St George's Park Cricket Ground is a sports ground in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the home of the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa, and the Eastern Province cricket team. The first Test match played in South Africa took place on the ground in 1889 and it also hosted the first rugby union international played by South Africa in 1891. The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground was played in 1992 following South Africa's readmission to international cricket after the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era, and the first Twenty20 International (T20I) on the ground was played in 2007.[1] The only women's international match to be played on the ground was a Test match in 1960.[2]
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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 and One Day Internationals.
The first Test match at St George's Park took place in 1889. A South African representative side played against a touring side of English players organised by Major RG Warton. In 1897 the match was retrospectively awarded Test match status, making this South Africa's first Test match and, because South Africa did not have any first-class cricket teams at the time, the inaugural first-class match played in South Africa.[4][5] The first five-wicket hauls in Test matches on the ground were taken during this Test, the first by England's Aubrey Smith who took five wickets for the cost of 19 runs in the only Test match of his career. South Africa's Albert Rose-Innes took his own five-wicket haul later in the same match.[5] The best Test match innings bowling figures on the ground were the 8/7 taken by England's George Lohmann in South Africa's second innings of a match in 1896. Lohmann had already taken 7/38 in South Africa's first innings of the game, and his match figures of 15 wickets for 45 runs are also the best on the ground.[2]
The first five-wicket haul in a One Day International on the ground was taken by Rudie van Vuuren of Namibia against England at the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[6] The best ODI bowling figures on the ground were taken by Andy Bichel of Australia, who took 7/20, also against England during the same competition.[7] As of March 2020[update] no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground.[2]
Key
editSymbol | Meaning |
---|---|
Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held |
Inn | Innings in which the five-wicket haul was taken |
O | Number of overs bowled by the bowler in the innings |
R | Number of runs conceded by the bowler in the innings |
W | Number of wickets taken by the bowler in the innings |
Result | Result of the match |
Test match five-wicket hauls
edit- As of 10 April 2022
There have been 36 five-wicket hauls taken in Test matches on the ground.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Aubrey Smith[A] | 12 March 1889 | England | South Africa[a] | 1 | 13.2[b] | 19 | 5 | England won[9] |
2 | Albert Rose-Innes[B] | 12 March 1889 | South Africa | England | 2 | 18[b] | 43 | 5 | England won[9] |
3 | Bonnor Middleton[C] | 13 February 1896 | South Africa | England | 1 | 25.4[c] | 64 | 5 | England won[10] |
4 | George Lohmann[D] | 13 February 1896 | England | South Africa | 2 | 15.4[c] | 38 | 7 | England won[10] |
5 | George Lohmann[D] | 13 February 1896 | England | South Africa | 4 | 9.4[c] | 7 | 8 | England won[10] |
6 | Athol Rowan | 5 March 1949 | South Africa[d] | England | 2 | 60[e] | 167 | 5 | England won[13] |
7 | Frank Tyson | 1 March 1957 | England | South Africa | 3 | 23[e] | 40 | 6 | South Africa won[14] |
8 | Hugh Tayfield | 1 March 1957 | South Africa | England | 4 | 24.3[e] | 78 | 6 | South Africa won[14] |
9 | Alan Davidson[E] | 28 February 1958 | Australia | South Africa | 3 | 26.1[e] | 38 | 5 | Australia won[15] |
10 | Richie Benaud[E] | 28 February 1958 | Australia | South Africa | 3 | 33[e] | 82 | 5 | Australia won[15] |
11 | Graham McKenzie | 24 February 1967 | Australia | South Africa | 2 | 35 | 65 | 5 | South Africa won[16] |
12 | Alan Connolly | 5 March 1970 | Australia | South Africa | 1 | 28.2 | 47 | 6 | South Africa won[17] |
13 | Mike Procter | 5 March 1970 | South Africa | Australia | 4 | 24 | 73 | 6 | South Africa won[17] |
14 | Allan Donald[F] | 26 December 1992 | South Africa | India | 1 | 27 | 55 | 5 | South Africa won[18] |
15 | Allan Donald[F] | 26 December 1992 | South Africa | India | 3 | 28 | 84 | 7 | South Africa won[18] |
16 | Jason Gillespie | 14 March 1997 | Australia | South Africa | 1 | 23 | 54 | 5 | Australia won[19] |
17 | Waqar Younis | 6 March 1998 | Pakistan | South Africa | 1 | 23 | 78 | 6 | South Africa won[20] |
18 | Fanie de Villiers | 6 March 1998 | South Africa | Pakistan | 2 | 11.5 | 23 | 6 | South Africa won[20] |
19 | Shaun Pollock | 10 December 1998 | South Africa | West Indies | 2 | 13.3 | 43 | 5 | South Africa won[21] |
20 | Curtly Ambrose | 10 December 1998 | West Indies | South Africa | 3 | 19 | 51 | 6 | South Africa won[21] |
21 | Allan Donald | 10 December 1998 | South Africa | West Indies | 4 | 14.2 | 49 | 5 | South Africa won[21] |
22 | Javagal Srinath | 16 November 2001 | India | South Africa | 1 | 30 | 76 | 6 | Drawn[22] |
23 | Shaun Pollock | 16 November 2001 | South Africa | India | 2 | 16 | 40 | 5 | Drawn[22] |
24 | Makhaya Ntini | 19 January 2007 | South Africa | Pakistan | 2 | 21 | 59 | 6 | Pakistan won[23] |
25 | Mohammad Asif | 19 January 2007 | Pakistan | South Africa | 3 | 38 | 76 | 5 | Pakistan won[23] |
26 | Dale Steyn | 11 January 2013 | South Africa | New Zealand | 2 | 13 | 17 | 5 | South Africa won[24] |
27 | Nathan Lyon | 20 February 2014 | Australia | South Africa | 1 | 46 | 130 | 5 | South Africa won[25] |
28 | Suranga Lakmal | 26 December 2016 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 1 | 27 | 63 | 5 | South Africa won[26] |
29 | Vernon Philander | 26 December 2016 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 20 | 45 | 5 | South Africa won[26] |
30 | Morné Morkel[G] | 26 December 2017 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | 2 | 11 | 21 | 5 | South Africa won[27] |
31 | Keshav Maharaj[G] | 26 December 2017 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | 3 | 17.3 | 59 | 5 | South Africa won[27] |
32 | Kagiso Rabada | 9 March 2018 | South Africa | Australia | 1 | 21 | 96 | 5 | South Africa won[28] |
33 | Kagiso Rabada | 9 March 2018 | South Africa | Australia | 3 | 22 | 54 | 6 | South Africa won[28] |
34 | Keshav Maharaj | 16 January 2020 | South Africa | England | 1 | 58 | 180 | 5 | England won[29] |
35 | Dominic Bess | 16 January 2020 | England | South Africa | 2 | 31 | 51 | 5 | England won[29] |
36 | Taijul Islam | 8 April 2022 | Bangladesh | South Africa | 1 | 50 | 135 | 6 | South Africa won[30] |
37 | Keshav Maharaj | 8 April 2022 | South Africa | Bangladesh | 4 | 12 | 40 | 7 | South Africa won[30] |
One Day International five-wicket hauls
edit- As of 21 January 2020
Six five-wicket hauls have been taken in ODIs on the ground.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rudie van Vuuren | 19 February 2003[f] | Namibia | England | 1 | 10 | 43 | 5 | England won[31] |
2 | Andy Bichel | 2 March 2003[f] | Australia | England | 1 | 10 | 20 | 7 | Australia won[32] |
3 | Shane Bond[H] | 11 March 2003[f] | New Zealand | Australia | 1 | 10 | 23 | 6 | Australia won[33] |
4 | Brett Lee[H] | 11 March 2003[f] | Australia | New Zealand | 2 | 9.1 | 42 | 5 | Australia won[33] |
5 | James Anderson | 29 November 2009 | England | South Africa | 1 | 10 | 23 | 5 | England won[34] |
6 | Dale Steyn | 27 November 2013 | South Africa | Pakistan | 1 | 9 | 39 | 6 | Pakistan won[35] |
Notes
edit- ^ The British colonies in South Africa did not use a common flag until 1910 when the Union of South Africa was created and the South Africa Red Ensign was used as the de facto flag for the colony.[8]
- ^ a b Four-ball overs were used in this match
- ^ a b c Five-ball overs were used in this match.
- ^ This version of the Flag of South Africa was used between May 1928 and April 1994.
- ^ a b c d e Eight-ball overs were used in this match
- ^ a b c d This match was part of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
- ^ This was Smith's only Test match.
- ^ Rose-Innes, along with the entire South African team, made his Test match debut in this match.
- ^ Middleston made his Test match debut in this match.
- ^ a b Lohmann took five-wicket hauls in both South African innings. His match figures of 15/45 are the best Test match figures taken on the ground and his 8/7 in the South African second innings are the best innings bowing figures on the ground in Test matches.[2] His second five-wicket haul of the match included a hat-trick taken with the last three balls of the innings, the first to be taken to end a match.[11][12]
- ^ a b Davidson and Benaud took their five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
- ^ a b Donald took two five-wicket-wicket hauls in the match.
- ^ a b Morkel took his five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match and Maharaj in the third after Zimbabwe were asked to follow on after their first innings.
- ^ a b Bond and Lee took their five-wicket hauls in the same ODI.
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