List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at McLean Park

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McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand which has hosted international rugby union and cricket matches as well as provincial sports matches. It is one of the home grounds of the Central Districts cricket team and the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union. It has hosted international cricket matches since 1979, the first Test match at the ground taking place between New Zealand and Pakistan in February of that year. It was first used for One Day International (ODI) cricket during the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup and the first Twenty20 International match played on the ground took place in 2017. The ground has a capacity of 10,500 spectators for international matches.

McLean Park in Napier, New Zealand
Bowlers have taken fourteen five-wicket hauls in Tests and five five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches played at McLean Park.

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. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at McLean Park was Imran Khan in the ground's inaugural Test; he finished with bowling figures of 5 wickets for 106 runs. Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas became the first cricketer to take two five-wicket hauls at McLean Park, when he took 5 for 47 and 5 for 43 in the first Test of Sri Lanka's 1994–95 tour of New Zealand. The best figures in Test cricket at McLean Park are 7 for 47, taken by England's Ryan Sidebottom against New Zealand in March 2008.

As of March 2019 As of March 2019, five bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls during ODIs at McLean Park. Zimbabwe's fast-medium pace bowler Charlie Lock was the first to achieve the feat when he took 5 wickets for 44 runs against New Zealand for the touring Zimbabweans in 1995–96. The best figures in ODI cricket are 5 for 30, secured by Sri Lanka's spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan against New Zealand in March 1995.

Key

Symbol Meaning
Date Day the Test match started or the ODI was held
Inn Innings in which the 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 27 December 2019

A total of 14 five-wicket hauls have been achieved in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at McLean Park
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Imran Khan 16 February 1979   Pakistan   New Zealand 2 33 106 6 Drawn
2 Danny Morrison 9 February 1990   New Zealand   India 1 38 98 5 Drawn
3 Chaminda Vaas 11 March 1995   Sri Lanka   New Zealand 2 18.5 47 5 Sri Lanka won
4 Chaminda Vaas 11 March 1995   Sri Lanka   New Zealand 4 26.4 43 5 Sri Lanka won
5 Muttiah Muralitharan 11 March 1995   Sri Lanka   New Zealand 4 36 64 5 Sri Lanka won
6 Lasith Malinga 4 April 2005   Sri Lanka   New Zealand 3 24.4 80 5 Drawn
7 Tim Southee 22 March 2008   New Zealand   England 1 23.1 55 5 England won
8 Ryan Sidebottom 22 March 2008   England   New Zealand 2 21.4 47 7 England won
9 Monty Panesar 22 March 2008   England   New Zealand 4 46 126 6 England won
10 Iain O'Brien 19 December 2008   New Zealand   West Indies 1 26 75 6 Drawn
11 Fidel Edwards 19 December 2008   West Indies   New Zealand 2 29.4 87 7 Drawn
12 Jeetan Patel 19 December 2008   New Zealand   West Indies 3 46 110 5 Drawn
13 Danish Kaneria 11 December 2009   Pakistan   New Zealand 2 53 168 7 Drawn
14 Chris Martin 26 January 2012   New Zealand   Zimbabwe 3 8.3 26 6 New Zealand won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 December 2019

Five One Day International matches have seen five-wicket hauls taken on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at McLean Park
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Charlie Lock 3 February 1996   Zimbabwe   New Zealand 2 8.1 44 5 Zimbabwe won
2 Chris Cairns 12 February 1998   New Zealand   Australia 1 7.4 42 5 New Zealand won
3 Muttiah Muralitharan 31 January 2001   Sri Lanka   New Zealand 2 7.5 30 5 Sri Lanka won
4 Morné Morkel 29 February 2012   South Africa   New Zealand 1 9.3 38 5 South Africa won
5 James Anderson 20 February 2013   England   New Zealand 1 9.5 34 5 England won

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