List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud
# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud

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 as of December 2015 only 45 bowlers have taken at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Richie Benaud, a leg spinner and former captain of the Australia cricket team, played 63 Tests for his country between 1952 and 1964. He took 248 wickets at an average of 27.03, including 16 five-wicket hauls. The cricket almanack Wisden named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1962. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2007, and into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as one of the inaugural members in January 2009. Leo McKinstry, a cricket writer, in 1998 described Benaud as "one of cricket's greatest legends" and "one of the great all-rounders", and further noted him being the first to take 200 wickets and make 2,000 runs in Tests.

Benaud made his Test debut in January 1952 against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, a match Australia won by 202 runs. His first Test five-wicket haul came in the first match of the 1956–57 series against India at the Corporation Stadium. He took 7 wickets for 72 runs in the first innings of the match, his best bowling figures for an innings. Benaud took his solitary pair of five-wicket hauls in the third Test of the series at the Eden Gardens. He accumulated 11 wickets for 105 runs in the match, his career-best performance in Test cricket. Benaud claimed his 16 five-wicket hauls against five different opponents, and Australia never lost any of the games on such instances. He was most successful against India and South Africa, taking 5 five-wicket hauls against each side. Benaud took his five-wicket hauls at 12 cricket grounds, including 11 at venues outside Australia. As of August 2014, he is thirty-first among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| - | - |
| Date | Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches |
| 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 |
| Batsmen | The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul |
| Econ | Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) |
| Result | The result for Australia in that match |
| * | One of two five-wicket hauls by Benaud in a match |
| † | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
| ‡ | Benaud captained Australia |
| Drawn | The match was drawn |

## Test five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Richie Benaud :

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 19 October 1956 | Corporation Stadium, Madras | India | 1 | 29.3 | 72 | 7 | 2.44 | Vinoo Mankad Pankaj Roy Polly Umrigar Vijay Manjrekar Jasu Patel Ghulam Ahmed Subhash Gupte | Won |
| 2 | 2 November 1956*† | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | India | 2 | 29 | 52 | 6 | 1.79 | Nari Contractor Vijay Manjrekar Vinoo Mankad Gulabrai Ramchand A. G. Kripal Singh Naren Tamhane | Won |
| 3 | 2 November 1956*† | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | India | 4 | 24.2 | 53 | 5 | 2.17 | Polly Umrigar Vijay Manjrekar Vinoo Mankad AG Kripal Singh Naren Tamhane | Won |
| 4 | 31 December 1957 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | South Africa | 3 | 21 | 49 | 5 | 1.75 | Dick Westcott Roy McLean Russell Endean Ken Funston Clive van Ryneveld | Won |
| 5 | 24 January 1958 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | South Africa | 2 | 50.7 | 114 | 5 | 1.68 | Russell Endean Roy McLean Hugh Tayfield Peter Heine Neil Adcock | Drawn |
| 6 | 7 February 1958 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | 3 | 41 | 84 | 5 | 1.53 | Jackie McGlew Russell Endean Trevor Goddard John Waite Peter Heine | Won |
| 7 | 28 February 1958 | Crusaders Ground St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 3 | 33 | 82 | 5 | 1.86 | Trevor Goddard Clive van Ryneveld Jackie McGlew Peter Carlstein Peter Heine | Won |
| 8 | 9 January 1959‡ | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 1 | 33.4 | 83 | 5 | 1.85 | Tom Graveney Colin Cowdrey Roy Swetman Fred Trueman Jim Laker | Drawn |
| 9 | 30 January 1959‡ | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | England | 2 | 27 | 91 | 5 | 2.52 | Peter May Fred Trueman Tony Lock Frank Tyson Godfrey Evans | Won |
| 10 | 4 December 1959‡ | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan | 1 | 49.5 | 93 | 5 | 1.86 | Shujauddin Butt Duncan Sharpe Ijaz Butt Fazal Mahmood Munir Malik | Drawn |
| 11 | 12 December 1959‡ | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | India | 3 | 46 | 76 | 5 | 1.65 | Nari Contractor Chandu Borde Bapu Nadkarni Surendranath Ramakant Desai | Won |
| 12 | 13 January 1960‡ | Corporation Stadium, Madras | India | 2 | 32.1 | 43 | 5 | 1.33 | Budhi Kunderan Nari Contractor Gulabrai Ramchand Bapu Nadkarni Ramakant Desai | Won |
| 13 | 27 January 1961‡ | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies | 1 | 27 | 96 | 5 | 2.66 | Cammie Smith Rohan Kanhai Garfield Sobers Joe Solomon Wes Hall | Drawn |
| 14 | 27 July 1961‡ | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester | England | 4 | 32 | 70 | 6 | 2.18 | Raman Subba Row Ted Dexter Peter May Brian Close John Murray David Allen | Won |
| 15 | 23 November 1962‡ | The Gabba, Brisbane | England | 2 | 42 | 115 | 6 | 2.05 | Geoff Pullar David Sheppard Ted Dexter Ken Barrington Peter Parfitt Fred Titmus | Drawn |
| 16 | 6 December 1963‡ | The Gabba, Brisbane | South Africa | 2 | 33 | 68 | 5 | 1.54 | Trevor Goddard Eddie Barlow Peter Carlstein Denis Lindsay Peter Pollock | Drawn |
