List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble

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Anil Kumble, India's leading wicket-taker in Tests and ODIs

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] as of October 2024 only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[4] Anil Kumble is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India. He is a right-arm leg spin (legbreak googly) bowler. 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]

Kumble made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka and his Test debut against England, both in 1990.[5] His first five-wicket haul was against South Africa at Johannesburg (November, 1992) in the second Test of India's tour.[6] He has claimed the most of his five-wicket hauls against Australia, ten of them, all in Test matches.[7] His best performance was against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in 1999; Kumble took all ten wickets during the second innings, just the second person to do so, after Jim Laker, and in the process ensured India of their first Test victory against Pakistan in twenty years.[8] The feat also ranks as the second best bowling figures in Test history.[9] Twenty of Kumble's Test cricket five-wicket hauls have come in victory for India, while five have been in defeats.[10][11] Kumble has also taken two five-wicket hauls in ODIs. His first ODI five-wicket haul was against the West Indies during the final of the 1993 Hero Cup at Eden Gardens, Calcutta when he took six wickets for twelve runs, a record for India in One Day Internationals. The performance ensured India's victory and Kumble was adjudged man of the match.[12] His other ODI five-wicket haul was against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in 1994.[13]

Key

A man in Test cricket whites, on his follow through after releasing the ball while bowling; three stumps and a man in white pants, white shirt and hat are in the background.
Anil Kumble bowling in a Test match
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 India team
* One of two five-wicket hauls by Kumble in the match
† 10 or more wickets taken in the match
‡ Kumble was selected as man of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 26 November 1992 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa 3 44 53 6 1.20 Draw[14]
2 11 February 1993 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras[N 1]  England 3 21 64 6 3.04 Won[15]
3 13 March 1993 Arun Jaitley stadium, Delhi  Zimbabwe 3 38.5 70 5 1.80 Won[16]
4 27 July 1993 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo  Sri Lanka 2 24 87 5 3.62 Won[17]
5 18 January 1994 † ‡ K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow  Sri Lanka 3 27.3 59 7 2.14 Won[18]
6 18 October 1995 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  New Zealand 3 27.2 81 5 2.96 Won[19]
7 10 October 1996 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi  Australia 3 41 67 5 1.63 Won[20]
8 6 March 1997 Sabina Park, Kingston  West Indies 1 42.4 120 5 2.81 Draw[21]
9 14 March 1997 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain  West Indies 1 39 104 5 2.66 Draw[22]
10 18 March 1998 Eden Gardens, Calcutta[N 2]  Australia 3 31 62 5 2.00 Won[23]
11 25 March 1998 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  Australia 2 41.3 98 6 2.36 Lost[24]
12 28 January 1999 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  Pakistan 1 24.5 70 6 2.81 Lost[25]
13 4 February 1999 † ‡ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi  Pakistan 4 26.3 74 10 2.79 Won[26]
14 22 October 1999 † ‡ Green Park Stadium, Kanpur  New Zealand 3 26.5 67 6 2.49 Won[27]
15 29 October 1999 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad  New Zealand 2 48 82 5 1.70 Draw[28]
16 2 March 2000 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  South Africa 2 68.4 143 6 2.08 Lost[29]
17 3 December 2001 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali  England 3 28.4 81 6 2.82 Won[30]
18 11 December 2001 † Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad  England 1 51 115 7 2.25 Draw[31]
19 21 February 2002 ‡ Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur  Zimbabwe 3 37 63 5 1.70 Won[32]
20 17 October 2002 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  West Indies 1 23.3 30 5 1.27 Won[33]
21 12 December 2003 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide  Australia 1 43 154 5 3.58 Won[34]
22 26 December 2003 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia 2 51 176 6 3.45 Lost[35]
23 2 January 2004 † Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia 2 46.5 141 8 3.01 Draw[36]
24 28 March 2004 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan  Pakistan 3 30 72 6 2.40 Won[37]
25 14 October 2004 * † ‡ M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  Australia 1 17.3 48 7 2.74 Draw[38]
26 14 October 2004 * † ‡ M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  Australia 3 47 133 6 2.82 Draw[38]
27 3 November 2004 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai  Australia 2 19 90 5 4.73 Won[39]
28 3 November 2004 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur  South Africa 1 54 131 6 2.42 Draw[40]
29 16 March 2005 † Eden Gardens, Kolkata  Pakistan 4 38 63 7 1.65 Won[41]
30 10 December 2005 † ‡ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi  Sri Lanka 2 28 72 6 2.57 Won[42]
31 18 December 2005 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi  Sri Lanka 4 34.3 89 5 2.57 Won[43]
32 9 March 2006 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali  England 1 29.4 76 5 2.56 Won[44]
33 30 June 2006 Sabina Park, Kingston  West Indies 4 22.4 78 6 3.44 Won[45]
34 8 December 2007 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  Pakistan 4 14 60 5 4.28 Draw[46]
35 26 December 2007 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia 1 25 84 5 3.36 Lost[47]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 27 November 1993 ‡ Eden Gardens, Calcutta[N 2]  West Indies 2 6.1 12 6 1.94 Won[48]
2 30 March 1994 ‡ Basin Reserve, Wellington  New Zealand 2 10 33 5 3.30 Won[13]

Notes

  1. ^ Madras has since been renamed as Chennai.
  2. ^ a b Calcutta has since been renamed as Kolkata.

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