Pace bowlers capturing five or more wickets against Australia in one day internationals

Pace bowlers capturing five or more wickets against Australia in one day internationals

L Ngidi of South Africa captured five wickets conceding 42 runs against Australia at Mackay on 22 Aug 2025 to provide the 451st occasion of a pace bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 46th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOMRWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1M Hendrick11.033152Englandv AustraliaThe Oval20 Aug 1980
2EJ Chatfield10.013451New Zealandv AustraliaAdelaide23 Nov 1980
3RJ Hadlee08.342652New Zealandv AustraliaSydney29 Jan 1981
4WW Davis10.305172West Indiesv AustraliaLeeds11 Jun 1983
5N Kapil Dev12.024351Indiav AustraliaNottingham13 Jun 1983
6J Garner10.013151West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne12 Feb 1984
7MA Holding10.012651West Indiesv AustraliaSydney12 Feb 1985
8Wasim Akram08.012152Pakistanv AustraliaMelbourne24 Feb 1985
9CEL Ambrose08.211752West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne15 Dec 1988
10CEL Ambrose10.022651West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne14 Jan 1989
11AH Gray09.005061West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain09 Mar 1991
12CEL Ambrose09.323252West Indiesv AustraliaSydney16 Jan 1993
13RT Latham10.013251New Zealandv AustraliaAuckland28 Mar 1993
14RP Snell09.504052South Africav AustraliaMelbourne21 Jan 1994
15D Gough10.004451Englandv AustraliaLord’s25 May 1997
16L Klusener07.102452South Africav AustraliaMelbourne09 Dec 1997
17CL Cairns07.404251New Zealandv AustraliaNapier12 Feb 1998
18SM Pollock09.213651South Africav AustraliaBirmingham17 Jun 1999
19Waqar Younis08.005962Pakistanv AustraliaNottingham19 Jun 2001
20SE Bond09.222552New Zealandv AustraliaAdelaide26 Jan 2002
21Shoaib Akhtar08.012552Pakistanv AustraliaBrisbane19 Jun 2002
22SE Bond10.022361New Zealandv AustraliaGqeberha11 Mar 2003
23AB Agarkar09.314261Indiav AustraliaMelbourne09 Jan 2004
24PT Collins10.014351West Indiesv AustraliaAdelaide26 Jan 2005
25SJ Harmison10.003351Englandv AustraliaBristol19 Jun 2005
26M Ntini09.342262South Africav AustraliaCape Town03 Mar 2006
27SE Bond09.322351New Zealandv AustraliaWellington16 Feb 2007
28G Goudie10.007351Scotlandv AustraliaEdinburgh28 Aug 2009
29NLTC Perera08.004651Sri Lankav AustraliaMelbourne03 Nov 2010
30CR Woakes10.004561Englandv AustraliaBrisbane30 Jan 2011
31SL Malinga08.222852Sri Lankav AustraliaHambantota16 Aug 2011
32KMDN Kulasekara10.022251Sri Lankav AustraliaBrisbane18 Jan 2013
33BA Stokes10.006151Englandv AustraliaSouthampton16 Sep 2013
34M Morkel08.002151South Africav AustraliaW.A.C.A16 Nov 2014
35ST Finn10.007151Englandv AustraliaMelbourne14 Feb 2015
36TA Boult10.032751New Zealandv AustraliaAuckland28 Feb 2015
37Hasan Ali10.015251Pakistanv AustraliaSydney22 Jan 2017
38TA Boult10.013362New Zealandv AustraliaHamilton05 Feb 2017
39TK Curran09.203552Englandv AustraliaPerth28 Jan 2018
40Mohammad Amir10.023051Pakistanv AustraliaTaunton12 Jun 2019
41L Ngidi10.005861South Africav AustraliaBloemfontein04 Mar 2020
42M Jansen08.013952South Africav AustraliaJohannesburg17 Sep 2023
43Mohammed Shami10.015151Indiav AustraliaMohali22 Sep 2023
44Shaheen Shah Afridi10.015451Pakistanv AustraliaBengaluru20 Oct 2023
45Haris Rauf08.002951Pakistanv AustraliaAdelaide08 Nov 2024
46L Ngidi08.414252South Africav AustraliaMackay22 Aug 2025

It also provides the eighth occasion of a South African pacd bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Australia on one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOMRWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1RP Snell09.504052South Africav AustraliaMelbourne21 Jan 1994
2L Klusener07.102452South Africav AustraliaMelbourne09 Dec 1997
3SM Pollock09.213651South Africav AustraliaBirmingham17 Jun 1999
4M Ntini09.342262South Africav AustraliaCape Town03 Mar 2006
5M Morkel08.002151South Africav AustraliaW.A.C.A16 Nov 2014
6L Ngidi10.005861South Africav AustraliaBloemfontein04 Mar 2020
7M Jansen08.013952South Africav AustraliaJohannesburg17 Sep 2023
8L Ngidi08.414252South Africav AustraliaMackay22 Aug 2025

L Ngidi became the fourth pace bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on two or more occasions. Others are – CEL Ambrose {03}, SE Bond {03} and TA Boult {02}

NoPlayerOMRWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1CEL Ambrose08.211752West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne15 Dec 1988
2CEL Ambrose10.022651West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne14 Jan 1989
3CEL Ambrose09.323252West Indiesv AustraliaSydney16 Jan 1993
           
1SE Bond09.222552New Zealandv AustraliaAdelaide26 Jan 2002
2SE Bond10.022361New Zealandv AustraliaGqeberha11 Mar 2003
3SE Bond09.322351New Zealandv AustraliaWellington16 Feb 2007
           
1L Ngidi10.005861South Africav AustraliaBloemfontein04 Mar 2020
2L Ngidi08.414252South Africav AustraliaMackay22 Aug 2025
           
1TA Boult10.032751New Zealandv AustraliaAuckland28 Feb 2015
2TA Boult10.013362New Zealandv AustraliaHamilton05 Feb 2017

South Africa became the third team to have eight or more occasions of pace bowlers capturing five or more wickets in an innings against Australia. Others are – New Zealand {09} and West Indies {08}

NoPlayerOMRWITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1EJ Chatfield10.013451New Zealandv AustraliaAdelaide23 Nov 1980
2RJ Hadlee08.342652New Zealandv AustraliaSydney29 Jan 1981
3RT Latham10.013251New Zealandv AustraliaAuckland28 Mar 1993
4CL Cairns07.404251New Zealandv AustraliaNapier12 Feb 1998
5SE Bond09.222552New Zealandv AustraliaAdelaide26 Jan 2002
6SE Bond10.022361New Zealandv AustraliaGqeberha11 Mar 2003
7SE Bond09.322351New Zealandv AustraliaWellington16 Feb 2007
8TA Boult10.032751New Zealandv AustraliaAuckland28 Feb 2015
9TA Boult10.013362New Zealandv AustraliaHamilton05 Feb 2017
           
1RP Snell09.504052South Africav AustraliaMelbourne21 Jan 1994
2L Klusener07.102452South Africav AustraliaMelbourne09 Dec 1997
3SM Pollock09.213651South Africav AustraliaBirmingham17 Jun 1999
4M Ntini09.342262South Africav AustraliaCape Town03 Mar 2006
5M Morkel08.002151South Africav AustraliaW.A.C.A16 Nov 2014
6L Ngidi10.005861South Africav AustraliaBloemfontein04 Mar 2020
7M Jansen08.013952South Africav AustraliaJohannesburg17 Sep 2023
8L Ngidi08.414252South Africav AustraliaMackay22 Aug 2025
           
1WW Davis10.305172West Indiesv AustraliaLeeds11 Jun 1983
2J Garner10.013151West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne12 Feb 1984
3MA Holding10.012651West Indiesv AustraliaSydney12 Feb 1985
4CEL Ambrose08.211752West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne15 Dec 1988
5CEL Ambrose10.022651West Indiesv AustraliaMelbourne14 Jan 1989
6AH Gray09.005061West Indiesv AustraliaPort of Spain09 Mar 1991
7CEL Ambrose09.323252West Indiesv AustraliaSydney16 Jan 1993
8  PT Collins10.014351West Indiesv AustraliaAdelaide26 Jan 2005
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