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.^[1][2] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[2]

The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by Pakistan's Waqar Younis in 1993,^[6] whilst India's Ashish Nehra recorded the best bowling ODI figures of 6/23 during a 2003 Cricket World Cup match against England.^[7] Only one five-wicket haul has been taken in a T20I on the ground, David Wiese of South Africa taking 5/23 in 2015.^[8]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Date the Test started or ODI/Twenty20 International 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

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
1	Alec Kennedy	18 January 1923	England	South Africa[a]	2	39	88	5	Drawn[10]
2	Alec Kennedy	16 February 1923	England	South Africa	4	49.1	76	5	England won[11]
3	Cyril Vincent	21 January 1928	South Africa	England	2	45	131	6	Drawn[12]
4	Buster Nupen	4 February 1928	South Africa	England	1	33.5	83	5	South Africa won[13]
5	George Finlay-Bissett	4 February 1928	South Africa	England	3	19	29	7	South Africa won[13]
6	Bill Voce	16 January 1931	England	South Africa[b]	1	29.2	58	5	Drawn[14]
7	Cyril Vincent	21 February 1931	South Africa	England	2	31.2	51	6	Drawn[15]
8	Bill O'Reilly	14 December 1935	Australia	South Africa	3	17	49	5	Australia won[16]
9	Clarrie Grimmett[A]	28 February 1936	Australia	South Africa	1	45	100	7	Australia won[17]
10	Bruce Mitchell	28 February 1936	South Africa	Australia	2	25.5	87	5	Australia won[17]
11	Clarrie Grimmett[A]	28 February 1936	Australia	South Africa	3	48	73	6	Australia won[17]
12	Reg Perks[B]	3 March 1939	England	South Africa	1	41[c]	100	5	Drawn[d][19]
13	Tufty Mann	16 December 1948	South Africa	England	2	37.4[c]	59	6	England won[20]
14	Cuan McCarthy[C]	16 December 1948	South Africa	England	4	12[c]	43	6	England won[20]
15	Hugh Tayfield	20 January 1950	South Africa	Australia	2	8.4[c]	23	7	Australia won[21]
16	Ian Johnson	20 January 1950	Australia	South Africa	3	17[c]	34	5	Australia won[21]
17	Hugh Tayfield	11 December 1953	South Africa	New Zealand	2	36[c]	62	6	South Africa won[22]
18	Johnny Wardle	25 January 1957	England	South Africa	2	20.2[c]	61	5	Drawn[23]
19	Hugh Tayfield	25 January 1957	South Africa	England	3	37.7[c]	69	8	Drawn[23]
20	Neil Adcock	24 January 1958	South Africa	Australia	1	18[c]	43	6	Drawn[24]
21	Richie Benaud	24 January 1958	Australia	South Africa	2	50.7[c]	114	5	Drawn[24]
22	Peter Pollock[D]	8 December 1961	South Africa	New Zealand	4	20.3	38	6	South Africa won[25]
23	David Allen[E]	4 December 1964	England	South Africa	2	19.5	41	5	England won[26]
24	Fred Titmus[E]	4 December 1964	England	South Africa	3	45.5	66	5	England won[26]
25	Fanie de Villiers	26 December 1994	South Africa	New Zealand	1	24	64	5	South Africa won[27]
26	Simon Doull	26 December 1994	New Zealand	South Africa	2	29.5	73	5	South Africa won[27]
27	Venkatesh Prasad[F]	26 December 1996	India	South Africa	1	19	60	5	South Africa won[28]
28	Allan Donald	26 December 1996	South Africa	India	2	16	40	5	South Africa won[28]
29	Venkatesh Prasad[F]	26 December 1996	India	South Africa	3	25	93	5	South Africa won[28]
30	Allan Donald	26 February 1998	South Africa	Pakistan	1	19.2	79	5	Pakistan won[29]
31	Shoaib Akhtar	26 February 1998	Pakistan	South Africa	2	12	43	5	Pakistan won[29]
32	Shaun Pollock	26 February 1998	South Africa	Pakistan	3	22.3	50	6	Pakistan won[29]
33	Mushtaq Ahmed	26 February 1998	Pakistan	South Africa	4	37	78	6	Pakistan won[29]
34	Franklyn Rose	26 December 1998	West Indies	South Africa	2	28	84	7	South Africa won[30]
35	Shaun Pollock	26 December 1998	South Africa	West Indies	3	27	83	5	South Africa won[30]
36	Andy Caddick	26 December 1999	England	South Africa	2	16	46	7	Drawn[31]
37	Dilhara Fernando[G]	26 December 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	1	34	98	5	Drawn[32]
38	Muttiah Muralitharan[G][H]	26 December 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	1	58.3	122	5	Drawn[32]
39	Muttiah Muralitharan[H]	26 December 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	10	39	6	Drawn[32]
40	Nantie Hayward	26 December 2002	South Africa	Pakistan	2	10.4	56	5	South Africa won[33]
41	Makhaya Ntini	26 December 2003	South Africa	West Indies	1	25.5	66	5	South Africa won[34]
42	Brett Lee	24 March 2006	Australia	South Africa	2	19.4	69	5	Australia won[35]
43	Shane Warne	24 March 2006	Australia	South Africa	4	35.5	86	6	Australia won[35]
44	Makhaya Ntini	26 December 2006	South Africa	India	4	19	48	5	South Africa won[36]
45	Dale Steyn	10 January 2008	South Africa	West Indies	3	21.5	72	6	South Africa won[37]
46	Graeme Swann	26 December 2009	England	South Africa	3	21	54	5	England won[38]
47	Dale Steyn	26 December 2010	South Africa	India	1	19	50	6	India won[39]
48	Marchant de Lange[I]	26 December 2011	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	23.2	81	7	Sri Lanka won[40]
49	Chanaka Welegedara	26 December 2011	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	16.4	52	5	Sri Lanka won[40]
50	Dale Steyn	26 December 2011	South Africa	Sri Lanka	3	20	73	5	Sri Lanka won[40]
51	Rangana Herath	26 December 2011	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	30.3	79	5	Sri Lanka won[40]
52	Dale Steyn	26 December 2013	South Africa	India	1	30	100	6	South Africa won[41]
53	Ravindra Jadeja	26 December 2013	India	South Africa	2	58.2	138	6	South Africa won[41]
54	Dane Piedt	26 December 2015	South Africa	England	3	36	153	5	England won[42]
55	Keshav Maharaj	1 March 2018	South Africa	Australia	1	33.4	123	5	Australia won[43]
56	Mitchell Starc	1 March 2018	Australia	South Africa	2	10.4	34	5	Australia won[43]
57	Lasith Embuldeniya[J]	13 February 2019	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	26	66	5	Sri Lanka won[44]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Kingsmead

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Jean McNaughton	31 December 1960	South Africa	England	2	19	39	6	England won[45]
2	Jill Saulbrey	10 March 1972	New Zealand	South Africa	2	39	32	5	New Zealand won[46]
3	Jackie Lord	10 March 1972	New Zealand	South Africa	4	23.2	24	5	New Zealand won[46]

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
1	Waqar Younis	9 February 1993	Pakistan	South Africa[b]	2	10	25	5	Pakistan won[47]
2	Austin Codrington[K]	11 February 2003[e]	Canada	Bangladesh	2	9	27	5	Canada won[48]
3	Ashish Nehra	26 February 2003[e]	India	England	2	10	23	6	India won[49]
4	Kyle Mills	27 November 2007	New Zealand	South Africa	2	10	25	5	South Africa won[50]

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
1	David Wiese	14 January 2015	South Africa	West Indies	2	4	23	5	South Africa won[51]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Twenty20 Internationals at Kingsmead

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Shabnim Ismail	31 January 2021	South Africa	Pakistan	2	4	12	5	South Africa won[52]

Notes

1. The South Africa Red Ensign was used as a de facto national flag following the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 until May 1928.^[9]
2. This version of the Flag of South Africa was used between May 1928 and April 1994.
3. Eight-ball overs were used in this match.
4. This was a Timeless Test and play took place on ten days. It was drawn only because the England team had to leave South Africa on a ship which was scheduled to depart.^[18]
5. This match was part of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

1. Grimmett took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
2. Perks took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
3. McCarthy took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
4. Pollock took his five wicket haul on his Test match debut.
5. Allen took his five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match and Titmus his in the third innings after South Africa were asked to follow on.
6. Prasad took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
7. Fernando and Muralitharan took five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
8. Muralitharan took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
9. de Lange took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
10. Embuldeniya took his five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
11. Coddrington took his five-wicket haul on his international debut. Canada had not played an ODI since 1979 before this match so all 11 Canadian players made their international debut in the match.