List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

The Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, abbreviately known as the ZAC Stadium is located in Chittagong, is a sports ground in Bangladesh that has hosted international cricket matches along with provincial games.[1] The venue is the home of both the men's and women's national teams and domestically Chittagong Vikings. It has a capacity of 22,000 spectators for international matches.[1]

The first One Day International (ODI) at the ground was played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2006, and the first Test was held between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the same tour. As of October 2016, it has hosted a further 15 Test matches, 17 ODI matches and 17 T20I matches.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")[2][3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[4]

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at ZAC Stadium was Muttiah Muralitharan for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh in 2006; he finished the innings with bowling figures of six wickets for 54 runs. The best figures in Test cricket at this venue are 7 wickets for 36 runs, taken by Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan against New Zealand in 2008. He is also the best Test bowler to take four fifers at ZAC Stadium. As of October 2016, there have been 16 Test match five-wicket hauls at this ground.[5]

As of October 2016, a bowler is yet to take a five-wicket haul in ODIs at ZAC Stadium.

In T20Is, 2 fifers has been taken up to October 2016. The first fifer in T20I at the venue was taken by Dutch medium pacer Ahsan Malik against South Africa in 2014. The best bowling figures in a T20I at the venue was recorded by Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath against New Zealand in 2014, when he took 5 wickets for just 3 runs.[6]

Key
Shakib Al Hasan took four five-wicket hauls, which is the highest in Tests at Chittagong.
SymbolMeaning
The bowler was man of the match
10 or more wickets taken in the match
Debut match
♣A hat-trick was taken
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
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Tests
Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium [7]
No.BowlerDateTeamOpponentInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResultRef
1 Muttiah Muralitharan 28 February 2006 Sri Lanka Bangladesh319.55462.72  Sri Lanka won[8]
2 Shane Warne 16 April 2006 Australia Bangladesh33611353.13  Australia won[9]
3 Robin Peterson 29 February 2008 South Africa Bangladesh3133352.53  South Africa won[10]
4 Daniel Vettori 17 October 2008 New Zealand Bangladesh1365951.63  New Zealand won[11]
5 Shakib Al Hasan (1/4) 17 October 2008 Bangladesh New Zealand225.53671.39  New Zealand won[11]
6 Shahadat Hossain 17 January 2010 Bangladesh India1187153.94  India won[12]
7 Shakib Al Hasan (2/4) 17 January 2010 Bangladesh India129.56252.07  India won[12]
8 Graeme Swann (1/2) 12 March 2010 England Bangladesh229.39053.05  England won[13]
9 Graeme Swann (2/2) 12 March 2010 England Bangladesh44912752.59  England won[13]
10 Elias Sunny 21 October 2011 Bangladesh West Indies2239464.08 Match Drawn[14]
11 Sohag Gazi 9 October 2013 Bangladesh New Zealand3267762.96 Match Drawn[15]
12 Shakib Al Hasan (3/4) 4 February 2014 Bangladesh Sri Lanka13414854.35 Match Drawn[16]
13 Ajantha Mendis 4 February 2014 Sri Lanka Bangladesh229.59963.31 Match Drawn[16]
14 Jubair Hossain 12 November 2014 Bangladesh Zimbabwe2209654.80  Bangladesh won[17]
15 Mehedi Hasan 20 October 2016 Bangladesh England139.58062.00  England won[18]
16 Shakib Al Hasan (4/4) 20 October 2016 Bangladesh England3338552.57  England won[18]
17 Nathan Lyon (1/2) 4 September 2017 Australia Bangladesh136.29472.58  Australia won[19]
18 Nathan Lyon (2/2) 4 September 2017 Australia Bangladesh3336061.81  Australia won[19]
19 Nayeem Hasan 22 November 2018 Bangladesh West Indies2146154.35  Bangladesh won[20]
20 Taijul Islam 22 November 2018 Bangladesh West Indies411.23362.91  Bangladesh won[20]
21 Rashid Khan (1/2) 5 September 2019 Afghanistan Bangladesh219.55552.77  Afghanistan won[21]
22 Rashid Khan (2/2) 5 September 2019 Afghanistan Bangladesh421.44962.26  Afghanistan won[21]

Twenty20 Internationals
Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International matches at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium [22]
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResultRef
1 Ahsan Malik 27 March 2014 Netherlands South Africa141954.75  South Africa won[23]
2 Rangana Herath 31 March 2014 Sri Lanka New Zealand23.3350.85  Sri Lanka won[24]

See also

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