List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Seddon Park

Seddon Park from aerial shot

The Seddon Park is a 10,000 seating capacity cricket ground in Hamilton, New Zealand. The first One Day International played here was between New Zealand and India on 15 February 1981, which New Zealand won by 57 runs. The first Test match was played on February 22–26, 1991, between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, which was a draw. on 28 December 2008, first Twenty20 International was played between New Zealand and India.

Up to February 2016, in total the ground was the venue for 21 Test matches, and 29 ODIs and 7 T20I matches.

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 Seddon Park was Rumesh Ratnayake, who took 5/77 in 1991 for Sri Lanka against host New Zealand.^[4] Bowling figures of 7/27 by Chris Cairns of New Zealand holds the record as the best bowling figures to date in Tests at Seddon Park. There have been a total of 24 five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground.

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a ODI match at Seddon Park was Trent Boult, who took 6/33 in 2017 for New Zealand against Australia, which still stands as the only OFI fifer at the venue.

In T20Is, still no five-wicket has been taken at Seddon Park.

Key

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
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
Result	Result of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Seddon Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Rumesh Ratnayake	22 February 1991	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	7000100000000000000♠1	7001304000000000000♠30.4	7001770000000000000♠77	7000500000000000000♠5	7000250990000099999♠2.51	Andrew Jones Ian Smith Danny Morrison Chris Pringle Willie Watson	Drawn[4]
2	Murphy Su'a	2 January 1993	New Zealand	Pakistan	7000100000000000000♠1	7001240000000000000♠24	7001730000000000000♠73	7000500000000000000♠5	7000304000000000000♠3.04	Rameez Raja Asif Mujtaba Inzamam-ul-Haq Javed Miandad Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan won[5]
3	Danny Morrison	2 January 1993	New Zealand	Pakistan	7000300000000000000♠3	7001150000000000000♠15	7001410000000000000♠41	7000500000000000000♠5	7000273000000000000♠2.73	Aamer Sohail Rameez Raja Asif Mujtaba Saleem Malik Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan won[5]
4	Wasim Akram	2 January 1993	Pakistan	New Zealand	7000400000000000000♠4	7001220000000000000♠22	7001450000000000000♠45	7000500000000000000♠5	7000204000000000000♠2.04	Mark Greatbatch Blair Hartland Danny Morrison Adam Parore Ken Rutherford	Pakistan won[5]
5	Waqar Younis	2 January 1993	Pakistan	New Zealand	7000400000000000000♠4	7001133000000000000♠13.3	7001220000000000000♠22	7000500000000000000♠5	7000162000000000000♠1.62	Andrew Jones Rod Latham Chris Harris Murphy Su'a Dipak Patel	Pakistan won[5]
6	Heath Davis	14 March 1997	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	7000200000000000000♠2	7001202000000000000♠20.2	7001630000000000000♠63	7000500000000000000♠5	7000162000000000000♠1.62	Sanath Jayasuriya Arjuna Ranatunga Romesh Kaluwitharana Kumar Dharmasena Muttiah Muralitharan	New Zealand won[6]
7	Daniel Vettori	14 March 1997	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	7000400000000000000♠4	7001292000000000000♠29.2	7001840000000000000♠84	7000500000000000000♠5	7000286000000000000♠2.86	Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas Arjuna Ranatunga Nuwan Zoysa Muttiah Muralitharan	New Zealand won[6]
8	Javagal Srinath	2 January 1999	India	New Zealand	7000100000000000000♠1	7001322000000000000♠32.2	7001950000000000000♠95	7000500000000000000♠5	7000293000000000000♠2.93	Matthew Bell Stephen Fleming Matt Horne Daniel Vettori Simon Doull	Match drawn[7]
9	Chris Cairns (1/2)	16 December 1999	New Zealand	West Indies	7000300000000000000♠3	7001225000000000000♠22.5	7001270000000000000♠27	7000700000000000000♠7	7000118000000000000♠1.18	Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Adrian Griffith Franklyn Rose Dinanath Ramnarine Reon King Jimmy Adams	New Zealand won[8]
10	Brett Lee	31 March 2000	Australia	New Zealand	7000100000000000000♠1	7001230000000000000♠23	7001770000000000000♠77	7000500000000000000♠5	7000334000000000000♠3.34	Mathew Sinclair Nathan Astle Stephen Fleming Craig McMillan Chris Cairns	Australia won[9]
11	Shayne O'Connor	31 March 2000	New Zealand	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001155000000000000♠15.5	7001510000000000000♠51	7000500000000000000♠5	7000322000000000000♠3.22	Matthew Hayden Michael Slater Shane Warne Glenn McGrath Colin Miller	Australia won[9]
12	Chris Cairns (2/2)	18 December 2001	New Zealand	Bangladesh	7000300000000000000♠3	7001182000000000000♠18.2	7001530000000000000♠53	7000700000000000000♠7	7000289000000000000♠2.89	Habibul Bashar Aminul Islam Al Sahariar Khaled Mashud Khaled Mahmud Mashrafe Mortaza Manjural Islam	New Zealand won[10]
13	Zaheer Khan	19 December 2002	India	New Zealand	7000200000000000000♠2	7001132000000000000♠13.2	7001290000000000000♠29	7000500000000000000♠5	7000217000000000000♠2.17	Lou Vincent Mark Richardson Stephen Fleming Robbie Hart Daniel Vettori	New Zealand won[11]
14	Sabbir Ahmed	19 December 2003	Pakistan	New Zealand	7000100000000000000♠1	7001432000000000000♠43.2	7002117000000000000♠117	7000500000000000000♠5	7000270000000000000♠2.70	Lou Vincent Chris Cairns Jacob Oram Robbie Hart Ian Butler	Match drawn[12]
15	Daryl Tuffey	19 December 2003	New Zealand	Pakistan	7000200000000000000♠2	7001330000000000000♠33	7001870000000000000♠87	7000500000000000000♠5	7000263000000000000♠2.63	Taufeeq Umar Yousuf Youhana Yasir Hameed Inzamam-ul-Haq Abdul Razzaq	Match drawn[12]
16	Mohammad Sami	19 December 2003	Pakistan	New Zealand	7000300000000000000♠3	7001440000000000000♠44	7001440000000000000♠44	7000500000000000000♠5	7000275000000000000♠2.75	Lou Vincent Stephen Fleming Scott Styris Robbie Hart Daniel Vettori	Match drawn[12]
17	Ryan Sidebottom	5 March 2008	England	New Zealand	7000300000000000000♠3	7001170000000000000♠17	7001490000000000000♠49	7000600000000000000♠6	7000288000000000000♠2.88	Matthew Bell Jamie How Stephen Fleming Mathew Sinclair Jacob Oram Daniel Vettori	New Zealand won[13]
18	Harbhajan Singh	18 March 2009	India	New Zealand	7000300000000000000♠3	7001280000000000000♠28	7001630000000000000♠63	7000500000000000000♠5	7000225000000000000♠2.25	Martin Guptill Jesse Ryder James Franklin Daniel Flynn Daniel Vettori Iain O'Brien	India won[14]
19	Rubel Hossain	15 February 2010	Bangladesh	New Zealand	7000100000000000000♠1	7001290000000000000♠29	7002166000000000000♠166	7000500000000000000♠5	7000572000000000000♠5.72	BJ Watling Peter Ingram Ross Taylor Brendon McCullum Martin Guptill	New Zealand won[15]
20	Mitchell Johnson	27 March 2010	Australia	New Zealand	7000400000000000000♠4	7001201000000000000♠20.1	7001730000000000000♠73	7000600000000000000♠6	7000361000000000000♠3.61	Tim McIntosh BJ Watling Ross Taylor Martin Guptill Tim Southee	Australia won[16]
21	Mark Gillespie	15 March 2012	New Zealand	South Africa	7000200000000000000♠2	7001150000000000000♠15	7001590000000000000♠59	7000500000000000000♠5	7000393000000000000♠3.93	Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis Alviro Petersen Jacques Rudolph Mark Boucher	South Africa won[17]
22	Vernon Philander	15 March 2012	South Africa	New Zealand	7000300000000000000♠3	7001155000000000000♠15.5	7001440000000000000♠44	7000600000000000000♠6	7000277000000000000♠2.77	Rob Nicol Brendon McCullum Kruger van Wyk Kane Williamson Mark Gillespie Chris Martin	South Africa won[17]
23	Sunil Narine	19 December 2013	West Indies	New Zealand	7000200000000000000♠2	7001423009999900000♠42.3	7001910000000000000♠91	7000600000000000000♠6	7000214000000000000♠2.14	Peter Fulton Kane Williamson Brendon McCullum Tim Southee Ish Sodhi Neil Wagner	New Zealand won[18]
24	Dushmantha Chameera	18 December 2015	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	7000200000000000000♠2	7001130000000000000♠13	7001470000000000000♠47	7000500000000000000♠5	7000361000000000000♠3.61	Tom Latham Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Tim Southee Neil Wagner	New Zealand won[19]

ODIs

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at Seddon Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Trent Boult	5 February 2017	New Zealand	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001100000000000000♠10	7001330000000000000♠33	7000600000000000000♠6	7000330000000000000♠3.30	Peter Handscomb Travis Head James Faulkner Pat Cummins Adam Zampa Josh Hazlewood	New Zealand won[20]

References

External links

• Five-wicket hauls at Seddon Park