List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Basin Reserve

A view of Basin Reserve with the stands and carillon in the background

Basin Reserve is a cricket stadium in the New Zealand city of Wellington. It has hosted international cricket matches since 1930 and is the oldest Test cricket ground in the country still in use, with the first Test match on the ground being played in January 1930 between New Zealand and England. It has hosted men's and women's Test and One Day International (ODI) matches, as well as women's Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. As of February 2019, the ground has been the venue for 66 Test matches, 45 ODIs and two women's T20I matches.

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. As of February 2019, there have been 75 five-wicket hauls on the ground, 69 in Test matches and six in ODIs.

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul on the ground was Frank Woolley, who took seven wickets for 76 runs for England in the ground's first Test match in 1930. Jack Cowie was the first New Zealander to accomplish the feat, doing so in 1949. The best innings bowling figures on the ground were Richard Hadlee's 7/23 against India in 1976. The first five-wicket haul in an ODI was taken by Lyn Fullston, who took 5/27 for Australia Women against New Zealand in January 1982.

Key

Symbol Meaning
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken
ONumber of overs bowled
RNumber of runs conceded
WNumber of wickets taken
ResultResult of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 3 March 2024

There have been 78 five-wicket hauls taken in Test matches on the ground, 76 in men's Tests and two in women's Tests.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Basin Reserve
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Frank Woolley24 January 1930 England New Zealand128.3767Drawn
2Quintin McMillan4 March 1932 South Africa New Zealand1291255South Africa won
3Bill O'Reilly29 March 1946 Australia New Zealand112145Australia won
4Jack Cowie29 March 1946 New Zealand Australia221406Australia won
5Doug Wright24 March 1951 England New Zealand119485England won
6Roy Tattersall24 March 1951 England New Zealand321446England won
7Denis Atkinson3 March 1956 West Indies New Zealand331665West Indies won
8Peter Pollock21 February 1964 South Africa New Zealand231.5476Drawn
9Asif Iqbal22 January 1965 Pakistan New Zealand125485Drawn
10Erapalli Prasanna29 February 1968 India New Zealand118.2325India won
11Bapu Nadkarni29 February 1968 India New Zealand330435India won
12[...] Motz7 March 1969 New Zealand West Indies118696New Zealand won
13Prof Edwards7 March 1969 West Indies New Zealand224.7845New Zealand won
14Richard Hadlee13 February 1976 New Zealand India38.3237New Zealand won
15Chris Old10 February 1978 England New Zealand130546New Zealand won
16Bob Willis10 February 1978 England New Zealand315325New Zealand won
17Richard Hadlee10 February 1978 New Zealand England413.3266New Zealand won
18Lance Cairns21 February 1981 New Zealand India219.4335New Zealand won
19Vinothen John11 March 1983 Sri Lanka New Zealand225.2605New Zealand won
20Ian Botham20 January 1984 England New Zealand127.4595Drawn
21Lance Cairns20 January 1984 New Zealand England2451437Drawn
22Azeem Hafeez18 January 1985 Pakistan New Zealand1481275Drawn
23Stephen Boock18 January 1985 New Zealand Pakistan2451175Drawn
24Joel Garner20 February 1987 West Indies New Zealand127515Drawn
25Saleem Jaffar10 February 1989 Pakistan New Zealand317405Drawn
26Richard Hadlee15 March 1990 New Zealand Australia116.2395New Zealand won
27John Bracewell15 March 1990 New Zealand Australia334.2856New Zealand won
28Danny Morrison31 January 1991 New Zealand Sri Lanka2441535Drawn
29Danny Morrison4 March 1993 New Zealand Australia226.4897Drawn
30Wasim Akram17 February 1994 Pakistan New Zealand3371197Pakistan won
31Courtney Walsh10 February 1995 West Indies New Zealand220.4377West Indies won
32Courtney Walsh10 February 1995 West Indies New Zealand315.2186West Indies won
33Darren Gough6 February 1997 England New Zealand116405England won
34Simon Doull6 February 1997 New Zealand England228755England won
35Simon Doull26 December 1998 New Zealand India124657New Zealand won
36Shaun Pollock18 March 1999 South Africa New Zealand128.3335South Africa won
37Chris Cairns26 December 1999 New Zealand West Indies219445New Zealand won
38Chris Martin26 December 2000 New Zealand Zimbabwe232.5715Drawn
39Andy Caddick21 March 2002 England New Zealand228.3636England won
40Zaheer Khan12 December 2002 India New Zealand225535New Zealand won
41Shoaib Akhtar26 December 2003 Pakistan New Zealand120.3485Pakistan won
42Ian Butler26 December 2003 New Zealand Pakistan220466Pakistan won
43Shoaib Akhtar26 December 2003 Pakistan New Zealand318306Pakistan won
44Chris Martin26 March 2004 New Zealand South Africa220555South Africa won
45Chris Martin11 April 2005 New Zealand Sri Lanka120545New Zealand won
46Chaminda Vaas11 April 2005 Sri Lanka New Zealand2401086New Zealand won
47James Franklin17 March 2006 New Zealand West Indies120535New Zealand won
48Fidel Edwards17 March 2006 West Indies New Zealand215.3655New Zealand won
49Lasith Malinga15 December 2006 Sri Lanka New Zealand218685Sri Lanka won
50Daniel Vettori15 December 2006 New Zealand Sri Lanka342.31307Sri Lanka won
51Muttiah Muralitharan15 December 2006 Sri Lanka New Zealand434.1876Sri Lanka won
52Chris Martin12 January 2008 New Zealand Bangladesh116655New Zealand won
53Jimmy Anderson13 March 2008 England New Zealand220735England won
54Ryan Sidebottom13 March 2008 England New Zealand431735England won
55Zaheer Khan3 April 2009 India New Zealand218655Drawn
56Mohammad Asif3 December 2009 Pakistan New Zealand423.5675Pakistan won
57Doug Bollinger19 March 2010 Australia New Zealand213285Australia won
58Mark Gillespie23 March 2012 New Zealand South Africa133.41136Drawn
59Vernon Philander23 March 2012 South Africa New Zealand222816Drawn
60Morne Morkel23 March 2012 South Africa New Zealand416.4236Drawn
61Stuart Broad14 March 2013 England New Zealand217.2516Drawn
62Trent Boult11 December 2013 New Zealand West Indies215406New Zealand won
63Ishant Sharma14 February 2014 India New Zealand117516Drawn
64Zaheer Khan14 February 2014 India New Zealand3511705Drawn
65Keshav Maharaj16 March 2017 South Africa New Zealand320.2406South Africa won
66Neil Wagner1 December 2017 New Zealand West Indies114.4397New Zealand won
67Tim Southee15 December 2018 New Zealand Sri Lanka127686Drawn
68Neil Wagner8 March 2019 New Zealand Bangladesh314455New Zealand won
69Ishant Sharma21 February 2020 India New Zealand222.2685New Zealand won
70Tim Southee21 February 2020 New Zealand India321615New Zealand won
71Kyle Jamieson11 December 2020 New Zealand West Indies213345New Zealand won
72Tim Southee11 December 2020 New Zealand West Indies217.4325New Zealand won
73Jack Leach24 February 2023 England New Zealand261.31575New Zealand won
74Matt Henry29 February 2024 New Zealand Australia130.1705Australia won
75Glenn Phillips29 February 2024 New Zealand Australia316455Australia won
76Nathan Lyon29 February 2024 Australia New Zealand427656Australia won

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test matches at Basin Reserve
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Betty Wilson20 March 1948 Australia New Zealand314286Australia won
2Enid Bakewell15 February 1969 England New Zealand141.5405Drawn

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 23 February 2019

There have been six five-wicket hauls in ODIs on the ground, one in a women's ODI and five in men's ODIs.

Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day International matches at Basin Reserve
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Lyn Fullston28 January 1982 Australia New Zealand26275Australia won
Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at Basin Reserve
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Terry Alderman20 February 1982 Australia New Zealand110175Australia won
2Vic Marks22 February 1984 England New Zealand110205England won
3Wasim Akram26 December 1992 Pakistan New Zealand29195Pakistan won
4Anil Kumble30 March 1994 India New Zealand210335India won
5Shayne O'Connor6 February 1998 New Zealand Zimbabwe110395New Zealand won

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