McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand which has hosted international rugby union and cricket matches as well as provincial sports matches. It is one of the home grounds of the Central Districts cricket team and the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union. It has hosted international cricket matches since 1979, the first Test match at the ground taking place between New Zealand and Pakistan in February of that year. It was first used for One Day International (ODI) cricket during the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup and the first Twenty20 International match played on the ground took place in 2017. The ground has a capacity of 10,500 spectators for international matches.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at McLean Park was Imran Khan in the ground's inaugural Test; he finished with bowling figures of 5 wickets for 106 runs. Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas became the first cricketer to take two five-wicket hauls at McLean Park, when he took 5 for 47 and 5 for 43 in the first Test of Sri Lanka's 1994–95 tour of New Zealand. The best figures in Test cricket at McLean Park are 7 for 47, taken by England's Ryan Sidebottom against New Zealand in March 2008.

As of March 2019 As of March 2019, five bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls during ODIs at McLean Park. Zimbabwe's fast-medium pace bowler Charlie Lock was the first to achieve the feat when he took 5 wickets for 44 runs against New Zealand for the touring Zimbabweans in 1995–96. The best figures in ODI cricket are 5 for 30, secured by Sri Lanka's spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan against New Zealand in March 1995.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test match started or the ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which the five-wicket haul was taken
O	Number of overs bowled
R	Number of runs conceded
W	Number of wickets taken
Result	Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 27 December 2019

A total of 14 five-wicket hauls have been achieved in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at McLean Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Imran Khan	16 February 1979	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	33	106	6	Drawn
2	Danny Morrison	9 February 1990	New Zealand	India	1	38	98	5	Drawn
3	Chaminda Vaas	11 March 1995	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2	18.5	47	5	Sri Lanka won
4	Chaminda Vaas	11 March 1995	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	26.4	43	5	Sri Lanka won
5	Muttiah Muralitharan	11 March 1995	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	36	64	5	Sri Lanka won
6	Lasith Malinga	4 April 2005	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	24.4	80	5	Drawn
7	Tim Southee	22 March 2008	New Zealand	England	1	23.1	55	5	England won
8	Ryan Sidebottom	22 March 2008	England	New Zealand	2	21.4	47	7	England won
9	Monty Panesar	22 March 2008	England	New Zealand	4	46	126	6	England won
10	Iain O'Brien	19 December 2008	New Zealand	West Indies	1	26	75	6	Drawn
11	Fidel Edwards	19 December 2008	West Indies	New Zealand	2	29.4	87	7	Drawn
12	Jeetan Patel	19 December 2008	New Zealand	West Indies	3	46	110	5	Drawn
13	Danish Kaneria	11 December 2009	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	53	168	7	Drawn
14	Chris Martin	26 January 2012	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	3	8.3	26	6	New Zealand won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 December 2019

Five One Day International matches have seen five-wicket hauls taken on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at McLean Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Charlie Lock	3 February 1996	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	2	8.1	44	5	Zimbabwe won
2	Chris Cairns	12 February 1998	New Zealand	Australia	1	7.4	42	5	New Zealand won
3	Muttiah Muralitharan	31 January 2001	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2	7.5	30	5	Sri Lanka won
4	Morné Morkel	29 February 2012	South Africa	New Zealand	1	9.3	38	5	South Africa won
5	James Anderson	20 February 2013	England	New Zealand	1	9.5	34	5	England won