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

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.

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]

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. ^{[lower-alpha 1] [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

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Date the Test started or ODI/T20I 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 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.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Gobo Ashley [upper-alpha 1]	25 March 1889	South Africa [lower-alpha 2]	England	1	43.1 [lower-alpha 3]	95	7	England won [11]
2	Johnny Briggs [upper-alpha 2]	25 March 1889	England	South Africa	2	19.1 [lower-alpha 3]	17	7	England won [11]
3	Johnny Briggs [upper-alpha 2]	25 March 1889	England	South Africa	3	14.2 [lower-alpha 3]	11	8	England won [11]
4	J. J. Ferris [upper-alpha 3]	19 March 1892	England	South Africa	1	29.2 [lower-alpha 4]	54	6	England won [12]
5	J. J. Ferris	19 March 1892	England	South Africa	3	25 [lower-alpha 4]	37	7	England won [12]
6	George Lohmann	21 March 1896	England	South Africa	1	24 [lower-alpha 4]	42	7	England won [13]
7	Jimmy Sinclair	1 April 1899	South Africa	England	1	12 [lower-alpha 4]	26	6	England won [14]
8	Schofield Haigh	1 April 1899	England	South Africa	4	11.4 [lower-alpha 4]	11	6	England won [14]
9	Charlie Llewellyn	8 November 1902	South Africa	Australia	1	30.5	97	6	Australia won [15]
10	Bill Howell	8 November 1902	Australia	South Africa	3	26	81	5	Australia won [15]
11	Colin Blythe [upper-alpha 4]	24 March 1906	England	South Africa	1	32	68	6	England won [16]
12	Colin Blythe [upper-alpha 4]	24 March 1906	England	South Africa	3	28.5	50	5	England won [16]
13	Bert Vogler	7 March 1910	South Africa	England	3	21.3	72	5	South Africa won [17]
14	Colin Blythe	11 March 1910	England	South Africa	2	18	46	7	England won [18]
15	Charles Macartney	26 November 1921	Australia	South Africa [lower-alpha 5]	3	24.3	44	5	Australia won [19]
16	Jimmy Blanckenberg	1 January 1923	South Africa	England	2	24.1	61	5	England won [20]
17	George Macaulay [upper-alpha 5]	1 January 1923	England	South Africa	3	37	64	5	England won [20]
18	Alf Hall	1 January 1923	South Africa	England	4	37.3	63	7	England won [20]
19	George Finlay-Bissett [upper-alpha 6]	31 December 1927	South Africa	England	1	17	37	5	England won [21]
20	Clarrie Grimmett [upper-alpha 7]	1 January 1936	Australia	South Africa [lower-alpha 6]	2	17	32	5	Australia won [22]
21	Clarrie Grimmett [upper-alpha 7]	1 January 1936	Australia	South Africa	3	36.4	56	5	Australia won [22]
22	Norman Gordon	31 December 1938	South Africa	England	1	40 [lower-alpha 7]	157	5	Drawn [23]
23	Hedley Verity	31 December 1938	England	South Africa	2	36.6 [lower-alpha 7]	70	5	Drawn [23]
24	Athol Rowan	1 January 1949	South Africa	England	1	31.2 [lower-alpha 7]	80	5	Drawn [24]
25	Denis Compton	1 January 1949	England	South Africa	2	25.2 [lower-alpha 7]	70	5	Drawn [24]
26	Colin McCool [upper-alpha 8]	31 December 1949	Australia	South Africa	2	11.4 [lower-alpha 7]	41	5	Australia won [25]
27	Ray Lindwall [upper-alpha 8]	31 December 1949	Australia	South Africa	3	15.4 [lower-alpha 7]	32	5	Australia won [25]
28	Geoff Rabone	1 January 1954	New Zealand	South Africa	2	38.7 [lower-alpha 7]	68	6	Drawn [26]
29	Hugh Tayfield	1 January 1957	South Africa	England	1	53 [lower-alpha 7]	130	5	England won [27]
30	Johnny Wardle [upper-alpha 9]	1 January 1957	England	South Africa	2	23.6 [lower-alpha 7]	53	5	England won [27]
31	Johnny Wardle [upper-alpha 9]	1 January 1957	England	South Africa	4	19 [lower-alpha 7]	36	7	England won [27]
32	Hugh Tayfield	31 December 1957	South Africa	Australia	1	51 [lower-alpha 7]	120	5	Australia won [28]
33	Richie Benaud [upper-alpha 10]	31 December 1957	Australia	South Africa	3	21 [lower-alpha 7]	49	5	Australia won [28]
34	Sydney Burke [upper-alpha 11]	1 January 1962	South Africa	New Zealand	1	53.5	128	6	New Zealand won [29]
35	Frank Cameron	1 January 1962	New Zealand	South Africa	2	24.4	48	5	New Zealand won [29]
36	Sydney Burke [upper-alpha 11]	1 January 1962	South Africa	New Zealand	3	27.1	68	5	New Zealand won [29]
37	Harry Bromfield	1 January 1965	South Africa	England	2	57.2	88	5	Drawn [30]
38	Eddie Barlow	31 December 1966	South Africa	Australia	1	33.3	85	5	Australia won [31]
39	Graham McKenzie	31 December 1966	Australia	South Africa	2	33	65	5	Australia won [31]
40	Ashley Mallett	22 January 1970	Australia	South Africa	1	55.1	126	5	South Africa won [32]
41	Alan Connolly	22 January 1970	Australia	South Africa	3	26	47	5	South Africa won [32]
42	Craig Matthews	17 March 1994	South Africa [lower-alpha 6]	Australia	2	36	80	5	Australia won [33]
43	Steve Waugh	17 March 1994	Australia	South Africa	3	22.3	28	5	Australia won [33]
44	Fanie de Villiers	2 January 1995	South Africa	New Zealand	3	28.1	61	5	South Africa won [34]
45	Allan Donald	2 January 1996	South Africa	England	1	16	46	5	South Africa won [35]
46	Shaun Pollock	2 January 1996	South Africa	England	3	15.5	32	5	South Africa won [35]
47	Jacques Kallis	2 January 1999	South Africa	West Indies	4	27.4	90	5	South Africa won [36]
48	Allan Donald	2 January 2000	South Africa	England	1	26	47	5	South Africa won [37]
49	Chris Silverwood	2 January 2000	England	South Africa	2	32	91	5	South Africa won [37]
50	Shaun Pollock	2 January 2001	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	13.4	30	6	South Africa won [38]
51	Shane Warne	8 March 2002	Australia	South Africa	3	70	161	6	Australia won [39]
52	Andre Nel	2 January 2004	South Africa	West Indies	2	28.1	87	5	Drawn [40]
53	Charl Langeveldt [upper-alpha 12]	2 January 2005	South Africa	England	2	16	46	5	South Africa won [41]
54	Stuart Clark [upper-alpha 13]	16 March 2006	Australia	South Africa	1	17	55	5	Australia won [42]
55	Paul Harris	19 March 2009	South Africa	Australia	3	42.5	127	6	South Africa won [43]
56	James Anderson	3 January 2010	England	South Africa	1	21.1	63	5	Drawn [44]
57	Morne Morkel	3 January 2010	South Africa	England	2	22	75	5	Drawn [44]
58	S Sreesanth	2 January 2011	India	South Africa	1	29	114	5	Drawn [45]
59	Dale Steyn	2 January 2011	South Africa	India	2	31	75	5	Drawn [45]
60	Harbhajan Singh	2 January 2011	India	South Africa	3	38	120	7	Drawn [45]
61	Shane Watson	9 November 2011	Australia	South Africa	2	5	17	5	South Africa won [46]
62	Vernon Philander [upper-alpha 14]	9 November 2011	South Africa	Australia	3	7	15	5	South Africa won [46]
63	Vernon Philander	2 January 2013	South Africa	New Zealand	1	6	7	5	South Africa won [47]
64	Vernon Philander	14 February 2013	South Africa	Pakistan	1	26	59	5	South Africa won [48]
65	Saeed Ajmal	14 February 2013	Pakistan	South Africa	2	42	96	6	South Africa won [48]
66	Lahiru Kumara	2 January 2017	Sri Lanka	South Africa	1	25	122	6	South Africa won [49]
67	Kagiso Rabada	2 January 2017	South Africa	Sri Lanka	4	17	55	6	South Africa won [49]
68	Vernon Philander	5 January 2018	South Africa	India	4	15.4	42	6	South Africa won [50]
69	Morne Morkel	22 March 2018	South Africa	Australia	4	9.4	23	5	South Africa won [51]
70	James Anderson	3 January 2020	England	South Africa	2	19	40	5	England won [52]
71	Jasprit Bumrah	11 January 2022	India	South Africa	2	23.3	42	5	South Africa won [53]
72	Mohammed Siraj	3 January 2024	India	South Africa	1	9	15	6	India won [54]
73	Jasprit Bumrah	3 January 2024	India	South Africa	3	13.5	61	6	India won [54]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Newlands

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Lorna Ward	13 January 1961	South Africa	England	1	14.3	18	5	Drawn [55]
2	Lorna Ward	25 March 1889	South Africa	New Zealand	1	21	47	5	Drawn [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.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Hansie Cronje	7 December 1992	South Africa [lower-alpha 6]	India	1	10	32	5	South Africa won [57]
2	Lance Klusener	23 April 1998	South Africa	Pakistan	1	7.1	25	5	South Africa won [58]
3	Henry Olonga	28 January 2000	Zimbabwe	England	2	8.2	19	6	Zimbabwe won [59]
4	Makhaya Ntini	11 January 2001	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	8.2	37	5	South Africa won [60]
5	Nicky Boje	9 April 2002	South Africa	Australia	2	6.3	21	5	South Africa won [61]
6	Jacques Kallis	18 December 2002	South Africa	Pakistan	2	8.4	41	5	South Africa won [62]
7	Makhaya Ntini	3 March 2006	South Africa	Australia	2	9.3	22	6	South Africa won [63]
8	Wayne Parnell	27 November 2009	South Africa	England	2	9.3	48	5	South 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.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Anisa Mohammed	26 October 2009	West Indies	South Africa	2	4	10	5	West Indies won [65]

Notes

1. South Africa had been unable to play One Day International cricket when they were subject to the sporting boycott. India were the first side to tour the country following its return to international cricket in 1991.
2. 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. ^[10]
3. Four-ball overs were used in this match.
4. Five-ball overs were used in this match.
5. The South Africa Red Ensign was used as a de facto national flag following the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 until May 1928. ^[10]
6. This version of the Flag of South Africa was used between May 1928 and April 1994.
7. Eight-ball overs were used in this match.

1. Ashley took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
2. Briggs took two five-wicket hauls in the match. The first was taken in the game's second innings and the second in the third innings after South Africa were required to follow on.
3. Ferris took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
4. Blythe took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
5. Macaulay took his five-wicket hauls on his Test match debut.
6. Finlay-Bissett took his five-wicket hauls on his Test match debut.
7. Grimmett took two five-wicket hauls in the acts. His first was taken in the second innings and his second in the third innings after South Africa were asked to follow on.
8. McCool took his give-wicket haul in the second innings of the match and Lindwall his in the third innings after South Africa were asked to follow on
9. Wardle took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
10. Benaud took his five-wicket haul in the third innings following Tayfield's in the first innings of the match because South Africa followed on after they first batted in the second innings of the match.
11. Burke took two five-wicket hauls on his Test match debut.
12. Langeveldt took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
13. Clark took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
14. Philander took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.

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External links

• International five-wicket hauls at Newlands, CricInfo