List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis

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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

ICC Hall of Fame on 9 December 2013.[8][9]

Waqar made his

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

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
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
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
 Sri Lanka 2 10 26 6 2.60 Won[16]
2 1 May 1990
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
 New Zealand 1 10 44 6 4.40 Won[45]
10 26 March 2000
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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