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.

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Symbol Meaning DateDay the Test started or ODI held InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken OversNumber of overs bowled RunsNumber of runs conceded WktsNumber of wickets taken EconRuns conceded per over BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken ResultResult 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 cricketNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Basin Reserve, Wellington Surinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Brijesh Patel Syed Kirmani Erapalli Prasanna Bishan Singh Bedi Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Won 2 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Majid Khan Sadiq Mohammad Mushtaq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Imran Khan Lost 3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Graham Roope Ian Botham Chris Old Phil Edmonds Mike Hendrick Bob Willis Won 4 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Graham Gooch Clive Radley Mike Brearley Bob Taylor Phil Edmonds Lost 5 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Talat Ali Mohsin Khan Javed Miandad Haroon Rasheed Mushtaq Mohammad Lost 6 Eden Park, Auckland Talat Ali Mushtaq Mohammad Imran Khan Sarfraz Nawaz Sikander Bakht Drawn 7 Carisbrook, Dunedin Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Alvin Kallicharran Clive Lloyd Michael Holding Won 8 Carisbrook, Dunedin Gordon Greenidge Lawrence Rowe Clive Lloyd Deryck Murray Derick Parry Joel Garner Won 9 WACA Ground, Perth Graeme Wood Kim Hughes Doug Walters Rod Marsh Dennis Lillee Lost 10 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Graeme Wood Greg Chappell Kim Hughes Allan Border Rodney Hogg Jim Higgs Drawn 11 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Sunil Gavaskar Chetan Chauhan Gundappa Viswanath Sandeep Patil Yashpal Sharma Drawn 12 Eden Park, Auckland Bruce Laird Greg Chappell Rod Marsh Bruce Yardley Jeff Thomson Won 13 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Graeme Wood Kim Hughes Rod Marsh Bruce Yardley Jeff Thomson Dennis Lillee Lost 14 Kennington Oval, London Graeme Fowler David Gower Ian Botham Vic Marks Bob Taylor Norman Cowans Lost 15 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Chris Smith Mike Gatting Bob Taylor Neil Foster Bob Willis Lost 16 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Chris Tavaré David Gower Derek Randall Bob Willis Norman Cowans Won 17 Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Sidath Wettimuny Sanath Kaluperuma Ravi Ratnayeke Somachandra de Silva Guy de Alwis Won 18 Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Sidath Wettimuny Sanath Kaluperuma Somachandra de Silva Guy de Alwis Jayantha Amerasinghe Won 19 Carisbrook, Dunedin Mudassar Nazar Javed Miandad Zaheer Abbas Rashid Khan Saleem Malik Tahir Naqqash Won 20 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Kepler Wessels Andrew Hilditch David Boon Allan Border Greg Ritchie Wayne Phillips Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Bob Holland Won 21 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Andrew Hilditch Wayne Phillips Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Dave Gilbert Bob Holland Won 22 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Robbie Kerr David Boon Greg Ritchie Greg Matthews Dave Gilbert Bob Holland Lost 23 WACA Ground, Perth David Boon Allan Border Greg Matthews Geoff Lawson Bob Holland Won 24 WACA Ground, Perth Robbie Kerr David Boon Allan Border Greg Matthews Geoff Lawson Dave Gilbert Won 25 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Geoff Marsh David Boon Greg Ritchie Greg Matthews Steve Waugh Tim Zoehrer Dave Gilbert Drawn 26 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Graham Gooch Martyn Moxon Bill Athey Mike Gatting Phil Edmonds Graham Dilley Drawn 27 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Graham Gooch Martyn Moxon Mike Gatting John Emburey Phil Edmonds Greg Thomas Won 28 Eden Park, Auckland Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Viv Richards Gus Logie Tony Gray Lost 29 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Joel Garner Courtney Walsh Won 30 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Geoff Marsh David Boon Dean Jones Craig McDermott Bruce Reid Drawn 31 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne David Boon Geoff Marsh Dean Jones Mike Veletta Peter Sleep Drawn 32 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Geoff Marsh Allan Border Peter Sleep Greg Dyer Tony Dodemaide Drawn 33 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Kris Srikkanth Arun Lal Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammad Azharuddin Woorkeri Raman Lost 34 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Kris Srikkanth Arun Lal Kapil Dev Kiran More Arshad Ayub Rashid Patel Won 35 Basin Reserve, Wellington David Boon Steve Waugh Peter Taylor Greg Campbell Terry Alderman Won 36 Edgbaston, Birmingham Robin Smith Jack Russell Chris Lewis Eddie Hemmings Devon Malcolm Lost

One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in One Day InternationalsNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 WACA Ground, Perth Sunil Gavaskar Gundappa Viswanath Sandeep Patil Kapil Dev Karsan Ghavri Lost 2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Graeme Wood Martin Kent Kim Hughes Max Walker Rodney Hogg Won 3 County Cricket Ground, Bristol Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake Won 4 Lancaster Park, Christchurch David Gower Allan Lamb Derek Randall Ian Botham Mike Gatting Lost 5 McLean Park, Napier Shoaib Mohammad Saleem Malik Imran Khan Ijaz Ahmed Saleem Yousuf Won

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