List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Lancaster Park
Lancaster Park, formerly also known as AMI Stadium, is a 13,000 capacity cricket stadium situated in a suburb of Christchurch in New Zealand. The stadium is currently closed due to damage sustained in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The Hadlee Stand has been demolished and the fate of the rest of the stadium is unresolved. It was New Zealand's oldest Test cricket venue before it was demolished. The ground was the venue for 40 men's Test matches, 48 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and four Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). The first Test match at the ground was between New Zealand and England on 10 January 1930, with the first ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan in February 1973 and the first T20I was played in February 2008 between New Zealand and England. Two women's Test matches have been played on the ground, the first in 1935, as well as seven women's ODIs and one women's T20I.
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.[1]
The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Lancaster Park was Maurice Allom, who took five wickets for 38 runs for England against New Zealand in 1930. Phil Tufnell of England has the best Test match innings bowling figures on the ground, taking 7/47 in 1992,[2] whilst fellow Englishman Derek Underwood has the best match figures on the ground, taking 12/97 in 1971.[3]
The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was achieved by Richard Collinge who took 5 for 23 for New Zealand against India in 1976.[4] Australian Simon O'Donnell recorded the best ODI bowling figures at the venue with 5/13 against New Zealand in 1990.[5]
^Allom took his five-wicket haul, which featured a hat-trick, on his Test debut. It was the only five-wicket haul of his five match Test career.[6][7]
^Moir's five-wicket haul was taken on his Test debut. He was the first man to take six wickets in an innings on the ground.[11]
^ abRamadhin and Burtt took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
^ abRamadhin and Valentine took their five-wicket hauls in the same match. New Zealand followed on after their first innings, so Valentine's wickets were taken in the third innings of the match following Ramadhin's five-wicket haul in the second innings.
^ abLock took both of his five-wicket hauls in the same match, becoming the first man to take 10 wickets in a Test match on the ground. New Zealand followed on after their first innings, so Lock's second five-wicket haul was taken in the third innings of the match following his first which was taken in the second innings.
^Trueman was the first players to take seven wickets in an innings on the ground.
^ abcThree five-wicket hauls were taken during the match, Bartlett taking his, the only five-wicket haul of his career, in the third innings after India had followed on. All three bowlers took six wickets in their five-wicket hauls.
^ abUnderwood took two five-wicket hauls during the match. His match figures of 12/97 are the best figures taken on the ground in a Test match and the only time that a players has taken 12 wickets in a Test match on the ground.
^ abCollinge and Madan Lal took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
^O'Keeffe's five-wicket haul was the only time he achieved the feat in a Test match during his career.
^ abHadlee and Mushtaq Mohammad took their five-wicket hauls during the same match. This was the first of Hadlee's six five-wicket hauls in Test matches on the ground.
^ abHadlee and Snedden took their five-wicket hauls in the same match. It was the last of Hadlee's six Test match five-wicket hauls on the ground and Snedden's only five-wicket haul of his Test match career.
^ abMorrison and Dilley took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
^Tufnell's innings figures of 7/47 remain the best innings bowling figures in Test matches on the ground.
^ abWasim and Mushtaq took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
^ abHoggard and Caddick took their fie wicket hauls in the same match.
^ abcMcGrath, Vettori and Warne took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
^Duggan's figures of 6/55 are the best in a women's Test match on the ground.
^This was Collinge's only five-wicket haul in ODIs.
^O'Donnell's figures of 5/13 are the best in an ODI on the ground and his only five-wicket haul in international cricket.