List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis explained

Waqar Younis, a retired Pakistani cricketer, took 35 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. 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], only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.^{[3] [4]} A right-arm fast bowler who represented his country between 1989 and 2003, the BBC described Waqar as "one of the most feared fast bowlers in recent cricketing history",^[5] while former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said that Waqar was "a thinking cricketer and, at his peak, he was the most destructive bowler the game had seen".^[6] The cricket almanack Wisden noted his "pace and swing", and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1992.^[7] Waqar was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on 9 December 2013.^{[8] [9]}

Waqar made his Test debut in 1989 against India in Karachi,^[10] where he took four wickets in the first innings. His first Test five-wicket haul came the following year against New Zealand in a match which Pakistan won at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.^[11] He took a pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against Zimbabwe at the Defence Stadium, Karachi in December 1993.^[12] His career-best figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 76 runs against New Zealand at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, in October 1990.^[13] He went on to take ten or more wickets per match on five occasions.^[14]

Making his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 1989 against West Indies at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (Sharjah),^[15] Waqar's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year against Sri Lanka in a match which Pakistan won at the Sharjah.^[16] He achieved a hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries), against New Zealand in 1994.^[17] His career-best bowling in ODI cricket was 7 wickets for 36 runs, against England at Headingley in June 2001.^[18] He took three consecutive five-wicket hauls in ODI matches in November 1990.^[19] Retiring from international cricket in 2003 after nearly 14 years,^[20] Waqar took 22 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 13 in ODIs. As of November 2020, he is joint sixth (with Rangana Herath) overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers,^[21] and top of the equivalent ODI list.^[4]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test started or ODI held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ	Runs conceded per over
Batsmen	Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result	Result for the Pakistan team
	One of two five-wicket hauls by Waqar in a match
	10 or more wickets taken in the match
	Waqar was selected as man of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Waqar Younis

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1									align=left	David White Mark Greatbatch Danny Morrison Ken Rutherford Grant Bradburn Ian Smith Chris Pringle	Won
2	1								align=left	Trevor Franklin Mark Greatbatch Ken Rutherford Dipak Patel Danny Morrison Grant Bradburn Willie Watson	Won
3	2								align=left	Phil Horne Martin Crowe Ian Smith Chris Pringle Willie Watson	Won
4		National Stadium, Karachi							align=left	Gordon Greenidge Carl Hooper Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose	Won^[22]
5									align=left	Gordon Greenidge Carlisle Best Carl Hooper Gus Logie Curtly Ambrose	Lost^[23]
6									align=left	Athula Samarasekera Aravinda de Silva Hashan Tillakaratne Rumesh Ratnayake Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Drawn^[24]
7									align=left	Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Kapila Wijegunawardene Sanath Jayasuriya	Won^[25]
8		Lord's, London							align=left	Graeme Hick Allan Lamb Ian Botham Chris Lewis Phillip DeFreitas	Won^[26]
9									align=left	Alec Stewart Graeme Hick Chris Lewis Derek Pringle Neil Mallender	Lost^[27]
10		Kennington Oval, London							align=left	Graham Gooch Alec Stewart Michael Atherton David Gower Devon Malcolm	Won^[28]
11									align=left	Andrew Jones Rod Latham Chris Harris Murphy Su'a Dipak Patel	Won^[29]
12									align=left	Richie Richardson Keith Arthurton Junior Murray Anderson Cummins Winston Benjamin	Drawn^[30]
13	1								Grant Flower Mark Dekker David Houghton Glen Bruk-Jackson Stephen Peall Heath Streak John Rennie	Won
14	2								align=left	Mark Dekker David Houghton Glen Bruk-Jackson Stephen Peall Eddo Brandes John Rennie	Won
15									align=left	Mark Dekker Andy Flower Heath Streak Glen Bruk-Jackson David Brain	Won^[31]
16									align=left	Alistair Campbell David Houghton Wayne James Heath Streak John Rennie	Drawn^[32]
17									align=left	Blair Hartland Ken Rutherford Shane Thomson Tony Blain Simon Doull Chris Pringle	Lost^[33]
18	1								align=left	Roshan Mahanama Sanjeeva Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga Hashan Tillakaratne Kumar Dharmasena Chaminda Vaas	Won^[34]
19	2								align=left	Roshan Mahanama Dulip Samaraweera Pubudu Dassanayake Sanjeeva Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga	Won
20									align=left	Adam Bacher Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis H. D. Ackerman Hansie Cronje Fanie de Villiers	Lost^[35]
21									align=left	Dirk Viljoen Murray Goodwin Guy Whittall Trevor Madondo Pommie Mbangwa	Drawn^[36]
22									align=left	Habibul Bashar Khaled Mashud Sanwar Hossain Fahim Muntasir Mohammad Sharif Enamul Haque	Drawn^[37]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Waqar Younis

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1									align=left	Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Brendon Kuruppu Rumesh Ratnayake Uvais Karnain Ravi Ratnayeke	Won
2		Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah (neutral venue)							align=left	Ken Rutherford Shane Thomson Ian Smith Martin Snedden Danny Morrison	Won^[38]
3									align=left	David White Martin Crowe Ken Rutherford Dipak Patel Danny Morrison	Won^[39]
4									align=left	Dipak Patel Grant Bradburn Mark Priest Chris Pringle Willie Watson	Won^[40]
5		National Stadium, Karachi							align=left	Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gus Logie Brian Lara Carl Hooper	Won^[41]
6									align=left	Andrew Hudson Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Craig Matthews Fanie de Villiers	Won^[42]
7									align=left	Bryan Young Blair Hartland Shane Thomson Gavin Larsen Matthew Hart Richard de Groen	Tied^[43]
8		Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi (neutral venue)							align=left	Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Asanka Gurusinha Roshan Mahanama Chaminda Vaas	Tied^[44]
9									align=left	Adam Parore Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Mark Greatbatch Chris Harris Dipak Patel	Won^[45]
10									align=left	Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Mohammad Azharuddin Ajay Jadeja Ajit Agarkar	Won^[46]
11									align=left	Marcus Trescothick Nick Knight Alec Stewart Michael Vaughan Owais Shah Paul Collingwood Dominic Cork	Won
12									align=left	Mark Waugh Matthew Hayden Michael Bevan Steve Waugh Andrew Symonds Brett Lee	Won^[47]
13		National Cricket Stadium, Tangier							align=left	Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Mark Boucher Shaun Pollock	Lost^[48]

External links

• Web site: Statistics  - Statsguru  - Waqar Younis  - Test matches . . dead . https://archive.today/20130122075920/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/43543.html?class=1;filter=advanced;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets . 22 January 2013 .
• Web site: Statistics  - Statsguru  - Waqar Younis  - One-Day Internationals . https://archive.today/20130120061646/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/43543.html?class=2;filter=advanced;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets . dead . 20 January 2013 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swinging it for the Auld Enemy  - An interview with Ryan Sidebottom. . 30 October 2009. 17 August 2008. ... I'd rather take fifers (five wickets) for England ....
2. Book: Pervez, M. A.. A Dictionary of Cricket. Orient Blackswan. 2001. 31. 978-81-7370-184-9.
3. Web site: Test matches: Bowling Records  - Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career. 30 September 2011. ESPNcricinfo.
4. Web site: One-Day Internationals: Bowling Records  - Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career. 30 September 2011. ESPNcricinfo.
5. Web site: Waqar Younis. BBC. 3 January 2003. 1 April 2012.
6. Web site: Waqar retirement ends an era for Pakistan. The Age. 14 April 2004 . 1 March 2012.
7. Web site: Wisden: Cricketer of the year 1992 – Waqar Younis . 25 August 2013 . Wisden . ESPNcricinfo .
8. Web site: Waqar, Gilchrist inducted into ICC's Hall of Fame . 9 December 2013. 12 December 2013 . . Herald.
9. Web site: Thrilled to be in ICC Hall of Fame: Waqar. 12 December 2013. 12 December 2013. Wisden India. https://web.archive.org/web/20131214070427/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/thrilled-icc-hall-fame-waqar/89465. 14 December 2013. dead.
10. Web site: India in Pakistan Test Series – 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
11. Web site: New Zealand in Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
12. Web site: Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
13. Web site: New Zealand in Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
14. Web site: Test matches: Bowling Records  - Most ten-wickets-in-a-match in a career. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
15. Web site: Pakistan in Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah  - 2nd ODI. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
16. Web site: Austral-Asia Cup  - 5th match, Group B. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
17. Web site: 11th Match: New Zealand v Pakistan at East London, Dec 19, 1994. ESPNcricinfo. 11 July 2009.
18. Web site: NatWest Series  - 7th match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
19. Web site: One-Day Internationals: Bowling Records  - Most consecutive five-wickets-in-an-innings . ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
20. Web site: Waqar Younis. ESPNcricinfo. 25 October 2009.
21. Web site: Records  - Combined Test, ODI and T20I records  - Bowling records  - Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career . ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
22. Web site: West Indies in Pakistan Test Series  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
23. Web site: West Indies in Pakistan Test Series  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
24. Web site: Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
25. Web site: Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
26. Web site: Pakistan in England Test Series  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
27. Web site: Pakistan in England Test Series  - 4th Test . ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
28. Web site: Pakistan in England Test Series  - 5th Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
29. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand  - Only Test match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
30. Web site: Pakistan in West Indies Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
31. Web site: Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series  - 2nd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
32. Web site: Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
33. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
34. Web site: Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
35. Web site: Pakistan in South Africa Test Series  - 3rd Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
36. Web site: Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
37. Web site: Pakistan in Bangladesh Test Series  - 1st Test. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
38. Web site: Austral-Asia Cup  - 1st semi-final. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
39. Web site: New Zealand in Pakistan ODI Series  - 2nd ODI. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
40. Web site: New Zealand in Pakistan ODI Series  - 3rd ODI. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
41. Web site: West Indies in Pakistan ODI Series  - 1st ODI. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
42. Web site: Total International Series  - 1st match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
43. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series  - 4th ODI. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
44. Web site: KCA Centenary Tournament  - 6th match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
45. Web site: Singer Champions Trophy  - 6th match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
46. Web site: Coca-Cola Cup  - 4th match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
47. Web site: NatWest Series  - 8th match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.
48. Web site: Morocco Cup  - 1st match. ESPNcricinfo. 22 November 2009.