List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at McLean Park

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Bowlers have taken fourteen five-wicket hauls in Tests and five five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches played at McLean Park. McLean Park, Napier.jpg
Bowlers have taken fourteen five-wicket hauls in Tests and five five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches played at McLean Park.

McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand which has hosted international rugby union and cricket matches as well as provincial sports matches. It is one of the home grounds of the Central Districts cricket team and the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union. [1] It has hosted international cricket matches since 1979, the first Test match at the ground taking place between New Zealand and Pakistan in February of that year. [2] It was first used for One Day International (ODI) cricket during the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup [lower-alpha 1] and the first Twenty20 International match played on the ground took place in 2017. [lower-alpha 2] The ground has a capacity of 10,500 spectators for international matches. [2]

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In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") [3] [4] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. [5] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at McLean Park was Imran Khan in the ground's inaugural Test; he finished with bowling figures of 5 wickets for 106 runs. [6] Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas became the first cricketer to take two five-wicket hauls at McLean Park, when he took 5 for 47 and 5 for 43 in the first Test of Sri Lanka's 1994–95 tour of New Zealand. [7] The best figures in Test cricket at McLean Park are 7 for 47, taken by England's Ryan Sidebottom against New Zealand in March 2008. [6]

As of March 2019 As of March 2019, five bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls during ODIs at McLean Park. Zimbabwe's fast-medium pace bowler Charlie Lock was the first to achieve the feat when he took 5 wickets for 44 runs against New Zealand for the touring Zimbabweans in 1995–96. [6] The best figures in ODI cricket are 5 for 30, secured by Sri Lanka's spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan against New Zealand in March 1995. [6]

Key

SymbolMeaning
DateDay the Test match started or the ODI was held
Inn Innings in which the five-wicket haul was taken
ONumber of overs bowled
RNumber of runs conceded
WNumber of wickets taken
Result Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 27 December 2019

A total of 14 five-wicket hauls have been achieved in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at McLean Park
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Imran Khan 16 February 1979Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 233 [lower-alpha 3] 1066Drawn [8]
2 Danny Morrison 9 February 1990Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of India.svg  India 138985Drawn [9]
3 Chaminda Vaas [upper-alpha 1] 11 March 1995Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 218.5475Sri Lanka won [7]
4 Chaminda Vaas [upper-alpha 1] 11 March 1995Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 426.4435Sri Lanka won [7]
5 Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 1] 11 March 1995Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 436645Sri Lanka won [7]
6 Lasith Malinga 4 April 2005Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 324.4805Drawn [10]
7 Tim Southee [upper-alpha 2] [upper-alpha 3] 22 March 2008Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of England.svg  England 123.1555England won [11]
8 Ryan Sidebottom [upper-alpha 2] [upper-alpha 4] 22 March 2008Flag of England.svg  England Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 221.4477England won [11]
9 Monty Panesar [upper-alpha 2] 22 March 2008Flag of England.svg  England Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4461266England won [11]
10 Iain O'Brien [upper-alpha 5] [upper-alpha 6] 19 December 2008Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 126756Drawn [12]
11 Fidel Edwards [upper-alpha 5] 19 December 2008WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 229.4877Drawn [12]
12 Jeetan Patel [upper-alpha 5] [upper-alpha 7] 19 December 2008Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 3461105Drawn [12]
13 Danish Kaneria 11 December 2009Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2531687Drawn [13]
14 Chris Martin 26 January 2012Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 38.3266New Zealand won [14]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 December 2019

Five One Day International matches have seen five-wicket hauls taken on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at McLean Park
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Charlie Lock [upper-alpha 8] 3 February 1996Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28.1445Zimbabwe won [15]
2 Chris Cairns [upper-alpha 9] 12 February 1998Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17.4425New Zealand won [16]
3 Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 10] 31 January 2001Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 27.5305Sri Lanka won [17]
4 Morné Morkel 29 February 2012Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19.3385South Africa won [18]
5 James Anderson 20 February 2013Flag of England.svg  England Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19.5345England won [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ Four of the 48 ODIs held on the ground were women's matches. No five-wicket hauls have been taken in women's ODIs on the ground as of March 2019.
  2. ↑ As of December 2019, only two T20I matches have been held on the ground with no five-wicket hauls taken in either match.
  3. ↑ 8-ball overs were used during this match.
  1. 1 2 3 Vaas took his five-wicket hauls during the same match. His match figures of 10/91 are the best in a Test match on the ground. Muralitheran also took a five-wicket haul during New Zealand's second innings of the same match.
  2. 1 2 3 Southee, Sidebottom and Panesar took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
  3. ↑ Southee took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
  4. ↑ Sidebottom was the first bowler to take seven wickets in an innings on the ground in a Test match. His innings bowling figures of 7/47 are the best Test match innings bowling figures on the ground.
  5. 1 2 3 O'Brien, Edwards and Patel took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
  6. ↑ This was the only time that O'Brien took a five-wicket haul in international cricket.
  7. ↑ This was the only time Patel took a five-wicket haul during his international career.
  8. ↑ This was Lock's only five-wicket haul of his international career.
  9. ↑ This was the only time Cairns took a five-wicket haul in an ODI.
  10. ↑ Muralitharan's figures of 5/30 remain the best bowling figures in an ODI on the ground.

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  10. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Apr 4–8, 2005". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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  12. 1 2 3 "West Indies tour of New Zealand, 2nd Test: New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Dec 19–23, 2008". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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  14. ↑ "Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand, Only Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Jan 26–28, 2012". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand, 3rd ODI: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Feb 3, 1996". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Australia tour of New Zealand, 3rd ODI: New Zealand v Australia at Napier, Feb 12, 1998". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 1st ODI: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Jan 31, 2001". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2nd ODI: New Zealand v South Africa at Napier, Feb 29, 2012". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "England tour of New Zealand, 2nd ODI: New Zealand v England at Napier, Feb 20, 2013". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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