List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at St George's Park

St George's Park Cricket Ground is a sports ground in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the home of the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa, and the Eastern Province cricket team. The first Test match played in South Africa took place on the ground in 1889 and it also hosted the first rugby union international played by South Africa in 1891. The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground was played in 1992 following South Africa's readmission to international cricket after the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era, and the first Twenty20 International (T20I) on the ground was played in 2007.[1] The only women's international match to be played on the ground was a Test match in 1960.[2]

Bowlers have taken 35 five-wicket hauls in Tests and 6 fifers in One Day International matches played at St George's Park

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 and One Day Internationals.

The first Test match at St George's Park took place in 1889. A South African representative side played against a touring side of English players organised by Major RG Warton. In 1897 the match was retrospectively awarded Test match status, making this South Africa's first Test match and, because South Africa did not have any first-class cricket teams at the time, the inaugural first-class match played in South Africa.[4][5] The first five-wicket hauls in Test matches on the ground were taken during this Test, the first by England's Aubrey Smith who took five wickets for the cost of 19 runs in the only Test match of his career. South Africa's Albert Rose-Innes took his own five-wicket haul later in the same match.[5] The best Test match innings bowling figures on the ground were the 8/7 taken by England's George Lohmann in South Africa's second innings of a match in 1896. Lohmann had already taken 7/38 in South Africa's first innings of the game, and his match figures of 15 wickets for 45 runs are also the best on the ground.[2]

The first five-wicket haul in a One Day International on the ground was taken by Rudie van Vuuren of Namibia against England at the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[6] The best ODI bowling figures on the ground were taken by Andy Bichel of Australia, who took 7/20, also against England during the same competition.[7] As of March 2020 no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground.[2]

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

Test match five-wicket hauls
As of 21 January 2020

There have been 35 five-wicket hauls taken in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at St George's Park
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Aubrey Smith[upper-alpha 1]12 March 1889 EnglandSouth Africa[lower-alpha 1]113.2[lower-alpha 2]195 England won[9]
2Albert Rose-Innes[upper-alpha 2]12 March 1889South Africa England218[lower-alpha 2]435 England won[9]
3Bonnor Middleton[upper-alpha 3]13 February 1896South Africa England125.4[lower-alpha 3]645 England won[10]
4George Lohmann[upper-alpha 4]13 February 1896 EnglandSouth Africa215.4[lower-alpha 3]387 England won[10]
5George Lohmann[upper-alpha 4]13 February 1896 EnglandSouth Africa49.4[lower-alpha 3]78 England won[10]
6Athol Rowan5 March 1949 South Africa[lower-alpha 4] England260[lower-alpha 5]1675 England won[13]
7Frank Tyson1 March 1957 England South Africa323[lower-alpha 5]406 South Africa won[14]
8Hugh Tayfield1 March 1957 South Africa England424.3[lower-alpha 5]786 South Africa won[14]
9Alan Davidson[upper-alpha 5]28 February 1958 Australia South Africa326.1[lower-alpha 5]385 Australia won[15]
10Richie Benaud[upper-alpha 5]28 February 1958 Australia South Africa333[lower-alpha 5]825 Australia won[15]
11Graham McKenzie24 February 1967 Australia South Africa235655 South Africa won[16]
12Alan Connolly5 March 1970 Australia South Africa128.2476 South Africa won[17]
13Mike Procter5 March 1970 South Africa Australia424736 South Africa won[17]
14Allan Donald[upper-alpha 6]26 December 1992 South Africa India127555 South Africa won[18]
15Allan Donald[upper-alpha 6]26 December 1992 South Africa India328847 South Africa won[18]
16Jason Gillespie14 March 1997 Australia South Africa123545 Australia won[19]
17Waqar Younis6 March 1998 Pakistan South Africa123786 South Africa won[20]
18Fanie de Villiers6 March 1998 South Africa Pakistan211.5236 South Africa won[20]
19Shaun Pollock10 December 1998 South Africa West Indies213.3435 South Africa won[21]
20Curtly Ambrose10 December 1998 West Indies South Africa319516 South Africa won[21]
21Allan Donald10 December 1998 South Africa West Indies414.2495 South Africa won[21]
22Javagal Srinath16 November 2001 India South Africa130766 Drawn[22]
23Shaun Pollock16 November 2001 South Africa India216405 Drawn[22]
24Makhaya Ntini19 January 2007 South Africa Pakistan221596 Pakistan won[23]
25Mohammad Asif19 January 2007 Pakistan South Africa338765 Pakistan won[23]
26Dale Steyn11 January 2013 South Africa New Zealand213175 South Africa won[24]
27Nathan Lyon20 February 2014 Australia South Africa1461305 South Africa won[25]
28Suranga Lakmal26 December 2016 Sri Lanka South Africa127635 South Africa won[26]
29Vernon Philander26 December 2016 South Africa Sri Lanka220455 South Africa won[26]
30Morné Morkel[upper-alpha 7]26 December 2017 South Africa Zimbabwe211215 South Africa won[27]
31Keshav Maharaj[upper-alpha 7]26 December 2017 South Africa Zimbabwe317.3595 South Africa won[27]
32Kagiso Rabada9 March 2018 South Africa Australia121965 South Africa won[28]
33Kagiso Rabada9 March 2018 South Africa Australia322546 South Africa won[28]
34Keshav Maharaj16 January 2020 South Africa England1581805 England won[29]
35Dominic Bess16 January 2020 England South Africa231515 England won[29]

One Day International five-wicket hauls
As of 21 January 2020

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

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at St George's Park
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Rudie van Vuuren19 February 2003[lower-alpha 6] Namibia England110435 England won[30]
2Andy Bichel2 March 2003[lower-alpha 6] Australia England110207 Australia won[31]
3Shane Bond[upper-alpha 8]11 March 2003[lower-alpha 6] New Zealand Australia110236 Australia won[32]
4Brett Lee[upper-alpha 8]11 March 2003[lower-alpha 6] Australia New Zealand29.1425 Australia won[32]
5James Anderson29 November 2009 England South Africa110235 England won[33]
6Dale Steyn27 November 2013 South Africa Pakistan19396 Pakistan won[34]

Notes
  1. The British colonies in South Africa did not use a common flag until 1910 when the Union of South Africa was created and the South Africa Red Ensign was used as the de-facto flag for the colony.[8]
  2. Four-ball overs were used in this match
  3. Five-ball overs were used in this match.
  4. This version of the Flag of South Africa was used between May 1928 and April 1994.
  5. Eight-ball overs were used in this match
  6. This match was part of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
  1. This was Smith's only Test match.
  2. Rose-Innes, along with the entire South African team, made his Test match debut in this match.
  3. Middleston made his Test match debut in this match.
  4. Lohmann took five-wicket hauls in both South African innings. His match figures of 15/45 are the best Test match figures taken on the ground and his 8/7 in the South African second innings are the best innings bowing figures on the ground in Test matches.[2] His second five-wicket haul of the match included a hat-trick taken with the last three balls of the innings, the first to be taken to end a match.[11][12]
  5. Davidson and Benaud took their five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
  6. Donald took two five-wicket-wicket hauls in the match.
  7. Morkel took his five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match and Maharaj in the third after Zimbabwe were asked to follow on after their first innings.
  8. Bond and Lee took their five-wicket hauls in the same ODI.

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