List of South Africa cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
In cricket, a five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. A five-wicket haul on debut is regarded by the critics as a notable achievement. As of January 2020, 156 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on Test match debut, out of which twenty-four were from the South Africa national cricket team. The five-wicket hauls have come against six different opponents, and the South Africans have performed this feat fifteen times against England. Of the twenty-two matches where a South African debutant has taken a five-wicket haul, twelve have ended in defeat, six in victory and the other four in a draw. The five-wicket hauls were taken at eleven different venues, with six of them being taken at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.
Albert Rose-Innes was the first South African to take a five-wicket haul on Test cricket debut. He took 5 wickets for 43 runs against England in 1889. In the second Test of the series, Gobo Ashley took 7 wickets for 95 runs, in what turned out to be his only appearance in Test cricket. When the country was re-admitted to play competitive cricket in 1991, Lance Klusener became the first debutant to take a five-wicket haul. His 8 wickets for 64 runs against India in November 1996 remain the best bowling figures in an innings by a South African on debut. Sydney Burke and Alf Hall are the only South African debutants to collect 10 or more wickets in a match as of February 2015. Klusener's figures, along with George Bissett's 5 for 37 runs, were included among the "Top 100 Bowling performances of all time" by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002. Beuran Hendricks is the most recent South African cricketer to achieve this feat, taking figures of 5 wickets for 64 runs against England in January 2020.
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Five-wicket hauls
| No. | Bowler | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Albert Rose-Innes | 12 3 1889 | Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 1 | 43 |
| Lost | ||||
| 2 | Gobo Ashley | 25 3 1889 | Newlands, Cape Town | 1 | 95 | Lost | |||||
| 3 | Bonnor Middleton | 13 2 1896 | Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 1 | 64 | Lost | |||||
| 4 | George Rowe | 2 3 1896 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1 | 115 | Lost | |||||
| 5 | Alf Hall | 1 1 1923 | Newlands, Cape Town | 2 | 63 | Lost | |||||
| 6 | George Parker | 14 6 1924 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 1 | 152 | Lost | |||||
| 7 | Henry Promnitz | 24 12 1927 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1 | 58 | Lost | |||||
| 8 | George Bissett | 31 12 1927 | Newlands, Cape Town | 1 | 37 | Lost | |||||
| 9 | Sandy Bell | 29 6 1929 | Lord's, London | 1 | 99 | Drawn | |||||
| 10 | Norman Gordon | 24 12 1938 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | 1 | 103 | Drawn | |||||
| 11 | Lindsay Tuckett | 7 6 1947 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1 | 68 | Drawn | |||||
| 12 | Cuan McCarthy | 16 12 1948 | Kingsmead, Durban | 2 | 43 | Lost | |||||
| 13 | Michael Melle | 10 2 1950 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 1 | 113 | Drawn | |||||
| 14 | David Ironside | 24 12 1953 | Ellis Park, Johannesburg | 1 | 51 | Won | |||||
| 15 | Peter Heine | 23 6 1955 | Lord's, London | 1 | 60 | Lost | |||||
| 16 | Peter Pollock | 8 12 1961 | Kingsmead, Durban | 2 | 38 | Won | |||||
| 17 | Sydney Burke | 1 1 1962 | Newlands, Cape Town | 1 | 128 | Lost | |||||
| 18 | Lance Klusener | 27 11 1996 | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | 2 | 64 | Won | |||||
| 19 | Charl Langeveldt | 2 1 2005 | Newlands, Cape Town | 1 | 46 | Won | |||||
| 20 | Vernon Philander | 9 11 2011 | Newlands, Cape Town | 2 | 15 | Won | |||||
| 21 | Marchant de Lange | 26 12 2011 | Kingsmead, Durban | 1 | 81 | Lost | |||||
| 22 | Kyle Abbott | 22 2 2013 | Centurion Park, Centurion | 1 | 29 | Won | |||||
| 23 | Lungi Ngidi | 13 1 2017 | Centurion Park, Centurion | 2 | 39 | Won | |||||
| 24 | Beuran Hendricks | 24 1 2020 | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 2 | 64 | Lost |