List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Kingsmead

Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban, South Africa was established in 1922 and hosted its first international cricket match in January 1923. The ground's first Test saw South Africa played the touring England cricket team. It hosted its first One Day International (ODI) in 1992 following the readmission of South Africa to international cricket after the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era, and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) in 2007.[1][2] Two women's Test matches have been played on the ground, the first in 1960, and a single women's T20I was played in 2016.[2]

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.[3] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

The first international five-wicket hauls taken on the ground was by Englishman Alec Kennedy who took five wickets for the cost of 88 runs (5/88) in the ground's first Test match in 1923.[4] The 8/69 taken by South African Hugh Tayfield against England in 1957 set a new best bowling analysis by a South African in Test matches and remain the best innings bowling figures in Test matches on the ground.[5] The first five-wicket haul in women's Tests on the ground was taken by South Africa's Jean McNaughton in the first women's Test played on the ground in 1960.[2]

The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by Pakistan's Waqar Younis in 1993,[6] whilst India's Ashish Nehra recorded the best bowling ODI figures of 6/23 during a 2003 Cricket World Cup match against England.[7] Only one five-wicket haul has been taken in a T20I on the ground, David Wiese of South Africa taking 5/23 in 2015.[8]

Key

SymbolMeaning
DateDate the Test started or ODI/Twenty20 International was held
InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken
ONumber of overs bowled
RNumber of runs conceded
WNumber of wickets taken
ResultResult of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 8 March 2020

A total of 60 five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in Test matches, including three taken in women's Tests.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Kingsmead
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Alec Kennedy18 January 1923  England  South Africa[a]239885Drawn[10]
2Alec Kennedy16 February 1923  England  South Africa449.1765England won[11]
3Cyril Vincent21 January 1928  South Africa  England2451316Drawn[12]
4Buster Nupen4 February 1928  South Africa  England133.5835South Africa won[13]
5George Finlay-Bissett4 February 1928  South Africa  England319297South Africa won[13]
6Bill Voce16 January 1931  England  South Africa[b]129.2585Drawn[14]
7Cyril Vincent21 February 1931  South Africa  England231.2516Drawn[15]
8Bill O'Reilly14 December 1935  Australia  South Africa317495Australia won[16]
9Clarrie Grimmett[A]28 February 1936  Australia  South Africa1451007Australia won[17]
10Bruce Mitchell28 February 1936  South Africa  Australia225.5875Australia won[17]
11Clarrie Grimmett[A]28 February 1936  Australia  South Africa348736Australia won[17]
12Reg Perks[B]3 March 1939  England  South Africa141[c]1005Drawn[d][19]
13Tufty Mann16 December 1948  South Africa  England237.4[c]596England won[20]
14Cuan McCarthy[C]16 December 1948  South Africa  England412[c]436England won[20]
15Hugh Tayfield20 January 1950  South Africa  Australia28.4[c]237Australia won[21]
16Ian Johnson20 January 1950  Australia  South Africa317[c]345Australia won[21]
17Hugh Tayfield11 December 1953  South Africa  New Zealand236[c]626South Africa won[22]
18Johnny Wardle25 January 1957  England  South Africa220.2[c]615Drawn[23]
19Hugh Tayfield25 January 1957  South Africa  England337.7[c]698Drawn[23]
20Neil Adcock24 January 1958  South Africa  Australia118[c]436Drawn[24]
21Richie Benaud24 January 1958  Australia  South Africa250.7[c]1145Drawn[24]
22Peter Pollock[D]8 December 1961  South Africa  New Zealand420.3386South Africa won[25]
23David Allen[E]4 December 1964  England  South Africa219.5415England won[26]
24Fred Titmus[E]4 December 1964  England  South Africa345.5665England won[26]
25Fanie de Villiers26 December 1994  South Africa  New Zealand124645South Africa won[27]
26Simon Doull26 December 1994  New Zealand  South Africa229.5735South Africa won[27]
27Venkatesh Prasad[F]26 December 1996  India  South Africa119605South Africa won[28]
28Allan Donald26 December 1996  South Africa  India216405South Africa won[28]
29Venkatesh Prasad[F]26 December 1996  India  South Africa325935South Africa won[28]
30Allan Donald26 February 1998  South Africa  Pakistan119.2795Pakistan won[29]
31Shoaib Akhtar26 February 1998  Pakistan  South Africa212435Pakistan won[29]
32Shaun Pollock26 February 1998  South Africa  Pakistan322.3506Pakistan won[29]
33Mushtaq Ahmed26 February 1998  Pakistan  South Africa437786Pakistan won[29]
34Franklyn Rose26 December 1998  West Indies  South Africa228847South Africa won[30]
35Shaun Pollock26 December 1998  South Africa  West Indies327835South Africa won[30]
36Andy Caddick26 December 1999  England  South Africa216467Drawn[31]
37Dilhara Fernando[G]26 December 2000  Sri Lanka  South Africa134985Drawn[32]
38Muttiah Muralitharan[G][H]26 December 2000  Sri Lanka  South Africa158.31225Drawn[32]
39Muttiah Muralitharan[H]26 December 2000  Sri Lanka  South Africa310396Drawn[32]
40Nantie Hayward26 December 2002  South Africa  Pakistan210.4565South Africa won[33]
41Makhaya Ntini26 December 2003  South Africa  West Indies125.5665South Africa won[34]
42Brett Lee24 March 2006  Australia  South Africa219.4695Australia won[35]
43Shane Warne24 March 2006  Australia  South Africa435.5866Australia won[35]
44Makhaya Ntini26 December 2006  South Africa  India419485South Africa won[36]
45Dale Steyn10 January 2008  South Africa  West Indies321.5726South Africa won[37]
46Graeme Swann26 December 2009  England  South Africa321545England won[38]
47Dale Steyn26 December 2010  South Africa  India119506India won[39]
48Marchant de Lange[I]26 December 2011  South Africa  Sri Lanka123.2817Sri Lanka won[40]
49Chanaka Welegedara26 December 2011  Sri Lanka  South Africa216.4525Sri Lanka won[40]
50Dale Steyn26 December 2011  South Africa  Sri Lanka320735Sri Lanka won[40]
51Rangana Herath26 December 2011  Sri Lanka  South Africa430.3795Sri Lanka won[40]
52Dale Steyn26 December 2013  South Africa  India1301006South Africa won[41]
53Ravindra Jadeja26 December 2013  India  South Africa258.21386South Africa won[41]
54Dane Piedt26 December 2015  South Africa  England3361535England won[42]
55Keshav Maharaj1 March 2018  South Africa  Australia133.41235Australia won[43]
56Mitchell Starc1 March 2018  Australia  South Africa210.4345Australia won[43]
57Lasith Embuldeniya[J]13 February 2019  Sri Lanka  South Africa326665Sri Lanka won[44]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Kingsmead
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Jean McNaughton31 December 1960  South Africa  England219396England won[45]
2Jill Saulbrey10 March 1972  New Zealand  South Africa239325New Zealand won[46]
3Jackie Lord10 March 1972  New Zealand  South Africa423.2245New Zealand won[46]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 7 March 2020

Four five-wicket hauls have been taken in men's ODI matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Kingsmead
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Waqar Younis9 February 1993  Pakistan  South Africa[b]210255Pakistan won[47]
2Austin Codrington[K]11 February 2003[e]  Canada  Bangladesh29275Canada won[48]
3Ashish Nehra26 February 2003[e]  India  England210236India won[49]
4Kyle Mills27 November 2007  New Zealand  South Africa210255South Africa won[50]

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

As of 31 January 2021

Two five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground - one in men's matches and one in women's matches.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Kingsmead
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1David Wiese14 January 2015  South Africa  West Indies24235South Africa won[51]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Twenty20 Internationals at Kingsmead
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Shabnim Ismail31 January 2021  South Africa  Pakistan24125South Africa won[52]

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