List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Dale Steyn explained

Dale Steyn, a South African cricketer, has taken 29 five-wicket hauls in international cricket.^{[1] [2]} In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer"^[3]) refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[4] and, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.^[2] A right-arm fast bowler, Steyn reached 300 Test wickets in fewer matches than any other South African bowler.^[5] He was named the ICC's Test Player of the Year in 2008, and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 2013.^[6]

Steyn made his Test debut in 2004 against England at the St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth.^[7] His first Test five-wicket haul came in 2006, against New Zealand at the SuperSport Park, Centurion.^[8] In November 2007 against the same team at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time.^[9] He has repeated this feat twice more: against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2008,^[10] and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium in 2013.^[11] Steyn's career-best figures for an innings are 7 wickets for 51 runs against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, in February 2010.^[12] He has taken ten or more wickets in a match on five occasions.^[13] As of 2015, he has taken the most number five-wicket hauls for South Africa.

Steyn made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the African XI in the first match of the 2005 Afro-Asia Cup, against the Asian XI at the SuperSport Park, Centurion.^[14] His first ODI five-wicket haul came during the 2011 Cricket World Cup, against India, a match which South Africa won at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.^[15] His career-best bowling in ODI cricket is 6 wickets for 39 runs against Pakistan at the St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, in November 2013.^[16]

Making his first Twenty20 International (T20I) appearance in 2006, Steyn has yet to take a five-wicket haul in the format.^[17] His best performance in T20I is 4 wickets for 9 runs, against the West Indies at the St George's Oval, in December 2007.^[18] As of 2015, he is joint eighth—with Harbhajan Singh—overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.^[2]

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	Runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ
Batsmen	The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Result	Result for the South Africa team
	One of two five-wicket hauls by Steyn in a match
	10 wickets or more taken in the match
	Steyn was selected as man of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Dale Steyn

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1									align=left	Stephen Fleming Scott Styris Brendon McCullum Daniel Vettori Chris Martin	Won
2									align=left	Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene Farveez Maharoof Chaminda Vaas Muttiah Muralitharan	Lost^[19]
3									align=left	Mohammad Hafeez Salman Butt Younus Khan Abdur Rehman Umar Gul	Won^[20]
4	1								align=left	Craig Cumming Shane Bond Jacob Oram Brendon McCullum Chris Martin	Won
5	2								align=left	Craig Cumming Scott Styris Brendon McCullum Iain O'Brien Chris Martin	Won
6									align=left	Lou Vincent Michael Papps Stephen Fleming Brendon McCullum Mark Gillespie Iain O'Brien	Won^[21]
7									align=left	Brenton Parchment Marlon Samuels Dwayne Bravo Darren Sammy Daren Powell Fidel Edwards	Won^[22]
8									align=left	Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Harbhajan Singh R. P. Singh S. Sreesanth	Won^[23]
9									align=left	Imrul Kayes Shakib Al Hasan Naeem Islam Mashrafe Mortaza Shahadat Hossain	Won^[24]
10	1								align=left	Simon Katich Michael Hussey Brett Lee Mitchell Johnson Nathan Hauritz	Won
11	2								align=left	Matthew Hayden Simon Katich Michael Clarke Andrew Symonds Peter Siddle	Won
12									align=left	Andrew Strauss Ian Bell Matt Prior Graeme Swann Ryan Sidebottom	Won^[25]
13									align=left	Murali Vijay Sachin Tendulkar Subramaniam Badrinath Wriddhiman Saha Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Amit Mishra	Won^[26]
14									align=left	Shivnarine Chanderpaul Narsingh Deonarine Shane Shillingford Sulieman Benn Nelon Pascal	Won^[27]
15									align=left	Virender Sehwag Murali Vijay Rahul Dravid VVS Laxman Mahendra Singh Dhoni Harbhajan Singh	Lost^[28]
16									align=left	Virender Sehwag Cheteshwar Pujara MS Dhoni Harbhajan Singh Ishant Sharma	Drawn^[29]
17									align=left	Tillakaratne Dilshan Angelo Mathews Dinesh Chandimal Thisara Perera Chanaka Welegedara	Lost^[30]
18									align=left	Jonathan Trott Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Graeme Swann	Won^[31]
19									align=left	Martin Guptill Kane Williamson Doug Bracewell Neil Wagner Jeetan Patel	Won^[32]
20	1								align=left	Mohammad Hafeez Nasir Jamshed Younus Khan Sarfraz Ahmed Saeed Ajmal Rahat Ali	Won
21	2								align=left	Nasir Jamshed Misbah-ul-Haq Asad Shafiq Umar Gul Junaid Khan	Won
22									align=left	Murali Vijay Cheteshwar Pujara Rohit Sharma MS Dhoni Zaheer Khan Ishant Sharma	Won^[33]
23									align=center Kaushal Silva Mahela Jayawardhane Lahiru Thirimanne Dinesh Chandimal Dilruwan Perera	Won^[34]
24									align=left	Vusi Sibanda Sean Williams Richmond Mutumbami Tendai Chatara John Nyumbu	Won^[35]
25									align=left	Leon Johnson Marlon Samuels Shivnarine Chanderpaul Denesh Ramdin Jerome Taylor Sheldon Cottrell	Won^[36]
26									align=left	Tom Latham Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Henry Nicholls Mitchell Santner	Won^[37]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket haul in One Day Internationals by Dale Steyn

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1									align=left	Gautam Gambhir Yusuf Pathan Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel	Won
2									align=left	Sohaib Maqsood Misbah-ul-Haq Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal Saeed Ajmal	Won^[38]
3									align=left	Nasir Jamshed Mohammad Hafeez Umar Akmal Shahid Afridi Bilawal Bhatti Saeed Ajmal	Lost

External links

• Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Dale Steyn / Test matches . . dead . https://archive.today/20130812204120/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/47492.html?class=1;filter=advanced;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets . 12 August 2013 .
• Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Dale Steyn / ODI matches . ESPNcricinfo. dead . https://archive.today/20130812204208/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/47492.html?class=2;filter=advanced;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets . 12 August 2013 .
• Web site: Profile of Dale Steyn . CricketArchive.
• Web site: Profile of Dale Steyn . Yahoo! Cricket.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dale Steyn . ESPNcricinfo . 5 February 2013.
2. Web site: Records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records – Bowling records – Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career . 21 August 2012. ESPNcricinfo.
3. Web site: Swinging it for the Auld Enemy – An interview with Ryan Sidebottom. . 5 February 2013. 17 August 2008. ... I'd rather take fifers (five wickets) for England ....
4. Book: Pervez, M. A.. A Dictionary of Cricket. . 2001. 31. 978-81-7370-184-9. 5 February 2013.
5. Web site: Records/Test matches/Bowling records/Fastest to 300 wickets. ESPNcricinfo . 23 July 2013.
6. Book: Vice, Telford. Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2013–Dale Steyn. ESPNcricinfo . Wisden. 11 May 2013. 23 July 2013.
7. Web site: England tour of South Africa Test Series, 2004/05 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
8. Web site: New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2005/06 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
9. Web site: New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2007/08 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
10. Web site: Australia tour of South Africa, 2008/09 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
11. Web site: Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2012/13 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
12. Web site: Statistics – Statsguru – Dale Steyn – Test matches . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219011850/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/47492.html?class=1%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbowling%3Bview%3Dinnings%3Bwicketsmin1%3D5%3Bwicketsval1%3Dwickets . 19 February 2015 .
13. Web site: Test Matches: Bowling Records – Most ten-wickets-in-a-match in a career. ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
14. Web site: Africa XI v Asia XI at Centurion, 17 August 2005 – 1st match . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
15. Web site: ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 – 28th match, Group B . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
16. Web site: Pakistan tour of South Africa, 2013/14: ODI series – 2nd ODI . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
17. Web site: Statistics – Statsguru – Dale Steyn – Twenty20 Internationals . 5 February 2013 . ESPNcricinfo. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150219014935/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/47492.html?class=3%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbowling . 19 February 2015 .
18. Web site: West Indies tour of South Africa, 2007/08 – 1st T20I . 5 February 2013 . ESPNcricinfo.
19. Web site: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2006 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
20. Web site: South Africa tour of Pakistan, 2007/08 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
21. Web site: New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2007/08 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
22. Web site: West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa, 2007/08 – 3rd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
23. Web site: South Africa tour of India, 2007/08 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
24. Web site: Bangladesh tour of South Africa, 2008/09 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013 .
25. Web site: England tour of South Africa, 2009/10 – 4th Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
26. Web site: South Africa tour of India, 2009/10 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
27. Web site: South Africa tour of West Indies, 2010 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
28. Web site: India tour of South Africa, 2010/11 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
29. Web site: India tour of South Africa, 2010/11 – 3rd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
30. Web site: Sri Lanka tour of South Africa, 2011/12 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
31. Web site: South Africa tour of England, 2012 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
32. Web site: New Zealand tour of South Africa 2012/13 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.
33. Web site: India tour of South Africa 2013/14 – 2nd Test . ESPNcricinfo. 27 December 2013.
34. Web site: South Africa tour of Sri Lanka, 2014 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 21 July 2014.
35. Web site: South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, 2014 – Only Test . ESPNcricinfo. 12 August 2014.
36. Web site: West Indies tour of South Africa, 2014/15 – 1st Test . ESPNcricinfo. 20 January 2015.
37. Web site: Full Scorecard of South Africa vs New Zealand 2nd Test 2016 – Score Report . ESPNcricinfo.
38. Web site: South Africa tour of United Arab Emirates, 2013/14: ODI series – 4th ODI . ESPNcricinfo. 5 February 2013.