In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[1][2] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. A five-wicket haul on debut is regarded by the critics as a notable achievement.[3][4] As of May 2021, 159 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on Test match debut,[5] out of which twenty-four were from the South Africa national cricket team.[6] The five-wicket hauls have come against six different opponents, and the South Africans have performed this feat fifteen times against England.[7] Of the twenty-two matches where a South African debutant has taken a five-wicket haul, twelve have ended in defeat, six in victory and the other four in a draw. The five-wicket hauls were taken at eleven different venues, with six of them being taken at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.[8]
Albert Rose-Innes was the first South African to take a five-wicket haul on Test cricket debut. He took 5 wickets for 43 runs against England in 1889.[lower-alpha 1] In the second Test of the series, Gobo Ashley took 7 wickets for 95 runs, in what turned out to be his only appearance in Test cricket.[10] When the country was re-admitted to play competitive cricket in 1991, Lance Klusener became the first debutant to take a five-wicket haul.[lower-alpha 2] His 8 wickets for 64 runs against India in November 1996 remain the best bowling figures in an innings by a South African on debut.[lower-alpha 3] Sydney Burke and Alf Hall are the only South African debutants to collect 10 or more wickets in a match as of February 2015.[lower-alpha 4][14] Klusener's figures, along with George Bissett's 5 for 37 runs, were included among the "Top 100 Bowling performances of all time" by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002.[15] Beuran Hendricks is the most recent South African cricketer to achieve this feat, taking figures of 5 wickets for 64 runs against England in January 2020.[6]
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Notes
- ↑ The match marked his debut in first-class cricket.[9]
- ↑ The International Cricket Council had suspended South Africa in 1970 because of the government's apartheid policy.[11][12]
- ↑ As of February 2015, the figures are the fourth-best by any bowler on debut.[13]
- ↑ Hall's figures of 11 wickets for 112 runs are the best bowling figures in a match by a South Africa debutant.[6]
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McGrath didn't get the five-for that he had hoped for...
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... I'd rather take five-wicket haul (five wickets) for England ...
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