List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Edgbaston

Bowlers have taken 71 five-wicket hauls in Tests and 11 fifers in One Day International matches played at Edgbaston.

Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. It is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club and has been used for Test matches, One Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). The first Test match on the ground was played between England and Australia in 1902, the first ODI in 1962, again between England and Australia, and the first T20I in 2010 between Australia and Pakistan. The ground has hosted four Women's Test matches – the first of which was played between England and Australia in 1963 – one Women's One Day International and one Women's Twenty20 International.

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, which is regarded as a notable achievement.

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Edgbaston was Wilfred Rhodes in 1902, who finished with bowling figures of 7 wickets for 17 runs. The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by the West Indies' Vanburn Holder took 5 wickets for 50 runs against England in 1976. In women's cricket, only Enid Bakewell has taken a five-wicket haul on the ground, taking 7 wickets for 61 runs against the West Indies in a Test match in 1979.

Key

Symbol Meaning
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken
ONumber of overs bowled
RNumber of runs conceded
WNumber of wickets taken
ResultResult of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 6 July 2025

A total of 71 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test cricket on the ground, 70 in men's matches and one in a women's match.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Edgbaston
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 29 May 1902 England Australia211177Drawn
2 27 May 1909 England Australia123446England won
3 27 May 1909 Australia England215.3275England won
4 27 May 1909 England Australia323.5585England won
5 27 May 1909 England Australia324585England won
6 14 June 1924 South Africa England1371526England won
7 14 June 1924 England South Africa26.376England won
8 14 June 1924 England South Africa328835England won
9 15 June 1929 England South Africa242.4575Drawn
10 30 May 1957 West Indies England131497Drawn
11 5 June 1958 New Zealand England127645England won
12 5 June 1958 England New Zealand221315England won
13 9 June 1960 South Africa England141.5625England won
14 4 July 1963 West Indies England131605England won
15 4 July 1963 England West Indies226755England won
16 4 July 1963 England West Indies414.3447England won
17 27 May 1965 New Zealand England1431085England won
18 3 June 1971 Pakistan England2341115Drawn
19 10 July 1975 Australia England215155Australia won
20 10 July 1975 Australia England217.3485Australia won
21 10 July 1975 Australia England318385Australia won
22 1 June 1978 England Pakistan122.4507England won
23 12 July 1979 India England1481465England won
24 12 July 1979 England India329705England won
25 30 July 1981 Australia England123.1425England won
26 30 July 1981 Australia England334685England won
27 30 July 1981 England Australia414115England won
28 29 July 1982 Pakistan England125.3527England won
29 29 July 1982 Pakistan England318405England won
30 14 June 1984 England West Indies2311085West Indies won
31 14 June 1984 West Indies England323.5555West Indies won
32 15 August 1985 England Australia131.5776England won
33 3 July 1986 India England324586Drawn
34 23 July 1987 England Pakistan135925Drawn
35 23 July 1987 Pakistan England241.51296Drawn
36 5 July 1990 England New Zealand227.3586England won
37 5 July 1990 New Zealand England321535England won
38 5 July 1990 England New Zealand424.4465England won
39 25 July 1991 England West Indies2351116West Indies won
40 25 July 1991 West Indies England331815West Indies won
41 5 August 1993 Australia England122.5716Australia won
42 5 August 1993 Australia England348.2895Australia won
43 5 August 1993 Australia England349825Australia won
44 6 July 1995 West Indies England315455West Indies won
45 6 June 1996 England India322.4725England won
46 5 June 1997 England Australia111.5505England won
47 4 June 1998 England South Africa232.3935Drawn
48 1 July 1999 England New Zealand314325England won
49 15 June 2000 West Indies England121365West Indies won
50 15 June 2000 England West Indies236.51095West Indies won
51 5 July 2001 Australia England119715Australia won
52 30 May 2002 Sri Lanka England2641435England won
53 30 May 2002 England Sri Lanka323925England won
54 29 July 2004 West Indies England315.1345England won
55 29 July 2004 England West Indies421575England won
56 4 August 2005 Australia England323.1466England won
57 25 May 2006 Sri Lanka England225866England won
58 30 July 2009 England Australia124805Drawn
59 6 August 2010 Pakistan England226.1825England won
60 6 August 2010 England Pakistan337656England won
61 29 July 2015 England Australia114.4476England won
62 29 July 2015 England Australia321796England won
63 3 August 2016 Pakistan England123965England won
64 1 August 2018 India England313515England won
65 1 August 2019 England Australia122.4865Australia won
66 1 August 2019 Australia England420496Australia won
67 1 July 2022 England India121.5605England won
68 26 July 2024 England West Indies314405England won
69 2 July 2025 India England219.3706India won
70 2 July 2025 India England421.1996India won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Edgbaston
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 1 July 1979 England West Indies428.4617England won

One Day Internationals

As of 13 July 2021

Eleven 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 Edgbaston
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 30 August 1976 West Indies England210505West Indies won
2 4 June 1977 Australia England111205England won
3 4 June 1977 Australia England18.5185England won
4 16 June 1979 Australia Canada110215Australia won
5 19 May 1994 New Zealand England111455England won
6 17 June 1999 South Africa Australia19.2365Tied
7 Shahid Afridi 14 September 2004 Pakistan Kenya16115Pakistan won
8 2 June 2017 Australia New Zealand19526No result
9 30 June 2019 India England110695England won
10 2 July 2019 Bangladesh India110595India won
11 13 July 2021 England Pakistan110615England won

International five-wicket hauls at Edgbaston, CricInfo

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