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. 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. 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. The first Twenty20 International (T20I) on the ground was played in 2007. 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.

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.

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. In women's Test cricket, both five-wicket hauls on the ground were taken by Lorna Ward, the first in the 1960 match.

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. 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.

Key

Symbol Meaning
DateDate the Test started or ODI/T20I 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 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
1Gobo Ashley25 March 1889South Africa England143.1957England won
2Johnny Briggs25 March 1889 EnglandSouth Africa219.1177England won
3Johnny Briggs25 March 1889 EnglandSouth Africa314.2118England won
4J. J. Ferris19 March 1892 EnglandSouth Africa129.2546England won
5J. J. Ferris19 March 1892 EnglandSouth Africa325377England won
6George Lohmann21 March 1896 EnglandSouth Africa124427England won
7Jimmy Sinclair1 April 1899South Africa England112266England won
8Schofield Haigh1 April 1899 EnglandSouth Africa411.4116England won
9Charlie Llewellyn8 November 1902South Africa Australia130.5976Australia won
10Bill Howell8 November 1902 AustraliaSouth Africa326815Australia won
11Colin Blythe24 March 1906 EnglandSouth Africa132686England won
12Colin Blythe24 March 1906 EnglandSouth Africa328.5505England won
13Bert Vogler7 March 1910South Africa England321.3725South Africa won
14Colin Blythe11 March 1910 EnglandSouth Africa218467England won
15Charles Macartney26 November 1921 Australia South Africa324.3445Australia won
16Jimmy Blanckenberg1 January 1923 South Africa England224.1615England won
17George Macaulay1 January 1923 England South Africa337645England won
18Alf Hall1 January 1923 South Africa England437.3637England won
19George Finlay-Bissett31 December 1927 South Africa England117375England won
20Clarrie Grimmett1 January 1936 Australia South Africa217325Australia won
21Clarrie Grimmett1 January 1936 Australia South Africa336.4565Australia won
22Norman Gordon31 December 1938 South Africa England1401575Drawn
23Hedley Verity31 December 1938 England South Africa236.6705Drawn
24Athol Rowan1 January 1949 South Africa England131.2805Drawn
25Denis Compton1 January 1949 England South Africa225.2705Drawn
26Colin McCool31 December 1949 Australia South Africa211.4415Australia won
27Ray Lindwall31 December 1949 Australia South Africa315.4325Australia won
28Geoff Rabone1 January 1954 New Zealand South Africa238.7686Drawn
29Hugh Tayfield1 January 1957 South Africa England1531305England won
30Johnny Wardle1 January 1957 England South Africa223.6535England won
31Johnny Wardle1 January 1957 England South Africa419367England won
32Hugh Tayfield31 December 1957 South Africa Australia1511205Australia won
33Richie Benaud31 December 1957 Australia South Africa321495Australia won
34Sydney Burke1 January 1962 South Africa New Zealand153.51286New Zealand won
35Frank Cameron1 January 1962 New Zealand South Africa224.4485New Zealand won
36Sydney Burke1 January 1962 South Africa New Zealand327.1685New Zealand won
37Harry Bromfield1 January 1965 South Africa England257.2885Drawn
38Eddie Barlow31 December 1966 South Africa Australia133.3855Australia won
39Graham McKenzie31 December 1966 Australia South Africa233655Australia won
40Ashley Mallett22 January 1970 Australia South Africa155.11265South Africa won
41Alan Connolly22 January 1970 Australia South Africa326475South Africa won
42Craig Matthews17 March 1994 South Africa Australia236805Australia won
43Steve Waugh17 March 1994 Australia South Africa322.3285Australia won
44Fanie de Villiers2 January 1995 South Africa New Zealand328.1615South Africa won
45Allan Donald2 January 1996 South Africa England116465South Africa won
46Shaun Pollock2 January 1996 South Africa England315.5325South Africa won
47Jacques Kallis2 January 1999 South Africa West Indies427.4905South Africa won
48Allan Donald2 January 2000 South Africa England126475South Africa won
49Chris Silverwood2 January 2000 England South Africa232915South Africa won
50Shaun Pollock2 January 2001 South Africa Sri Lanka113.4306South Africa won
51Shane Warne8 March 2002 Australia South Africa3701616Australia won
52Andre Nel2 January 2004 South Africa West Indies228.1875Drawn
53Charl Langeveldt2 January 2005 South Africa England216465South Africa won
54Stuart Clark16 March 2006 Australia South Africa117555Australia won
55Paul Harris19 March 2009 South Africa Australia342.51276South Africa won
56James Anderson3 January 2010 England South Africa121.1635Drawn
57Morne Morkel3 January 2010 South Africa England222755Drawn
58S Sreesanth2 January 2011 India South Africa1291145Drawn
59Dale Steyn2 January 2011 South Africa India231755Drawn
60Harbhajan Singh2 January 2011 India South Africa3381207Drawn
61Shane Watson9 November 2011 Australia South Africa25175South Africa won
62Vernon Philander9 November 2011 South Africa Australia37155South Africa won
63Vernon Philander2 January 2013 South Africa New Zealand1675South Africa won
64Vernon Philander14 February 2013 South Africa Pakistan126595South Africa won
65Saeed Ajmal14 February 2013 Pakistan South Africa242966South Africa won
66Lahiru Kumara2 January 2017 Sri Lanka South Africa1251226South Africa won
67Kagiso Rabada2 January 2017 South Africa Sri Lanka417556South Africa won
68Vernon Philander5 January 2018 South Africa India415.4426South Africa won
69Morne Morkel22 March 2018 South Africa Australia49.4235South Africa won
70James Anderson3 January 2020 England South Africa219405England won
71Jasprit Bumrah11 January 2022 India South Africa223.3425South Africa won
72Mohammed Siraj3 January 2024 India South Africa19156India won
73Jasprit Bumrah3 January 2024 India South Africa313.5616India won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Newlands
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Lorna Ward13 January 1961 South Africa England114.3185Drawn
2Lorna Ward25 March 1889 South Africa New Zealand121475Drawn

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
1Hansie Cronje7 December 1992 South Africa India110325South Africa won
2Lance Klusener23 April 1998 South Africa Pakistan17.1255South Africa won
3Henry Olonga28 January 2000 Zimbabwe England28.2196Zimbabwe won
4Makhaya Ntini11 January 2001 South Africa Sri Lanka28.2375South Africa won
5Nicky Boje9 April 2002 South Africa Australia26.3215South Africa won
6Jacques Kallis18 December 2002 South Africa Pakistan28.4415South Africa won
7Makhaya Ntini3 March 2006 South Africa Australia29.3226South Africa won
8Wayne Parnell27 November 2009 South Africa England29.3485South Africa won

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
1Anisa Mohammed26 October 2009 West Indies South Africa24105West Indies won

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