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. The first Test match played in South Africa took place on the ground in 1889 and it also hosted the first

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in 1891. The first

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(T20I) on the ground was played in 2007. The only women's international match to be played on the ground was a Test match in 1960.St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
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. This is regarded as a notable achievement. This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test matches and One Day Internationals. The first Test match at St George's Park took place in 1889. A South African representative side played against a touring side of English players organised by Major RG Warton. In 1897 the match was retrospectively awarded Test match status, making this South Africa's first Test match and, because South Africa did not have any

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, 18 November 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2020. The first five-wicket hauls in Test matches on the ground were taken during this Test, the first by England's Aubrey Smith who took five wickets for the cost of 19 runs in the only Test match of his career. South Africa's

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took his own five-wicket haul later in the same match. The best Test match innings bowling figures on the ground were the 8/7 taken by England's

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in South Africa's second innings of a match in 1896. Lohmann had already taken 7/38 in South Africa's first innings of the game, and his match figures of 15 wickets for 45 runs are also the best on the ground. The first five-wicket haul in a One Day International on the ground was taken by

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against England at the

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, who took 7/20, also against England during the same competition.Williamson M (2007
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, 19 February 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2020. no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches on the ground.

Key

Test match five-wicket hauls

One Day International five-wicket hauls

Notes

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