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List Of International Cricket Five-wicket Hauls By Allan Donald
Allan Donald is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented the South African cricket team between 1991, when the team's suspension from international cricket was lifted following the end of the apartheid regime, and 2003. A right-arm fast bowler, Donald was described by ESPNcricinfo writer Peter Robinson as "South Africa's greatest fast bowler". Donald took 330 wickets in Test cricket and 272 in ODIs, and remains the second highest wicket-taker of his country in ODIs as of 2013. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 1992 and rated him the second best ODI bowler in 2003. During his international career, Donald took 22 five-wicket hauls. A five-wicket haul—also known as a five-for or fifer—refers to the feat of a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and only 41 bowlers have at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.

Donald took a five-wicket haul in his ODI debut against India at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in November 1991, taking 5 wickets for 29 runs, the fifth best performance by any bowler on ODI debut. Despite this South Africa lost the match, however, Donald secured a Man of the match award. He picked up another five-wicket haul in October 1996, against Kenya when he claimed 6 wickets for 23 runs at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club. The bowling figures are the second best by a South African as of 2013.

Donald made his Test debut against the West Indies in April 1992, collecting six wickets in the match. He took a five-wicket haul for the first time in Tests when he took 5 wickets for 55 runs against India during the third Test of a four-match series held later that year. He took another five wicket haul in the second innings, thus collecting 12 wickets for 139 runs in the match. Donald went on to repeat this feat against England in November 1999. His career-best bowling figures in an innings came when he took 8 wickets for 71 runs against Zimbabwe in 1995 at the Harare Sports Club. He was most successful against England, taking nine fifers. As of 2013, he is sixteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.

Key

A view of a cricket field focusing towards the pavilion
Donald took a pair of fifers for the first time at the St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth.
Symbol Meaning
Date Day the Test started or ODI held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled
Runs Number of runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result Result for the South Africa team
* One of two five-wicket hauls by Donald in a match
† 10 or more wickets taken in the match
‡ Donald was selected as man of the match

Tests

List of five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald in Test cricket
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 26 December 1992 * † ‡ St George's Park, Port Elizabeth  India 1 27 55 5 2.03 Won
2 26 December 1992 * † ‡ St George's Park, Port Elizabeth  India 3 28 84 7 3.00 Won
3 25 August 1993 Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa  Sri Lanka 1 28 69 5 2.46 Drawn
4 21 July 1994 Lord's Cricket Ground, London  England 2 19.3 74 5 3.79 Won
5 13 October 1995 † ‡ Harare Sports Club, Harare  Zimbabwe 3 33 71 8 2.15 Won
6 2 January 1996 ‡ Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town  England 1 16 46 5 2.87 Won
7 26 December 1996 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban  India 2 16 40 5 2.50 Won
8 21 March 1997 ‡ Centurion Park, Centurion  Australia 3 18 36 5 2.00 Won
9 26 December 1997 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia 3 27 59 6 2.18 Drawn
10 26 February 1998 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban  Pakistan 1 19.2 79 5 4.08 Lost
11 27 March 1998 ‡ Centurion Park, Centurion  Sri Lanka 3 13.3 54 5 4.00 Won
12 18 June 1998 Lord's Cricket Ground, London  England 2 15.3 32 5 2.06 Won
13 2 July 1998 Old Trafford, Manchester  England 3 40 88 6 2.20 Drawn
14 23 July 1998 Trent Bridge, Nottingham  England 2 33 109 5 3.30 Lost
15 6 August 1998 Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds  England 3 29.2 71 5 2.42 Lost
16 10 December 1998 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth  West Indies 4 14.2 49 5 3.41 Won
17 15 January 1999 ‡ Centurion Park, Centurion  West Indies 2 13 49 5 3.76 Won
18 25 November 1999 * † ‡ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  England 1 15 53 6 3.53 Won
19 25 November 1999 * † ‡ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  England 3 23 74 5 3.21 Won
20 2 January 2000 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town  England 1 26 47 5 1.80 Won

One Day Internationals

List of five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald in One Day Internationals
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 10 November 1991 ‡ Eden Gardens, Kolkata  India 2 8.4 29 5 3.34 Lost
2 3 October 1996 ‡ Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi  Kenya 2 9 23 6 3.58 Won