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South Africa Test Stats

South Africa Tests game by game, and how the opposition did in each

Updated 27 October 2026, after the Australia game

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Stat	Avg	27 Oct 26 H Won176 runs		18 Oct 26 H Woninns		9 Oct 26 H Lost214 runs		11 Jun 25 H Won5 wkts		3 Jan 25 H Won10 wkts		26 Dec 24 H Won2 wkts		5 Dec 24 H Won109 runs		27 Nov 24 H Won233 runs		3 Jan 24 H Lost7 wkts		26 Dec 23 H Woninns		8 Mar 23 H Won284 runs		28 Feb 23 H Won87 runs		8 Apr 22 H Won332 runs		31 Mar 22 H Won220 runs		11 Jan 22 H Won7 wkts		3 Jan 22 H Won7 wkts		26 Dec 21 H Lost113 runs		3 Jan 21 H Won10 wkts		26 Dec 20 H Woninns		24 Jan 20 H Lost191 runs		16 Jan 20 H Lostinns		3 Jan 20 H Lost189 runs		26 Dec 19 H Won107 runs		21 Feb 19 H Lost8 wkts		13 Feb 19 H Lost1 wkt		11 Jan 19 H Won107 runs		3 Jan 19 H Won9 wkts		26 Dec 18 H Won6 wkts		24 Jan 18 H Lost63 runs		13 Jan 18 H Won135 runs		5 Jan 18 H Won72 runs
Stat	Avg	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
Runs	257229	329429	387111	42599	-295	284390	206314	138212	282207	615194	61478	301211	150237	358328	317238	19142	366282	55153	17680	408245	-131	320251	321106	342212	116159	453217	17680	367298	20453	210223	212198	229202	243266	197327	191174	302157	67211	621396	-180	183389	274248	209499	237	223269	248391	284181	272268	222154	128197	235191	259304	262185	303273	431177	43294	223181	151176	194187	177247	335307	258151	286209	130135
Wickets	9.68.9	1010	1010	109	10	1010	610	1010	105	1010	100	1010	108	1010	1010	1010	105	1010	310	1010	10	1010	1010	1010	1010	1010	106	1010	1010	1010	103	1010	103	1010	1010	1010	100	910	10	1010	1010	910	-10	1010	810	1010	1010	1010	210	1010	910	1010	1010	1010	101	1010	104	1010	1010	1010	910	99	1010
Run rate	3.483.48	4.03.4	2.91.9	3.32.3	-2.8	3.62.8	2.45.4	2.43.7	3.43.2	4.43.6	8.53.9	4.13.7	3.84.0	3.53.3	3.73.4	3.93.0	3.63.5	2.44.4	4.86.7	3.83.6	-3.8	3.53.2	3.23.0	4.03.1	4.13.9	3.32.9	4.43.4	3.02.6	2.82.8	2.82.9	3.32.9	2.93.2	3.64.4	3.23.1	2.83.5	4.03.9	5.03.7	4.44.1	-3.9	2.74.0	3.64.0	2.43.3	2.7	2.52.9	1.83.5	3.43.4	4.42.9	3.64.1	2.94.3	3.93.2	3.33.6	3.43.7	3.84.2	3.53.5	4.44.2	3.73.9	3.03.1	3.02.4	2.43.1	2.93.3	2.83.0	3.92.8	3.23.2
Sixes	1.712.1	34	40	50	-0	33	19	10	00	152	21	12	11	41	44	30	42	01	20	45	-1	06	23	02	11	50	11	25	02	02	04	11	03	21	02	00	00	36	-1	07	31	09	6	02	06	12	54	02	02	12	05	10	11	21	02	11	02	00	12	00	11	21	20
Fours	31.728.8	4149	3714	4511	-35	3944	2830	1428	2618	6319	648	4527	2033	4338	2528	256	2738	419	2513	5532	-22	4431	3715	5023	1223	5433	1910	5031	173	2131	2517	2827	2837	3047	2625	4626	935	7644	-29	2848	4133	3155	32	2336	2044	4427	2936	2625	1427	2723	2828	4127	4741	6022	543	3430	2523	2424	1822	4837	3118	3930	1817
Catches	6.85.9	83	56	87	4	610	48	65	44	69	70	98	83	75	75	67	71	89	210	75	6	77	48	85	88	54	62	64	54	107	102	107	71	96	95	98	70	57	6	78	88	66	-6	710	69	89	68	63	26	67	64	108	88	96	81	48	72	97	85	76	68	75	79

Each figure is South Africa's, the opposition's under it. Wickets are the wickets South Africa took. Each innings is its own column, the 1st then the 2nd, against the opposition's same innings.

South Africa Test Game by Game

Runs, the last 31 Tests, newest on the left

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27 Oct 26

H Won176 runs

18 Oct 26

H Woninns

9 Oct 26

H Lost214 runs

11 Jun 25

H Won5 wkts

3 Jan 25

H Won10 wkts

26 Dec 24

H Won2 wkts

5 Dec 24

H Won109 runs

27 Nov 24

H Won233 runs

3 Jan 24

H Lost7 wkts

26 Dec 23

H Woninns

8 Mar 23

H Won284 runs

28 Feb 23

H Won87 runs

8 Apr 22

H Won332 runs

31 Mar 22

H Won220 runs

11 Jan 22

H Won7 wkts

3 Jan 22

H Won7 wkts

26 Dec 21

H Lost113 runs

3 Jan 21

H Won10 wkts

26 Dec 20

H Woninns

24 Jan 20

H Lost191 runs

16 Jan 20

H Lostinns

3 Jan 20

H Lost189 runs

26 Dec 19

H Won107 runs

21 Feb 19

H Lost8 wkts

13 Feb 19

H Lost1 wkt

11 Jan 19

H Won107 runs

3 Jan 19

H Won9 wkts

26 Dec 18

H Won6 wkts

24 Jan 18

H Lost63 runs

13 Jan 18

H Won135 runs

5 Jan 18

H Won72 runs

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South Africa Test Results

The last 31 Tests, newest first: 22 won

Opponent	Result	SA	Opp	Wkts
Australia (H)WTC, 27 Oct	Wby 176 runs	329 & 387	429 & 111	20
Australia (H)WTC, 18 Oct	Wby an innings and 31 runs	425/9	99 & 295	20
Australia (H)WTC, 9 Oct	Lby 214 runs	284 & 206	390 & 314/6	16
Australia (H)WTC, 11 Jun 2025	Wby 5 wickets	138 & 282/5	212 & 207	20
Pakistan (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2025	Wby 10 wickets	615 & 61/0	194 & 478	20
Pakistan (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2024	Wby 2 wickets	301 & 150/8	211 & 237	20
Sri Lanka (H)WTC, 5 Dec 2024	Wby 109 runs	358 & 317	328 & 238	20
Sri Lanka (H)WTC, 27 Nov 2024	Wby 233 runs	191 & 366/5	42 & 282	20
India (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2024	Lby 7 wickets	55 & 176	153 & 80/3	13
India (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2023	Wby an innings and 32 runs	408	245 & 131	20
West Indies (H)WTC, 8 Mar 2023	Wby 284 runs	320 & 321	251 & 106	20
West Indies (H)WTC, 28 Feb 2023	Wby 87 runs	342 & 116	212 & 159	20
Bangladesh (H)WTC, 8 Apr 2022	Wby 332 runs	453 & 176/6	217 & 80	20
Bangladesh (H)WTC, 31 Mar 2022	Wby 220 runs	367 & 204	298 & 53	20
India (H)WTC, 11 Jan 2022	Wby 7 wickets	210 & 212/3	223 & 198	20
India (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2022	Wby 7 wickets	229 & 243/3	202 & 266	20
India (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2021	Lby 113 runs	197 & 191	327 & 174	20
Sri Lanka (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2021	Wby 10 wickets	302 & 67/0	157 & 211	20
Sri Lanka (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2020	Wby an innings and 45 runs	621	396/9 & 180	19
England (H)WTC, 24 Jan 2020	Lby 191 runs	183 & 274	389 & 248	20
England (H)WTC, 16 Jan 2020	Lby an innings and 53 runs	209 & 237	499/9	9
England (H)WTC, 3 Jan 2020	Lby 189 runs	223 & 248	269 & 391/8	18
England (H)WTC, 26 Dec 2019	Wby 107 runs	284 & 272	181 & 268	20
Sri Lanka (H)TEST, 21 Feb 2019	Lby 8 wickets	222 & 128	154 & 197/2	12
Sri Lanka (H)TEST, 13 Feb 2019	Lby 1 wicket	235 & 259	191 & 304/9	19
Pakistan (H)TEST, 11 Jan 2019	Wby 107 runs	262 & 303	185 & 273	20
Pakistan (H)TEST, 3 Jan 2019	Wby 9 wickets	431 & 43/1	177 & 294	20
Pakistan (H)TEST, 26 Dec 2018	Wby 6 wickets	223 & 151/4	181 & 176	20
India (H)TEST, 24 Jan 2018	Lby 63 runs	194 & 177	187 & 247	20
India (H)TEST, 13 Jan 2018	Wby 135 runs	335 & 258	307 & 151/9	19
India (H)TEST, 5 Jan 2018	Wby 72 runs	286/9 & 130	209/9 & 135	19

South Africa Test Splits

The last 31 Tests: home and away, batting first or chasing, the toss, competition, opponent, ground and year, and runs a game (first innings)

Venue	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Home	31	22-9	71%	298	242

Innings	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Batting first	16	13-3	81%	317	216
Batting second	15	9-6	60%	277	271

Toss	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
Won the toss	14	12-2	86%	323	218
Lost the toss	17	10-7	59%	277	262

Competition	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
ICC World Test Championship	23	17-6	74%	306	258
Test Series	8	5-3	63%	274	199

Opponent	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
India	8	5-3	63%	239	232
Sri Lanka	6	4-2	67%	322	211
Pakistan	5	5-0	100%	366	190
Australia	4	3-1	75%	294	283
England	4	1-3	25%	225	335
West Indies	2	2-0	100%	331	232
Bangladesh	2	2-0	100%	410	258

Ground	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
SuperSport Park, Centurion	7	7-0	100%	359	248
Newlands, Cape Town	7	5-2	71%	307	236
The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	7	4-3	57%	241	243
St George's Park, Gqeberha	4	3-1	75%	361	286
Kingsmead, Durban	4	2-2	50%	269	230
Lord's, London	1	1-0	100%	138	212

Year	P	W-L	Win %	Runs	Opp
2026	3	2-1	67%	346	306
2025	2	2-0	100%	377	203
2024	4	3-1	75%	226	184
2023	3	3-0	100%	357	236
2022	4	4-0	100%	315	235
2021	2	1-1	50%	250	242
2020	4	1-3	25%	309	388
2019	5	3-2	60%	287	178
2018	4	3-1	75%	260	221

Test Sides

International sides with 8+ Tests in the last two years, by win rate

Side	P	Win %	Runs	Opp
1South Africa	14	86%	277	238
2New Zealand	12	67%	319	232
3Australia	21	67%	218	231
4England	20	50%	321	263
5Bangladesh	16	44%	291	242
6India	17	41%	300	252
7West Indies	18	28%	259	275
8Zimbabwe	13	23%	237	388
9Pakistan	13	23%	224	252
10Sri Lanka	10	10%	296	392

South Africa Test Questions

What is South Africa's average Test first-innings score?

South Africa's first innings have averaged 298 runs over their last 31 Tests, their opponents' 242. Their highest was 621 against Sri Lanka on 26 Dec 2020, their lowest 55 against India.

What is South Africa's Test record?

South Africa have won 22 and lost 9 of their last 31 Tests.

Do South Africa do better batting first or chasing in Tests?

Batting first, South Africa have won 13 of 16 and averaged 317. Batting second they have won 9 of 15, averaging 277.

Who has scored the most Test runs for South Africa recently?

Over South Africa's last 31 Tests: Temba Bavuma (1790 runs in 24), Aiden Markram (1680 runs in 26), Dean Elgar (1655 runs in 23).

Who has taken the most Test wickets for South Africa recently?

Over South Africa's last 31 Tests: Kagiso Rabada (130 wickets in 25), Marco Jansen (68 wickets in 14), Keshav Maharaj (52 wickets in 20).

When do South Africa play their next Test?

South Africa play Bangladesh at home in the ICC World Test Championship on Sun 15 Nov, 08:00 (UK time).

Last gameWonby 176 runs v Australia (H)

FormWWLWWLast 5 Tests

Win %71%Last 31

South Africa Test Profile

Per Test over the last two years, ranked among 10 sides

1st86%Win %

6th2771st inns

3rd238Opp 1st

1st19.7Wickets

1st7.7Sixes

4th57.3Fours

1st12.7Catches

South Africa v Bangladesh Runs

Last 10 Tests each, per game

Per game	SA	BAN
Scored	354	337
Conceded	265	282
Match	619	619

Over 350.5 SA runs

Hit in 5 of SA's last 10

Over 625.5 match runs No price yet

Hit in 7 of SA's last 10

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South Africa Next 5 Tests

Each opponent's last five, and the preview

Opponent	Form	Preview
Bangladesh (H)Sun 15 Nov, 08:00	WLDLD	Preview
Bangladesh (H)Mon 23 Nov, 08:00	WLDLD	Preview
England (H)Thu 17 Dec, 08:00	LLWWW	Preview
England (H)Sat 26 Dec, 08:00	LLWWW	Preview
England (H)Sun 3 Jan, 08:30	LLWWW	Preview

South Africa Leaders

The last 31 Tests

T. BavumaBatter, 24 batted 179074.6 avg 2

A. MarkramBatter, 26 batted 168064.6 avg 3

D. ElgarBatter, 23 batted 165572.0 avg 4

Q. de KockKeeper, 15 batted 100767.1 avg 5

F. du PlessisBatter, 13 batted 84765.2 avg

K. RabadaBowler, 25 bowled 1305.2 avg 2

M. JansenAll-rounder, 14 bowled 684.9 avg 3

K. MaharajBowler, 20 bowled 522.6 avg 4

D. OlivierBowler, 9 bowled 394.3 avg 5

A. NortjeBowler, 9 bowled 394.3 avg

K. RabadaBowler, 25 played 3147126 a game 2

A. MarkramBatter, 26 played 207079.6 a game 3

M. JansenAll-rounder, 14 played 2037146 a game 4

D. ElgarBatter, 23 played 192583.7 a game 5

T. BavumaBatter, 24 played 192080.0 a game

Performance points: a run each, 20 a wicket, 10 a catch and 25 a stumping.

K. RabadaBowler, 25 played 3773151 a game 2

A. MarkramBatter, 26 played 3366129 a game 3

D. ElgarBatter, 23 played 3129136 a game 4

T. BavumaBatter, 24 played 3064128 a game 5

M. JansenAll-rounder, 14 played 2601186 a game

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K. MaharajBowler, 22 batted 140.64 avg 2

T. BavumaBatter, 24 batted 100.42 avg 3

W. MulderAll-rounder, 12 batted 80.67 avg 4

K. VerreynneKeeper, 12 batted 80.67 avg 5

M. JansenAll-rounder, 14 batted 80.57 avg

A. MarkramBatter, 26 batted 26010.0 avg 2

D. ElgarBatter, 23 batted 24010.4 avg 3

T. BavumaBatter, 24 batted 1998.3 avg 4

Q. de KockKeeper, 15 batted 1328.8 avg 5

F. du PlessisBatter, 13 batted 1138.7 avg

Q. de KockKeeper, 15 played 815.4 avg 2

K. VerreynneKeeper, 12 played 463.8 avg 3

A. MarkramBatter, 26 played 341.31 avg 4

D. ElgarBatter, 23 played 261.13 avg 5

F. du PlessisBatter, 13 played 201.54 avg

M. AckermanBatter, 2 batted 76.9212 balls 2

Q. de KockKeeper, 15 batted 73.11,378 balls 3

M. JansenAll-rounder, 14 batted 68.5711 balls 4

D. BedinghamKeeper, 10 batted 66.0701 balls 5

A. de VilliersKeeper, 3 batted 63.0335 balls

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