List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Clarrie Grimmett

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Clarrie Grimmett in 1932

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[1] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[2] and as of August 2014 only 23 bowlers have taken at least 20 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[3]

Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980), a leg spinner and right-hand batsman, was born in New Zealand though he played the bulk of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and is usually credited as the developer of the flipper. Grimmett made his first-class debut for Wellington at the age of 17. At that time, New Zealand was not a Test cricketing nation, and in 1914 he moved to neighbouring Australia to further his career.[4]

Grimmett played 37 Tests between 1924 and 1936, taking 216 wickets at an average of just 24.21 runs apiece.[5] He took a five-wicket haul on debut against England in Sydney in 1925.[6] He became the first bowler to reach the milestone of taking 200 Test wickets, and is one of only four Test bowlers that played in their first Test after the age of thirty to take more than 100 wickets, the other three beings Dilip Doshi, Saeed Ajmal and Ryan Harris. He took an average of six wickets per match. Many wickets in the last four years of his Test career were taken bowling in tandem with fellow leg-spinner Bill O'Reilly. Grimmett remains the only bowler with career figures of over 200 wickets in fewer than 40 Tests. He took a five-wicket 'bag' on 21 occasions, seven times finishing with ten wickets or more in a match.

Grimmett was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1931, the same year as Donald Bradman. He died in Adelaide in 1980, and was posthumously inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the ten inaugural members.

On 30 September 2009, Clarrie Grimmett was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[7]

Key

Key
Symbol Meaning
Date Starting day of the match
Inn 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
Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Result Result for Australia in that match
Template:Asterisk One of two five-wicket hauls by Grimmett in a match
Template:Dagger 10 wickets or more taken in the match

Test five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Clarrie Grimmett
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:AsteriskTemplate:Dagger Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[6]
2 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[6]
3 Template:Dts Headingley, Leeds Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Drawn[8]
4 Template:Dts Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Lost[9]
5 Template:Dts Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Lost[10]
6 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:AsteriskTemplate:Dagger Trent Bridge, Nottingham Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Lost[11]
7 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Lost[11]
8 Template:Dts Lord's, London Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[12]
9 Template:Dts Headingley, Leeds Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Drawn[13]
10 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:Dagger Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[14]
11 Template:Dts Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[15]
12 Template:Dts Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[16]
13 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:AsteriskTemplate:Dagger Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[17]
14 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[17]
15 Template:Dts Trent Bridge, Nottingham Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[18]
16 Template:Dts The Oval, London Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[19]
17 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:AsteriskTemplate:Dagger Newlands, Cape Town Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[20]
18 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[20]
19 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:Dagger Old Wanderers, Johannesburg Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[21]
20 Template:DtsTemplate:NbspTemplate:AsteriskTemplate:Dagger Kingsmead, Durban Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[22]
21 Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won[22]

Test ten-wicket hauls

Clarrie Grimmett took ten wickets in a Test Match on seven occasions, and sits equal fifth on the all-time Test bowling table for "Most ten-wickets-in-a-match".[23] Among Australian bowlers he sits equal second (with Dennis Lillee) behind Shane Warne who took ten wickets in a Test in ten matches.

Ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Clarrie Grimmett
No. Figures Match Opponent Venue City Year Result
1 11/82 1 Template:Cr Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 1924–25 Won[6]
2 10/201 10 Template:Cr Trent Bridge Nottingham 1930 Lost[11]
3 11/183 15 Template:Cr Adelaide Oval Adelaide 1930–31 Won[14]
4 14/199 23 Template:Cr Adelaide Oval Adelaide 1931–32 Won[17]
5 10/88 35 Template:Cr Newlands Cape Town 1935–36 Won[20]
6 10/110 36 Template:Cr Old Wanderers Johannesburg 1935–36 Won[21]
7 13/143 37 Template:Cr Kingsmead Durban 1935–36 Won[22]

References

  1. ↑ Swinging it for the Auld Enemy – An interview with Ryan Sidebottom(17 August 2008).
  2. ↑ A Dictionary of Cricket{{#if:Pervez|, Pervez}. Orient Blackswan(2001). ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9
  3. ↑ Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Bowling records / Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career. ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ Grimmett: A Leg-Spin Genius Who Never Played After Reaching Zenith. Wisden(2 May 2020).
  5. ↑ Clarrie Grimmett – Test bowling records – Innings by innings list.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 27 February-4 March, 1925.
  7. ↑ Sutcliffe, Grimmett, Trumper, Wasim and Waugh new inductees into Cricket Hall of Fame | News Bytes. www.thesportscampus.com.
  8. ↑ 3rd Test: Australia v England at Headingley, 10–13 July, 1926.
  9. ↑ 1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, 30 November-5 December, 1928.
  10. ↑ 4th Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, 1–8 February, 1929.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 1st Test: Australia v England at Trent Bridge, 13–17 June, 1930.
  12. ↑ 2nd Test: Australia v England at Trent Bridge, 27 June-1 July, 1930.
  13. ↑ 3rd Test: Australia v England at Headingley, 11–15 July, 1930.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, 12–16 December, 1930.
  15. ↑ 3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 16–20 January, 1931.
  16. ↑ 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 31 December-6 January, 1932.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 29 January-2 February, 1932.
  18. ↑ 1st Test: Australia v England at Trent Bridge, 8–12 June, 1934.
  19. ↑ 5th Test: Australia v England at The Oval, 18–22 August, 1934.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Cape Town, 1–4 January, 1936.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 4th Test: Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg, 15–17 February, 1936.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 5th Test: Australia v South Africa at Durban, 28 February-3 March, 1936.
  23. ↑ Most ten-wickets-in-a-match.

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