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Rashid Khan (18 years 171 days) and Imran Tahir (37 years 327 days) are the current record holders for youngest and oldest cricketers to record a five-wicket haul in T20I cricket. [29] Muthiah Muralitharan has the highest number of five-wicket hauls, with 77 across Test and ODI cricket. His haul of 67 five-wicket hauls is the highest in Test ...
In 2018, India's Kuldeep Yadav became the only player who has taken a five-wicket haul in all three formats in the same year, receiving his T20I and ODI five-wicket haul in July against England and in October he took the five-wicket haul in Test against West Indies.
Kumble has taken 619 wickets in Test cricket and 337 wickets in ODI cricket. [5] With 37 five-wicket hauls, Kumble has the highest number of Test and combined international five-wicket hauls among Indian cricketers and fourth highest among all players, after Muttiah Muralitharan, Richard Hadlee, and Shane Warne. [4]
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") [1] [2] occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, [3] equivalent to a century from a batter. [4] Taking a five-wicket haul at Lord's earns the bowler a place on the Lord's honours boards. [5]
Making his Test debut in 1992, [11] Muralitharan took his first five-wicket haul a year later against South Africa. He performed this feat against every other Test playing nation. He went on to take ten or more wickets per match on 22 occasions—also a world record—while Shane Warne ranks second, having achieved this on 10 occasions. [12]
Scottish cricketer Charlie Cassell is the most recent debutant to take a five-wicket haul, with figures of 7 wickets for 21 runs against Oman, which are the best by a bowler on debut. [8] Of the 15 occasions a cricketer has taken a five-wicket haul on debut, his team has lost only 2 times.
Arif Butt was the first Pakistani player to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut; he took six wickets for 89 runs against Australia in 1964. [27] Mohammad Zahid took seven wickets for 66 runs against New Zealand in 1996, the best bowling figures by a Pakistan bowler on debut. Seven wickets in a Test inning have been taken by two Pakistani ...
As of September 2024, Ashwin has taken 37 five-wicket hauls in international cricket; [3] he ranks joint-fourth in the all-time list, and joint-first among his countrymen. [a] Ashwin made his Test debut in November 2011 against the West Indies. He took nine wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings.