List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Nathan Lyon

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[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 August 2019 only 48 bowlers have taken at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[4] Nathan Lyon, an Australian cricketer has taken 18 five-wicket hauls in international cricket.[4][5] A right-arm off spin bowler, Lyon has played 96 Tests, 29 One Day International (ODI) matches and 2 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for his country, and has taken 399, 29 and 1 wickets respectively As of January 2021.[5]

Australian off-spin bowler, Nathan Lyon, has taken 18 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.[1]

Lyon made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium, Galle on 31 August 2011 and became the 30th Australian cricketer to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut, taking figures of 5/34 in the first innings.[6][7] His best figures in Tests is 8/50, taken against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 4 March 2017.[8]

Lyon made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 8 March 2012.[9] As of August 2019, he is yet to take a five-wicket haul in the format, with his best figures being 4/44, taken against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club, Harare on 31 August 2014.[10][11]

Lyon made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against India on 29 January 2016 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.[12] His only wicket in the format, as of August 2019, was taken against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on 28 October 2018.[13][14]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test started
Inn	The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled in that innings
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Batsmen	The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Econ	Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Result	Result for Australia
*	One of two five-wicket hauls by Lyon in a match
	10 wickets or more taken in the match
	Lyon was selected as man of the match

Test five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Tests by Nathan Lyon[15]

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	31 August 2011	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Sri Lanka	2	15	34	5	2.26	Kumar Sangakkara Angelo Mathews Rangana Herath Suraj Randiv Chanaka Welegedara	Won[7]
2	15 April 2012	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	West Indies	2	29	68	5	2.34	Narsingh Deonarine Shivnarine Chanderpaul Darren Sammy Shane Shillingford Kemar Roach	Drawn[16]
3	22 March 2013	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	India	2	23.2	94	7	4.02	Cheteshwar Pujara Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane Sachin Tendulkar Ravichandran Ashwin Ishant Sharma Pragyan Ojha	Lost[17]
4	26 December 2013	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	England	3	17	50	5	2.94	Ian Bell Ben Stokes Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Kevin Pietersen	Won[18]
5	20 February 2014	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	South Africa	1	46	130	5	2.82	Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar AB de Villiers Wayne Parnell JP Duminy	Lost[19]
6	9 December 2014 *	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	India	2	36	134	5	3.72	Cheteshwar Pujara Ajinkya Rahane Rohit Sharma Wriddhiman Saha Ishant Sharma	Won[20]
7	9 December 2014 *	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	India	4	34.1	152	7	4.44	Cheteshwar Pujara Murali Vijay Ajinkya Rahane Rohit Sharma Wriddhiman Saha Virat Kohli Ishant Sharma	Won[20]
8	4 March 2017	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	India	1	22.2	50	8	2.23	Cheteshwar Pujara Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane Ravichandran Ashwin Wriddhiman Saha Ravindra Jadeja K. L. Rahul Ishant Sharma	Lost[8]
9	25 March 2017	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala	India	2	34.1	92	5	2.69	Cheteshwar Pujara Karun Nair Ajinkya Rahane Ravichandran Ashwin Kuldeep Yadav	Lost[21]
10	27 August 2017	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Bangladesh	3	34.3	82	6	2.37	Taijul Islam Imrul Kayes Shakib Al Hasan Sabbir Rahman Shafiul Islam Mehedi Hasan	Lost[22]
11	4 September 2017 *	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	Bangladesh	1	36.2	94	7	2.58	Tamim Iqbal Imrul Kayes Soumya Sarkar Mominul Haque Sabbir Rahman Mushfiqur Rahim Taijul Islam	Won[23]
12	4 September 2017 *	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	Bangladesh	3	33	60	6	1.81	Tamim Iqbal Imrul Kayes Shakib Al Hasan Sabbir Rahman Mominul Haque Taijul Islam	Won[23]
13	6 December 2018	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	India	3	42	122	6	2.90	Virat Kohli Cheteshwar Pujara Rohit Sharma Rishabh Pant Ajinkya Rahane Mohammed Shami	Lost[24]
14	14 December 2018	Perth Stadium, Perth	India	2	34.5	67	5	1.92	Ajinkya Rahane Mohammed Shami Ishant Sharma Rishabh Pant Jasprit Bumrah	Won[25]
15	1 August 2019	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	England	4	20	49	6	2.45	Jason Roy Joe Denly Joe Root Ben Stokes Moeen Ali Stuart Broad	Won[26]
16	29 November 2019	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Pakistan	3	25	69	5	2.76	Shan Masood Asad Shafiq Iftikhar Ahmed Yasir Shah Shaheen Afridi	Won[27]
17	3 January 2020 *	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	New Zealand	2	30.4	68	5	2.21	Tom Blundell Jeet Raval William Somerville Neil Wagner Matt Henry	Won[28]
18	3 January 2020 *	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	New Zealand	4	16.5	50	5	2.97	Jeet Raval Glenn Phillips Colin de Grandhomme Todd Astle BJ Watling	Won[28]

Test ten-wicket hauls

Ten-wicket hauls in Tests by Nathan Lyon[29]

No.	Figures	Against	Venue	Date	Result
1	12/286	India	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	9 December 2014	Won[20]
2	13/154	Bangladesh	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram	4 September 2017	Won[23]
3	10/118	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	3 January 2020	Won[28]

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