List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground during a Test match in 2006. An external view of the ground in 2019. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in Melbourne, Victoria. The ground was established in 1853 and is the home ground of the Melbourne Cricket Club. It hosted the first match of Test cricket played and has been used for a variety of sports, including acting as the central venue for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games. It has a spectator capacity of over 90,000, reduced from around 125,000 prior to redevelopments begun in the 1980s, and has been described as "Australia's premier sporting venue". The ground hosted the First One Day International in 1971 and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) in 2008 when both a men's and a women's T20I was played on the same day. The first women's international on the ground was played in 1935 and women's ODI cricket has been played on the ground. It has hosted the finals of the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, the 1992 and 2015 Men's World Cups, the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

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 and One Day International matches.

The first five-wicket hauls in international cricket were taken in the 1877 Test match at the MCG. Three bowlers took five wickets in an innings in the match, Australia's Billy Midwinter taking the first five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match. England's Alfred Shaw and Australia's Tom Kendall also took five-wicket hauls during the match. The best bowling figures in a Test match innings on the ground are the nine wickets for the cost of 86 runs (9/86) taken by Pakistan's Sarfraz Nawaz against Australia in 1979 in what was described by Wisden as "one of the greatest bowling feats in the history of Test cricket". The best bowling on the ground by an Australian is the 9/121 taken by Arthur Mailey against England in 1921. Australia's Peggy Antonio took the only five-wicket haul in women's international cricket on the ground in 1934 in a Test match against England.

The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by Pakistan's Abdul Qadir against Australia in 1984. The best ODI bowling figures at the MCG are the 6/42 taken by both Ajit Agarkar in 2004 and Yuzvendra Chahal in 2019. At the time these were the best bowling figures in an ODI in Australia.

Key

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

There have been a total of 176 five-wicket hauls taken at the MCG in Test matches, three of which was taken in women's Test matches.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground

No.

Bowler

Date

Team

Opposing Team

Inn

O

R

W

Result

1

Australia

2

54

78

5

Australia won

2

Australia

3

34

38

5

Australia won

3

Australia

4

33.1

55

7

Australia won

4

Australia

1

25

48

6

Australia won

5

Australia

2

59

68

7

Australia won

6

Australia

3

35

62

7

Australia won

7

Australia

3

61

120

6

Drawn

8

Australia

1

54.2

80

5

Drawn

9

Australia

2

52.2

65

7

Australia won

10

Australia

1

66.3

103

5

England won

11

Australia

2

26.2

28

7

England won

12

Australia

3

33

74

7

England won

13

Australia

3

38.3

31

6

England won

14

Australia

1

51

84

6

Australia won

15

Australia

2

28.4

53

5

Australia won

16

Australia

4

33.2

51

5

Australia won

17

Australia

1

20

32

5

England won

18

Australia

2

23

57

5

England won

19

Australia

3

78.2

155

6

England won

20

Australia

3

45.2

104

6

England won

21

Australia

3

17

49

6

Australia won

22

Australia

1

35.4

98

6

Australia won

23

1

16.1

42

6

Australia won

24

2

7.4

17

7

Australia won

25

3

64

121

7

Australia won

26

4

26

60

6

Australia won

27

2

25

62

5

Australia won

28

3

26.1

95

5

Australia won

29

4

33

98

6

Australia won

30

2

15.2

56

7

England won

31

3

10.5

34

5

England won

32

4

15

68

8

England won

33

1

29.1

81

8

Australia won

34

2

15.2

40

6

Australia won

35

3

16.5

48

5

Australia won

36

4

6.5

28

7

Australia won

37

1

29

79

5

England won

38

2

33

142

5

England won

39

3

27.4

72

5

England won

40

1

23.5

48

5

Australia won

41

2

15.2

28

5

Australia won

42

4

16

17

6

Australia won

43

4

14.2

66

5

Australia won

44

1

23

44

5

England won

45

3

38

91

6

England won

46

1

29.1

74

5

England won

47

3

17.5

46

5

England won

48

2

20

69

7

Australia won

49

2

32

122

5

Australia won

50

3

47

121

9

Australia won

51

3

33.3

99

6

Australia won

52

4

24

92

5

Australia won

53

3

25.5

75

5

England won

54

2

44

94

6

England won

55

3

56.5

107

5

England won

56

2

81

105

5

Australia won

57

3

26

66

5

Australia won

58

1

20

23

7

Australia won

59

1

26.1

69

5

Australia won

60

4

46

92

6

Australia won

61

1

7.2

6

5

Australia won

62

3

15.3

18

6

Australia won

63

2

34.3

63

5

Australia won

64

4

24

66

5

Australia won

65

2

11.2

21

5

Australia won

66

4

25.6

124

5

Australia won

67

1

28.5

96

6

Australia won

68

2

23

51

5

Australia won

69

1

22

46

5

England won

70

1

18

49

5

England won

71

3

20.3

59

5

England won

72

1

19.3

60

5

Australia won

73

2

12

34

5

Australia won

74

4

30

88

5

Australia won

75

2

29.4

84

6

South Africa won

76

4

37.1

81

7

South Africa won

77

2

46

152

6

South Africa won

78

3

30.2

66

5

South Africa won

79

2

16.3

60

5

England won

80

3

24.5

85

5

England won

81

4

12.3

27

7

England won

82

1

25.5

64

6

Australia won

83

2

28

57

7

Australia won

84

3

15.2

38

6

Australia won

85

2

22

53

6

Australia won

86

2

44

120

5

Australia won

87

3

24.7

84

5

Australia won

88

2

23.1

75

6

England won

89

3

20

62

5

England won

90

2

21.3

89

6

Drawn

91

2

35.2

134

5

Drawn

92

1

21.4

66

7

Australia won

93

2

34

141

6

Australia won

94

1

28

71

8

Australia won

95

3

26.4

61

5

Australia won

96

2

21.7

61

5

Drawn

97

1

11

38

6

England won

98

2

42.2

143

8

England won

99

1

11

62

5

Australia won

100

2

11.3

63

5

Australia won

101

2

10

34

5

Australia won

102

2

23

82

6

Australia won

103

3

25.5

122

5

Australia won

104

2

13.3

26

6

Australia won

105

4

34.4

139

5

Australia won

106

2

14.1

52

6

India won

107

4

20

52

6

India won

108

2

17

30

5

Australia won

109

4

17

36

5

Australia won

110

4

35.4

86

9

Pakistan won

111

1

33.1

60

6

Australia won

112

3

33

78

5

Australia won

113

3

27.2

57

6

Drawn

114

4

16.4

28

5

India won

115

1

66

187

7

Pakistan won

116

1

17

45

5

Australia won

117

2

26.3

83

7

Australia won

118

3

21.3

62

6

Australia won

119

4

26

77

6

England won

120

2

54.3

166

5

Drawn

121

2

31.5

86

5

Drawn

122

1

22.4

48

5

England won

123

1

16

41

5

England won

124

1

35

97

5

Drawn

125

2

44

109

5

Drawn

126

3

28.3

58

6

Drawn

127

4

31

67

5

Drawn

128

3

24

92

5

West Indies won

129

4

15.1

39

5

West Indies won

130

1

30

62

6

Australia won

131

3

41.4

98

5

Australia won

132

4

33.5

105

5

Australia won

133

1

39

97

6

Australia won

134

2

39

82

6

Australia won

135

3

22

51

7

Australia won

136

1

26.2

66

6

Australia won

137

2

35

97

5

Australia won

138

3

29

60

6

Australia won

139

4

23.2

52

7

Australia won

140

2

27.4

64

6

Australia won

141

4

16.5

42

5

Australia won

142

2

23.4

40

5

Australia won

143

1

24.5

55

5

West Indies won

144

2

30

50

5

West Indies won

145

3

27

59

6

Drawn

146

2

28

96

5

England won

147

4

17

60

6

England won

148

2

18

47

5

Australia won

149

2

13.3

60

5

Australia won

150

4

17

40

6

Australia won

151

3

48

152

5

Australia won

152

2

51

176

6

Australia won

153

2

27

109

5

Australia won

153

2

39.3

125

5

Australia won

155

1

17.2

39

5

Australia won

156

1

25

84

5

Australia won

157

1

29

87

5

South Africa won

158

3

20.2

67

5

South Africa won

159

3

24

79

5

Australia won

160

4

24

101

5

Australia won

161

2

33.1

75

6

England won

162

2

26

75

5

Australia won

163

1

24

63

5

Australia won

164

3

17

50

5

Australia won

165

2

15.5

33

6

India won

166

3

11

27

6

India won

167

2

17

28

5

Australia won

168

3

4

7

6

Australia won

169

1

10.4

27

5

Australia won

170

2

20

48

5

Australia won

171

4

18

49

5

Australia won

172

3

24.4

57

5

Australia won

173

1

11.2

45

5

England won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground

No.

Bowler

Date

Team

Opposing Team

Inn

O

R

W

Result

1

1

21.5

49

6

Australia won

2

2

44.3

143

5

Australia won

3

3

23.4

53

5

Australia won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

One Day International matches have seen 21 five-wicket hauls taken on the ground, all of them in men's matches.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground

No.

Bowler

Date

Team

Opposing Team

Inn

O

R

W

Result

1

1

10

53

5

Australia won

2

1

10

31

5

West Indies won

3

2

8

21

5

Pakistan won

4

1

7.3

28

5

Pakistan won

5

2

8.2

17

5

West Indies won

6

1

10

26

5

Australia won

7

2

6

24

5

Australia won

8

2

9.5

40

5

South Africa won

9

1

10

26

5

Australia won

10

2

7.1

24

5

South Africa won

11

2

8.1

33

5

Australia won

12

1

10

31

5

South Africa won

13

2

9.3

30

5

Australia won

14

1

9.3

42

6

Australia won

15

2

10

32

5

Australia won

16

1

8

46

5

Sri Lanka won

17

1

9

31

5

Sri Lanka won

18

1

10

43

6

Australia won

19

1

10

71

5

Australia won

20

2

9

33

5

Australia won

21

1

10

42

6

India won

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