# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath, a retired international Australian cricketer, took a number of five-wicket hauls during his career. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.
McGrath made his Test debut in November 1993, against New Zealand, but it was not until March 1995 that he took his first five-wicket haul in Australia's victory over the West Indies in Barbados; his performance earned him the man of the match award. He followed that three weeks later with six wickets in a defeat in Trinidad. McGrath took 10 of his 29 Test five-wicket hauls in The Ashes (the traditional name for Test matches between Australia and England). During the 1997 Ashes series, McGrath "humiliated" England, taking eight wickets in a single innings at Lord's and restricting England to 77, the lowest total in any Test match at the ground since 1888. A month later, he dismissed seven English batsmen in the first innings at The Oval but despite these performances, Australia did not win either Test match. The 2001 Ashes series saw McGrath make four five-wicket hauls in consecutive matches. He twice took five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match – in March 1999 he dismissed five West Indian batsmen in each innings of the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy; in the following year, he took ten wickets against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 1993, McGrath took his first one-day five-wicket haul in the following year, in the final of the Will's Triangular Series against Pakistan. Australia won each of the seven ODI matches in which McGrath took a five-wicket haul, and McGrath was given the man of the match award on six of these occasions. Retiring from international cricket in 2007, he took 29 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 7 in ODIs. As of October 2009, he is fifth overall in all-time Test five-wicket haul takers, and fourth in the ODI list.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI held |
| Inn | The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled in that innings |
| Runs | Number of 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 | Result for the Australia team |
| * | One of two five-wicket hauls by McGrath in a match |
| † | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
| ‡ | McGrath was selected as man of the match |

## Tests

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 31 March 1995 ‡ | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies | 4 | 22.0 | 68 | 5 | 3.09 | Stuart Williams Brian Lara Winston Benjamin Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh | Won |
| 2 | 21 April 1995 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 2 | 21.5 | 47 | 6 | 2.15 | Richie Richardson Brian Lara Keith Arthurton Junior Murray Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh | Lost |
| 3 | 17 November 1995 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Pakistan | 4 | 24.3 | 61 | 5 | 2.48 | Saleem Elahi Moin Khan Wasim Akram Mushtaq Ahmed Waqar Younis | Won |
| 4 | 26 December 1995 ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Sri Lanka | 2 | 23.4 | 40 | 5 | 1.69 | Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Pramodya Wickramasinghe Muttiah Muralitharan | Won |
| 5 | 26 December 1996 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies | 2 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 1.66 | Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brian Lara Junior Murray Ian Bishop | Lost |
| 6 | 21 March 1997 | Centurion Park, Gauteng Province, South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 40.4 | 86 | 6 | 2.11 | Gary Kirsten Adam Bacher Daryll Cullinan Jacques Kallis Dave Richardson Brett Schultz | Lost |
| 7 | 19 June 1997 ‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 20.3 | 38 | 8 | 1.85 | Mark Butcher Michael Atherton Alec Stewart Nasser Hussain John Crawley Robert Croft Darren Gough Andy Caddick | Draw |
| 8 | 21 August 1997 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 1 | 21 | 76 | 7 | 3.61 | Mark Butcher Michael Atherton Alec Stewart Nasser Hussain Graham Thorpe Mark Ramprakash Peter Martin | Lost |
| 9 | 7 November 1997 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | New Zealand | 4 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 1.88 | Bryan Young Nathan Astle Stephen Fleming Craig McMillan Simon Doull | Won |
| 10 | 22 October 1998 | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan | 2 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 2.64 | Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam ul Haq Moin Khan Shakeel Ahmed | Draw |
| 11 | 20 November 1998 ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 34.2 | 85 | 6 | 2.47 | Mark Butcher Graham Thorpe Dominic Cork Darren Gough Alan Mullally Angus Fraser | Draw |
| 12 | 5 March 1999 * † ‡ | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 2 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 3.57 | Sherwin Campbell Dave Joseph Pedro Collins Curtly Ambrose Mervyn Dillon | Won |
| 13 | 5 March 1999 * † ‡ | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad | West Indies | 4 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 2.80 | Dave Joseph Jimmy Adams Ridley Jacobs Roland Holder Curtly Ambrose | Won |
| 14 | 13 March 1999 | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | West Indies | 2 | 35 | 93 | 5 | 2.65 | Sherwin Campbell Lincoln Roberts Brian Lara Dave Joseph Jimmy Adams | Lost |
| 15 | 26 March 1999 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies | 4 | 44 | 92 | 5 | 2.09 | Sherwin Campbell Pedro Collins Jimmy Adams Ridley Jacobs Nehemiah Perry | Lost |
| 16 | 2 January 2000 * † ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | India | 1 | 18.5 | 48 | 5 | 2.54 | Mannava Prasad Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath | Won |
| 17 | 2 January 2000 * † ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | India | 3 | 17 | 55 | 5 | 3.23 | Mannava Prasad Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Anil Kumble Ajit Agarkar | Won |
| 18 | 23 November 2000 † ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | West Indies | 1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 0.85 | Brian Lara Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ridley Jacobs Mervyn Dillon Marlon Black | Won |
| 19 | 19 July 2001 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 2.25 | Michael Atherton Mark Butcher Graham Thorpe Alec Stewart Craig White | Won |
| 20 | 2 August 2001 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2.72 | Michael Atherton Mark Butcher Alec Stewart Ian Ward Craig White | Won |
| 21 | 16 August 2001 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 2 | 30.2 | 76 | 7 | 2.50 | Michael Atherton Marcus Trescothick Nasser Hussain Usman Afzaal Alex Tudor Darren Gough Alan Mullally | Lost |
| 22 | 23 August 2001 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 3 | 15.3 | 43 | 5 | 2.77 | Michael Atherton Marcus Trescothick Usman Afzaal Jimmy Ormond Phil Tufnell | Won |
| 23 | 22 February 2002 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | 3 | 12.3 | 21 | 5 | 1.68 | Jacques Kallis Nicky Boje Makhaya Ntini André Nel Allan Donald | Won |
| 24 | 1 July 2004 ‡ | Marrara Oval, Darwin | Sri Lanka | 2 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 2.46 | Marvan Atapattu Sanath Jayasuriya Nuwan Zoysa Thilan Samaraweera Russel Arnold | Won |
| 25 | 16 December 2004 | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | Pakistan | 4 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1.50 | Salman Butt Imran Farhat Younis Khan Yousuf Youhana Abdul Razzaq Inzamam ul Haq Kamran Akmal Shoaib Akhtar | Won |
| 26 | 10 March 2005 | Jade Stadium, Christchurch | New Zealand | 1 | 42 | 115 | 6 | 2.73 | Nathan Astle Craig McMillan Brendon McCullum James Franklin Iain O'Brien Chris Martin | Won |
| 27 | 21 July 2005 ‡ | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 2 | 18 | 53 | 5 | 2.94 | Marcus Trescothick Andrew Strauss Michael Vaughan Ian Bell Andrew Flintoff | Won |
| 28 | 11 August 2005 | Old Trafford, Manchester | England | 3 | 20.5 | 115 | 5 | 5.52 | Marcus Trescothick Andrew Strauss Kevin Pietersen Ian Bell Andrew Flintoff | Draw |
| 29 | 23 November 2006 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | England | 2 | 23.1 | 50 | 6 | 2.15 | Andrew Strauss Alastair Cook Kevin Pietersen Geraint Jones Ashley Giles James Anderson | Won |

## One Day Internationals

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 30 October 1994 ‡ | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan | 2 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 5.20 | Inzamam ul Haq Ijaz Ahmed Basit Ali Wasim Akram Waqar Younis | Won |
| 2 | 24 January 1999 ‡ | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Sri Lanka | 2 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 4.00 | Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Marvan Atapattu Hashan Tillakaratne Arjuna Ranatunga | Won |
| 3 | 30 May 1999 ‡ | Old Trafford, Manchester | West Indies | 1 | 8.4 | 14 | 5 | 1.61 | Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Brian Lara Mervyn Dillon Courtney Walsh | Won |
| 4 | 4 February 2000 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Pakistan | 2 | 9.3 | 49 | 5 | 5.15 | Saeed Anwar Ijaz Ahmed Moin Khan Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq | Won |
| 5 | 15 September 2002 ‡ | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | New Zealand | 2 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 5.28 | Stephen Fleming Mathew Sinclair Lou Vincent Scott Styris Jacob Oram | Won |
| 6 | 27 February 2003 ‡ | North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom | Namibia | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2.14 | Andries Burger Morne Karg Danie Keulder Gavin Murgatroyd Deon Kotze Louis Burger Bjorn Kotze | Won |
| 7 | 6 February 2005 ‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Pakistan | 2 | 7.4 | 27 | 5 | 3.52 | Kamran Akmal Mohammad Hafeez Inzamam ul Haq Abdul Razzaq Naved-ul-Hasan | Won |