List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Saqlain Mushtaq

Saqlain Mushtaq, a former Pakistani cricketer, took 19 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket.[1][2] A five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by cricket critics as a notable achievement,[4] and fewer than 50 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[2][5][6] A right-arm off break bowler who represented his country between 1995 and 2004, Saqlain was described by the BBC as "a revolution in the art of attacking off-spin bowling".[7] Saqlain was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 2000.[8]

Saqlain made his Test debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar.[9] His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1997 against the same team at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.[10] In January 1999 against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time.[11] He repeated this feat only once more in his career, at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi during the second Test of the same series.[12] His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 164 runs against England at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore in November 2000.[13] He took ten or more wickets in a match on three occasions.[14]

Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in September 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala,[15] Saqlain's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year, against New Zealand, a match Pakistan won at the same venue.[16] His career-best bowling figures in ODI cricket were 5 wickets for 20 runs against England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2000.[17] As of 2017, Saqlain is one of the four bowlers to achieve an ODI hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries) on two or more different occasions, both against Zimbabwe;[18][19][note 1] one of his hat-tricks came during the 1999 Cricket World Cup.[21][22] Saqlain took thirteen five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and six in ODIs.[5][6] As of 2017, he is fourth in the list of five-wicket haul takers for Pakistan, all formats of the game combined.[23]

Key
Key
Symbol Meaning
Date Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches
Inn Innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings
Runs Runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Result Result for Pakistan in that match
Saqlain selected as "Man of the match"
10 wickets or more taken in the match
* One of two five-wicket hauls by Saqlain in a match

Tests
Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Saqlain Mushtaq
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
119 April 1997R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Sri Lanka144.289 5 2.00 Drawn[10]
26 October 1997Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi South Africa262129 5 2.08 Drawn[24]
36 December 1997National Stadium, Karachi West Indies12454 5 2.25 Won[25]
410 December 1998Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Zimbabwe113.532 5 2.31 Drawn[26]
528 January 1999*M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai India23594 5 2.68 Won[11]
628 January 1999*M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai India432.293 5 2.87 Won[11]
74 February 1999*Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi India135.594 5 2.62 Lost[12]
84 February 1999*Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi India346.4122 5 2.61 Lost[12]
918 November 1999Bellerive Oval, Hobart Australia22446 6 1.91 Lost[27]
1018 May 2000Kensington Oval, Bridgetown West Indies251121 5 2.37 Drawn[28]
1115 November 2000Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore England174164 8 2.21 Drawn[13]
1216 January 2002MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh116.435 5 2.10 Won[29]
1316 November 2002Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Zimbabwe125.566 7 2.55 Won[30]

One Day Internationals
Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals by Saqlain Mushtaq
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
14 December 1996Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala New Zealand29.444 5 4.55 Won[16]
215 December 1996Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Australia28.529 5 3.28 Won[31]
316 July 1997R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Bangladesh29.338 5 4.00 Won[32]
413 September 1997Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto India11045 5 4.50 Lost[33]
531 May 1999County Cricket Ground, Northampton Bangladesh11035 5 3.50 Lost[34]
630 October 2000Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi England1820 5 2.50 Won[17]

Notes
  1. The other two bowlers to accomplish the feat are Wasim Akram and Chaminda Vaas, who each have two, and Lasith Malinga, who has taken three ODI hat-tricks.[20]

References

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