List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Newlands Cricket Ground

Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, South Africa was established in 1888 and has hosted international cricket since 1889.[1][2] The ground's first Test match was played between a South African representative XI and an English side touring South Africa. This match was given retrospective Test match status in 1897.[3][4] The first One Day International (ODI) played on the ground took place in 1992 following the reintegration of South Africa to international cricket after the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.[5] The first Twenty20 International (T20I) on the ground was played in 2007.[1] Two women's Test matches were played on the ground, one in 1962 and one in 1970, and women's ODI and T20I matches have been played at Newlands since 2009.[2]

Newlands during a Test match
The ground is overlooked by Devil's Peak and Table Mountain.
Anisa Mohammed took the only five-wicket haul in a Twenty20 International match at Newlands.

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

Three five-wicket hauls were taken in the ground's first Test match in 1889, South African Gobo Ashley taking seven wickets for the cost of 95 runs (7/95) in the first innings of the match. England bowler Johnny Briggs took 7/17 and 8/11 in the South African side's two innings as the hosts were bowled out for 47 and 43 runs when they batted. Briggs' bowling figures are the best on the ground in Test matches, with match figures of 15/28.[4][7] In women's Test cricket, both five-wicket hauls on the ground were taken by Lorna Ward, the first in the 1960 match.[2]

South Africa's Hansie Cronje took the first five-wicket haul on the ground in a One Day International, taking 5/32 against India in 1992. This was the first One Day International played in South Africa.[a][8][9] Zimbabwe's Henry Olonga recorded the best ODI bowling figures with 6/19 against England in 2000. The only five-wicket haul taken in a Twenty20 International on the ground was taken by West Indian Anisa Mohammed in a women's T20I in 2009.[2]

Key

SymbolMeaning
DateDate the Test started or ODI/T20I 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 4 January 2024

A total of 75 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground, including two in women's Tests.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Newlands
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Gobo Ashley[A]25 March 1889South Africa[b]  England143.1[c]957England won[11]
2Johnny Briggs[B]25 March 1889  EnglandSouth Africa219.1[c]177England won[11]
3Johnny Briggs[B]25 March 1889  EnglandSouth Africa314.2[c]118England won[11]
4J. J. Ferris[C]19 March 1892  EnglandSouth Africa129.2[d]546England won[12]
5J. J. Ferris19 March 1892  EnglandSouth Africa325[d]377England won[12]
6George Lohmann21 March 1896  EnglandSouth Africa124[d]427England won[13]
7Jimmy Sinclair1 April 1899South Africa  England112[d]266England won[14]
8Schofield Haigh1 April 1899  EnglandSouth Africa411.4[d]116England won[14]
9Charlie Llewellyn8 November 1902South Africa  Australia130.5976Australia won[15]
10Bill Howell8 November 1902  AustraliaSouth Africa326815Australia won[15]
11Colin Blythe[D]24 March 1906  EnglandSouth Africa132686England won[16]
12Colin Blythe[D]24 March 1906  EnglandSouth Africa328.5505England won[16]
13Bert Vogler7 March 1910South Africa  England321.3725South Africa won[17]
14Colin Blythe11 March 1910  EnglandSouth Africa218467England won[18]
15Charles Macartney26 November 1921  Australia  South Africa[e]324.3445Australia won[19]
16Jimmy Blanckenberg1 January 1923  South Africa  England224.1615England won[20]
17George Macaulay[E]1 January 1923  England  South Africa337645England won[20]
18Alf Hall1 January 1923  South Africa  England437.3637England won[20]
19George Finlay-Bissett[F]31 December 1927  South Africa  England117375England won[21]
20Clarrie Grimmett[G]1 January 1936  Australia  South Africa[f]217325Australia won[22]
21Clarrie Grimmett[G]1 January 1936  Australia  South Africa336.4565Australia won[22]
22Norman Gordon31 December 1938  South Africa  England140[g]1575Drawn[23]
23Hedley Verity31 December 1938  England  South Africa236.6[g]705Drawn[23]
24Athol Rowan1 January 1949  South Africa  England131.2[g]805Drawn[24]
25Denis Compton1 January 1949  England  South Africa225.2[g]705Drawn[24]
26Colin McCool[H]31 December 1949  Australia  South Africa211.4[g]415Australia won[25]
27Ray Lindwall[H]31 December 1949  Australia  South Africa315.4[g]325Australia won[25]
28Geoff Rabone1 January 1954  New Zealand  South Africa238.7[g]686Drawn[26]
29Hugh Tayfield1 January 1957  South Africa  England153[g]1305England won[27]
30Johnny Wardle[I]1 January 1957  England  South Africa223.6[g]535England won[27]
31Johnny Wardle[I]1 January 1957  England  South Africa419[g]367England won[27]
32Hugh Tayfield31 December 1957  South Africa  Australia151[g]1205Australia won[28]
33Richie Benaud[J]31 December 1957  Australia  South Africa321[g]495Australia won[28]
34Sydney Burke[K]1 January 1962  South Africa  New Zealand153.51286New Zealand won[29]
35Frank Cameron1 January 1962  New Zealand  South Africa224.4485New Zealand won[29]
36Sydney Burke[K]1 January 1962  South Africa  New Zealand327.1685New Zealand won[29]
37Harry Bromfield1 January 1965  South Africa  England257.2885Drawn[30]
38Eddie Barlow31 December 1966  South Africa  Australia133.3855Australia won[31]
39Graham McKenzie31 December 1966  Australia  South Africa233655Australia won[31]
40Ashley Mallett22 January 1970  Australia  South Africa155.11265South Africa won[32]
41Alan Connolly22 January 1970  Australia  South Africa326475South Africa won[32]
42Craig Matthews17 March 1994  South Africa[f]  Australia236805Australia won[33]
43Steve Waugh17 March 1994  Australia  South Africa322.3285Australia won[33]
44Fanie de Villiers2 January 1995  South Africa  New Zealand328.1615South Africa won[34]
45Allan Donald2 January 1996  South Africa  England116465South Africa won[35]
46Shaun Pollock2 January 1996  South Africa  England315.5325South Africa won[35]
47Jacques Kallis2 January 1999  South Africa  West Indies427.4905South Africa won[36]
48Allan Donald2 January 2000  South Africa  England126475South Africa won[37]
49Chris Silverwood2 January 2000  England  South Africa232915South Africa won[37]
50Shaun Pollock2 January 2001  South Africa  Sri Lanka113.4306South Africa won[38]
51Shane Warne8 March 2002  Australia  South Africa3701616Australia won[39]
52Andre Nel2 January 2004  South Africa  West Indies228.1875Drawn[40]
53Charl Langeveldt[L]2 January 2005  South Africa  England216465South Africa won[41]
54Stuart Clark[M]16 March 2006  Australia  South Africa117555Australia won[42]
55Paul Harris19 March 2009  South Africa  Australia342.51276South Africa won[43]
56James Anderson3 January 2010  England  South Africa121.1635Drawn[44]
57Morne Morkel3 January 2010  South Africa  England222755Drawn[44]
58S Sreesanth2 January 2011  India  South Africa1291145Drawn[45]
59Dale Steyn2 January 2011  South Africa  India231755Drawn[45]
60Harbhajan Singh2 January 2011  India  South Africa3381207Drawn[45]
61Shane Watson9 November 2011  Australia  South Africa25175South Africa won[46]
62Vernon Philander[N]9 November 2011  South Africa  Australia37155South Africa won[46]
63Vernon Philander2 January 2013  South Africa  New Zealand1675South Africa won[47]
64Vernon Philander14 February 2013  South Africa  Pakistan126595South Africa won[48]
65Saeed Ajmal14 February 2013  Pakistan  South Africa242966South Africa won[48]
66Lahiru Kumara2 January 2017  Sri Lanka  South Africa1251226South Africa won[49]
67Kagiso Rabada2 January 2017  South Africa  Sri Lanka417556South Africa won[49]
68Vernon Philander5 January 2018  South Africa  India415.4426South Africa won[50]
69Morne Morkel22 March 2018  South Africa  Australia49.4235South Africa won[51]
70James Anderson3 January 2020  England  South Africa219405England won[52]
71Jasprit Bumrah11 January 2022  India  South Africa223.3425South Africa won[53]
72Mohammed Siraj3 January 2024  India  South Africa19156India won[54]
73Jasprit Bumrah3 January 2024  India  South Africa313.5616India won[54]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Newlands
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Lorna Ward13 January 1961  South Africa  England114.3185Drawn[55]
2Lorna Ward25 March 1889  South Africa  New Zealand121475Drawn[56]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 9 March 2020

A total of eight five-wicket hauls have been taken in ODIs on the ground, all in men's matches.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Newlands
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Hansie Cronje7 December 1992  South Africa[f]  India110325South Africa won[57]
2Lance Klusener23 April 1998  South Africa  Pakistan17.1255South Africa won[58]
3Henry Olonga28 January 2000  Zimbabwe  England28.2196Zimbabwe won[59]
4Makhaya Ntini11 January 2001  South Africa  Sri Lanka28.2375South Africa won[60]
5Nicky Boje9 April 2002  South Africa  Australia26.3215South Africa won[61]
6Jacques Kallis18 December 2002  South Africa  Pakistan28.4415South Africa won[62]
7Makhaya Ntini3 March 2006  South Africa  Australia29.3226South Africa won[63]
8Wayne Parnell27 November 2009  South Africa  England29.3485South Africa won[64]

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

As of 9 March 2020

A single five-wicket haul has been taken in T20 International matches at Newlands. West Indies bowler Anisa Mohammed took five wickets against South Africa in a women's T20I in 2009.

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Twenty20 Internationals at Newlands
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Anisa Mohammed26 October 2009  West Indies  South Africa24105West Indies won[65]

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