List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Oval

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The Oval, currently referred to for sponsorship purposes as the Kia Oval,[1][2] is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth, in south London.[3] The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845.[4][5][6] It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880.[7][8] The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there. The Oval has hosted Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International cricket matches in both men's and women's cricket.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")[9][10] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings, which is regarded as a notable achievement.[11] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at the Oval was Fred Morley in 1880 who finished with bowling figures of 5 wickets for 56 runs.[12] In women's cricket, five bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls in Women's Tests, the first being England's Joan Davis who took 5 wickets for 31 runs against Australia in 1937.[13]

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was England's Mike Hendrick who took 5 wickets for 31 runs against Australia in 1980.[14] Only one five-wicket haul has been taken in T20I cricket: Pakistan's Umar Gul's 5 wickets for 6 runs in 2009.[15]

Symbol Meaning
Date Date the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
O Number of overs bowled
R Number of runs conceded
W Number of wickets taken
Result Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 4 August 2025

A total of 155 Test match five-wicket hauls have been taken at the Oval, including five taken in Women's Tests.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at the Oval[16]
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Fred Morley[A] 6 September 1880 EnglandAustralia[a]232[b]565 England won[18]
2 Dick Barlow[B] 28 August 1882 EnglandAustralia131[b]195 Australia won[19]
3 Fred Spofforth[B] 28 August 1882Australia England236.3[b]467 Australia won[19]
4 Fred Spofforth[B] 28 August 1882Australia England428[b]447 Australia won[19]
5 George Lohmann[C] 12 August 1886 EnglandAustralia230.2[b]367 England won[20]
6 George Lohmann[C] 12 August 1886 EnglandAustralia337[b]685 England won[20]
7 Johnny Briggs[D] 13 August 1888 EnglandAustralia137[b]255 England won[21]
8 Charles Turner[D] 13 August 1888Australia England260[b]1126 England won[21]
9 Billy Barnes[D] 13 August 1888 EnglandAustralia329[b]325 England won[21]
10 Frederick Martin[E] 11 August 1890 EnglandAustralia127[c]506 England won[22]
11 Frederick Martin[E] 11 August 1890 EnglandAustralia330.2[c]526 England won[22]
12 J. J. Ferris[E] 11 August 1890Australia England423[c]495 England won[22]
13 George Giffen[F] 14 August 1893Australia England154[c]1287 England won[23]
14 Johnny Briggs[F] 14 August 1893 EnglandAustralia214.3[c]345 England won[23]
15 Johnny Briggs[F] 14 August 1893 EnglandAustralia335[c]1145 England won[23]
16 Hugh Trumble[G] 10 August 1896Australia England140[c]596 England won[24]
17 J. T. Hearne[G] 10 August 1896 EnglandAustralia226.1[c]416 England won[24]
18 Hugh Trumble[G] 10 August 1896Australia England325[c]306 England won[24]
19 Bobby Peel[G] 10 August 1896 EnglandAustralia412[c]236 England won[24]
20 Bill Lockwood 14 August 1899 EnglandAustralia240.3[c]717 England won[25]
21 George Hirst[H] 11 August 1902 EnglandAustralia129775 England won[26]
22 Hugh Trumble[H] 11 August 1902Australia England231658 England won[26]
23 Bill Lockwood[H] 11 August 1902 EnglandAustralia320455 England won[26]
24 Tibby Cotter[I] 14 August 1905 Australia England1401487 Drawn[27]
25 Walter Brearley[I] 14 August 1905 England Australia231.11105 Drawn[27]
26 Colin Blythe 19 August 1907 England South Africa220.3615 Drawn[28]
27 Douglas Carr[J] 9 August 1909 England Australia1341465 Drawn[29]
28 Tibby Cotter[J] 9 August 1909 Australia England227.4956 Drawn[29]
29 Sydney Barnes[K][L] 12 August 1912 England South Africa121285 England won[30]
30 Frank Woolley[K][L] 12 August 1912 England South Africa115.3415 England won[30]
31 Aubrey Faulkner[K] 12 August 1912 South Africa England227.1847 England won[30]
32 Sydney Barnes[K] 12 August 1912 England South Africa316.4298 England won[30]
33 Sydney Barnes[M][L] 19 August 1912 England Australia227305 England won[31]
34 Frank Woolley[M][L] 19 August 1912 England Australia29.4295 England won[31]
35 Gerry Hazlitt[M] 19 August 1912 Australia England321.4257 England won[31]
36 Frank Woolley[M] 19 August 1912 England Australia47.4205 England won[31]
37 Ted McDonald 13 August 1921 Australia England1471435 Drawn[32]
38 Arthur Mailey 14 August 1926 Australia England133.51386 England won[33]
39 Herman Griffith 11 August 1928 West Indies England225.51036 England won[34]
40 Cyril Vincent 17 August 1929 South Africa England1451055 Drawn[35]
41 Ian Peebles[N] 16 August 1930 England Australia2712046 Australia won[36]
42 Percy Hornibrook 16 August 1930 Australia England331.2927 Australia won[36]
43 Gubby Allen 29 July 1931 England New Zealand213145 England won[37]
44 Manny Martindale[O] 12 August 1933 West Indies England124.5935 England won[38]
45 Charles Marriott[O] 12 August 1933 England West Indies211.5375 England won[38]
46 Charles Marriott[O] 12 August 1933 England West Indies329.2596 England won[38]
47 Bill Bowes[P] 18 August 1934 England Australia311.3555 Australia won[39]
48 Nobby Clark[P] 18 August 1934 England Australia320985 Australia won[39]
49 Clarrie Grimmett[P] 18 August 1934 Australia England426.3645 Australia won[39]
50 Mohammad Nissar[Q] 15 August 1936 India England1261205 England won[40]
51 Jim Sims[Q] 15 August 1936 England India218.5735 England won[40]
52 Gubby Allen[Q] 15 August 1936 England India320807 England won[40]
53 Bill Bowes 20 August 1938 England Australia219495 England won[41]
54 Learie Constantine[R] 19 August 1939 West Indies England117.3[d]755 Drawn[42]
55 Reg Perks[R] 19 August 1939 England West Indies230.5[d]1565 Drawn[42]
56 Ray Lindwall[S] 14 August 1948 Australia England116.1206 Australia won[43]
57 Eric Hollies[S] 14 August 1948 England Australia2561315 Australia won[43]
58 Fen Cresswell 13 August 1949 New Zealand England241.21686 Drawn[44]
59 Doug Wright[T] 12 August 1950 England West Indies1531415 West Indies won[45]
60 Alf Valentine[T] 12 August 1950 West Indies England326.3396 West Indies won[45]
61 Jim Laker 16 August 1951 England South Africa328556 England won[46]
62 Alec Bedser[U] 14 August 1952 England India214.5415 Drawn[47]
63 Fred Trueman[U] 14 August 1952 England India216485 Drawn[47]
64 Tony Lock 15 August 1953 England Australia321455 England won[48]
65 Fazal Mahmood[V] 12 August 1954 Pakistan England230536 Pakistan won[49]
66 Johnny Wardle[V] 12 August 1954 England Pakistan335567 Pakistan won[49]
67 Fazal Mahmood[V] 12 August 1954 Pakistan England430466 Pakistan won[49]
68 Trevor Goddard[W] 13 August 1955 South Africa England122.4315 England won[50]
69 Hugh Tayfield[W] 13 August 1955 South Africa England353.4605 England won[50]
70 Jim Laker[W] 13 August 1955 England South Africa437.4565 England won[50]
71 Ron Archer 23 August 1956 Australia England128.2535 Drawn[51]
72 Tony Lock[X] 22 August 1957 England West Indies221.4285 England won[52]
73 Tony Lock[X] 22 August 1957 England West Indies316206 England won[52]
74 Surendranath 20 August 1959 India England251.3755 England won[53]
75 Neil Adcock 18 August 1960 South Africa England131.3656 Drawn[54]
76 Ken Mackay 17 August 1961 Australia England3681215 Drawn[55]
77 David Larter[Y] 16 August 1962 England Pakistan225575 England won[56]
78 Charlie Griffith 22 August 1963 West Indies England127716 West Indies won[57]
79 Neil Hawke 13 August 1964 Australia England125.4476 Drawn[58]
80 Brian Statham[Z] 26 August 1965 England South Africa124.2405 Drawn[59]
81 Peter Pollock[Z] 26 August 1965 South Africa England225.1435 Drawn[59]
82 Geoff Arnold[AA] 24 August 1967 England Pakistan129585 England won[60]
83 Ken Higgs[AA] 24 August 1967 England Pakistan320585 England won[60]
84 Derek Underwood 22 August 1968 England Australia431.3507 England won[61]
85 Derek Underwood[AB] 21 August 1969 England New Zealand126416 England won[62]
86 Derek Underwood[AB] 21 August 1969 England New Zealand338.3606 England won[62]
87 Ray Illingworth[AC] 19 August 1971 England India234.3705 India won[63]
88 B. S. Chandrasekhar[AC] 19 August 1971 India England318.1386 India won[63]
89 Dennis Lillee[AD] 10 August 1972 Australia England124.2585 Australia won[64]
90 Dennis Lillee[AD] 10 August 1972 Australia England332.21235 Australia won[64]
91 Geoff Arnold[AE] 26 July 1973 England West Indies1391135 West Indies won[65]
92 Keith Boyce[AE] 26 July 1973 West Indies England222705 West Indies won[65]
93 Keith Boyce[AE] 26 July 1973 West Indies England421.1776 West Indies won[65]
94 Intikhab Alam 22 August 1974 Pakistan England251.41165 Drawn[66]
95 Michael Holding[AF] 12 August 1976 West Indies England233928 West Indies won[67]
96 Michael Holding[AF] 12 August 1976 West Indies England420.4576 West Indies won[67]
97 Mick Malone[AG] 25 August 1977 Australia England147635 Drawn[68]
98 Bob Willis[AG] 25 August 1977 England Australia229.31025 Drawn[68]
100 Ian Botham[AH] 27 August 1981 England Australia1471256 Drawn[69]
101 Dennis Lillee[AH] 27 August 1981 Australia England231.4897 Drawn[69]
102 Richard Hadlee 14 July 1983 New Zealand England123.4536 England won[70]
103 Ian Botham[AI] 9 August 1984 England West Indies123725 West Indies won[71]
104 Malcolm Marshall[AI] 9 August 1984 West Indies England217.5355 West Indies won[71]
105 Michael Holding[AI] 9 August 1984 West Indies England413435 West Indies won[71]
106 Richard Ellison 29 August 1985 England Australia317465 England won[72]
107 Graham Dilley[AJ] 6 August 1987 England Pakistan147.31546 Drawn[73]
108 Abdul Qadir[AJ] 6 August 1987 Pakistan England244.4967 Drawn[73]
109 Neil Foster 4 August 1988 England West Indies216645 West Indies won[74]
110 Terry Alderman 24 August 1989 Australia England227665 Drawn[75]
111 Phil Tufnell[AK] 8 August 1991 England West Indies214.3256 England won[76]
112 David Lawrence[AK] 8 August 1991 England West Indies325.51065 England won[76]
113 Wasim Akram[AL] 6 August 1992 Pakistan England122.1676 Pakistan won[77]
114 Devon Malcolm[AL] 6 August 1992 England Pakistan229945 Pakistan won[77]
115 Waqar Younis[AL] 6 August 1992 Pakistan England318525 Pakistan won[77]
116 Angus Fraser 19 August 1993 England Australia226.4875 England won[78]
117 Devon Malcolm 18 August 1994 England South Africa316.3579 England won[79]
118 Curtly Ambrose 24 August 1995 West Indies England142965 Drawn[80]
119 Mushtaq Ahmed 22 August 1996 Pakistan England337786 Pakistan won[81]
120 Glenn McGrath[AM] 21 August 1997 Australia England121767 England won[82]
121 Phil Tufnell[AM] 21 August 1997 England Australia234.3667 England won[82]
122 Michael Kasprowicz[AM] 21 August 1997 Australia England315.5367 England won[82]
123 Andy Caddick[AM] 21 August 1997 England Australia412425 England won[82]
124 Muttiah Muralitharan[AN] 27 August 1998 Sri Lanka England159.31557 Sri Lanka won[83]
125 Muttiah Muralitharan[AN] 27 August 1998 Sri Lanka England354.2659 Sri Lanka won[83]
126 Chris Cairns 19 August 1999 New Zealand England219315 New Zealand won[84]
127 Craig White 31 August 2000 England West Indies211.5325 England won[85]
128 Shane Warne[AO] 23 August 2001 Australia England244.21657 Australia won[86]
129 Glenn McGrath[AO] 23 August 2001 Australia England315.3435 Australia won[86]
130 Harbhajan Singh 5 September 2002 India England138.41155 Drawn[87]
131 Steve Harmison 19 August 2004 England West Indies213466 England won[88]
132 Shane Warne[AP] 8 September 2005 Australia England137.31226 Drawn[89]
133 Andrew Flintoff[AP] 8 September 2005 England Australia234785 Drawn[89]
134 Shane Warne[AP] 8 September 2005 Australia England338.31246 Drawn[89]
135 Makhaya Ntini 7 August 2008 South Africa England224945 England won[90]
136 Stuart Broad 20 August 2009 England Australia212375 England won[91]
137 Wahab Riaz[AQ] 18 August 2010 Pakistan England118635 Pakistan won[92]
138 Mohammad Amir[AQ] 18 August 2010 Pakistan England319525 Pakistan won[92]
139 Graeme Swann 18 August 2011 England India3381066 England won[93]
140 Dale Steyn 19 July 2012 South Africa England321565 South Africa won[94]
141 Sohail Khan[AR] 11 August 2016 Pakistan England120.4685 Pakistan won[95]
142 Yasir Shah[AR] 11 August 2016 Pakistan England329715 Pakistan won[95]
143 Toby Roland-Jones[AS] 27 July 2017 England South Africa216.4575 England won[96]
144 Mitchell Marsh[AT] 12 September 2019 Australia England118.2465 England won[97]
145 Jofra Archer[AT] 12 September 2019 England Australia223.5626 England won[97]
146 Ollie Robinson[AU] 8 September 2022 England South Africa114495 England won[98]
147 Marco Jansen[AU] 8 September 2022 South Africa England212.2355 England won[98]
148 Gus Atkinson[AV] 31 July 2025 England India121.4335 India won[99]
149 Josh Tongue[AV] 31 July 2025 England India3301255 India won[99]
150 Mohammed Siraj[AV] 31 July 2025 India England430.11045 India won[99]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's Test Matches at the Oval
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsResult
1 Joan Davis 10 July 1937 England Australia113315 Drawn[100]
2 Mary Duggan 28 July 1951 England Australia420305 England won[101]
3 Helene Hegarty 24 July 1954 England New Zealand227485 Drawn[102]
4 Lorraine Kutcher 20 July 1963 Australia England124595 England won[103]
5 Jos Burley 6 August 1966 New Zealand England334.2417 Drawn[104]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 13 September 2023

There have been eleven bowlers who have taken five-wicket hauls in ODIs on the ground, all in men's matches.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at the Oval
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Mike Hendrick 20 August 1980 England Australia211315 England won[105]
2 Ronnie Irani 9 July 2002 England India27265 England won[106]
3 Jacob Oram 10 September 2004[e] New Zealand United States29.4365 New Zealand won[107]
4 Samit Patel 29 August 2008 England South Africa29.4415 England won[108]
5 Ryan Harris 30 June 2010 Australia England28.4325 Australia won[109]
6 Umar Gul 17 September 2010 Pakistan England210426 Pakistan won[110]
7 Ravindra Jadeja 11 June 2013[f] India West Indies110365 India won[111]
8 Alzarri Joseph 27 September 2017 West Indies England28.1565 England won[112]
9 Sam Curran 1 July 2021 England Sri Lanka110485 England won[113]
10 Jasprit Bumrah 12 July 2022 India England17.2196 India won[114]
11 Trent Boult 13 September 2023 New Zealand England19.1515 England won[115]

Twenty20 Internationals

As of 31 January 2020

A single five-wicket haul has been taken in T20I matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at the Oval
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsResult
1 Umar Gul 13 June 2009[g] Pakistan New Zealand1365 Pakistan won[116]

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