Five-wicket haul

{{short description|Cricket terminology}} {{Use British English|date=September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} thumb|260px|The Lord's honours board commemorating English five- or ten-wicket hauls at Lord's. {{CSS image crop|Image=Patel scoreboard.JPG |bSize=500 |cWidth=280 |cHeight=240 |oTop=30 |oLeft=100 |Location=right |Description=Scoreboard summarising Samit Patel's 5-wicket haul. The bar chart shows the runs conceded (white rectangles) and wickets taken (red dots) in each over.}} In cricket, a '''five-wicket haul''' (also known as a "'''five–for'''" or "'''fifer'''")<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2194240|work=ICC|title=Eight five-fors and counting: Starc's record setting ODI pace|date=21 July 2021|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-news-fifer-in-cricket-what-do-commentators-mean-when-they-say-that-a-bowler-has-picked-a-fifer/|title=Fifer in cricket: What do commentators mean when they say that a bowler has picked a fifer?|date=20 June 2021|work= Sports Rush|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings, commonly abbreviated as 5wI.<ref>{{cite book |last=Playfair |editor-last=Marshall |editor-first=Ian |title=Playfair Cricket Annual |publisher=Headline |year=2025 |isbn=978-1-0354-1179-5}}</ref> Taking five wickets is regarded as a notable achievement,<ref>{{cite book|last=Pervez|first=M.A.|title=A Dictionary of Cricket|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwYsHe-F-IUC|year=2001|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-81-7370-184-9}}</ref> equivalent to a century by a batter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=de Lisle |first1=Tim |author1-link=Tim de Lisle |last2=Booth |first2=Lawrence|author2-link=Lawrence Booth (cricket writer) |title=Young Wisden: A new fan's guide to cricket |date=2011 |publisher=A&C Black |page=110 |isbn=9781408165256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcOkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> In 2001, Glenn McGrath invented the tradition of a bowler raising the ball to the crowd at the completion of a five-wicket haul.<ref>{{cite news |last1=St John |first1=Mark |title=How Glenn McGrath invented the bowlers salute to commemorate five wicket hauls |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/how-glenn-mcgrath-invented-the-bowlers-salute-to-commemorate-five-wicket-hauls/news-story/ba0d6a02ec77e37ed2685eef6acada53 |access-date=15 December 2025 |publisher=Fox Sports (Australia) |date=3 January 2019}}</ref>

Taking a five-wicket haul at Lord's earns the bowler a place on the Lord's honours boards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/about-honours-boards |title=About The Honours Boards |work=Lords.org |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=By scoring a century, taking five wickets in an innings or ten wickets in a match, a player ensures that their name is added to one of the famous Honours Boards in the Pavilion.}}</ref>

==Records==

As of 2025, only thirteen cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul in all three international formats of the game (Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 International): Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga, India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Kuldeep Yadav, New Zealand's Tim Southee, South Africa's Imran Tahir and Lungi Ngidi, West Indies' Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph, Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan, Pakistani Umar Gul and Hasan Ali, and Afghan Rashid Khan.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

In 2018, Afghan cricketer Mujeeb Zadran, aged 16, became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/mujeeb-zadran-becomes-youngest-to-pick-a-fifer-in-odis-5066787/| title= Mujeeb Zadran becomes youngest bowler to pick ODI five-for| work=The Indian Express| date=16 February 2018| access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Pakistani cricketer Naseem Shah, also aged 16, became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/naseem-shah-test-five-wicket-haul-youngest-bowler-pakistan-sri-lanka-karachi/article30379385.ece| title= Pakistan's Naseem Shah becomes youngest pacer to pick five-wicket haul in Tests| work=The Hindu| date=23 December 2019| accessdate=12 February 2021}}</ref> Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan is the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a T20 international match; he was 18 at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five-wicket hauls in WT20I matches – by age at the start of the match (youngest)|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=age;orderbyad=reverse;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223055814/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=age;orderbyad=reverse;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|archive-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>

Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most five-wicket hauls in Test matches with 67,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283354.html| title= RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / BOWLING RECORDS / MOST FIVE-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS IN A CAREER|publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> and Pakistani Waqar Younis has taken the most five-wicket hauls in ODIs with 13.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283826.html| title= RECORDS / ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS/ BOWLING RECORDS / MOST FIVE-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS IN A CAREER|publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> The record for most five-wicket hauls in T20Is is 4, which has been achieved by Bahraini cricketer Rizwan Butt.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=five_wickets;template=results;type=bowling| title= RECORDS / TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS/ BOWLING RECORDS / MOST FIVE-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS IN A CAREER|publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref>

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