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 "five–for" 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] as of October 2024[update], only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[4][5]
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
[edit]Symbol | Meaning |
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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
[edit]No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | 31 March 1995 ‡ | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies | 4 | 22.0 | 68 | 5 | 3.09 | Won[7] | |
2 | 21 April 1995 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 2 | 21.5 | 47 | 6 | 2.15 | Lost[8] | |
3 | 17 November 1995 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Pakistan | 4 | 24.3 | 61 | 5 | 2.48 | Won[16] | |
4 | 26 December 1995 ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Sri Lanka | 2 | 23.4 | 40 | 5 | 1.69 | Won[17] | |
5 | 26 December 1996 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies | 2 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 1.66 | Lost[18] | |
6 | 21 March 1997 | Centurion Park, Gauteng Province, South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 40.4 | 86 | 6 | 2.11 | Lost[19] | |
7 | 19 June 1997 ‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 20.3 | 38 | 8 | 1.85 | Draw[10] | |
8 | 21 August 1997 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 1 | 21 | 76 | 7 | 3.61 | Lost[11] | |
9 | 7 November 1997 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | New Zealand | 4 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1.88 | Won[20] | |
10 | 22 October 1998 | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan | 2 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 2.64 | Draw[21] | |
11 | 20 November 1998 ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 34.2 | 85 | 6 | 2.47 | Draw[22] | |
12 | 5 March 1999 * † ‡ | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 2 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 3.57 | Won[12] | |
13 | 5 March 1999 * † ‡ | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 4 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 2.80 | Won[12] | |
14 | 13 March 1999 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | West Indies | 2 | 35 | 93 | 5 | 2.65 | Lost[23] | |
15 | 26 March 1999 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies | 4 | 44 | 92 | 5 | 2.09 | Lost[24] | |
16 | 2 January 2000 * † ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | India | 1 | 18.5 | 48 | 5 | 2.54 | Won[13] | |
17 | 2 January 2000 * † ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | India | 3 | 17 | 55 | 5 | 3.23 | Won[13] | |
18 | 23 November 2000 † ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | West Indies | 1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 0.85 | Won[25] | |
19 | 19 July 2001 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 2.25 | Won[26] | |
20 | 2 August 2001 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2.72 | Won[27] | |
21 | 16 August 2001 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 2 | 30.2 | 76 | 7 | 2.50 | Lost[28] | |
22 | 23 August 2001 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 3 | 15.3 | 43 | 5 | 2.77 | Won[29] | |
23 | 22 February 2002 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | 3 | 12.3 | 21 | 5 | 1.68 | Won[30] | |
24 | 1 July 2004 ‡ | Marrara Oval, Darwin | Sri Lanka | 2 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 2.46 | Won[31] | |
25 | 16 December 2004 | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | Pakistan | 4 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1.50 | Won[32] | |
26 | 10 March 2005 | Jade Stadium, Christchurch | New Zealand | 1 | 42 | 115 | 6 | 2.73 | Won[33] | |
27 | 21 July 2005 ‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 2 | 18 | 53 | 5 | 2.94 | Won[34] | |
28 | 11 August 2005 | Old Trafford, Manchester | England | 3 | 20.5 | 115 | 5 | 5.52 | Draw[35] | |
29 | 23 November 2006 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 23.1 | 50 | 6 | 2.15 | Won[36] |
One Day Internationals
[edit]No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | 30 October 1994 ‡ | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan | 2 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 5.20 | Won[14] | |
2 | 24 January 1999 ‡ | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Sri Lanka | 2 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 4.00 | Won[37] | |
3 | 30 May 1999 ‡ | Old Trafford, Manchester | West Indies | 1 | 8.4 | 14 | 5 | 1.61 | Won[38] | |
4 | 4 February 2000 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Pakistan | 2 | 9.3 | 49 | 5 | 5.15 | Won[39] | |
5 | 15 September 2002 ‡ | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | New Zealand | 2 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 5.28 | Won[40] | |
6 | 27 February 2003 ‡ | North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom | Namibia | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2.14 | Won[41] | |
7 | 6 February 2005 ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Pakistan | 2 | 7.4 | 27 | 5 | 3.52 | Won[42] |
References
[edit]- ^ Buckle, Greg (30 April 2007). "Pigeon's almost perfect sendoff". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
McGrath didn't get the five-for that he had hoped for...
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... I'd rather take fifers (five wickets) for England ...
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External links
[edit]- "Statistics – Statsguru – GD McGrath – Test matches". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- "Statistics – Statsguru – GD McGrath – ODIs". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2009.