List Of International Cricket Five-wicket Hauls At McLean Park
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 |
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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.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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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.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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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 |
Notes
- ^ Four of the 48 ODIs held on the ground were women's matches. No five-wicket hauls have been taken in women's ODIs on the ground as of March 2019.
- ^ As of December 2019, only two T20I matches have been held on the ground with no five-wicket hauls taken in either match.
- ^ 8-ball overs were used during this match.
- ^ Vaas took his five-wicket hauls during the same match. His match figures of 10/91 are the best in a Test match on the ground. Muralitheran also took a five-wicket haul during New Zealand's second innings of the same match.
- ^ Southee, Sidebottom and Panesar took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
- ^ Southee took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
- ^ Sidebottom was the first bowler to take seven wickets in an innings on the ground in a Test match. His innings bowling figures of 7/47 are the best Test match innings bowling figures on the ground.
- ^ O'Brien, Edwards and Patel took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
- ^ This was the only time that O'Brien took a five-wicket haul in international cricket.
- ^ This was the only time Patel took a five-wicket haul during his international career.
- ^ This was Lock's only five-wicket haul of his international career.
- ^ This was the only time Cairns took a five-wicket haul in an ODI.
- ^ Muralitharan's figures of 5/30 remain the best bowling figures in an ODI on the ground.
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