DW Steyn of South Africa captured 5 for 33 in the just concluded test against New Zealand at Centurion and South Africa won the test by 204 runs. DW Steyn’s five for 33 in this game represents the 22^nd five wicket haul in South Africa’s winning tests. He is the only pace bowler to have captured 20 plus five wicket hauls is a team’s winning tests in the annals of test cricket. All such hauls are listed below. The next best performance in this category of statistics is by G McGrath of Australia who has captured 18 five wicket hauls in his team’s winning tests

No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	17.0	4	47	5	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006
2	15.0	3	56	5	v Pakistan	Karachi	01 Oct 2007
3	14.3	3	34	5	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007
4	17.0	1	59	5	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007
5	10.3	1	49	6	v New Zealand	Centurion	16 Nov 2007
6	21.5	6	72	6	v West Indies	Durban	10 Jan 2008
7	8.0	2	23	5	v India	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
8	18.0	4	63	5	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008
9	29.0	6	87	5	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
10	20.2	3	67	5	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
11	13.5	1	51	5	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
12	16.4	6	51	7	v India	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
13	14.0	5	29	5	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
14	21.0	6	56	5	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012
15	13.0	5	17	5	v New Zealand	Port Elizabeth	11 Jan 2013
16	8.1	6	08	6	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
17	28.4	10	52	5	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013
18	30.0	9	100	6	v India	Durban	26 Dec 2013
19	23.0	8	54	5	v Sri Lanka	Galle	16 Jul 2014
20	22.4	11	46	5	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014
21	8.2	2	34	6	v West Indies	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
22	16.2	4	33	5	v New Zealand	Centurion	27 Aug 2016

DW Steyn’s best performance of six for 8 against Pakistan at Johannesburg in Feb 2013 is one of the four performances of a bowler capturing six or more wickets conceding single digit runs in an innings

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GA Lohmann	9.4×5	5	7	8	Eng	SAF	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
2	JJC Lawson	6.5×6	4	3	6	Win	Ban	Dhaka	08 Dec 2002
3	AER Gilligan	6.3×6	4	7	6	Eng	SAF	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
4	DW Steyn	8.1×6	6	8	6	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	01 Feb 2013

DW Steyn is one of the four bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in a team’s winning tests on 20 plus occasions in the annals of test cricket. Others are – M Muralitharan {41}, SK Warne {27} and A Kumble {20}

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	32	41	7493	2653	245	9/051	16/220	10.82	41
2	SK Warne	Aus	24	27	4945	2020	154	8/071	11/077	13.11	27
3	DW Steyn	SAF	19	22	2321	1088	117	7/051	11/060	09.29	22
4	A Kumble	Ind	20	20	3588	1499	115	10/74	14/149	13.03	20

DW Steyn is one of the five bowlers in the annals of test cricket to capture 100 plus wickets with their five wicket hauls in their team’s winning tests. The five bowlers are – M Muralitharan {245 wkts : 41 5W}, SK Warne {154 wkts : 27 5W}, DW Steyn {117 wkts : 22 5W}, A Kumble {115 wkts : 20 5W} and HMRKB Herath {101 wkts : 17 5W}

Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5
M Muralitharan	Srl	32	41	7493	2653	245	09/051	16/220	10.82	41
SK Warne	Aus	24	27	4945	2020	154	08/071	11/077	13.11	27
DW Steyn	SAF	19	22	2321	1088	117	07/051	11/060	09.29	22
A Kumble	Ind	20	20	3588	1499	115	10/074	14/149	13.03	20
HMRKB Herath	Srl	12	17	3075	1300	101	09/127	14/184	12.87	17

It is interesting to note that DW Steyn is the only pace bowler in the captioned five bowlers list. Thus DW Steyn is the only pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets – to be exact 117 wickets – with his 22 five wicket hauls. The next best performance in this category of statistics is held by RJ Hadlee who has captured 99 wickets with 17 five wicket hauls in New Zealand’s winning tests. The following table lists the bowlers with 90 plus wickets with their five wicket hauls in their team’s winning tests

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5
1	DW Steyn	SAF	19	22	2321	1088	117	7/051	11/060	09.29	22
2	RJ Hadlee	NZl	13	17	2358	0891	99	9/052	15/123	09.00	17
3	GD McGrath	Aus	16	18	2107	0845	96	8/024	10/027	08.80	18
4	MD Marshall	Win	15	17	2240	0873	95	7/022	11/089	09.18	17
5	SF Barnes	Eng	12	16	2661	0975	92	9/103	17/159	10.59	16
6	DK Lillee	Aus	13	17	2417	1111	92	7/083	11/123	12.07	17