List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Harare Sports Club

The Harare Sports Club, is located in capital city Harare, is a sports ground in Zimbabwe that has hosted international cricket matches along with provincial games. The venue is the major cricketing spot in Zimbabwe, along with Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. The first Test match at the venue was held between hosts and India on 1992, whereas the first ODI at the ground is also took place on 1992 in the same tour. The first T20I was held on 2010, against India as well.

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. This is regarded as a notable achievement.^[3]

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Harare Sports Club was John Traicos for Zimbabwe against India in the very first match at the venue. He finished the innings with bowling figures of five wickets for 86 runs.^[4] The best figures in Test cricket at this venue are 8 wickets for 63 runs, taken by Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath against Zimbabwe in 2016. Zimbabwe's Heath Streak has the most Test fifers with three at Harare Sports Club. Until November 2016, there have been 32 instances of five-wicket hauls recorded from Harare Sport Club.^[5]

The first ODI fifer at the ground was taken by Zimbabwean Eddo Brandes in 1997 where he took five wickets for 28 runs against England. Best bowling figures of six for 22 runs against Zimbabwe was taken by West Indian pacer Fidel Edwards in 2003. Until November 2016, a total of 16 fifers has been taken at the venue.^[6]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
	The bowler was man of the match
	10 or more wickets taken in the match
	Debut match
♣	A hat-trick was taken
Date	Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ	Runs conceded per over
Batsmen	Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Drawn	The match was drawn.

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Harare Sports Club

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	John Traicos	18 October 1992	Zimbabwe	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001500000000000000♠50	7001860000000000000♠86	5	7000172000000000000♠1.72	Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin Venkatapathy Raju Kapil Dev Manoj Prabhakar	Drawn[4]
2	Murphy Su'a	7 November 1992	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001370000000000000♠37	7001850000000000000♠85	5	7000229000000000000♠2.29	Grant Flower Andy Pycroft Dave Houghton Eddo Brandes Gary Crocker	New Zealand won[7]
3	Dipak Patel	7 November 1992	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	7000400000000000000♠4	7001173000000000000♠17.3	7001500000000000000♠50	6	7000285000000000000♠2.85	Andy Pycroft Andy Flower Eddo Brandes Alistair Campbell David Brain John Traicos	New Zealand won[7]
4	Ravindra Pushpakumara	26 October 1994	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001354000000000000♠35.4	7002116000000000000♠116	7	7000325000000000000♠3.25	Grant Flower Mark Dekker Alistair Campbell Wayne James Heath Streak David Brain Malcolm Jarvis	Drawn[8]
5	Heath Streak	31 January 1995	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000200000000000000♠2	7001390000000000000♠39	7001900000000000000♠90	6	7000230000000099999♠2.30	Akram Raza Asif Mujtaba Ijaz Ahmed Wasim Akram Inzamam-ul-Haq Aaqib Javed	Zimbabwe won[9]
6	Aamer Nazir	15 February 1995	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	7000400000000000000♠4	7001190000000000000♠19	7001460000000000000♠46	5	7000242000000000000♠2.42	Stuart Carlisle Grant Flower Alistair Campbell Dave Houghton Iain Butchart	Pakistan won[10]
7	Aamer Nazir	13 October 1995	South Africa	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001320000000000000♠32	7002101000000000000♠101	5	7000315000000000000♠3.15	Craig Matthews Jonty Rhodes Andrew Hudson Alan Donald Brett Schultz	South Africa won[11]
8	Alan Donald	13 October 1995	South Africa	Zimbabwe	7000300000000000000♠3	7001330000000000000♠33	7001710000000000000♠71	8	7000215000000000000♠2.15	Grant Flower Dave Houghton Guy Whittall Andy Flower Craig Wishart Heath Streak Paul Strang Charlie Lock	South Africa won[11]
9	Chris Cairns	18 September 1997	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001281000000000000♠28.1	7001500000000000000♠50	5	7000177000000000000♠1.77	Gavin Rennie Andy Flower Grant Flower Heath Streak Bryan Strang	Drawn[12]
10	Henry Olonga	7 October 1998	Zimbabwe	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001260000000000000♠26	7001700000000000000♠70	5	7000269000000000000♠2.69	Nayan Mongia Navjot Sidhu Mohammad Azharuddin Sourav Ganguly Robin Singh	Zimbabwe won[13]
11	Heath Streak	14 October 1999	Zimbabwe	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001340000000000000♠34	7001930000000000000♠93	5	7000273000000000000♠2.73	Greg Blewett Ricky Ponting Shane Warne Damien Fleming Colin Miller	Australia won[14]
12	Ravindra Pushpakumara	4 December 1999	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001250000000000000♠25	7001560000000000000♠56	5	7000224000000000000♠2.24	Murray Goodwin Grant Flower Alistair Campbell Guy Whittall Raymond Price	Drawn[15]
13	Andy Blignaut	15 June 2001	Zimbabwe	India	7000300000000000000♠3	7001315000000000000♠31.5	7001740000000000000♠74	5	7000232000000099999♠2.32	Sameer Dighe Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra	Zimbabwe won[16]
14	Andy Blignaut	9 November 2002	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000100000000000000♠1	7001210000000000000♠21	7001790000000000000♠79	5	7000376000000000000♠3.76	Saleem Elahi Younis Khan Taufeeq Umar Waqar Younis Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan won[17]
15	Andy Blignaut	9 November 2002	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000300000000000000♠3	7001175000000000000♠17.5	7001930000000000000♠93	5	7000521000000000000♠5.21	Saleem Elahi Younis Khan Inzamam-ul-Haq Shoaib Akhtar Mohammad Sami	Pakistan won[17]
16	Fidel Edwards	4 November 2003	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000100000000000000♠1	7001343009999900000♠34.3	7002133000000000000♠133	5	7000385000000000000♠3.85	Vusi Sibanda Mark Vermeulen Stuart Matsikenyeri Tatenda Taibu Raymond Price	Drawn[18]
17	Raymond Price	4 November 2003	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000200000000000000♠2	7001372000000000000♠37.2	7001730000000000000♠73	6	7000195000000000000♠1.95	Brian Lara Ramnaresh Sarwan Ridley Jacobs Vasbert Drakes Jerome Taylor Fidel Edwards	Drawn[18]
18	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 May 2004	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001242000000000000♠24.2	7001450000000000000♠45	6	7000184000000000000♠1.84	Alester Maregwede Mluleki Nkala Tatenda Taibu Blessing Mahwire Prosper Utseya Douglas Hondo	Sri Lanka won[19]
19	Nuwan Zoysa	6 May 2004	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000300000000000000♠3	7000950000000000000♠9.5	7001200000000000000♠20	5	7000202999999999999♠2.03	Stuart Matsikenyeri Dion Ebrahim Tatenda Taibu Elton Chigumbura Blessing Mahwire	Sri Lanka won[19]
20	Irfan Pathan	20 September 2005	India	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001152000000000000♠15.2	7001590000000000000♠59	7	7000384000000000000♠3.84	Brendan Taylor Terry Duffin Tatenda Taibu Hamilton Masakadza Andy Blignaut Blessing Mahwire Keith Dabengwa	India won[20]
21	Heath Streak	20 September 2005	Zimbabwe	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001320000000000000♠32	7001730000000000000♠73	6	7000227990000099999♠2.28	Virender Sehwag VVS Laxman Yuvraj Singh Dinesh Karthik Anil Kumble Irfan Pathan	India won[20]
22	Irfan Pathan	20 September 2005	India	Zimbabwe	7000300000000000000♠3	7001190000000000000♠19	7001670000000000000♠67	6	7000352000000000000♠3.52	Terry Duffin Brendan Taylor Charles Coventry Hamilton Masakadza Keith Dabengwa	India won[20]
23	Robiul Islam	25 April 2013	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	7000300000000000000♠3	7001190000000000000♠19	7001710000000000000♠71	6	7000373000000000000♠3.73	Vusi Sibanda Hamilton Masakadza Timycen Maruma Malcolm Waller Elton Chigumbura Richmond Mutumbami	Bangladesh won[21]
24	Robiul Islam	25 April 2013	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001330000000000000♠33	7001850000000000000♠85	6	7000257000000099999♠2.57	Regis Chakabva Vusi Sibanda Richmond Mutumbami Elton Chigumbura Shingi Masakadza	Bangladesh won[22]
25	Saeed Ajmal	3 September 2013	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001322999999900000♠32.3	7001950000000000000♠95	7	7000292000000000000♠2.92	Hamilton Masakadza Malcolm Waller Sikandar Raza Richmond Mutumbami Shingi Masakadza Elton Chigumbura Tendai Chatara	Pakistan won[23]
26	Brian Vitori	10 September 2013	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000200000000000000♠2	7001265000000000000♠26.5	7001610000000000000♠61	5	7000227000000000000♠2.27	Mohammad Hafeez Misbah-ul-Haq Adnan Akmal Saeed Ajmal Junaid Khan	Zimbabwe won[24]
27	Rahat Ali	10 September 2013	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	7000300000000000000♠3	7001245000000000000♠24.5	7001520000000000000♠52	5	7000209009999900000♠2.09	Prosper Utseya Hamilton Masakadza Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor Tendai Chatara	Zimbabwe won[24]
28	Tendai Chatara	10 September 2013	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	7000400000000000000♠4	7001230000000000000♠23	7001610000000000000♠61	5	7000265000000000000♠2.65	Mohammad Hafeez Azhar Ali Adnan Akmal Saeed Ajmal Junaid Khan	Zimbabwe won[24]
29	Dale Steyn	9 August 2014	South Africa	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001224000000000000♠22.4	7001460000000000000♠46	5	7000202000000000000♠2.02	Vusi Sibanda Sean Williams Richmond Mutumbami Tendai Chatara John Nyumbu	South Africa won[25]
30	John Nyumbu	9 August 2014	Zimbabwe	South Africa	7000200000000000000♠2	7001493000000000000♠49.3	7002157000000000000♠157	5	7000317000000000000♠3.17	Alviro Petersen AB de Villiers Faf du Plessis Dale Steyn JP Duminy	South Africa won[25]
31	Rangana Herath	10 November 2016	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001260000000000000♠26	7001890000000000000♠89	5	7000342000000000000♠3.42	Tino Mawoyo Hamilton Masakadza Brian Chari Malcolm Waller Carl Mumba	Sri Lanka won[26]
32	Rangana Herath	10 November 2016	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000400000000000000♠4	7001230000000000000♠23	7001630000000000000♠63	8	7000273000000000000♠2.73	Tino Mawoyo Brian Chari Hamilton Masakadza Craig Ervine Peter Moor Graeme Cremer Carl Mumba Chris Mpofu	Sri Lanka won[26]

ODIs

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at Harare Sports Club

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Eddo Brandes	3 January 1997	Zimbabwe	England	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001280000000000000♠28	5	7000280000000099999♠2.80	Nick Knight John Crawley Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Mike Atherton	Zimbabwe won[27]
2	Graeme Hick	20 February 2000	England	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001330000000000000♠33	5	7000330000000000000♠3.30	Murray Goodwin Grant Flower Dirk Viljoen Andy Flower Bryan Strang	England won[28]
3	Matthew Hoggard	7 October 2001	England	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001330000000000000♠33	5	7000330000000000000♠3.30	Grant Flower Alistair Campbell Craig Wishart Heath Streak Dirk Viljoen	England won[29]
4	Fidel Edwards	29 November 2003	West Indies	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7000700000000000000♠7	7001220000000000000♠22	6	7000314000000000000♠3.14	Barney Rogers Vusi Sibanda Craig Wishart Mark Vermeulen Stuart Matsikenyeri Tatenda Taibu	West Indies won[30]
5	Muttiah Muralitharan	29 April 2004	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001230000000000000♠23	5	7000230000000099999♠2.30	Stuart Matsikenyeri Tatenda Taibu Prosper Utseya Elton Chigumbura Douglas Hondo	West Indies won[31]
6	Jason Gillespie	29 May 2004	Australia	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	7001320000000000000♠32	5	7000320000000000000♠3.20	Brendan Taylor Stuart Matsikenyeri Vusi Sibanda Mark Vermeulen Alester Maregwede	Australia won[32]
7	Irfan Pathan	29 August 2004	India	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001270000000000000♠27	5	7000270000000000000♠2.70	Brendan Taylor Stuart Carlisle Tatenda Taibu Charles Coventry Gavin Ewing	India won[33]
8	Ajantha Mendis	28 November 2008	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001270000000000000♠27	5	7000270000000000000♠2.70	Vusi Sibanda Stuart Matsikenyeri Chamu Chibhabha Keith Dabengwa Prosper Utseya Raymond Price	Sri Lanka won[34]
9	Muttiah Muralitharan	30 November 2008	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001290000000000000♠29	5	7000290000000000000♠2.90	Vusi Sibanda Chamu Chibhabha Stuart Matsikenyeri Elton Chigumbura Raymond Price	Sri Lanka won[35]
10	Graeme Cremer	13 October 2009	Zimbabwe	Kenya	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001460000000000000♠46	6	7000460000000099999♠4.60	David Obuya Steve Tikolo Morris Ouma Collins Obuya Lameck Onyango Elijah Otieno	Zimbabwe won[36]
11	Ed Rainsford	30 September 2010	Zimbabwe	Ireland	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	7001460000000000000♠46	6	7000460000000099999♠4.60	Paul Stirling Andre Botha Niall O'Brien Andrew White Albert van der Merwe	Ireland won[37]
12	Brian Vitori	12 August 2011	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	7001300000000000000♠30	5	7000300000000000000♠3.00	Tamim Iqbal Shahriar Nafees Mohammad Ashraful Imrul Kayes Shafiul Islam	Zimbabwe won[38]
13	Brian Vitori	14 August 2011	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	7000100000000000000♠1	7000930000000000000♠9.3	7001200000000000000♠20	5	7000210000000000000♠2.10	Tamim Iqbal Imrul Kayes Shakib Al Hasan Nasir Hossain Abdur Razzak	Zimbabwe won[39]
14	Prosper Utseya	19 August 2014	Zimbabwe	South Africa	7000100000000000000♠1	7001100000000000000♠10	7001360000000000000♠36	5	7000360000000000000♠3.60	Hashim Amla Quinton de Kock Rilee Rossouw David Miller JP Duminy	South Africa won[40]
15	Yasir Shah	1 October 2015	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7000900000000000000♠9	7001260000000000000♠26	6	7000288000000000000♠2.88	Brian Chari Hamilton Masakadza Sikandar Raza Richmond Mutumbami Elton Chigumbura Tinashe Panyangara	Pakistan won[41]
16	Bilal Asif	5 October 2015	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	7000200000000000000♠2	7000900000000000000♠9	7001260000000000000♠26	6	7000288000000000000♠2.88	Chamu Chibhabha Sean Williams Elton Chigumbura Sikandar Raza Tinotenda Mutombodzi	Pakistan won[42]
17	Mohammad Naveed	4 March 2018	United Arab Emirates	Papua New Guinea	7000200000000000000♠2	7000550000000000000♠5.5	7001280000000000000♠28	5	7000480000000000000♠4.80	Lega Siaka Assad Vala Sese Bau Vani Morea Norman Vanua	United Arab Emirates won[43]

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