Africa?

Over South Africa's last 10 Tests: Simon Harmer (44 in 14 innings, 3.1 an innings), Marco Jansen (29 in 14 innings, 2.1 an innings), Kagiso Rabada (23 in 10 innings, 2.3 an innings).

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

10 in their first innings against Australia on 27 Oct 2026 at Newlands, Cape Town.

Do South Africa take more wickets batting first or chasing?

Batting first South Africa average 20.0 wickets (6 Tests); batting second 19.0 (4).

Last innings10v Australia (H)

Per innings9.8Last 10 Tests

Over 9.595%19 of last 20 innings

South Africa v Bangladesh Wickets

Last 10 Tests each, per game

Per game	SA	BAN
Taken	19.6	16.6
Lost	15.5	16.3
Match	35.1	32.9

Over 19.5 SA wickets

Hit in 9 of SA's last 10

Over 35.5 match wickets

Hit in 5 of SA's last 10

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South Africa Wickets Hit Leaders

Who reached the line most, last 10 Tests

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