List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Kingsmead

Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban, South Africa was established in 1922 and hosted its first international cricket match in January 1923. The ground's first Test saw South Africa played the touring England cricket team. It hosted its First One Day International (ODI) in 1992 following the readmission of South Africa to international cricket after the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era, and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) in 2007. Two women's Test matches have been played on the ground, the first in 1960, and a single women's T20I was played in 2016.

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. This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

The first international five-wicket hauls taken on the ground was by Englishman Alec Kennedy who took five wickets for the cost of 88 runs (5/88) in the ground's first Test match in 1923. The 8/69 taken by South African Hugh Tayfield against England in 1957 set a new best bowling analysis by a South African in Test matches and remain the best innings bowling figures in Test matches on the ground. The first five-wicket haul in women's Tests on the ground was taken by South Africa's Jean McNaughton in the first women's Test played on the ground in 1960.

The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by Pakistan's Waqar Younis in 1993, whilst India's Ashish Nehra recorded the best bowling ODI figures of 6/23 during a 2003 Cricket World Cup match against England. Only one five-wicket haul has been taken in a T20I on the ground, David Wiese of South Africa taking 5/23 in 2015.

Key

Symbol Meaning
DateDate the Test started or ODI/Twenty20 International 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 8 March 2020

A total of 60 five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in Test matches, including three taken in women's Tests.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Kingsmead
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Alec Kennedy18 January 1923 England South Africa239885Drawn
2Alec Kennedy16 February 1923 England South Africa449.1765England won
3Cyril Vincent21 January 1928 South Africa England2451316Drawn
4Buster Nupen4 February 1928 South Africa England133.5835South Africa won
5George Finlay-Bissett4 February 1928 South Africa England319297South Africa won
6Bill Voce16 January 1931 England South Africa129.2585Drawn
7Cyril Vincent21 February 1931 South Africa England231.2516Drawn
8Bill O'Reilly14 December 1935 Australia South Africa317495Australia won
9Clarrie Grimmett28 February 1936 Australia South Africa1451007Australia won
10Bruce Mitchell28 February 1936 South Africa Australia225.5875Australia won
11Clarrie Grimmett28 February 1936 Australia South Africa348736Australia won
12Reg Perks3 March 1939 England South Africa1411005Drawn
13Tufty Mann16 December 1948 South Africa England237.4596England won
14Cuan McCarthy16 December 1948 South Africa England412436England won
15Hugh Tayfield20 January 1950 South Africa Australia28.4237Australia won
16Ian Johnson20 January 1950 Australia South Africa317345Australia won
17Hugh Tayfield11 December 1953 South Africa New Zealand236626South Africa won
18Johnny Wardle25 January 1957 England South Africa220.2615Drawn
19Hugh Tayfield25 January 1957 South Africa England337.7698Drawn
20Neil Adcock24 January 1958 South Africa Australia118436Drawn
21Richie Benaud24 January 1958 Australia South Africa250.71145Drawn
22Peter Pollock8 December 1961 South Africa New Zealand420.3386South Africa won
23David Allen4 December 1964 England South Africa219.5415England won
24Fred Titmus4 December 1964 England South Africa345.5665England won
25Fanie de Villiers26 December 1994 South Africa New Zealand124645South Africa won
26Simon Doull26 December 1994 New Zealand South Africa229.5735South Africa won
27Venkatesh Prasad26 December 1996 India South Africa119605South Africa won
28Allan Donald26 December 1996 South Africa India216405South Africa won
29Venkatesh Prasad26 December 1996 India South Africa325935South Africa won
30Allan Donald26 February 1998 South Africa Pakistan119.2795Pakistan won
31Shoaib Akhtar26 February 1998 Pakistan South Africa212435Pakistan won
32Shaun Pollock26 February 1998 South Africa Pakistan322.3506Pakistan won
33Mushtaq Ahmed26 February 1998 Pakistan South Africa437786Pakistan won
34Franklyn Rose26 December 1998 West Indies South Africa228847South Africa won
35Shaun Pollock26 December 1998 South Africa West Indies327835South Africa won
36Andy Caddick26 December 1999 England South Africa216467Drawn
37Dilhara Fernando26 December 2000 Sri Lanka South Africa134985Drawn
38Muttiah Muralitharan26 December 2000 Sri Lanka South Africa158.31225Drawn
39Muttiah Muralitharan26 December 2000 Sri Lanka South Africa310396Drawn
40Nantie Hayward26 December 2002 South Africa Pakistan210.4565South Africa won
41Makhaya Ntini26 December 2003 South Africa West Indies125.5665South Africa won
42Brett Lee24 March 2006 Australia South Africa219.4695Australia won
43Shane Warne24 March 2006 Australia South Africa435.5866Australia won
44Makhaya Ntini26 December 2006 South Africa India419485South Africa won
45Dale Steyn10 January 2008 South Africa West Indies321.5726South Africa won
46Graeme Swann26 December 2009 England South Africa321545England won
47Dale Steyn26 December 2010 South Africa India119506India won
48Marchant de Lange26 December 2011 South Africa Sri Lanka123.2817Sri Lanka won
49Chanaka Welegedara26 December 2011 Sri Lanka South Africa216.4525Sri Lanka won
50Dale Steyn26 December 2011 South Africa Sri Lanka320735Sri Lanka won
51Rangana Herath26 December 2011 Sri Lanka South Africa430.3795Sri Lanka won
52Dale Steyn26 December 2013 South Africa India1301006South Africa won
53Ravindra Jadeja26 December 2013 India South Africa258.21386South Africa won
54Dane Piedt26 December 2015 South Africa England3361535England won
55Keshav Maharaj1 March 2018 South Africa Australia133.41235Australia won
56Mitchell Starc1 March 2018 Australia South Africa210.4345Australia won
57Lasith Embuldeniya13 February 2019 Sri Lanka South Africa326665Sri Lanka won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Kingsmead
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Jean McNaughton31 December 1960 South Africa England219396England won
2Jill Saulbrey10 March 1972 New Zealand South Africa239325New Zealand won
3Jackie Lord10 March 1972 New Zealand South Africa423.2245New Zealand won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 7 March 2020

Four five-wicket hauls have been taken in men's ODI matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Kingsmead
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Waqar Younis9 February 1993 Pakistan South Africa210255Pakistan won
2Austin Codrington11 February 2003 Canada Bangladesh29275Canada won
3Ashish Nehra26 February 2003 India England210236India won
4Kyle Mills27 November 2007 New Zealand South Africa210255South Africa won

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

As of 31 January 2021

Two five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground - one in men's matches and one in women's matches.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Kingsmead
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1David Wiese14 January 2015 South Africa West Indies24235South Africa won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Twenty20 Internationals at Kingsmead
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Shabnim Ismail31 January 2021 South Africa Pakistan24125South Africa won

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