List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Brabourne Stadium

Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Image shows the playing field, part of west stand and the art-deco pavilion. Floodlight tower stands next to pavilion on the left.
Bowlers have taken thirteen five-wicket hauls in Tests and one fifer in One Day International matches played at Brabourne.

Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai, India. It is the home of the Cricket Club of India and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches (including seventeen finals) and Indian Premier League matches, as well as being a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) venue. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The ground has hosted 18 Test matches, the first in 1948 when India played the West Indies. It has also staged nine ODI matches, the first of which was in 1989 when Australia lost to Pakistan by 66 runs. One T20I has been played at the ground when India beat Australia by seven wickets in 2007. This was also the first T20I to be played in India. Of the nine ODIs played at the stadium, five matches (including the final) were staged during the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006.

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 Brabourne Stadium was Prior Jones in 1949, for the West Indies against India. The first Indian to take a five-wicket haul in a Test at the Brabourne was Vinoo Mankad, who did so in a game against Pakistan in 1952. B. S. Chandrasekhar is the only bowler to have taken two five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground, doing so against the West Indies in 1966 and against England in 1973. Chandrasekhar is also the only bowler to have taken ten wickets in a match at Brabourne, he took eleven wickets against the West Indies in 1966. Twelve bowlers have taken thirteen five-wicket hauls at the ground. Sri Lankan bowler Farveez Maharoof's five wicket haul against the West Indies in 2006, is the only one achieved during an ODI. Khaleel Ahmed's three wickets for thirteen runs in an ODI versus West Indies in 2018 are the best figures by an Indian at the ground in the fifty over format. The best bowling figures in the only T20I staged at the ground featuring India and Australia in 2007 are Irfan Pathan's two wickets for thirty-four runs.

Key

Indian fast-bowler Zaheer Khan walking up to his run-up in the middle of an over. Khan is a dark skinned person, wearing a white shirt. The cricket field can be seen in the background.
Zaheer Khan is one of the twelve bowlers who have taken a five-wicket haul at the Brabourne Stadium in Test matches.
Symbol Meaning
† The bowler was man of the match
‡ 10 or more wickets taken in the match
§ One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken
OversNumber of overs bowled
RunsNumber of runs conceded
WktsNumber of wickets taken
EconRuns conceded per over
BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken
ResultResult of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Brabourne Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
14 February 1949 West Indies India4418552.07
  • Syed Mushtaq Ali
  • Vijay Hazare
  • Vinoo Mankad
  • Shute Banerjee
  • Hemu Adhikari
Match drawn
213 November 1952 India Pakistan3657251.10
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Waqar Hasan
  • Abdul Kardar
  • Maqsood Ahmed
  • Wazir Mohammad
India
32 December 1955 India New Zealand432.44551.37
  • Bert Sutcliffe
  • John Guy
  • Tony MacGibbon
  • Alex Moir
  • Jack Alabaster
India
41 January 1960 India Australia45110562.05
  • Colin McDonald
  • Gavin Stevens
  • Neil Harvey
  • Les Favell
  • Wally Grout
  • Richie Benaud
Match drawn
52 December 1960 Pakistan India251.412952.49
  • Vijay Manjrekar
  • Polly Umrigar
  • Chandu Borde
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Ramakant Desai
Match drawn
612 March 1965 India New Zealand1255662.24
  • Graham Dowling
  • Bev Congdon
  • Barry Sinclair
  • Victor Pollard
  • John Reid
  • Bruce Taylor
Match drawn
712 March 1965 New Zealand India27.32653.46
  • ML Jaisimha
  • Salim Durani
  • Chandu Borde
  • Hanumant Singh
  • S Venkataraghavan
Match drawn
813 December 1966 ‡ India West Indies261.515772.53
  • Robin Bynoe
  • Rohan Kanhai
  • Basil Butcher
  • Clive Lloyd
  • David Holford
  • Jackie Hendriks
  • Charlie Griffith
West Indies
925 September 1969 India New Zealand430.54261.36
  • Bob Cunis
  • Bev Congdon
  • Brian Hastings
  • Mark Burgess
  • Bruce Taylor
  • Hedley Howarth
India
104 November 1969 Australia India1296952.37
  • Dilip Sardesai
  • Farokh Engineer
  • Ashok Mankad
  • Chandu Borde
  • Syed Abid Ali
Australia
114 November 1969 India Australia24512152.46
  • Bill Lawry
  • Keith Stackpole
  • Ian Chappell
  • Graham McKenzie
  • John Gleeson
Australia
126 February 1973 India England246.113552.92
  • Graham Roope
  • Alan Knott
  • Tony Greig
  • Jack Birkenshaw
  • Geoff Arnold
Match drawn
132 December 2009 India Sri Lanka4217253.42
  • Kumar Sangakkara
  • Mahela Jayawardene
  • Thilan Samaraweera
  • Nuwan Kulasekara
  • Rangana Herath
India

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals at Brabourne Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Farveez Maharoof14 October 2006 † Sri Lanka West Indies191461.55
  • Brian Lara
  • Wavell Hinds
  • Dwayne Bravo
  • Marlon Samuels
  • Dwayne Smith
  • Carlton Baugh
Sri Lanka