List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath, a retired international Australian cricketer, took a number of five-wicket hauls during his career. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fivefor" or "fifer")[1][2] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[3] and fewer than 40 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[4][5]

Glenn McGrath

McGrath made his Test debut in November 1993, against New Zealand,[6] but it was not until March 1995 that he took his first five-wicket haul in Australia's victory over the West Indies in Barbados; his performance earned him the man of the match award.[7] He followed that three weeks later with six wickets in a defeat in Trinidad.[8] McGrath took 10 of his 29 Test five-wicket hauls in The Ashes (the traditional name for Test matches between Australia and England). During the 1997 Ashes series, McGrath "humiliated" England, taking eight wickets in a single innings at Lord's and restricting England to 77, the lowest total in any Test match at the ground since 1888.[9] A month later, he dismissed seven English batsmen in the first innings at The Oval but despite these performances, Australia did not win either Test match.[10][11] The 2001 Ashes series saw McGrath make four five-wicket hauls in consecutive matches. He twice took five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match – in March 1999 he dismissed five West Indian batsmen in each innings of the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy;[12] in the following year, he took ten wickets against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[13]

Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 1993,[6] McGrath took his first one-day five-wicket haul in the following year, in the final of the Will's Triangular Series against Pakistan.[14] Australia won each of the seven ODI matches in which McGrath took a five-wicket haul, and McGrath was given the man of the match award on six of these occasions. Retiring from international cricket in 2007,[15] he took 29 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 7 in ODIs. As of October 2009, he is fifth overall in all-time Test five-wicket haul takers,[4] and fourth in the ODI list.[5]

Key

McGrath bowling at the Sydney Cricket Ground during the 2007 Ashes
Symbol Meaning
Date Day the Test started or ODI held
Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings
Runs Number of Runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Result Result for the Australia team
* One of two five-wicket hauls by McGrath in a match
10 wickets or more taken in the match
McGrath was selected as man of the match

Tests

No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
131 March 1995 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies422.068 5 3.09 Won[7]
221 April 1995Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies221.547 6 2.15 Lost[8]
317 November 1995Bellerive Oval, Hobart Pakistan424.361 5 2.48 Won[16]
426 December 1995 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Sri Lanka223.440 5 1.69 Won[17]
526 December 1996Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne West Indies23050 5 1.66 Lost[18]
621 March 1997Centurion Park, Gauteng Province, South Africa South Africa240.486 6 2.11 Lost[19]
719 June 1997 Lord's Cricket Ground, London England120.338 8 1.85 Draw[10]
821 August 1997Kennington Oval, London England12176 7 3.61 Lost[11]
97 November 1997Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane New Zealand41732 5 1.88 Won[20]
1022 October 1998National Stadium, Karachi Pakistan22566 5 2.64 Draw[21]
1120 November 1998 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane England234.285 6 2.47 Draw[22]
125 March 1999 * Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies21450 5 3.57 Won[12]
135 March 1999 * Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies41028 5 2.80 Won[12]
1413 March 1999Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica West Indies23593 5 2.65 Lost[23]
1526 March 1999Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies44492 5 2.09 Lost[24]
162 January 2000 * Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney India118.548 5 2.54 Won[13]
172 January 2000 * Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney India31755 5 3.23 Won[13]
1823 November 2000 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane West Indies12017 6 0.85 Won[25]
1919 July 2001Lord's Cricket Ground, London England12454 5 2.25 Won[26]
202 August 2001Trent Bridge, Nottingham England11849 5 2.72 Won[27]
2116 August 2001Headingley, Leeds England230.276 7 2.50 Lost[28]
2223 August 2001Kennington Oval, London England315.343 5 2.77 Won[29]
2322 February 2002New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg South Africa312.321 5 1.68 Won[30]
241 July 2004 Marrara Oval, Darwin Sri Lanka21537 5 2.46 Won[31]
2516 December 2004Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Pakistan41624 8 1.50 Won[32]
2610 March 2005Jade Stadium, Christchurch New Zealand142115 6 2.73 Won[33]
2721 July 2005 Lord's Cricket Ground, London England21853 5 2.94 Won[34]
2811 August 2005Old Trafford, Manchester England320.5115 5 5.52 Draw[35]
2923 November 2006Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane England223.150 6 2.15 Won[36]

One Day Internationals

No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
130 October 1994 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Pakistan21052 5 5.20 Won[14]
224 January 1999 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Sri Lanka21040 5 4.00 Won[37]
330 May 1999 Old Trafford, Manchester West Indies18.414 5 1.61 Won[38]
44 February 2000Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Pakistan29.349 5 5.15 Won[39]
515 September 2002 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo New Zealand2737 5 5.28 Won[40]
627 February 2003 North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom Namibia2715 7 2.14 Won[41]
76 February 2005 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Pakistan27.427 5 3.52 Won[42]

References

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