List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
No Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Abdul Qadir 21 January 1984 Pakistan Australia 1 10 53 5 Australia won
2 Joel Garner 12 February 1984 West Indies Australia 1 10 31 5 West Indies won
3 Wasim Akram 24 February 1985 Pakistan Australia 2 8 21 5 Pakistan won
4 Mudassar Nazar 6 March 1985 Pakistan West Indies 1 7.3 28 5 Pakistan won
5 Curtly Ambrose 15 December 1988 West Indies Australia 2 8.2 17 5 West Indies won
6 Curtly Ambrose 14 January 1989 West Indies Australia 1 10 26 5 Australia won
7 Mark Waugh 15 December 1992 Australia West Indies 2 6 24 5 Australia won
8 Richard Snell 21 January 1994 South Africa Australia 2 9.5 40 5 South Africa won
9 Anthony Stuart 16 January 1997 Australia Pakistan 1 10 26 5 Australia won
10 Lance Klusener 9 December 1997 South Africa Australia 2 7.1 24 5 South Africa won
11 Shane Lee 7 February 1999 Australia Sri Lanka 2 8.1 33 5 Australia won
12 Makhaya Ntini 6 February 2002 South Africa New Zealand 1 10 31 5 South Africa won
13 Brett Lee 25 January 2003 Australia England 2 9.3 30 5 Australia won
14 Ajit Agarkar 9 January 2004 India Australia 1 9.3 42 6 Australia won
15 Brad Hogg 14 January 2005 Australia West Indies 2 10 32 5 Australia won
16 Thisara Perera 3 November 2010 Sri Lanka Australia 1 8 46 5 Sri Lanka won
17 Daniel Christian 2 March 2012 Australia Sri Lanka 1 9 31 5 Sri Lanka won
18 Mitchell Starc 18 January 2015 Australia India 1 10 43 6 Australia won
19 Steven Finn 14 February 2015 England Australia 1 10 71 5 Australia won
20 Mitchell Marsh 14 February 2015 Australia England 2 9 33 5 Australia won
One Day International five-wicket hauls
As of 23 February 2020 One Day International matches have seen 21 five-wicket hauls taken on the ground , all of them in men 's matches .
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the 11th-largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and has the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG hosted the First Test match played between Australia and England in 1877, and has since been the venue of 106 Test matches, 138 One-Day International matches, and 7 T20 International matches. 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. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at MCG was Billy Midwinter in 1877, in the first innings of the first Test. The first non-Australian to take a five-wicket haul in a Test at the MCG was Alfred Shaw, who did so for England against Australia in 1877, in the second innings of the first Test. The Best Bowling in an Innings at the MCG in a Test match was taken by Sarfraz Nawaz who took 9/86 for Pakistan against Australia on 10 March 1979. The best bowling on the ground by an Australian was by Arthur Mailey for took 9/121 against England on 11 February 1921. As of December 2019, a five-wicket haul in Test Matches at the MCG has been taken on 167 occasions. The first ODI 5-wicket haul was taken by Abdul Qadir for Pakistan against Australia in 1983-84. The first 5-wicket haul taken by an Australian was by Mark Waugh against West Indies on 15 December 1992.