List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud

Former Australian captain, Richie Benaud.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^[1] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[2] and as of December 2015 only 45 bowlers have taken at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.^[3] Richie Benaud, a leg spinner and former captain of the Australia cricket team, played 63 Tests for his country between 1952 and 1964.^[4] He took 248 wickets at an average of 27.03, including 16 five-wicket hauls.^[4][5] The cricket almanack Wisden named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1962.^[6] He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2007,^[7] and into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the inaugural members in January 2009.^[8][9] Leo McKinstry, a cricket writer, in 1998 described Benaud as "one of cricket's greatest legends" and "one of the great all-rounders", and further noted him being the first to take 200 wickets and make 2,000 runs in Tests.^[10]

Benaud made his Test debut in January 1952 against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, a match Australia won by 202 runs.^[11] His first Test five-wicket haul came in the first match of the 1956–57 series against India at the Corporation Stadium.^{[n 1]} He took 7 wickets for 72 runs in the first innings of the match, his best bowling figures for an innings.^[12] Benaud took his solitary pair of five-wicket hauls in the third Test of the series at the Eden Gardens. He accumulated 11 wickets for 105 runs in the match, his career-best performance in Test cricket.^[12][13] Benaud claimed his 16 five-wicket hauls against five different opponents, and Australia never lost any of the games on such instances. He was most successful against India and South Africa, taking 5 five-wicket hauls against each side.^[12] Benaud took his five-wicket hauls at 12 cricket grounds, including 11 at venues outside Australia.^[12] As of August 2014, he is thirty-first among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.^{[n 2]}

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches
Inn	The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled in that innings
Runs	Runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Batsmen	The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Econ	Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Result	The result for Australia in that match
*	One of two five-wicket hauls by Benaud in a match
	10 wickets or more taken in the match
	Benaud captained Australia
Drawn	The match was drawn

Test five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Richie Benaud

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	000000001956-10-19-000019 October 1956	Corporation Stadium, Madras[n 3]	India	7000100000000000000♠1	7001293000000000000♠29.3	7001720000000000000♠72	07000 !7	7000244000000000000♠2.44	Vinoo Mankad Pankaj Roy Polly Umrigar Vijay Manjrekar Jasu Patel Ghulam Ahmed Subhash Gupte	Won[15]
2	000000001956-11-02-00002 November 1956*	Eden Gardens, Calcutta[n 4]	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001290000000000000♠29	7001520000000000000♠52	06200 !6	7000179000000000000♠1.79	Nari Contractor Vijay Manjrekar Vinoo Mankad Gulabrai Ramchand AG Kripal Singh Naren Tamhane	Won[13]
3	000000001956-11-02-00002 November 1956*	Eden Gardens, Calcutta[n 4]	India	7000400000000000000♠4	7001242000000000000♠24.2	7001530000000000000♠53	05090 !5	7000217000000000000♠2.17	Polly Umrigar Vijay Manjrekar Vinoo Mankad AG Kripal Singh Naren Tamhane	Won[13]
4	000000001957-12-31-000031 December 1957	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	South Africa	7000300000000000000♠3	7001210000000000000♠21[n 5]	7001490000000000000♠49	05100 !5	7000175000000000000♠1.75	Dick Westcott Roy McLean Russell Endean Ken Funston Clive van Ryneveld	Won[16]
5	000000001958-01-24-000024 January 1958	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	South Africa	7000200000000000000♠2	7001507000000000000♠50.7[n 5]	7002114000000000000♠114	05000 !5	7000168000000000000♠1.68	Russell Endean Roy McLean Hugh Tayfield Peter Heine Neil Adcock	Drawn[17]
6	000000001958-02-07-00007 February 1958	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	7000300000000000000♠3	7001410000000000000♠41[n 5]	7001840000000000000♠84	05040 !5	7000153000000000000♠1.53	Jackie McGlew Russell Endean Trevor Goddard John Waite Peter Heine	Won[18]
7	000000001958-02-28-000028 February 1958	Crusaders Ground St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	South Africa	7000300000000000000♠3	7001330000000000000♠33[n 5]	7001820000000000000♠82	05060 !5	7000186000000000000♠1.86	Trevor Goddard Clive van Ryneveld Jackie McGlew Peter Carlstein Peter Heine	Won[19]
8	000000001959-01-09-00009 January 1959	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	England	7000100000000000000♠1	7001334000000000000♠33.4[n 5]	7001830000000000000♠83	05050 !5	7000185000000000000♠1.85	Tom Graveney Colin Cowdrey Roy Swetman Fred Trueman Jim Laker	Drawn[20]
9	000000001959-01-30-000030 January 1959	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	England	7000200000000000000♠2	7001270000000000000♠27[n 5]	7001910000000000000♠91	05030 !5	7000252000000000000♠2.52	Peter May Fred Trueman Tony Lock Frank Tyson Godfrey Evans	Won[21]
10	000000001959-12-04-00004 December 1959	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan	7000100000000000000♠1	7001495000000000000♠49.5	7001930000000000000♠93	05020 !5	7000186000000000000♠1.86	Shujauddin Butt Duncan Sharpe Ijaz Butt Fazal Mahmood Munir Malik	Drawn[22]
11	000000001959-12-12-000012 December 1959	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	India	7000300000000000000♠3	7001460000000000000♠46	7001760000000000000♠76	05070 !5	7000165000000000000♠1.65	Nari Contractor Chandu Borde Bapu Nadkarni Surendranath Ramakant Desai	Won[23]
12	000000001960-01-13-000013 January 1960	Corporation Stadium, Madras[n 3]	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001321000000000000♠32.1	7001430000000000000♠43	05110 !5	7000133000000000000♠1.33	Budhi Kunderan Nari Contractor Gulabrai Ramchand Bapu Nadkarni Ramakant Desai	Won[24]
13	000000001961-01-27-000027 January 1961	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	West Indies	7000100000000000000♠1	7001270000000000000♠27[n 5]	7001960000000000000♠96	05010 !5	7000266000000000000♠2.66	Cammie Smith Rohan Kanhai Garfield Sobers Joe Solomon Wes Hall	Drawn[25]
14	000000001961-07-27-000027 July 1961	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	England	7000400000000000000♠4	7001320000000000000♠32	7001700000000000000♠70	06100 !6	7000218000000000000♠2.18	Raman Subba Row Ted Dexter Peter May Brian Close John Murray David Allen	Won[26]
15	000000001962-11-23-000023 November 1962	The Gabba, Brisbane	England	7000200000000000000♠2	7001420000000000000♠42[n 5]	7002115000000000000♠115	06000 !6	7000205009999999999♠2.05	Geoff Pullar David Sheppard Ted Dexter Ken Barrington Peter Parfitt Fred Titmus	Drawn[27]
16	000000001963-12-06-00006 December 1963	The Gabba, Brisbane	South Africa	7000200000000000000♠2	7001330000000000000♠33[n 5]	7001680000000000000♠68	05080 !5	7000154000000000000♠1.54	Trevor Goddard Eddie Barlow Peter Carlstein Denis Lindsay Peter Pollock	Drawn[28]

Notes

References

External links

• "Profile of Richie Benaud". CricketArchive. 
• "Profile of Richie Benaud". Yahoo! Cricket.