List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Wasim Akram explained

Wasim Akram, a former Pakistani cricketer, took 31 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^{[1] [2]} refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[3] and as of 2014 only 41 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A left-arm fast bowler who represented his country between 1984 and 2003, the BBC described Akram as "one of the greatest left-arm bowlers in the history of world cricket",^[4] while West Indian batsman Brian Lara said that Akram was "definitely the most outstanding bowler [I] ever faced".^[5]

Akram made his Test debut in January 1985,^[6] in an innings defeat by New Zealand in Auckland.^[7] The following Test, in a man-of-the-match performance, he took ten wickets over the two innings, securing his first two five-wicket hauls but still ended on the losing side. He took another pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match five years later, against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). His career-best figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 119 runs against New Zealand in Wellington, in February 1994.^[6]

Making his One Day International (ODI) debut in 1984 against New Zealand in Faisalabad, Akram's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year against Australia in a match which Pakistan won at the MCG. In 1989, he took five wickets in an innings, in a performance that included a hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries), against the West Indies. His career-best bowling in ODI cricket was 5 wickets for 15 runs against Zimbabwe in Karachi, in December 1993.^[6]

Retiring from international cricket in 2003 after nearly 20 years,^[6] Akram took 25 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 6 in ODIs. As of 2014, his position in the all-time lists for taking five wickets in an innings the most times is seventh overall in both Tests and ODIs.^{[8] [9]}

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 Akram in a match
	10 or more wickets taken in the match
	Akram was selected as man of the match

Tests

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1									align=left	Geoff Howarth John Fulton Reid Martin Crowe Jeff Crowe Lance Cairns	Lost^[10]
2									align=left	Geoff Howarth John Fulton Reid Jeff Crowe Ian Smith Brendon Bracewell	Lost
3									align=left	Gordon Greenidge Roger Harper Malcolm Marshall Viv Richards Courtney Walsh Patrick Patterson	Won^[11]
4									align=left	Kris Srikkanth Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammed Azharuddin Raju Kulkarni Maninder Singh	Drawn^[12]
5									align=left	Kris Srikkanth Navjot Sidhu Sachin Tendulkar Kapil Dev Maninder Singh	Drawn^[13]
6									align=left	Geoff Marsh David Boon Allan Border Peter Sleep Merv Hughes Terry Alderman	Lost^[14]
7									align=left	Dean Jones Steve Waugh Peter Sleep Ian Healy Merv Hughes	Lost
8									align=left	Geoff Marsh David Boon Steve Waugh Greg Campbell Carl Rackemann	Drawn^[15]
9									align=left	Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh	Drawn^[16]
10									align=left	Alec Stewart Michael Atherton David Gower Chris Lewis Ian Salisbury	Drawn^[17]
11									align=left	Alec Stewart Mark Ramprakash Chris Lewis Derek Pringle Neil Mallender Devon Malcolm	Won^[18]
12									align=left	Blair Hartland Mark Greatbatch Danny Morrison Adam Parore Ken Rutherford	Won^[19]
13									align=left	Grant Flower Guy Whittall Glen Bruk-Jackson Eddo Brandes Stephen Peall	Won^[20]
14									align=left	Bryan Young Blair Pocock Andrew Jones Mark Greatbatch Simon Doull Michael Owens	Won^[21]
15									align=left	Bryan Young Andrew Jones Mark Greatbatch Shane Thomson Tony Blain Matthew Hart Simon Doull	Won^[22]
16									align=left	Sanath Jayasuriya Pubudu Dassanayake Kumar Dharmasena Pramodya Wickramasinghe Jayananda Warnaweera	Won^[23]
17									align=left	Michael Bevan Steve Waugh Ian Healy Jo Angel Tim May	Won^[24]
18									align=left	Mark Dekker Alistair Campbell David Houghton Andy Flower Bryan Strang	Won^[25]
19									align=left	Sanjeeva Ranatunga Chamara Dunusinghe Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Muttiah Muralitharan	Won^[26]
20									align=left	Roger Twose Chris Cairns Lee Germon Dipak Patel Dion Nash	Won^[27]
21									align=left	Grant Flower Mark Dekker David Houghton Guy Whittall Bryan Strang Pommie Mbangwa	Won^[28]
22									align=left	Gavin Rennie Alistair Campbell Neil Johnson Craig Wishart Henry Olonga	Lost^[29]
23									align=left	Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ramnaresh Sarwan Ridley Jacobs Franklyn Rose Curtly Ambrose Reon King	Won^[30]
24									align=left	Sherwin Campbell Adrian Griffith Wavell Hinds Ramnaresh Sarwan Reon King	Won
25									align=left	Russel Arnold Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa Dilhara Fernando	Won^[31]

One Day Internationals

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1									Kepler Wessels Robbie Kerr Dean Jones Allan Border Kim Hughes	Won^[32]
2									Phil Simmons Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh	Won^[33]
3									Mark Greatbatch Rod Latham Andrew Jones Adam Parore Gavin Larsen	Won^[34]
4									Andrew Hudson Jonty Rhodes Errol Stewart Brian McMillan Allan Donald	Won^[35]
5									Andy Flower Alistair Campbell Eddo Brandes Stephen Peall Heath Streak	Won^[36]
6									Gavin Murgatroyd Louis Burger Deon Kotzé Gerrie Snyman Melt van Schoor	Won^[37]

External links

• Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Wasim Akram / Test matches. https://archive.today/20130120025314/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/43547.html?class=1;filter=advanced;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets. dead. 20 January 2013. Cricinfo. 22 November 2009.
• Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Wasim Akram / One-Day Internationals . https://archive.today/20130119222046/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/43547.html?class=2;filter=advanced;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets . dead . 19 January 2013 . Cricinfo . 22 November 2009 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pigeon's almost perfect sendoff . The Canberra Times. 30 October 2009 . Greg . Buckle . 30 April 2007 . McGrath didn't get the five-for that he had hoped for... . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080815122142/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/cricket/pigeons-almost-perfect-sendoff/160581.aspx . 15 August 2008 .
2. Web site: Swinging it for the Auld Enemy – An interview with Ryan Sidebottom. The Scotsman . 30 October 2009. 17 August 2008. ... I'd rather take fifers (five wickets) for England ....
3. Book: Pervez, M. A.. A Dictionary of Cricket. Orient Blackswan. 2001. 31. 978-81-7370-184-9.
4. Web site: Wasim Akram. BBC Sport. 15 December 2009. 3 January 2003 .
5. Web site: Akram still Lara's No.1 . 11 December 2014 . 29 March 2007. Fox Sports.
6. Web site: Wasim Akram . Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
7. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series – 2nd Test . 15 December 2009. Cricinfo.
8. Web site: Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career . 30 September 2011. Cricinfo.
9. Web site: Records / One-Day Internationals / Bowling records / Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career. 30 September 2011. Cricinfo.
10. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series – 3rd Test. Cricinfo. 22 November 2009.
11. Web site: West Indies in Pakistan Test Series – 1st Test . 22 November 2009. Cricinfo.
12. Web site: Pakistan in India Test Series – 2nd Test . 22 November 2009. Cricinfo.
13. Web site: Pakistan in India Test Series – 4th Test . 26 November 2009. Cricinfo.
14. Web site: Pakistan in Australia Test Series – 1st Test . 26 November 2009. Cricinfo.
15. Web site: Pakistan in Australia Test Series – 2nd Test. Cricinfo. 27 November 2009.
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22. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series – 2nd Test . Cricinfo . 12 December 2009.
23. Web site: Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series – 1st Test . Cricinfo . 12 December 2009.
24. Web site: Australia in Pakistan Test Series – 1st Test . Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
25. Web site: Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series – 2nd Test. Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
26. Web site: Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series – 1st Test. Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
27. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand Test Match . Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
28. Web site: Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series – 2nd Test . Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
29. Web site: Zimbabwe in Pakistan Test Series – 1st Test . Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
30. Web site: Pakistan in West Indies Test Series – 3rd Test. Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
31. Web site: Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series – 1st Test . Cricinfo. 15 December 2009.
32. Web site: Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket – 5th match, Group A. 22 November 2009. Cricinfo. https://web.archive.org/web/20091215143456/http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65723.html. 15 December 2009. dead.
33. Web site: Champions Trophy – 2nd match . 15 December 2009. Cricinfo.
34. Web site: Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series – 1st ODI. 15 December 2009. Cricinfo.
35. Web site: Total International Series – 4th match . 15 December 2009. Cricinfo.
36. Web site: Zimbabwe in Pakistan ODI Series – 1st ODI . 15 December 2009. Cricinfo.
37. Web site: ICC World Cup – 14th match, Pool A . 15 December 2009. Cricinfo.