Top 10 South African bowlers of all time

#8 Imran Tahir

Tahir has been a hero for spinners in the country

Imran Tahir, a Pakistani leg-spinner who married a South African to settle in the country made a late debut for the Proteas in 2011 and has since not looked back. A passionate, wily leggie, Tahir has gone on to be South Africa's best bowler in the shorter formats of the game.

Intense and relentless, Tahir has a whippy action with a well disguised googly, which gives him a large chunk of his wickets. He has been a revelation in the country and has inspired quite a few spin bowlers in South Africa. He was named South Africa's T20I cricketer of the year in 2017. While his short stint in Test cricket wasn't very successful, there is no doubting Tahir's credentials as a limited-overs bowler.