Top 5 South African Test spinners of all time

3 Nicky Boje

Nicky Boje

Nicky Boje was South Africa's frontline spinner in Test cricket for the majority of his career, that lasted around a decade and was the architect of some famous wins for the team in the subcontinent. Boje had a classical left-arm orthodox spinner's action but had a pronounced jump in the delivery stride that seemingly helped him to get into his rhythm. He might not have had many varieties up his sleeve but he could turn the ball on most surfaces and was relentless in his accuracy, which fetched him 100 wickets in 42 Test matches at an average of 42.65. It needs to be remembered that he was often used as a restrictive option but when there was any assistance from the pitch, he turned into South Africa's strike bowler and the wins in India and Sri Lanka in 2000 owed much to his bowling. He remains one of the best spinners to have played for South Africa.