List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Sharjah Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The international cricket match played on the ground was in 1984 when Pakistan played Sri Lanka in a One Day International (ODI) as part of the 1984 Asia Cup. It has since been used for Test cricket, ODIs and Twenty20 International cricket matches and has hosted both men's and women's international matches. The ground, along with others in the UAE, has been used by Pakistan as a home ground due to the security situation in Pakistan.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[1] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Date the Test started or ODI/T20I was held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
O	Number of overs bowled
R	Number of runs conceded
W	Number of wickets taken
Result	Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 2 September 2019

Seven five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Sharjah Cricket Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Shoaib Akhtar	31 January 2002	Pakistan	West Indies	4	16	24	5	Pakistan won[2]
2	Shane Warne	19 October 2002	Australia	Pakistan	2	30.1	74	5	Australia won[3]
3	Chanaka Welegedara	3 November 2011	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	35.2	87	5	Drawn[4]
4	Rangana Herath	16 January 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	38.1	125	5	Pakistan won[5]
5	Mark Craig	26 November 2014	New Zealand	Pakistan	1	27.4	94	7	New Zealand won[6]
6	Wahab Riaz	30 October 2016	Pakistan	West Indies	2	26.4	88	5	West Indies won[7]
7	Jason Holder	30 October 2016	West Indies	Pakistan	3	17.3	30	5	West Indies won[7]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 2 September 2019

A total of 32 five-wicket hauls have been taken in ODIs on the ground, including one in a women's match.

Men's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Sharjah

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Imran Khan	22 March 1985	Pakistan	India	1	10	14	6	India won[8]
2	Courtney Walsh	3 December 1986	West Indies	Sri Lanka	2	4.3	1	5	West Indies won[9]
3	Sanjeev Sharma	16 October 1988	India	West Indies	2	7.3	26	5	India won[10]
4	Wasim Akram[upper-alpha 1]	14 October 1989	Pakistan	West Indies	2	9.4	38	5	Pakistan won[11]
5	Waqar Younis	29 April 1990	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	10	26	6	Pakistan won[12]
6	Waqar Younis	1 May 1990	Pakistan	New Zealand	1	9	20	5	Pakistan won[13]
7	Rumesh Ratnayake	20 December 1990	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	9	32	5	Sri Lanka won[14]
8	Curtly Ambrose	21 October 1991	West Indies	Pakistan	1	10	53	5	Pakistan won[15]
9	Aaqib Javed[upper-alpha 2]	25 October 1991	Pakistan	India	2	10	37	7	Pakistan won[16]
10	Aaqib Javed	7 April 1995	Pakistan	India	2	9	19	5	Pakistan won[17]
11	Danny Morrison	11 November 1996	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	2	10	34	5	Tied[18]
12	Waqar Younis	13 November 1996	Pakistan	New Zealand	1	10	44	6	Pakistan won[19]
13	Abdul Razzaq	15 October 1999	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	9.1	31	5	Tied[20]
14	Azhar Mahmood	19 October 1999	Pakistan	West Indies	2	10	18	6	Pakistan won[21]
15	Azhar Mahmood	22 October 1999	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	10	28	5	Pakistan won[22]
16	Lance Klusener	24 March 2000	South Africa	Pakistan	1	10	47	5	South Africa won[23]
17	Waqar Younis	26 March 2000	Pakistan	India	2	10	31	5	Pakistan won[24]
18	Muttiah Muralitharan	27 October 2000	Sri Lanka	India	2	10	30	7	Sri Lanka won[25]
19	Chaminda Vaas	29 October 2000	Sri Lanka	India	2	9.3	14	5	Sri Lanka won[26]
20	Charitha Buddhika	26 October 2001	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	9	67	5	Sri Lanka won[27]
21	Muttiah Muralitharan	9 April 2002	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	10	9	5	New Zealand won[28]
22	Shahid Afridi	20 November 2011	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	9.2	35	5	Pakistan won[29]
23	Shahid Afridi	10 February 2012	Pakistan	Afghanistan	1	10	36	5	Pakistan won[30]
24	Mitchell Starc	28 August 2012	Australia	Pakistan	1	10	42	5	Australia won[31]
25	Graeme Cremer	25 December 2015	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	1	9.5	20	5	Afghanistan won[32]
26	Luke Jongwe	2 January 2016	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	2	5.1	6	5	Zimbabwe won[33]
27	Usman Shinwari	23 October 2017	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	7	34	5	Pakistan won[34]
28	Barry McCarthy	7 December 2017	Ireland	Afghanistan	2	9	46	5	Ireland won[35]
29	Rashid Khan	13 February 2018	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	1	8.3	24	5	Afghanistan won[36]
30	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	16 February 2018	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	1	10	50	5	Afghanistan won[37]
31	Saurabh Netravalkar	8 December 2019	United States	United Arab Emirates	1	9.2	32	5	USA won[38]

Women's matches

Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Sharjah

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Sune Luus	15 March 2015	South Africa	Pakistan	1	8.4	20	5	South Africa won[39]

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

As of 2 September 2019

A single five-wicket haul has been taken in T20I matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Sharjah

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Samiullah Shinwari	24 November 2013	Afghanistan	Kenya	2	4	13	5	Afghanistan won[40]

Notes

1. Wasim Akram's five-wicket haul included a hat trick.
2. Aaqib Javed's five-wicket haul included a hat trick.

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30. Only ODI (D/N), Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Feb 10 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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External links

• International five-wicket hauls at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, CricInfo