List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis

A man wearing Pakistani national cricket team ODI uniform with a cricket ball in his left hand, prepares to bowl during a net.
Former Pakistan captain, Waqar Younis

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] as of October 2024, 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 18 October 1990 † ‡ Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  New Zealand 3 37.5 86 7 2.27 Won[11]
2 26 October 1990 * † ‡1 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  New Zealand 2 30.2 76 7 2.50 Won[13]
3 26 October 1990 * †‡2 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  New Zealand 4 23.5 54 5 2.26 Won[13]
4 15 November 1990 National Stadium, Karachi  West Indies 1 22 76 5 3.45 Won[22]
5 23 November 1990 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  West Indies 2 16 46 5 2.87 Lost[23]
6 12 December 1991 Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot  Sri Lanka 1 30.5 84 5 2.72 Drawn[24]
7 2 January 1992 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  Sri Lanka 3 17 65 5 3.82 Won[25]
8 18 June 1992 Lord's, London  England 1 21 91 5 4.33 Won[26]
9 23 July 1992 Headingley, Leeds  England 2 30 117 5 3.90 Lost[27]
10 6 August 1992 Kennington Oval, London  England 4 18 52 5 2.88 Won[28]
11 2 January 1993 Trust Bank Park, Hamilton  New Zealand 4 13.3 22 5 1.62 Won[29]
12 1 May 1993 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua  West Indies 1 28 104 5 3.71 Drawn[30]
13 1 December 1993 * † ‡ 1 Defence Stadium, Karachi  Zimbabwe 2 34.1 91 7 2.66 Won[12]
14 1 December 1993 * † ‡2 Defence Stadium, Karachi  Zimbabwe 4 21.5 44 6 2.01 Won[12]
15 9 December 1993‡ Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi  Zimbabwe 2 19 88 5 4.63 Won[31]
16 16 December 1993 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Zimbabwe 2 34.4 100 5 2.88 Drawn[32]
17 24 February 1994 Lancaster Park, Christchurch  New Zealand 2 19 78 6 4.10 Lost[33]
18 26 August 1994 * † ‡1 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy  Sri Lanka 1 14 34 6 2.42 Won[34]
19 26 August 1994 * † ‡2 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy  Sri Lanka 3 18 85 5 4.72 Won[34]
20 6 March 1998† St George's Park, Port Elizabeth  South Africa 1 23 78 6 3.39 Lost[35]
21 14 March 1998 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  Zimbabwe 1 28.2 106 5 3.74 Drawn[36]
22 9 January 2002 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  Bangladesh 1 16.2 55 6 3.36 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 29 April 1990 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  Sri Lanka 2 10 26 6 2.60 Won[16]
2 1 May 1990 ‡ Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
(neutral venue)		  New Zealand 1 9 20 5 2.22 Won[38]
3 4 November 1990 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar  New Zealand 1 6.4 11 5 1.65 Won[39]
4 6 November 1990 Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot  New Zealand 2 6 16 5 2.66 Won[40]
5 9 November 1990 ‡ National Stadium, Karachi  West Indies 2 8 52 5 6.50 Won[41]
6 9 February 1993 ‡ Kingsmead, Durban  South Africa 2 10 25 5 2.50 Won[42]
7 13 March 1994 ‡ Eden Park, Auckland  New Zealand 2 9.4 30 6 3.10 Tied[43]
8 4 October 1996 ‡ Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
(neutral venue)		  Sri Lanka 2 8.5 52 5 5.88 Tied[44]
9 13 November 1996 ‡ Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  New Zealand 1 10 44 6 4.40 Won[45]
10 26 March 2000 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  India 2 10 31 5 3.10 Won[46]
11 17 June 2001 ‡ Headingley, Leeds  England 1 10 36 7 3.60 Won[18]
12 19 June 2001 ‡ Trent Bridge, Nottingham  Australia 2 8 59 6 7.37 Won[47]
13 12 August 2002 National Cricket Stadium, Tangier  South Africa 2 10 38 5 3.80 Lost[48]

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