List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald

Allan Donald is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented the South African cricket team between 1991, when the team's suspension from international cricket was lifted following the end of the apartheid regime,[2][3] and 2003. A right-arm fast bowler, Donald was described by ESPNcricinfo writer Peter Robinson as "South Africa's greatest fast bowler".[4] Donald took 330 wickets in Test cricket and 272 in ODIs, and remains the second highest wicket-taker of his country in ODIs as of 2013.[5] The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 1992 and rated him the second best ODI bowler in 2003.[N 2] During his international career, Donald took 22 five-wicket hauls. A five-wicket haul—also known as a five-for or fifer—refers to the feat of a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings.[7] This is regarded as a notable achievement,[8] and only 41 bowlers have at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[N 3][9]

Donald's (pictured in 2012) average of 22.25 in Tests is the fourth-best among his countrymen as of August 2013.[N 1]

Donald took a five-wicket haul in his ODI debut against India at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in November 1991, taking 5 wickets for 29 runs, the fifth best performance by any bowler on ODI debut. Despite this South Africa lost the match, however, Donald secured a Man of the match award.[10] He picked up another five-wicket haul in October 1996, against Kenya when he claimed 6 wickets for 23 runs at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club. The bowling figures are the second best by a South African as of 2013.[11]

Donald made his Test debut against the West Indies in April 1992, collecting six wickets in the match.[12] He took a five-wicket haul for the first time in Tests when he took 5 wickets for 55 runs against India during the third Test of a four-match series held later that year. He took another five wicket haul in the second innings, thus collecting 12 wickets for 139 runs in the match. Donald went on to repeat this feat against England in November 1999. His career-best bowling figures in an innings came when he took 8 wickets for 71 runs against Zimbabwe in 1995 at the Harare Sports Club.[13] He was most successful against England, taking nine fifers. As of 2013, he is sixteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.[N 4]

Key
Donald took a pair of fifers for the first time at the St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth.
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
* One of two five-wicket hauls by Donald in a match
10 or more wickets taken in the match
Donald was selected as man of the match

Tests
List of five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald in Test cricket
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 26 December 1992 * St George's Park, Port Elizabeth India12755 5 2.03 Won[15]
2 26 December 1992 * St George's Park, Port Elizabeth India32884 7 3.00 Won[15]
3 25 August 1993Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Sri Lanka12869 5 2.46 Drawn[16]
4 21 July 1994Lord's Cricket Ground, London England219.374 5 3.79 Won[17]
5 13 October 1995 Harare Sports Club, Harare Zimbabwe33371 8 2.15 Won[18]
6 2 January 1996 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town England11646 5 2.87 Won[19]
7 26 December 1996Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban India21640 5 2.50 Won[20]
8 21 March 1997 Centurion Park, Centurion Australia31836 5 2.00 Won[21]
9 26 December 1997Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia32759 6 2.18 Drawn[22]
10 26 February 1998Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Pakistan119.279 5 4.08 Lost[23]
11 27 March 1998 Centurion Park, Centurion Sri Lanka313.354 5 4.00 Won[24]
12 18 June 1998Lord's Cricket Ground, London England215.332 5 2.06 Won[25]
13 2 July 1998Old Trafford, Manchester England34088 6 2.20 Drawn[26]
14 23 July 1998Trent Bridge, Nottingham England233109 5 3.30 Lost[27]
15 6 August 1998Leeds Cricket Ground, Headingley England329.271 5 2.42 Lost[28]
16 10 December 1998St George's Park, Port Elizabeth West Indies414.249 5 3.41 Won[29]
17 15 January 1999 Centurion Park, Centurion West Indies21349 5 3.76 Won[30]
18 25 November 1999 * New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg England11553 6 3.53 Won[31]
19 25 November 1999 * New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg England32374 5 3.21 Won[31]
20 2 January 2000Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town England12647 5 1.80 Won[32]

One Day Internationals
List of five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald in One Day Internationals
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 10 November 1991 Eden Gardens, Kolkata India28.429 5 3.34 Lost[33]
2 3 October 1996 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Kenya2923 6 3.58 Won[34]

Notes
  1. Records are calculated on the basis that a bowler should have delivered a minimum of 2000 balls.[1]
  2. Donald was second only to Wasim Akram in the table.[6]
  3. The five-wicket haul is defined by the cumulative sum of all formats of the game.
  4. Donald shares the position with Malcolm Marshall, Makhaya Ntini, Daniel Vettori and Dale Steyn.[14]

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