List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Graham McKenzie

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 August 2014 only 23 bowlers have taken at least 20 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.

Graham Douglas McKenzie (born 24 June 1941) is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), Transvaal (1979–80) and Australia (1961-71) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965. He succeeded Alan Davidson as Australia's premier fast bowler and was in turn succeeded by Dennis Lillee, playing with both at either end of his career. McKenzie was particularly noted for his muscular physique (hence his nickname) and ability to take wickets on good batting tracks. His father Eric McKenzie and uncle Douglas McKenzie played cricket for Western Australia and Garth was chosen for the Ashes tour of England in 1961 aged only 19. He made his debut in the Second Test at Lord's cricket ground, where his 5/37 (including the last three wickets in 12 balls) wrapped up the England innings to give Australia a 5 wicket victory.

1964 saw McKenzie’s made his second Ashes tour of England. He led the attack as Australia retained the Ashes. His 29 wickets in five Tests equalled the highest obtained for Australia in England by Clarrie Grimmett in 1930. He took 21 wickets when Australia visited India and Pakistan on the return journey to Australia. Another seven wickets in a one off Test against Pakistan in Melbourne in December established a new record for the number of Test wickets in the space of one year; from 11 December 1963 to 8 December 1964 he took 73 wickets in fifteen Tests. This surpassed Maurice Tate's 65 wickets in 1924–25. In this period, he became the youngest bowler to reach 100 wickets, at the age of 23 and 162 days, 139 days younger than A.L. Valentine. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1965, the first Western Australian born recipient.

He toured South Africa in 1966–67 and in 1967–68 was dropped for the final two Tests after taking his only ten wicket match haul against India.

In 1968, McKenzie became a full-time cricketer, believing that it would offer him the best chance of financial security. At the time the Australian Cricket Board regarded its players as amateurs and paid them accordingly. McKenzie joined Leicestershire, captained until 1968 by the Western Australian skipper and former England Test stalwart Tony Lock. He took over four hundred wickets for the county and was instrumental in its four One Day Cricket trophies in the early 1970s and winning their first County Championship in 1975.

In 1968-69 he took 30 wickets (25.26) against the visiting West Indies and at 27 became the youngest man to take 200 Test wickets, a record since beaten. Another 21 wickets (21.00) came on the Indian tour of 1968-69, but when the Australian team proceeded to South Africa his form slumped (1/333 in four Tests) and they were whitewashed. It led to suspicions that he had contracted hepatitis. He played in the first four Tests of the 1970-71 Ashes series against England, taking 4/66 in the Second Test at Perth, the first played at the WACA Ground and 2-22 in the first ever One Day International at Melbourne. In the Fourth Test at Sydney McKenzie retired hurt after being hit in the face by a bouncer from John Snow as the England fast bowler took 7-40 in England's 299 run victory. He recovered sufficiently to break Geoff Boycott's forearm in a tour match just before the vital Seventh Test, but was not recalled and was left stranded on 246 Test wickets, two short of Richie Benaud's Australian record. He was only 29 years old.

In his 60 Tests McKenzie took 5 wickets in an innings 16 times, and 10 in a match three times. McKenzie only played one One Day International, the first ODI against England in 1971, in which he took 2/22.

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 McKenzie in a match
	10 wickets or more taken in the match

Test five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Graham McKenzie

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	22 June 1961	Lord's, London	England	3	29.0	37	5	1.27	ER Dexter PBH May JT Murray GAR Lock FS Trueman	Won
2	25 January 1963	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	England	2	35.0	89	5	2.02	G Pullar MC Cowdrey ER Dexter TW Graveney R Illingworth	Drawn
3	4 June 1964	Trent Bridge, Headingley	England	3	24.0	53	5	2.20	ER Dexter FJ Titmus MC Cowdrey FS Trueman DA Allen	Drawn
4	23 July 1964	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	2	60.0	153	7	2.55	G Boycott JH Edrich KF Barrington PH Parfitt FJ Titmus JB Mortimore TW Cartwright	Drawn
5	2 October 1964	Corporation Stadium, Madras	India	2	32.3	58	6	1.78	ML Jaisimha DN Sardesai CG Borde SA Durani A. G. Kripal Singh VB Ranjane	Won
6	24 October 1964	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan	1	30.0	69	6	2.30	Khalid Ibadulla Javed Burki Hanif Mohammad Shafqat Rana Intikhab Alam Asif Iqbal	Drawn
7	14 May 1965	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	West Indies	3	17.0	33	5	1.94	GS Sobers DW Allan WW Hall CC Griffith LR Gibbs	Won
8	30 December 1965	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	England	2	35.2	134	5	2.85	RW Barber MJK Smith JM Parks BR Knight IJ Jones	Drawn
9	28 January 1966	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	England	1	21.7	48	6	1.64	RW Barber JH Edrich JM Parks FJ Titmus DA Allen DJ Brown	Won
10	23 December 1966	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	1	21.5	46	5	2.10	EJ Barlow A Bacher KC Bland HR Lance PM Pollock	Lost
11	31 December 1966	Newlands, Cape Town	South Africa	2	33.0	65	5	1.96	TL Goddard EJ Barlow A Bacher DB Pithey R Dumbrill	Won
12	24 February 1967	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	South Africa	2	35.0	65	5	1.85	TL Goddard EJ Barlow A Bacher DT Lindsay MJ Procter	Lost
13	30 December 1967	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	India	1	21.4	66	7	2.30	DN Sardesai FM Engineer S Abid Ali AL Wadekar CG Borde V Subramanya BS Chandrasekhar	Won
14	26 December 1968	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	West Indies	1	28.0	71	8	1.90	GS Camacho RC Fredericks MC Carew GS Sobers RB Kanhai CA Davis JL Hendriks LR Gibbs	Won
15	4 November 1969	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	India	1	29.0	69	5	2.37	DN Sardesai FM Engineer AV Mankad CG Borde S Abid Ali	Won
16	12 December 1969	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	India	1	33.4	67	6	1.99	FM Engineer AV Mankad AL Wadekar AK Roy ED Solkar S Guha	Won

Test ten-wicket hauls

Ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Graham McKenzie

No.	Figures	Match	Venue	City	Opponent	Year	Result
1	10/91	19	Corporation Stadium	Madras	India	1964-65	Won
2	10/151	39	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	India	1967-68	Won
3	10/159	46	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	West Indies	1968-69	Won

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