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, , 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.

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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 EconBatsmen Result 1 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Stuart Williams Brian Lara Winston Benjamin Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh Won 2 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Richie Richardson Brian Lara Keith Arthurton Junior Murray Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh Lost 3 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Saleem Elahi Moin Khan Wasim Akram Mushtaq Ahmed Waqar Younis Won 4 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Pramodya Wickramasinghe Muttiah Muralitharan Won 5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brian Lara Junior Murray Ian Bishop Lost 6 Centurion Park, Gauteng Province, South Africa Gary Kirsten Adam Bacher Daryll Cullinan Jacques Kallis Dave Richardson Brett Schultz Lost 7 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Mark Butcher Michael Atherton Alec Stewart Nasser Hussain John Crawley Robert Croft Darren Gough Andy Caddick Draw 8 Kennington Oval, London Mark Butcher Michael Atherton Alec Stewart Nasser Hussain Graham Thorpe Mark Ramprakash Peter Martin Lost 9 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Bryan Young Nathan Astle Stephen Fleming Craig McMillan Simon Doull Won 10 National Stadium, Karachi Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam ul Haq Moin Khan Shakeel Ahmed Draw 11 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Mark Butcher Graham Thorpe Dominic Cork Darren Gough Alan Mullally Angus Fraser Draw 12 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Sherwin Campbell Dave Joseph Pedro Collins Curtly Ambrose Mervyn Dillon Won 13 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Dave Joseph Jimmy Adams Ridley Jacobs Roland Holder Curtly Ambrose Won 14 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Sherwin Campbell Lincoln Roberts Brian Lara Dave Joseph Jimmy Adams Lost 15 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Sherwin Campbell Pedro Collins Jimmy Adams Ridley Jacobs Nehemiah Perry Lost 16 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Mannava Prasad Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Won 17 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Mannava Prasad Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Anil Kumble Ajit Agarkar Won 18 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Brian Lara Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ridley Jacobs Mervyn Dillon Marlon Black Won 19 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Michael Atherton Mark Butcher Graham Thorpe Alec Stewart Craig White Won 20 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Michael Atherton Mark Butcher Alec Stewart Ian Ward Craig White Won 21 Headingley, Leeds Michael Atherton Marcus Trescothick Nasser Hussain Usman Afzaal Alex Tudor Darren Gough Alan Mullally Lost 22 Kennington Oval, London Michael Atherton Marcus Trescothick Usman Afzaal Jimmy Ormond Phil TufnellWon 23 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Jacques Kallis Nicky Boje Makhaya Ntini André Nel Allan Donald Won 24 Marrara Oval, Darwin Marvan Atapattu Sanath Jayasuriya Nuwan Zoysa Thilan Samaraweera Russel Arnold Won 25 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Salman Butt Imran Farhat Younis Khan Yousuf Youhana Abdul Razzaq Inzamam ul Haq Kamran Akmal Shoaib Akhtar Won 26 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Nathan Astle Craig McMillan Brendon McCullum James Franklin Iain O'Brien Chris Martin Won 27 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Marcus Trescothick Andrew Strauss Michael Vaughan Ian Bell Andrew Flintoff Won 28 Old Trafford, Manchester Marcus Trescothick Andrew Strauss Kevin Pietersen Ian Bell Andrew Flintoff Draw 29 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Andrew Strauss Alastair Cook Kevin Pietersen Geraint Jones Ashley Giles James Anderson Won

One Day Internationals No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts EconBatsmen Result 1 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Inzamam ul Haq Ijaz Ahmed Basit Ali Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Won 2 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Marvan Atapattu Hashan Tillakaratne Arjuna Ranatunga Won 3 Old Trafford, Manchester Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Brian Lara Mervyn Dillon Courtney Walsh Won 4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Saeed Anwar Ijaz Ahmed Moin Khan Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq Won 5 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Stephen Fleming Mathew Sinclair Lou Vincent Scott Styris Jacob Oram Won 6 North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom Andries Burger Morne Karg Danie Keulder Gavin Murgatroyd Deon Kotze Louis Burger Bjorn Kotze Won 7 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Kamran Akmal Mohammad Hafeez Inzamam ul Haq Abdul Razzaq Naved-ul-HasanWon

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