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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

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The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in Melbourne, Victoria. The ground was established in 1853 and is the home ground of the Melbourne Cricket Club. It hosted the first match of Test cricket played and has been used for a variety of sports, including acting as the central venue for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games.[1] It has a spectator capacity of over 90,000, reduced from around 125,000 prior to redevelopments begun in the 1980s, and has been described as "Australia's premier sporting venue".[1][2][3] The ground hosted the first One Day International in 1971[4] and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) in 2008 when both a men's and a women's T20I was played on the same day. The first women's international on the ground was played in 1935 and women's ODI cricket has been played on the ground. It has hosted the finals of the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, the 1992 and 2015 Men's World Cups, the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1][5]

The Melbourne Cricket Ground during a Test match in 2006.
An external view of the ground in 2019.

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 and One Day International matches.[lower-alpha 1]

The first five-wicket hauls in international cricket were taken in the 1877 Test match at the MCG. Three bowlers took five wickets in an innings in the match, Australia's Billy Midwinter taking the first five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match. England's Alfred Shaw and Australia's Tom Kendall also took five-wicket hauls during the match.[7] The best bowling figures in a Test match innings on the ground are the nine wickets for the cost of 86 runs (9/86) taken by Pakistan's Sarfraz Nawaz against Australia in 1979 in what was described by Wisden as "one of the greatest bowling feats in the history of Test cricket".[lower-alpha 2][8] The best bowling on the ground by an Australian is the 9/121 taken by Arthur Mailey against England in 1921.[9] Australia's Peggy Antonio took the only five-wicket haul in women's international cricket on the ground in 1934 in a Test match against England.[5]

The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by Pakistan's Abdul Qadir against Australia in 1984. The best ODI bowling figures at the MCG are the 6/42 taken by both Ajit Agarkar in 2004 and Yuzvendra Chahal in 2019. At the time these were the best bowling figures in an ODI in Australia.[10]

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Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 29 December 2023

There have been a total of 172 five-wicket hauls taken at the MCG in Test matches, one of which was taken in a women's Test match.

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One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 23 February 2020

One Day International matches have seen 21 five-wicket hauls taken on the ground, all of them in men's matches.

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  1. As of February 2020 no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground.
  2. Sarfaz's nine wickets in the Australian second innings included seven wickets in 33 deliveries for the cost of only one run taken during the last session of the Test match. Before his spell of bowling Australia, with seven wickets in hand, needed only 77 runs to win the match.[8]
  3. This was the first Test match played.
  4. Prior to the Federation of Australia the self-governing colonies in Australia had no common flag. The Flag of Australia was used from September 1901 and officially adopted in 1903.[11]
  5. Four-ball overs were used in this match.
  6. Spofforth's first innings five-wicket haul included a hat-trick, the first hat-trick taken in Test match cricket.[13]
  7. Eight-ball overs were used in this match.
  8. This match was arranged to mark the centenary of the first Test match which was played at the MCG in 1877. The result, an Australian win by 45 runs, was identical.[65]
  9. This was the first women's Test match played on the ground.
  10. This match was part of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
  1. Spofforth took two five-wicket in the match.
  2. Cooper made his Test match debut in this match.
  3. Bates took two five-wicket hauls in the match. His first was taken in the matches second innings and his second in the matches third innings after Australia were forced to follow on.
  4. Bates' five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match included a hat-trick, the first taken by an Englishman in Test cricket.
  5. McLeod made his Test match debut in this match.
  6. Noble took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
  7. Barnes took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  8. Noble took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  9. Trumble's five-wicket haul included a hat-trick.
  10. Hordern took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
  11. Wall took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
  12. Ironmonger took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  13. O'Reilly took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  14. Bedser and Brown took five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
  15. Bedser took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  16. Tayfield took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  17. The match was Arif Butt's Test match debut.
  18. Lillee and Gilmour took five-wicket hauls during the same innings.
  19. Lillee took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  20. Chandrasekhar took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  21. Hogg took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  22. Sarfraz's 9/86 are the best innings bowling figures on the ground in a Test match and the only time that nine wickets have been taken in an international innings on the ground.
  23. Lillee took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  24. Holding took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  25. Small and Botham took five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
  26. Hadlee took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  27. Wasim took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  28. Reid took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  29. Lee took his five-wicket haul on this Test match debut.
  30. Shoaib Akhtar and Danish Kaneria took five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
  31. Steyn took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  32. Boland took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
  33. Cummins took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
  34. Finn and Marsh took their five-wicket hauls in the same ODI.

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