List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Bellerive Oval

Bellerive Oval is a sport ground in Bellerive on the eastern shore of the Australian city of Hobart in Tasmania. It primarily hosts cricket and Australian rules football. It is the home ground of Tasmania and the Hobart Hurricanes and has been used as a venue for international cricket since 1988, when it hosted a One Day International (ODI) between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The following year saw the first Test match held on the ground and the first women's ODI on the ground took place in 1991. Both the Australia men's and Australia women's sides first played Twenty20 Internationals at Bellerive in 2010.[1][2]

Bellerive Oval in 2009

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 and One Day International matches.

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on the ground was Sri Lankan Rumesh Ratnayake, who took six wickets for 66 runs (6/66) in the first Test played on the ground. Australian Merv Hughes also took a five-wicket haul in the same match.[4] The best innings bowling figures in a Test were the 6/31 taken by Shane Warne in 1993 against New Zealand.[2][5]

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI was Ottis Gibson who took 5/42 for the West Indies against Sri Lanka in 1996,[6] one of only two five-wicket hauls taken in ODIs on the ground. As of February 2020 no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches or in any women's international match on the ground.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Date the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
O	Number of overs bowled
R	Number of runs conceded
W	Number of wickets taken
Result	Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 12 February 2020

There have been 19 five-wicket hauls taken in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Bellerive Oval

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Rumesh Ratnayake	16 December 1989	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	19.4	66	6	Australia won[7]
2	Merv Hughes	16 December 1989	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	31.4	88	5	Australia won[7]
3	Tim May	26 November 1993	Australia	New Zealand	2	31.3	65	5	Australia won[8]
4	Shane Warne	26 November 1993	Australia	New Zealand	3	19.5	31	6	Australia won[8]
5	Mushtaq Ahmed	17 November 1995	Pakistan	Australia	1	30	115	5	Australia won[9]
6	Glenn McGrath	17 November 1995	Australia	Pakistan	4	24.3	61	5	Australia won[9]
7	Shane Warne	27 November 1997	Australia	New Zealand	4	28	88	5	Drawn[10]
8	Saqlain Mushtaq	18 November 1999	Pakistan	Australia	2	24	46	6	Australia won[11]
9	Shane Warne	18 November 1999	Australia	Pakistan	3	45.5	110	5	Australia won[11]
10	Daniel Vettori	22 November 2001	New Zealand	Australia	1	36	138	5	Drawn[12]
11	James Pattinson	9 December 2011	Australia	New Zealand	1	13.5	51	5	New Zealand won[13]
12	Doug Bracewell	9 December 2011	New Zealand	Australia	4	16.4	40	6	New Zealand won[13]
13	Peter Siddle	14 December 2012	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	25.3	54	5	Australia won[14]
14	Rangana Herath	14 December 2012	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	21.5	95	5	Australia won[14]
15	Mitchell Starc	14 December 2012	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	28.2	63	5	Australia won[14]
16	James Pattinson	10 December 2015	Australia	West Indies	3	8	27	5	Australia won[15]
17	Vernon Philander	12 November 2016	South Africa	Australia	1	10.1	21	5	South Africa won[16]
18	Josh Hazlewood	12 November 2016	Australia	South Africa	2	30.5	89	6	South Africa won[16]
19	Kyle Abbott	12 November 2016	South Africa	Australia	3	23.1	77	6	South Africa won[16]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 12 February 2020

Two five-wicket hauls have been taken in ODIs on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Bellerive Oval

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Ottis Gibson	3 January 1996	West Indies	Sri Lanka	2	8.4	42	5	West Indies won[17]
2	Abdul Razzaq	21 January 2000	Pakistan	India	2	10	48	5	Pakistan won[18]

References

1. Bellerive Oval, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
2. Bellerive Oval, Hobart, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-02-13. (subscription required)
3. Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9
4. Second Test match, Australia v Sri Lanka 1989–90, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1991. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
5. Second Test, Australia v New Zealand, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1991. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
6. Benson and Hedges World Series, sixth qualifying match, Sri Lanka v West Indies, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1991. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
7. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia, 16-20 December 1989, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
8. 2nd Test: Australia v New Zealand at Bellerive Oval, 26-29 November January 1993, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
9. 2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan, 17-20 November 1995, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
10. 3rd Test: Australia v New Zealand, 27 November-1 December 1997, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
11. 2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan, 18-22 November 1999, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
12. 2nd Test: Australia v New Zealand, 22-26 November 2001, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
13. 2nd Test: Australia v New Zealand, 9-12 December 2011, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
14. 1st Test: Australia v Sri Lanka, 14-18 December 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
15. 1st Test: Australia v West Indies, 10-14 December 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
16. South Africa tour of Australia, 2nd Test: Australia v South Africa at Hobart, Nov 12-16, 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
17. 6th Match: West Indies v Sri Lanka at Bellerive Oval, 3 January 1996, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
18. 7th Match, Carlton & United Series at Hobart, Jan 21 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

External links

• International five-wicket hauls at Bellerive Oval, CricInfo