The WACA Ground is a sport ground in Perth, Western Australia. The ground was established in 1893 and operated by the Western Australian Cricket Association. It hosted its first Test match in 1970 when Australia played England. The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground was played in 1980 and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) was played in 2007.[1] Women's Test cricket was first played on the ground in 1958, the first women's on the ground ODI was played in 2005 and the first women's T20I on the ground was played in 2020.[2]
The last Test match was played on the ground in 2017 with major international matches moving to the modern Perth Stadium.[3][4][5] The ground continues to be used by Western Australia and for women's international matches,[1] hosting five matches in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[6]
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.[7] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches.[a]
The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on the WACA Ground was Australian Jeff Thomson, who took five wickets at a cost of 93 runs (5/93) in 1974 against England in the second Test played on the ground.[8][9][10] The best innings bowling figures in Test matches were achieved by Glenn McGrath who took 8/24 for Australia against Pakistan in 2004.[11] The only woman to take a five-wicket haul on the ground is Australia's Ellyse Perry who took 5/28 in a Test match in 2014.[12] The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was taken by New Zealander Richard Hadlee who took 5/32 against India in the first ODI played on the ground in 1980.[13][b]
Key
editSymbol | 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
edit- As of 21 February 2020
A total of 61 five-wicket hauls were taken in Test matches on the WACA Ground, 60 of them in men's matches and one in a women's Test.
Men's matches
editNo. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeff Thomson | 13 December 1974 | Australia | England | 3 | 25[c] | 93 | 5 | Australia won[14] |
2 | Andy Roberts | 12 December 1975 | West Indies | Australia | 3 | 14[c] | 54 | 7 | West Indies won[15] |
3 | Bishan Bedi[A] | 16 December 1977 | India | Australia | 2 | 31[c] | 89 | 5 | Australia won[16] |
4 | Bishan Bedi[A] | 16 December 1977 | India | Australia | 4 | 30.2[c] | 105 | 5 | Australia won[16] |
5 | Rodney Hogg[B] | 15 December 1978 | Australia | England | 1 | 30.5[c] | 65 | 5 | England won[17] |
6 | Bob Willis | 15 December 1978 | England | Australia | 2 | 18.5[c] | 44 | 5 | England won[17] |
7 | Rodney Hogg[B] | 15 December 1978 | Australia | England | 3 | 17[c] | 57 | 5 | England won[17] |
8 | Alan Hurst | 24 March 1979 | Australia | Pakistan | 3 | 24.7[c] | 94 | 5 | Australia won[18] |
9 | Ian Botham[C] | 14 December 1979 | England | Australia | 1 | 35 | 78 | 6 | Australia won[19] |
10 | Ian Botham[C] | 14 December 1979 | England | Australia | 3 | 45.5 | 98 | 5 | Australia won[19] |
11 | Geoff Dymock | 14 December 1979 | Australia | England | 4 | 17.2 | 34 | 6 | Australia won[19] |
12 | Dennis Lillee | 12 December 1980 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 23.5 | 63 | 5 | Australia won[20] |
13 | Richard Hadlee | 12 December 1980 | New Zealand | Australia | 2 | 27 | 87 | 5 | Australia won[20] |
14 | Dennis Lillee | 13 November 1981 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 9 | 18 | 5 | Australia won[21] |
15 | Bruce Yardley | 13 November 1981 | Australia | Pakistan | 4 | 25.5 | 84 | 6 | Australia won[21] |
16 | Bruce Yardley | 12 November 1982 | Australia | England | 1 | 42.4 | 107 | 5 | Drawn[22] |
17 | Geoff Lawson | 12 November 1982 | Australia | England | 3 | 32 | 108 | 5 | Drawn[22] |
18 | Azeem Hafeez | 11 November 1983 | Pakistan | Australia | 1 | 27.3 | 100 | 5 | Australia won[23] |
19 | Carl Rackemann[D] | 11 November 1983 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 8 | 32 | 5 | Australia won[23] |
20 | Carl Rackemann[D] | 11 November 1983 | Australia | Pakistan | 3 | 26 | 86 | 6 | Australia won[23] |
21 | Terry Alderman | 9 November 1984 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | 39 | 128 | 6 | West Indies won[24] |
22 | Michael Holding | 9 November 1984 | West Indies | Australia | 2 | 9.2 | 21 | 6 | West Indies won[24] |
23 | Richard Hadlee[E] | 30 November 1985 | New Zealand | Australia | 1 | 26.5 | 65 | 5 | New Zealand won[25] |
24 | Richard Hadlee[E] | 30 November 1985 | New Zealand | Australia | 3 | 39 | 90 | 6 | New Zealand won[25] |
25 | Steve Waugh | 28 November 1986 | Australia | England | 3 | 21.3 | 69 | 5 | Drawn[26] |
26 | Merv Hughes | 12 February 1988 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 3 | 21 | 67 | 5 | Australia won[27] |
27 | Merv Hughes[F] | 2 December 1988 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | 36.1 | 130 | 5 | West Indies won[29] |
28 | Curtly Ambrose | 2 December 1988 | West Indies | Australia | 2 | 23.3 | 72 | 5 | West Indies won[29] |
29 | Merv Hughes[F] | 2 December 1988 | Australia | West Indies | 3 | 37 | 87 | 8 | West Indies won[29] |
30 | Craig McDermott | 1 February 1991 | Australia | England | 1 | 24.4 | 97 | 8 | Australia won[30] |
31 | Manoj Prabhakar | 1 February 1992 | India | Australia | 1 | 32.5 | 101 | 5 | Australia won[31] |
32 | Mike Whitney | 1 February 1992 | Australia | India | 4 | 12.1 | 27 | 7 | Australia won[31] |
33 | Curtly Ambrose | 30 January 1993 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | 18 | 25 | 7 | West Indies won[32] |
34 | Ian Bishop | 30 January 1993 | West Indies | Australia | 3 | 16 | 40 | 6 | West Indies won[32] |
35 | Craig McDermott | 3 February 1995 | Australia | England | 4 | 15 | 38 | 6 | Australia won[33] |
36 | Curtly Ambrose | 1 February 1997 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | 18 | 43 | 5 | West Indies won[34] |
37 | Paul Reiffel | 1 February 1997 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | 26 | 73 | 5 | West Indies won[34] |
38 | Courtney Walsh | 1 February 1997 | West Indies | Australia | 3 | 20 | 74 | 5 | West Indies won[34] |
39 | Simon Cook[G] | 20 November 1997 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 10.2 | 39 | 5 | Australia won[35] |
40 | Damien Fleming | 28 November 1998 | Australia | England | 1 | 14 | 46 | 5 | Australia won[36] |
41 | Jason Gillespie | 28 November 1998 | Australia | England | 3 | 15.2 | 88 | 5 | Australia won[36] |
42 | Mohammad Akram | 26 November 1999 | Pakistan | Australia | 2 | 27.5 | 138 | 5 | Australia won[37] |
43 | Brett Lee | 1 December 2000 | Australia | West Indies | 3 | 15 | 61 | 5 | Australia won[38] |
44 | Daniel Vettori | 30 November 2001 | New Zealand | Australia | 2 | 34.4 | 87 | 6 | Drawn[39] |
45 | Craig White | 29 November 2002 | New Zealand | Australia | 2 | 23.1 | 127 | 5 | Australia won[40] |
46 | Shoaib Akhtar | 16 December 2004 | Pakistan | Australia | 1 | 22 | 99 | 5 | Australia won[41] |
47 | Michael Kasprowicz | 16 December 2004 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 16.3 | 30 | 5 | Australia won[41] |
48 | Glenn McGrath[H] | 16 December 2004 | Australia | Pakistan | 4 | 16 | 24 | 8 | Australia won[41] |
49 | Makhaya Ntini | 16 December 2005 | South Africa | Australia | 1 | 19 | 64 | 5 | Drawn[42] |
50 | Brett Lee | 16 December 2005 | Australia | South Africa | 2 | 22.2 | 93 | 5 | Drawn[42] |
51 | Monty Panesar | 14 December 2006 | England | Australia | 1 | 24 | 92 | 5 | Australia won[43] |
52 | Mitchell Johnson | 17 December 2008 | Australia | South Africa | 2 | 24 | 61 | 8 | South Africa won[44] |
53 | Doug Bollinger | 16 December 2009 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | 20 | 70 | 5 | Australia won[45] |
54 | Mitchell Johnson | 16 December 2010 | Australia | England | 2 | 17.3 | 38 | 6 | Australia won[46] |
55 | Chris Tremlett | 16 December 2010 | England | Australia | 3 | 24 | 87 | 5 | Australia won[46] |
56 | Ryan Harris | 16 December 2010 | Australia | England | 4 | 11 | 47 | 6 | Australia won[46] |
57 | Umesh Yadav | 13 January 2012 | India | Australia | 2 | 17 | 93 | 5 | Australia won[47] |
58 | Mitchell Starc | 30 November 2012 | Australia | South Africa | 3 | 28.5 | 154 | 6 | South Africa won[48] |
59 | Kagiso Rabada | 3 November 2016 | South Africa | Australia | 4 | 31 | 92 | 5 | South Africa won[49] |
60 | Josh Hazlewood | 14 December 2017 | Australia | England | 3 | 18 | 48 | 5 | Australia won[50] |
Women's matches
editNo. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ellyse Perry | 10 January 2014 | Australia | England | 3 | 20 | 28 | 5 | England won[51] |
One Day International five-wicket hauls
edit- As of 21 February 2020
In One Day International matches on the ground a total of 12 five-wicket hauls were taken.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Richard Hadlee | 9 December 1980 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 9 | 32 | 5 | India won[52] |
2 | Joel Garner | 3 January 1987 | West Indies | England | 1 | 10 | 47 | 5 | England won[53] |
3 | Tony Dodemaide[I] | 2 January 1988 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 2 | 7.2 | 21 | 5 | Australia won[54] |
4 | Ian Bishop | 1 January 1989 | West Indies | Pakistan | 1 | 10 | 27 | 5 | West Indies won[55] |
5 | Ravi Shastri[J] | 8 December 1991 | India | Australia | 2 | 6.5 | 15 | 5 | India won[56] |
6 | Ottis Gibson | 14 January 1996 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 1 | 10 | 40 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[57] |
7 | Mark Ealham | 29 January 1999 | England | Sri Lanka | 2 | 10 | 32 | 5 | England won[58] |
8 | Ryan Harris | 29 January 2010 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 9.5 | 19 | 5 | Australia won[59] |
9 | Mitchell Starc | 1 February 2013 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | 6.5 | 20 | 5 | Australia won[60] |
10 | Mitchell Starc | 3 February 2013 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | 8 | 32 | 5 | Australia won[61] |
11 | Morne Morkel[K] | 16 November 2014 | South Africa | Australia | 1 | 8 | 21 | 5 | South Africa won[62] |
12 | Josh Hazlewood[K] | 16 November 2014 | Australia | South Africa | 2 | 9.4 | 31 | 5 | South Africa won[62] |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Bedi took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
- ^ a b Hogg took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
- ^ a b Botham took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
- ^ a b Rackemann took two five-wicket hauls in the same match. He took his first in the second innings of the match and his second in the third innings after Pakistan were asked to follow on.
- ^ a b Hadlee took two five-wicket hauls in the same match.
- ^ a b Hughes took two five-wicket hauls in the same match. His eight wickets in West Indies second innings was the first time that eight wickets had been taken in an international match on the ground. His wickets included a hat-trick split over both West Indies' innings.[28]
- ^ Cook took hs five-wicket haul on his Test match debut.
- ^ McGrath's innings bowling figures of 8/24 are the best in international cricket on the ground.
- ^ Dodemaide took his five-wicket haul on his ODI debut.
- ^ Shastri's figures of 5/15 are the best innings bowling figures in an ODI on the ground.
- ^ a b Morkel and Hazlewood took their five-wicket hauls in the same ODI.
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