List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Headingley

Headingley Cricket Ground is a sports ground in Headingley, Leeds, England, which has hosted international cricket matches, along with many domestic games. It is the home of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club. It has hosted international cricket matches since 1899, the first Test at the ground took place in between Australia and England in late June of that year. and has been home to more than 90 Test matches in total. Headingley has also staged 40 One Day International (ODI) matches, the first of which was in 1973 when the hosts England defeated West Indies by 1 wicket.

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.

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Headingley was Hugh Trumble in 1899; he finished with bowling figures of five wickets for 60 runs (5/60) in England's first innings. The best figures in Test cricket at Headingley are the 8/43, taken by England's Bob Willis against Australia in July 1981.

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 20 June 2025

There have been 113 five-wicket hauls taken in Test matches on the ground.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Headingley
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
129 June 1899Australia England239.3605Drawn
23 July 1905 England Australia219.2575Drawn
33 July 1905 Australia England3511225Drawn
429 July 1907South Africa England111176England won
529 July 1907 EnglandSouth Africa215.5598England won
629 July 1907 EnglandSouth Africa422.4407England won
71 July 1909 Australia England225.3587Australia won
81 July 1909 England Australia335636Australia won
91 July 1909 Australia England416385Australia won
108 July 1912 England South Africa222526England won
1112 July 1924 England South Africa217426England won
1210 July 1926 Australia England239885Drawn
1313 July 1929 England South Africa132.31157England won
1413 July 1929 South Africa England229.5926England won
1511 July 1930 England Australia1391245Drawn
1611 July 1930 Australia England256.21355Drawn
1720 July 1934 England Australia2501426Drawn
1822 July 1938 Australia England134.1665Australia won
1922 July 1938 Australia England321.5565Australia won
2011 June 1949 New Zealand England1431275Drawn
2111 June 1949 New Zealand England139.3975Drawn
2211 June 1949 England New Zealand232.31186Drawn
2326 July 1951 South Africa England2681745Drawn
245 June 1952 India England2631005England won
2523 July 1953 Australia England135545Drawn
2623 July 1953 England Australia228.5956Drawn
2721 July 1955 South Africa England462695South Africa won
2821 July 1955 South Africa England447.1945South Africa won
2912 July 1956 England Australia229585England won
3012 July 1956 England Australia341.3556England won
3125 July 1957 England West Indies120.3366England won
3225 July 1957 West Indies England238.2707England won
333 July 1958 England New Zealand122175England won
343 July 1958 England New Zealand335.2517England won
356 July 1961 England Australia122585England won
366 July 1961 Australia England247635England won
376 July 1961 England Australia315.5306England won
385 July 1962 Pakistan England1491285England won
3925 July 1963 West Indies England221366West Indies won
402 July 1964 Australia England131.3755Australia on
418 July 1965 England New Zealand326195England won
424 August 1966 West Indies England219.3415West Indies won
434 August 1966 West Indies England319396west Indies won
4425 July 1968 Australia England239725Drawn
4525 July 1968 England Australia351876Drawn
4610 July 1969 West Indies England340425England won
4727 July 1972 Australia England2521145England won
4827 July 1972 England Australia321456England won
495 July 1973 New Zealand England234745England won
505 July 1973 England New Zealand322275England won
5114 August 1975 Australia England131.2856Drawn
5214 August 1975 England Australia220285Drawn
5322 July 1976 England West Indies315.3425West Indies won
5411 August 1977 England Australia211215England won
5529 June 1978 Pakistan England220395Drawn
5616 July 1981 England Australia139.2956England won
5716 July 1981 Australia England335.31356England won
5816 July 1981 England Australia415.1438England won
5926 August 1982 Pakistan England225.2495England won
6026 August 1982 England Pakistan330745England won
6128 July 1983 New Zealand England133.2747New Zealand won
6228 July 1983 New Zealand England329955New Zealand won
6328 July 1983 England New Zealand414355New Zealand won
6412 July 1984 England West Indies226.5616West Indies won
6512 July 1984 West Indies England326537West Indies won
6613 June 1985 England Australia343.4825England won
6719 June 1986 India England213405India won
682 July 1987 England Pakistan246.21078Pakistan won
692 July 1987 Pakistan England319.1407Pakistan won
7021 July 1988 England West Indies227955West Indies won
718 June 1989 Australia England2371075Australia won
728 June 1989 Australia England420445Australia won
736 June 1991 West Indies England328526England won
7423 July 1992 Pakistan England2301175England won
7523 July 1992 England Pakistan323505England won
7622 July 1993 Australia England226655Australia won
778 June 1995 West Indies England116325West Indies won
788 August 1996 England Pakistan1371135Drawn
7924 July 1997 Australia England113.4377Australia won
8024 July 1997 England Australia2361495Australia won
8124 July 1997 Australia England321.1495Australia won
826 August 1998 England South Africa225425England won
836 August 1998 South Africa England335535England won
846 August 1998 South Africa England329.2715England won
856 August 1998 England South Africa423426England won
8617 August 2000 England West Indies114.4575England won
8717 August 2000 England West Indies311.2145England won
8816 August 2001 England Australia125.11035England won
8916 August 2001 Australia England230.2767England won
9021 August 2003 South Africa England417546South Africa won
914 August 2006 Pakistan England1291235England won
927 August 2009 Australia England19.5215Australia won
937 August 2009 England Australia225.1916Australia won
947 August 2009 Australia England319.3695Australia won
9521 July 2010 Australia Pakistan211336Pakistan won
962 August 2012 England South Africa316.4695Drawn
9724 May 2013 New Zealand England122575England won
9824 May 2013 England New Zealand432906England won
9920 June 2014 England Sri Lanka115.5645Sri Lanka won
10020 June 2014 Sri Lanka England422505Sri Lanka won
10129 May 2015 England New Zealand117.11095New Zealand won
10219 May 2016 England Sri Lanka211.4165England won
10319 May 2016 England Sri Lanka313.3295England won
10425 August 2017 England West Indies229765West Indies won
10522 August 2019 England Australia117.1456England won
10622 August 2019 Australia England212.5305England won
10625 August 2021 England India326655England won
10723 June 2022 England New Zealand138.31005England won
10823 June 2022 England New Zealand332.2665England won
1096 July 2023 England Australia111.4345England won
1106 July 2023 Australia England218916England won
1116 July 2023 Australia England416785England won
11220 June 2025 India England224.4835England won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Headingley
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
16 July 2001 Australia England122.5315Australia won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 21 January 2020

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

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Headingley
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
17 June 1975 Australia Pakistan212345Australia won
218 June 1975 Australia England112146Australia won
311 June 1983 West Indies Australia210.3517West Indies won
416 June 1983 Sri Lanka Pakistan112395Pakistan won
5†16 June 1983 Pakistan Sri Lanka212445Pakistan won
617 June 2001 Pakistan England110367Pakistan won
719 May 2019 England Pakistan210545England won

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