Glenn McGrath, a retired international Australian cricketer, took a number of five-wicket hauls during his career. 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, as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.
McGrath made his Test debut in November 1993, against New Zealand, but it was not until March 1995 that he took his first five-wicket haul in Australia's victory over the West Indies in Barbados; his performance earned him the man of the match award. He followed that three weeks later with six wickets in a defeat in Trinidad. McGrath took 10 of his 29 Test five-wicket hauls in The Ashes (the traditional name for Test matches between Australia and England). During the 1997 Ashes series, McGrath "humiliated" England, taking eight wickets in a single innings at Lord's and restricting England to 77, the lowest total in any Test match at the ground since 1888. A month later, he dismissed seven English batsmen in the first innings at The Oval but despite these performances, Australia did not win either Test match. The 2001 Ashes series saw McGrath make four five-wicket hauls in consecutive matches. He twice took five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match – in March 1999 he dismissed five West Indian batsmen in each innings of the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy; in the following year, he took ten wickets against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 1993, McGrath took his first one-day five-wicket haul in the following year, in the final of the Will's Triangular Series against Pakistan. Australia won each of the seven ODI matches in which McGrath took a five-wicket haul, and McGrath was given the man of the match award on six of these occasions. Retiring from international cricket in 2007, he took 29 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 7 in ODIs. As of October 2009, he is fifth overall in all-time Test five-wicket haul takers, and fourth in the ODI list.
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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Date | Day the Test started or ODI held |
Inn | The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken |
Overs | Number of overs bowled in that innings |
Runs | Number of Runs conceded |
Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
Batsmen | The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul |
Econ | Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) |
Result | Result for the Australia team |
* | One of two five-wicket hauls by McGrath in a match |
† | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
‡ | McGrath was selected as man of the match |
Tests
No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | 31 March 1995 ‡ | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies | 4 | 22.0 | 68 | 5 | 3.09 | Won | |
2 | 21 April 1995 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 2 | 21.5 | 47 | 6 | 2.15 | Lost | |
3 | 17 November 1995 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Pakistan | 4 | 24.3 | 61 | 5 | 2.48 | Won | |
4 | 26 December 1995 ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Sri Lanka | 2 | 23.4 | 40 | 5 | 1.69 | Won | |
5 | 26 December 1996 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies | 2 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 1.66 | Lost | |
6 | 21 March 1997 | Centurion Park, Gauteng Province, South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 40.4 | 86 | 6 | 2.11 | Lost | |
7 | 19 June 1997 ‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 20.3 | 38 | 8 | 1.85 | Draw | |
8 | 21 August 1997 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 1 | 21 | 76 | 7 | 3.61 | Lost | |
9 | 7 November 1997 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | New Zealand | 4 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1.88 | Won | |
10 | 22 October 1998 | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan | 2 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 2.64 | Draw | |
11 | 20 November 1998 ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 34.2 | 85 | 6 | 2.47 | Draw | |
12 | 5 March 1999 * † ‡ | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 2 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 3.57 | Won | |
13 | 5 March 1999 * † ‡ | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 4 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 2.80 | Won | |
14 | 13 March 1999 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | West Indies | 2 | 35 | 93 | 5 | 2.65 | Lost | |
15 | 26 March 1999 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies | 4 | 44 | 92 | 5 | 2.09 | Lost | |
16 | 2 January 2000 * † ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | India | 1 | 18.5 | 48 | 5 | 2.54 | Won | |
17 | 2 January 2000 * † ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | India | 3 | 17 | 55 | 5 | 3.23 | Won | |
18 | 23 November 2000 † ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | West Indies | 1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 0.85 | Won | |
19 | 19 July 2001 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 2.25 | Won | |
20 | 2 August 2001 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2.72 | Won | |
21 | 16 August 2001 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 2 | 30.2 | 76 | 7 | 2.50 | Lost | |
22 | 23 August 2001 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 3 | 15.3 | 43 | 5 | 2.77 | Won | |
23 | 22 February 2002 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | 3 | 12.3 | 21 | 5 | 1.68 | Won | |
24 | 1 July 2004 ‡ | Marrara Oval, Darwin | Sri Lanka | 2 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 2.46 | Won | |
25 | 16 December 2004 | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | Pakistan | 4 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1.50 | Won | |
26 | 10 March 2005 | Jade Stadium, Christchurch | New Zealand | 1 | 42 | 115 | 6 | 2.73 | Won | |
27 | 21 July 2005 ‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 2 | 18 | 53 | 5 | 2.94 | Won | |
28 | 11 August 2005 | Old Trafford, Manchester | England | 3 | 20.5 | 115 | 5 | 5.52 | Draw | |
29 | 23 November 2006 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 23.1 | 50 | 6 | 2.15 | Won |
One Day Internationals
No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | 30 October 1994 ‡ | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan | 2 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 5.20 | Won | |
2 | 24 January 1999 ‡ | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Sri Lanka | 2 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 4.00 | Won | |
3 | 30 May 1999 ‡ | Old Trafford, Manchester | West Indies | 1 | 8.4 | 14 | 5 | 1.61 | Won | |
4 | 4 February 2000 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Pakistan | 2 | 9.3 | 49 | 5 | 5.15 | Won | |
5 | 15 September 2002 ‡ | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | New Zealand | 2 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 5.28 | Won | |
6 | 27 February 2003 ‡ | North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom | Namibia | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2.14 | Won | |
7 | 6 February 2005 ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Pakistan | 2 | 7.4 | 27 | 5 | 3.52 | Won |
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External links
- "Statistics – Statsguru – GD McGrath – Test matches". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- "Statistics – Statsguru – GD McGrath – ODIs". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
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