List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at WACA Ground

The WACA Ground is a sport ground in Perth, Western Australia. The ground was established in 1893 and operated by the Western Australian Cricket Association. It hosted its first Test match in 1970 when Australia played England. The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground was played in 1980 and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) was played in 2007.[1] Women's Test cricket was first played on the ground in 1958, the first women's on the ground ODI was played in 2005 and the first women's T20I on the ground was played in 2020.[2]

The WACA Ground during a Test match between Australia and England in December 2010.

The last Test match was played on the ground in 2017 with major international matches moving to the modern Perth Stadium.[3][4][5] The ground continues to be used by Western Australia and for women's international matches,[1] hosting five matches in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[6]

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.[7] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches.[a]

Ellyse Perry took the only five-wicket haul in women's Test matches on the ground in 2014.

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on the WACA Ground was Australian Jeff Thomson, who took five wickets at a cost of 93 runs (5/93) in 1974 against England in the second Test played on the ground.[8][9][10] The best innings bowling figures in Test matches were achieved by Glenn McGrath who took 8/24 for Australia against Pakistan in 2004.[11] The only woman to take a five-wicket haul on the ground is Australia's Ellyse Perry who took 5/28 in a Test match in 2014.[12] The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by New Zealander Richard Hadlee who took 5/32 against India in the first ODI played on the ground in 1980.[13][b]

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

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As of 21 February 2020

A total of 61 five-wicket hauls were taken in Test matches on the WACA Ground, 60 of them in men's matches and one in a women's Test.

Men's matches

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Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at WACA Ground
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Jeff Thomson 13 December 1974   Australia   England 3 25[c] 93 5 Australia won[14]
2 Andy Roberts 12 December 1975   West Indies   Australia 3 14[c] 54 7 West Indies won[15]
3 Bishan Bedi[A] 16 December 1977   India   Australia 2 31[c] 89 5 Australia won[16]
4 Bishan Bedi[A] 16 December 1977   India   Australia 4 30.2[c] 105 5 Australia won[16]
5 Rodney Hogg[B] 15 December 1978   Australia   England 1 30.5[c] 65 5 England won[17]
6 Bob Willis 15 December 1978   England   Australia 2 18.5[c] 44 5 England won[17]
7 Rodney Hogg[B] 15 December 1978   Australia   England 3 17[c] 57 5 England won[17]
8 Alan Hurst 24 March 1979   Australia   Pakistan 3 24.7[c] 94 5 Australia won[18]
9 Ian Botham[C] 14 December 1979   England   Australia 1 35 78 6 Australia won[19]
10 Ian Botham[C] 14 December 1979   England   Australia 3 45.5 98 5 Australia won[19]
11 Geoff Dymock 14 December 1979   Australia   England 4 17.2 34 6 Australia won[19]
12 Dennis Lillee 12 December 1980   Australia   New Zealand 1 23.5 63 5 Australia won[20]
13 Richard Hadlee 12 December 1980   New Zealand   Australia 2 27 87 5 Australia won[20]
14 Dennis Lillee 13 November 1981   Australia   Pakistan 2 9 18 5 Australia won[21]
15 Bruce Yardley 13 November 1981   Australia   Pakistan 4 25.5 84 6 Australia won[21]
16 Bruce Yardley 12 November 1982   Australia   England 1 42.4 107 5 Drawn[22]
17 Geoff Lawson 12 November 1982   Australia   England 3 32 108 5 Drawn[22]
18 Azeem Hafeez 11 November 1983   Pakistan   Australia 1 27.3 100 5 Australia won[23]
19 Carl Rackemann[D] 11 November 1983   Australia   Pakistan 2 8 32 5 Australia won[23]
20 Carl Rackemann[D] 11 November 1983   Australia   Pakistan 3 26 86 6 Australia won[23]
21 Terry Alderman 9 November 1984   Australia   West Indies 1 39 128 6 West Indies won[24]
22 Michael Holding 9 November 1984   West Indies   Australia 2 9.2 21 6 West Indies won[24]
23 Richard Hadlee[E] 30 November 1985   New Zealand   Australia 1 26.5 65 5 New Zealand won[25]
24 Richard Hadlee[E] 30 November 1985   New Zealand   Australia 3 39 90 6 New Zealand won[25]
25 Steve Waugh 28 November 1986   Australia   England 3 21.3 69 5 Drawn[26]
26 Merv Hughes 12 February 1988   Australia   Sri Lanka 3 21 67 5 Australia won[27]
27 Merv Hughes[F] 2 December 1988   Australia   West Indies 1 36.1 130 5 West Indies won[29]
28 Curtly Ambrose 2 December 1988   West Indies   Australia 2 23.3 72 5 West Indies won[29]
29 Merv Hughes[F] 2 December 1988   Australia   West Indies 3 37 87 8 West Indies won[29]
30 Craig McDermott 1 February 1991   Australia   England 1 24.4 97 8 Australia won[30]
31 Manoj Prabhakar 1 February 1992   India   Australia 1 32.5 101 5 Australia won[31]
32 Mike Whitney 1 February 1992   Australia   India 4 12.1 27 7 Australia won[31]
33 Curtly Ambrose 30 January 1993   West Indies   Australia 1 18 25 7 West Indies won[32]
34 Ian Bishop 30 January 1993   West Indies   Australia 3 16 40 6 West Indies won[32]
35 Craig McDermott 3 February 1995   Australia   England 4 15 38 6 Australia won[33]
36 Curtly Ambrose 1 February 1997   West Indies   Australia 1 18 43 5 West Indies won[34]
37 Paul Reiffel 1 February 1997   Australia   West Indies 2 26 73 5 West Indies won[34]
38 Courtney Walsh 1 February 1997   West Indies   Australia 3 20 74 5 West Indies won[34]
39 Simon Cook[G] 20 November 1997   Australia   New Zealand 3 10.2 39 5 Australia won[35]
40 Damien Fleming 28 November 1998   Australia   England 1 14 46 5 Australia won[36]
41 Jason Gillespie 28 November 1998   Australia   England 3 15.2 88 5 Australia won[36]
42 Mohammad Akram 26 November 1999   Pakistan   Australia 2 27.5 138 5 Australia won[37]
43 Brett Lee 1 December 2000   Australia   West Indies 3 15 61 5 Australia won[38]
44 Daniel Vettori 30 November 2001   New Zealand   Australia 2 34.4 87 6 Drawn[39]
45 Craig White 29 November 2002   New Zealand   Australia 2 23.1 127 5 Australia won[40]
46 Shoaib Akhtar 16 December 2004   Pakistan   Australia 1 22 99 5 Australia won[41]
47 Michael Kasprowicz 16 December 2004   Australia   Pakistan 2 16.3 30 5 Australia won[41]
48 Glenn McGrath[H] 16 December 2004   Australia   Pakistan 4 16 24 8 Australia won[41]
49 Makhaya Ntini 16 December 2005   South Africa   Australia 1 19 64 5 Drawn[42]
50 Brett Lee 16 December 2005   Australia   South Africa 2 22.2 93 5 Drawn[42]
51 Monty Panesar 14 December 2006   England   Australia 1 24 92 5 Australia won[43]
52 Mitchell Johnson 17 December 2008   Australia   South Africa 2 24 61 8 South Africa won[44]
53 Doug Bollinger 16 December 2009   Australia   West Indies 2 20 70 5 Australia won[45]
54 Mitchell Johnson 16 December 2010   Australia   England 2 17.3 38 6 Australia won[46]
55 Chris Tremlett 16 December 2010   England   Australia 3 24 87 5 Australia won[46]
56 Ryan Harris 16 December 2010   Australia   England 4 11 47 6 Australia won[46]
57 Umesh Yadav 13 January 2012   India   Australia 2 17 93 5 Australia won[47]
58 Mitchell Starc 30 November 2012   Australia   South Africa 3 28.5 154 6 South Africa won[48]
59 Kagiso Rabada 3 November 2016   South Africa   Australia 4 31 92 5 South Africa won[49]
60 Josh Hazlewood 14 December 2017   Australia   England 3 18 48 5 Australia won[50]

Women's matches

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Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at WACA Ground
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Ellyse Perry 10 January 2014   Australia   England 3 20 28 5 England won[51]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

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As of 21 February 2020

In One Day International matches on the ground a total of 12 five-wicket hauls were taken.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at WACA Ground
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Richard Hadlee 9 December 1980   New Zealand   India 1 9 32 5 India won[52]
2 Joel Garner 3 January 1987   West Indies   England 1 10 47 5 England won[53]
3 Tony Dodemaide[I] 2 January 1988   Australia   Sri Lanka 2 7.2 21 5 Australia won[54]
4 Ian Bishop 1 January 1989   West Indies   Pakistan 1 10 27 5 West Indies won[55]
5 Ravi Shastri[J] 8 December 1991   India   Australia 2 6.5 15 5 India won[56]
6 Ottis Gibson 14 January 1996   West Indies   Sri Lanka 1 10 40 5 Sri Lanka won[57]
7 Mark Ealham 29 January 1999   England   Sri Lanka 2 10 32 5 England won[58]
8 Ryan Harris 29 January 2010   Australia   Pakistan 2 9.5 19 5 Australia won[59]
9 Mitchell Starc 1 February 2013   Australia   West Indies 1 6.5 20 5 Australia won[60]
10 Mitchell Starc 3 February 2013   Australia   West Indies 1 8 32 5 Australia won[61]
11 Morne Morkel[K] 16 November 2014   South Africa   Australia 1 8 21 5 South Africa won[62]
12 Josh Hazlewood[K] 16 November 2014   Australia   South Africa 2 9.4 31 5 South Africa won[62]

Notes

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  1. ^ As of February 2020 no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground.
  2. ^ The match was part of a tri-series between New Zealand, India and Australia.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Eight-ball overs were used in this match.
  1. ^ a b Bedi took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
  2. ^ a b Hogg took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
  3. ^ a b Botham took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
  4. ^ a b Rackemann took two five-wicket hauls in the same match. He took his first in the second innings of the match and his second in the third innings after Pakistan were asked to follow on.
  5. ^ a b Hadlee took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
  6. ^ a b Hughes took two five-wicket hauls in the same match. His eight wickets in West Indies second innings was the first time that eight wickets had been taken in an international match on the ground. His wickets included a hat-trick split over both West Indies' innings.[28]
  7. ^ Cook took hs five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
  8. ^ McGrath's innings bowling figures of 8/24 are the best in international cricket on the ground.
  9. ^ Dodemaide took his five-wicket haul on his ODI debut.
  10. ^ Shastri's figures of 5/15 are the best innings bowling figures in an ODI on the ground.
  11. ^ a b Morkel and Hazlewood took their five-wicket hauls in the same ODI.

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  57. ^ 11th Match: West Indies v Sri Lanka, 14 January 1996, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  58. ^ 11th Match: England v Sri Lanka, 29 January 1999, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
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