List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Makhaya Ntini

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fifer"^[1]) refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[2] and as of 1 February 2015 only 42 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at the international level.^[3]

Makhaya Ntini (born 6 July 1977) is a former South African cricketer who was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace. He became only the third South African to take 300 Test wickets after Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald, and to reach second place in the ICC test match bowling ratings, during an international career that spanned from 1998-2011.^[4] During his career, Ntini took 22 five-wicket hauls- as of February 2015, ranking him joint seventeenth among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers (joint with Rangana Herath, Allan Donald, Malcolm Marshall and Daniel Vettori), and joint second in the equivalent list for Sri Lanka, joint with Donald and behind Dale Steyn.^[3]

Key

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 South Africa team
♠	Ntini was the man of the match
	10 or more wickets taken in the match

Test 5-wicket Hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Makhaya Ntini

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	17 November 2000 ♠	Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein	New Zealand	3	31.4	66	6	2.08	Craig Spearman Nathan Astle Brooke Walker Daryl Tuffey Adam Parore Shayne O'Connor	Won[5]
2	18 October 2002	Buffalo Park, East London	Bangladesh	3	15	19	5	1.26	Sanwar Hossain Tushar Imran Habibul Bashar Tapash Baisya Manjurul Islam	Won[6]
3	31 July 2003 ♠	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	England	1	17	75	5	4.41	Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan Alec Stewart Ashley Giles Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison	Won[7]
4	31 July 2003 ♠	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	England	3	31	145	5	4.67	Marcus Trescothick Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Ashley Giles Steve Harmison	Won[7]
5	12 December 2003 ♠	The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	West Indies	2	32	95	5	2.93	Daren Ganga Shiv Chanderpaul Ridley Jacobs Mervyn Dillon Chris Gayle	Won[8]
6	26 December 2003	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	West Indies	2	25.5	65	5	2.55	Daren Ganga Shiv Chanderpaul Brian Lara Mervyn Dillon Adam Sanford	Won[9]
7	16 January 2004	SuperSport Park, Centurion	West Indies	2	25.5	65	5	2.55	Daren Ganga Ramnaresh Sarwan Chris Gayle Vasbert Drakes Mervyn Dillon	Won[10]
8	8 April 2005 ♠	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	West Indies	1	28	95	6	3.39	Chris Gayle Ramnaresh Sarwan Wavell Hinds Donovan Pagon Courtney Browne Daren Powell	Won[11]
9	8 April 2005 ♠	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	West Indies	3	19.5	37	7	1.86	Chris Gayle Shiv Chanderpaul Donovan Pagon Dwayne Bravo Courtney Browne Pedro Collins Reon King	Won[11]
10	16 December 2005	WACA, Perth	Australia	1	19	64	5	3.36	Matthew Hayden Justin Langer Michael Hussey Brad Hodge Adam Gilchrist	Drawn[12]
11	31 March 2006	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Australia	2	18.5	100	6	5.30	Matthew Hayden Damien Martyn Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Brett Lee	Lost[13]
12	15 April 2006 ♠	SuperSport Park, Centurion	New Zealand	2	19	45	6	4.94	Hamish Marshall Stephen Fleming Scott Styris Daniel Vettori James Franklin	Won[14]
13	15 April 2006 ♠	SuperSport Park, Centurion	New Zealand	4	19	45	6	4.94	Peter Fulton Kyle Mills Nathan Astle Jacob Oram Hamish Marshall	Won[14]
14	5 May 2006	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	New Zealand	1	16	35	5	2.18	Michael Papps Scott Styris Stephen Fleming Brendon McCullum Chris Martin	Won[15]
15	26 December 2006 ♠	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	India	4	19	48	5	2.52	Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Wasim Jaffer Sourav Ganguly	Won[16]
16	11 January 2007	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Pakistan	1	24	83	5	3.45	Imran Farhat Mohammad Hafeez Inzamam-ul-Haq Shahid Nazir Danish Kaneria	Won[17]
17	19 January 2007	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	Pakistan	2	21	59	6	2.80	Imran Farhat Mohammad Hafeez Yasir Hameed Younis Khan Mohammad Sami Mohammad Asif	Lost[18]
18	7 August 2008	The Oval, London	England	2	24	95	6	3.91	Andrew Strauss Ian Bell Alastair Cook Kevin Pietersen Stuart Broad	Lost[19]

Source: ^[4]

ODI 5-wicket Hauls

Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Makhaya Ntini

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	11 January 2001 ♠	Newlands, Cape Town	Sri Lanka	2	8.2	37	5	4.44	Kaushalya Weeraratne Kumar Sangakkara Romesh Kaluwitharana Pramodya Wickramasinghe Muttiah Muralitharan	Won[20]
2	6 February 2002 ♠	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	New Zealand	1	10	31	5	3.10	Lou Vincent Nathan Astle Dion Nash Adam Parore Andre Adams	Won[21]
3	3 March 2006 ♠	Newlands, Cape Town	Australia	2	9.3	26	6	2.31	Adam Gilchrist Phil Jaques Damien Martyn Michael Clarke Nathan Bracken Shane Watson	Won[22]
4	27 October 2006 ♠	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh	Pakistan	2	6	21	5	3.50	Mohammad Hafeez Imran Farhat Younis Khan Shoaib Malik Kamran Akmal	Won[23]

Source: ^[4]

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