# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Richard Hadlee

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, and fewer than 54 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers as October 2024. Richard Hadlee, a retired New Zealand cricketer, took 41 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. A fast bowler who represented his country between 1973 and 1990, Hadlee was described by the BBC as "one of the greatest bowlers the world has seen". Hadlee was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1982. In 2009, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Hadlee was the first bowler to take 400 wickets in Test cricket.
Hadlee made his Test debut in 1973 against Pakistan at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1976, against India in a match at the same venue which New Zealand won. In February 1980, he took his first pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against the West Indies at the Carisbrook, Dunedin. By the end of his career, he had claimed five-wicket hauls in both innings of a match on five occasions. He went on to take ten or more wickets in a match on nine occasions. In Tests, Hadlee was most successful against Australia, with fourteen five-wicket hauls. His best bowling figures in an innings were 9 wickets for 52 runs against the same team at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, in November 1985. He followed up in the second innings of that match with 6 for 71 and achieved his best match figures of 15 for 123 to give New Zealand an innings win.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in February 1973 against Pakistan at the Lancaster Park, Christchurch, Hadlee's first ODI five-wicket haul came in 1980 against India, in a match at the WACA Ground, Perth, which New Zealand lost. His career-best bowling figures in ODI cricket were 5 wickets for 25 runs against Sri Lanka at the County Cricket Ground, Bristol, in June 1983. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1990 after nearly 17 years, Hadlee had taken 36 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and five in ODIs. As of October 2012, he is second overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, behind Muttiah Muralitharan.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI 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 for the New Zealand team |
| * | One of two five-wicket hauls by Hadlee in a match |
| † | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |
| ‡ | Hadlee was selected as man of the match |

## Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 13 February 1976 † | Basin Reserve, Wellington | India | 4 | 8.3 | 23 | 7 | 2.05 | Surinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Brijesh Patel Syed Kirmani Erapalli Prasanna Bishan Singh Bedi Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | Won |
| 2 | 9 October 1976 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan | 1 | 19 | 121 | 5 | 4.77 | Majid Khan Sadiq Mohammad Mushtaq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Imran Khan | Lost |
| 3 | 10 February 1978 † | Basin Reserve, Wellington | England | 4 | 13.3 | 26 | 6 | 1.45 | Graham Roope Ian Botham Chris Old Phil Edmonds Mike Hendrick Bob Willis | Won |
| 4 | 24 August 1978 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 2 | 32 | 84 | 5 | 2.62 | Graham Gooch Clive Radley Mike Brearley Bob Taylor Phil Edmonds | Lost |
| 5 | 2 February 1979 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Pakistan | 1 | 25 | 62 | 5 | 1.86 | Talat Ali Mohsin Khan Javed Miandad Haroon Rasheed Mushtaq Mohammad | Lost |
| 6 | 23 February 1979 | Eden Park, Auckland | Pakistan | 2 | 27 | 104 | 5 | 2.88 | Talat Ali Mushtaq Mohammad Imran Khan Sarfraz Nawaz Sikander Bakht | Drawn |
| 7 | 9 February 1980* † | Carisbrook, Dunedin | West Indies | 1 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 1.70 | Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Alvin Kallicharran Clive Lloyd Michael Holding | Won |
| 8 | 9 February 1980* † | Carisbrook, Dunedin | West Indies | 3 | 36 | 68 | 6 | 1.88 | Gordon Greenidge Lawrence Rowe Clive Lloyd Deryck Murray Derick Parry Joel Garner | Won |
| 9 | 12 December 1980 | WACA Ground, Perth | Australia | 2 | 27 | 87 | 5 | 3.22 | Graeme Wood Kim Hughes Doug Walters Rod Marsh Dennis Lillee | Lost |
| 10 | 26 December 1980 ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 3 | 27.2 | 57 | 6 | 2.08 | Graeme Wood Greg Chappell Kim Hughes Allan Border Rodney Hogg Jim Higgs | Drawn |
| 11 | 6 March 1981 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | India | 1 | 33 | 47 | 5 | 1.42 | Sunil Gavaskar Chetan Chauhan Gundappa Viswanath Sandeep Patil Yashpal Sharma | Drawn |
| 12 | 12 March 1982 | Eden Park, Auckland | Australia | 3 | 28 | 63 | 5 | 2.25 | Bruce Laird Greg Chappell Rod Marsh Bruce Yardley Jeff Thomson | Won |
| 13 | 19 March 1982 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Australia | 1 | 28.5 | 100 | 6 | 3.46 | Graeme Wood Kim Hughes Rod Marsh Bruce Yardley Jeff Thomson Dennis Lillee | Lost |
| 14 | 14 July 1983 ‡ | Kennington Oval, London | England | 1 | 23.4 | 53 | 6 | 2.23 | Graeme Fowler David Gower Ian Botham Vic Marks Bob Taylor Norman Cowans | Lost |
| 15 | 11 August 1983 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 40 | 93 | 5 | 2.32 | Chris Smith Mike Gatting Bob Taylor Neil Foster Bob Willis | Lost |
| 16 | 3 February 1984 ‡ | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | England | 3 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1.55 | Chris Tavaré David Gower Derek Randall Bob Willis Norman Cowans | Won |
| 17 | 26 February 1984 * † ‡ | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka | 1 | 22 | 73 | 5 | 3.31 | Sidath Wettimuny Sanath Kaluperuma Ravi Ratnayeke Somachandra de Silva Guy de Alwis | Won |
| 18 | 26 February 1984 * † ‡ | Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka | 3 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1.81 | Sidath Wettimuny Sanath Kaluperuma Somachandra de Silva Guy de Alwis Jayantha Amerasinghe | Won |
| 19 | 9 February 1985 | Carisbrook, Dunedin | Pakistan | 1 | 24 | 51 | 6 | 2.12 | Mudassar Nazar Javed Miandad Zaheer Abbas Rashid Khan Saleem Malik Tahir Naqqash | Won |
| 20 | 8 November 1985 * † ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Australia | 1 | 23.4 | 52 | 9 | 2.19 | Kepler Wessels Andrew Hilditch David Boon Allan Border Greg Ritchie Wayne Phillips Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Bob Holland | Won |
| 21 | 8 November 1985 * † ‡ | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Australia | 3 | 28.5 | 71 | 6 | 2.46 | Andrew Hilditch Wayne Phillips Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Dave Gilbert Bob Holland | Won |
| 22 | 22 November 1985 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia | 2 | 24 | 65 | 5 | 2.70 | Robbie Kerr David Boon Greg Ritchie Greg Matthews Dave Gilbert Bob Holland | Lost |
| 23 | 30 November 1985* † ‡ | WACA Ground, Perth | Australia | 1 | 26.5 | 65 | 5 | 2.42 | David Boon Allan Border Greg Matthews Geoff Lawson Bob Holland | Won |
| 24 | 30 November 1985 * † ‡ | WACA Ground, Perth | Australia | 3 | 39 | 90 | 6 | 2.30 | Robbie Kerr David Boon Allan Border Greg Matthews Geoff Lawson Dave Gilbert | Won |
| 25 | 28 February 1986 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | Australia | 1 | 44 | 116 | 7 | 2.59 | Geoff Marsh David Boon Greg Ritchie Greg Matthews Steve Waugh Tim Zoehrer Dave Gilbert | Drawn |
| 26 | 24 July 1986 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 37.5 | 80 | 6 | 2.11 | Graham Gooch Martyn Moxon Bill Athey Mike Gatting Phil Edmonds Graham Dilley | Drawn |
| 27 | 7 August 1986 † ‡ | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 1 | 32 | 80 | 6 | 2.50 | Graham Gooch Martyn Moxon Mike Gatting John Emburey Phil Edmonds Greg Thomas | Won |
| 28 | 27 February 1987 | Eden Park, Auckland | West Indies | 1 | 41.4 | 105 | 6 | 2.52 | Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Viv Richards Gus Logie Tony Gray | Lost |
| 29 | 12 March 1987‡ | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | West Indies | 1 | 12.3 | 50 | 6 | 4.00 | Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Joel Garner Courtney Walsh | Won |
| 30 | 15 December 1987 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia | 2 | 42 | 68 | 5 | 1.61 | Geoff Marsh David Boon Dean Jones Craig McDermott Bruce Reid | Drawn |
| 31 | 26 December 1987 * † ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 2 | 44 | 109 | 5 | 2.47 | David Boon Geoff Marsh Dean Jones Mike Veletta Peter Sleep | Drawn |
| 32 | 26 December 1987 * † ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 4 | 31 | 67 | 5 | 2.16 | Geoff Marsh Allan Border Peter Sleep Greg Dyer Tony Dodemaide | Drawn |
| 33 | 12 November 1988 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India | 1 | 30 | 65 | 5 | 2.16 | Kris Srikkanth Arun Lal Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammad Azharuddin Woorkeri Raman | Lost |
| 34 | 24 November 1988 † | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | India | 2 | 20.5 | 49 | 6 | 2.35 | Kris Srikkanth Arun Lal Kapil Dev Kiran More Arshad Ayub Rashid Patel | Won |
| 35 | 15 February 1990 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Australia | 1 | 16.2 | 39 | 5 | 2.38 | David Boon Steve Waugh Peter Taylor Greg Campbell Terry Alderman | Won |
| 36 | 6 May 1990 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | England | 3 | 21 | 53 | 5 | 2.52 | Robin Smith Jack Russell Chris Lewis Eddie Hemmings Devon Malcolm | Lost |

## One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 9 December 1980 ‡ | WACA Ground, Perth | India | 1 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 3.55 | Sunil Gavaskar Gundappa Viswanath Sandeep Patil Kapil Dev Karsan Ghavri | Lost |
| 2 | 29 January 1981 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia | 2 | 8.3 | 26 | 5 | 3.05 | Graeme Wood Martin Kent Kim Hughes Max Walker Rodney Hogg | Won |
| 3 | 13 June 1983‡ | County Cricket Ground, Bristol | Sri Lanka | 1 | 10.1 | 25 | 5 | 2.45 | Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake | Won |
| 4 | 18 February 1984 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | England | 1 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 3.20 | David Gower Allan Lamb Derek Randall Ian Botham Mike Gatting | Lost |
| 5 | 6 February 1989 | McLean Park, Napier | Pakistan | 1 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 3.80 | Shoaib Mohammad Saleem Malik Imran Khan Ijaz Ahmed Saleem Yousuf | Won |