# List of Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls

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 by the critics as a notable achievement, and there have been only 71 instances of a bowler taking a five-wicket haul in World Cup tournaments. The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is held once in every four years. In addition, players from four associate members of the ICC have taken five-wicket hauls in World Cups.
Starting with the inaugural edition in 1975, a total of 59 players have taken five-wicket haul in the championship as of 2023. Australia's Dennis Lillee became the first player take a five-wicket haul when he took five wickets for 34 runs against Pakistan in the third match of the world cup. His compatriot Gary Gilmour picked up two consecutive five-wicket hauls—in the semi-final against England and the final against West Indies—in the edition. The first of the two, six wickets for 14 runs, was named the "Best Bowling Performance" in ODIs in an all-time list released by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002. Joel Garner is the only other player to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup final. He took five wickets for 38 runs against England in the 1979 tournament final; the performance ensured West Indies' victory and helped them retain the title.
The 1992 edition was the only tournament where no five-wicket hauls were taken, while the 2003 tournament had a record 12 five-wicket hauls taken by 11 different players. Indian Mohammed Shami has taken four and Australia's Mitchell Starc has taken three five-wicket hauls while seven others—Gilmour, Ashantha de Mel, Glenn McGrath, Vasbert Drakes, Shahid Afridi, Mustafizur Rahman, Shaheen Afridi —have taken two in the history of the tournament. McGrath's seven wickets for 15 runs against Namibia remains the best bowling figures World Cup matches.

## Key

* Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
* Overs – Overs bowled in the innings
* Runs – Runs conceded in the innings
* Wkts – Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the innings
* Econ – Runs conceded per over
* Won – The match was won by the bowler's team
* Lost – The match was lost by the bowler's team
* Tied – The match ended in a tie
* † – One of two five-wicket hauls in the match
* ‡ – Best bowling figures in World Cup up to that point

## Five-wicket hauls

Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls :
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opponent | Venue | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Dennis Lillee | 7 June 1975 | Australia | Pakistan | Headingley, Leeds | 2 | 12 | 34 | 5 ‡ | 2.83 | Sadiq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Sarfraz Nawaz Wasim Bari Asif Masood | Won |
| 2 | Gary Gilmour | 18 June 1975 | Australia | England | Headingley, Leeds | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 ‡ | 1.16 | Dennis Amiss Barry Wood Keith Fletcher Tony Greig Frank Hayes Alan Knott | Won |
| 3 | Gary Gilmour (2) | 21 June 1975 | Australia | West Indies | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | 1 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 4.00 | Alvin Kallicharran Rohan Kanhai Clive Lloyd Vivian Richards Deryck Murray | Lost |
| 4 | Alan Hurst | 16 June 1979 | Australia | Canada | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | 1 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 2.10 | Christopher Chappell Franklyn Dennis Charles Baksh Robert Callender Cornelius Henry | Won |
| 5 | Joel Garner | 23 June 1979 | West Indies | England | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | 2 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 3.45 | Graham Gooch David Gower Wayne Larkins Chris Old Bob Taylor | Won |
| 6 | Vic Marks | 11 June 19831 | England | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton | 2 | 12 | 39 | 5 | 3.25 | Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Ranjan Madugalle Arjuna Ranatunga Somachandra de Silva | Won |
| 7 | Winston Davis | 11 June 19832 | West Indies | Australia | Headingley, Leeds | 2 | 10.3 | 51 | 7 ‡ | 4.85 | Kim Hughes David Hookes Graham Yallop Allan Border Ken MacLeay Geoff Lawson Dennis Lillee | Won |
| 8 | Richard Hadlee | 13 June 19831 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Bristol | 1 | 10.1 | 25 | 5 | 2.45 | Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake | Won |
| 9 | Kapil Dev | 13 June 19832 † | India | Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 1 | 12 | 43 | 5 | 3.58 | Kepler Wessels Rod Marsh Ken MacLeay Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson | Lost |
| 10 | Ken MacLeay | 13 June 19833 † | Australia | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 2 | 11.5 | 39 | 6 | 3.29 | Dilip Vengsarkar Sandip Patil Yashpal Sharma Madan Lal Roger Binny Syed Kirmani | Won |
| 11 | Ashantha de Mel | 16 June 19831 † | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Headingley, Leeds | 1 | 12 | 39 | 5 | 3.25 | Mohsin Khan Mansoor Akhtar Zaheer Abbas Shahid Mahboob Sarfraz Nawaz | Lost |
| 12 | Abdul Qadir | 16 June 19832 † | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Headingley, Leeds | 2 | 12 | 44 | 5 | 3.66 | Roy Dias Duleep Mendis Rumesh Ratnayake Arjuna Ranatunga Guy de Alwis | Won |
| 13 | Ashantha de Mel (2) | 18 June 1983 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | County Ground, Derby | 1 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 2.66 | Glenn Turner John Wright Richard Hadlee Warren Lees Lance Cairns | Won |
| 14 | Craig McDermott | 4 November 1987 | Australia | Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | 2 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 4.40 | Mansoor Akhtar Wasim Akram Saleem Yousuf Saleem Jaffar Tauseef Ahmed | Won |
| 15 | Paul Strang | 27 February 19961 | Zimbabwe | Kenya | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna | 1 | 9.4 | 21 | 5 | 2.17 | Maurice Odumbe Tito Odumbe Thomas Odoyo Aasif Karim Martin Suji | Won |
| 16 | Damien Fleming | 27 February 19962 | Australia | India | Wankhede stadium, Mumbai | 2 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 4.00 | Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Mohammad Azharuddin Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath | Won |
| 17 | Shaukat Dukanwala | 1 March 1996 | United Arab Emirates | Netherlands | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | 1 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 2.90 | Flavian Aponso Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk Roland Lefebvre Bas Zuiderent Marcelis Schewe | Won |
| 18 | Lance Klusener | 26 May 19991 | South Africa | Kenya | VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen | 1 | 8.3 | 21 | 5 | 2.47 | Steve Tikolo Alpesh Vadher Thomas Odoyo Mohammad Sheikh Joseph Angara | Won |
| 19 | Robin Singh | 26 May 19992 | India | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton | 2 | 9.3 | 31 | 5 | 3.26 | Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Eric Upashantha Muttiah Muralitharan | Won |
| 20 | Glenn McGrath | 30 May 1999 | Australia | West Indies | Old Trafford, Manchester | 1 | 8.4 | 14 | 5 | 1.61 | Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Brian Lara Mervyn Dillon Courtney Walsh | Won |
| 21 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 31 May 1999 | Pakistan | Bangladesh | County Ground, Northampton | 1 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 3.50 | Shahriar Hossain Mehrab Hossain Minhajul Abedin Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique | Lost |
| 22 | Venkatesh Prasad | 8 June 1999 | India | Pakistan | Old Trafford, Manchester | 2 | 9.3 | 27 | 5 | 2.84 | Saeed Anwar Salim Malik Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Wasim Akram | Won |
| 23 | Shaun Pollock | 17 June 1999 | South Africa | Australia | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | 1 | 9.2 | 36 | 5 | 3.85 | Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Michael Bevan Tom Moody Shane Warne | Tied |
| 24 | Austin Codrington | 11 February 2003 | Canada | Bangladesh | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | 2 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 3.00 | Hannan Sarkar Alok Kapali Mohammad Rafique Tapash Baisya Mashrafe Mortaza | Won |
| 25 | Chaminda Vaas | 14 February 2003 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | City Oval, Pietermaritzburg | 1 | 9.1 | 25 | 6 | 2.72 | Hannan Sarkar Al Sahariar Mohammad Ashraful Ehsanul Haque Sanwar Hossain Mashrafe Mortaza | Won |
| 26 | Wasim Akram | 16 February 2003 | Pakistan | Namibia | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | 2 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 3.11 | Riaan Walters Gavin Murgatroyd Louis Burger Deon Kotzé Melt van Schoor | Won |
| 27 | Rudi van Vuuren | 19 February 2003 | Namibia | England | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 1 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 4.30 | Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Craig White Ronnie Irani Andy Caddick | Lost |
| 28 | Vasbert Drakes | 23 February 2003 | West Indies | Canada | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 1 | 9.5 | 44 | 5 | 4.47 | Ian Billcliff Nicholas Ifill Joe Harris Austin Codrington Barry Seebaran | Won |
| 29 | Collins Obuya | 24 February 2003 | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | 2 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 2.40 | Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas | Won |
| 30 | Ashish Nehra | 26 February 2003 | India | England | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | 2 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2.30 | Michael Vaughan Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Paul Collingwood Craig White Ronnie Irani | Won |
| 31 | Glenn McGrath (2) | 27 February 2003 | Australia | Namibia | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 ‡ | 2.14 | Jan-Berrie Burger Morné Karg Danie Keulder Gavin Murgatroyd Deon Kotzé Louis Burger Björn Kotzé | Won |
| 32 | Andy Bichel | 2 March 2003 | Australia | England | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 1 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2.00 | Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles | Won |
| 33 | Vasbert Drakes (2) | 4 March 2003 | West Indies | Kenya | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | 2 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 3.30 | Kennedy Otieno Brijal Patel Steve Tikolo Hitesh Modi David Obuya | Won |
| 34 | Shane Bond | 11 March 20031 † | New Zealand | Australia | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 1 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2.30 | Adam Gilchrist Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Damien Martyn Brad Hogg Ian Harvey | Lost |
| 35 | Brett Lee | 11 March 20032 † | Australia | New Zealand | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | 2 | 9.1 | 42 | 5 | 4.58 | Stephen Fleming Brendon McCullum Jacob Oram Andre Adams Shane Bond | Won |
| 36 | Charl Langeveldt | 28 March 2007 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Providence Stadium, Guyana | 1 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 3.90 | Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Russel Arnold Farveez Maharoof Chaminda Vaas | Won |
| 37 | André Nel | 7 April 2007 | South Africa | Bangladesh | Providence Stadium, Guyana | 1 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 4.50 | Javed Omar Tamim Iqbal Habibul Bashar Mohammad Ashraful Mashrafe Mortaza | Lost |
| 38 | Andrew Hall | 17 April 2007 | South Africa | England | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | 1 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1.80 | Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Paul Nixon Sajid Mahmood James Anderson | Won |
| 39 | Shahid Afridi | 23 February 2011 | Pakistan | Kenya | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2.00 | Collins Obuya Steve Tikolo Tanmay Mishra Jimmy Kamande Thomas Odoyo | Won |
| 40 | Tim Bresnan | 27 February 2011 | England | India | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | 1 | 10 | 48 | 5 | 4.80 | Virender Sehwag Mahendra Singh Dhoni Yusuf Pathan Virat Kohli Harbhajan Singh | Tied |
| 41 | Kemar Roach | 28 February 2011 | West Indies | Netherlands | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | 2 | 8.3 | 27 | 6 | 3.17 | Wesley Barresi Bas Zuiderent Mudassar Bukhari Pieter Seelaar Bernard Loots Berend Westdijk | Won |
| 42 | Lasith Malinga | 1 March 2011 | Sri Lanka | Kenya | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 1 | 7.4 | 38 | 6 | 4.95 | Seren Waters Collins Obuya Tanmay Mishra Peter Ongondo Shem Ngoche Elijah Otieno | Won |
| 43 | Shahid Afridi (2) | 3 March 2011 | Pakistan | Canada | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 2 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2.30 | Ashish Bagai Jimmy Hansra Rizwan Cheema Tyson Gordon Harvir Baidwan | Won |
| 44 | Yuvraj Singh | 6 March 2011 | India | Ireland | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | 1 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 3.10 | William Porterfield Andrew White Kevin O'Brien Alex Cusack John Mooney | Won |
| 45 | Dale Steyn | 12 March 2011 | South Africa | India | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | 1 | 9.4 | 50 | 5 | 5.17 | Gautam Gambhir Yusuf Pathan Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel | Won |
| 46 | Ravi Rampaul | 20 March 2011 | West Indies | India | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 1 | 10 | 51 | 5 | 5.10 | Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli Yusuf Pathan Zaheer Khan | Lost |
| 47 | Wahab Riaz | 30 March 2011 | Pakistan | India | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | 1 | 10 | 46 | 5 | 4.60 | Virender Sehwag Virat Kohli Yuvraj Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni Zaheer Khan | Lost |
| 48 | Steven Finn | 14 February 20151 † | England | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 1 | 10 | 71 | 5 | 7.10 | George Bailey Mitchell Marsh Brad Haddin Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Johnson | Lost |
| 49 | Mitchell Marsh | 14 February 20152 † | Australia | England | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 2 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 3.66 | Gary Ballance Ian Bell Joe Root Eoin Morgan Jos Buttler | Won |
| 50 | Sohail Khan | 15 February 2015 | Pakistan | India | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1 | 10 | 55 | 5 | 5.55 | Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Suresh Raina Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ajinkya Rahane | Lost |
| 51 | Tim Southee | 20 February 2015 | New Zealand | England | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 1 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 3.66 | Ian Bell Moeen Ali James Taylor Jos Buttler Chris Woakes Stuart Broad Steven Finn | Won |
| 52 | Imran Tahir | 27 February 2015 | South Africa | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 2 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 4.50 | Dwayne Smith Lendl Simmons Darren Sammy Andre Russell Denesh Ramdin | Won |
| 53 | Trent Boult | 28 February 20151 † | New Zealand | Australia | Eden Park, Auckland | 1 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 2.70 | Michael Clarke Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Starc | Won |
| 54 | Mitchell Starc | 28 February 20152 † | Australia | New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland | 2 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 3.11 | Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Grant Elliott Luke Ronchi Adam Milne Tim Southee | Lost |
| 55 | Mitchell Starc (2) | 6 June 2019 | Australia | West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 2 | 10 | 46 | 5 | 4.60 | Chris Gayle Andre Russell Carlos Brathwaite Jason Holder Sheldon Cottrell | Won |
| 56 | James Neesham | 8 June 2019 | New Zealand | Afghanistan | County Ground, Taunton | 1 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 3.10 | Hazratullah Zazai Rahmat Shah Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Najibullah Zadran | Won |
| 57 | Mohammad Amir | 12 June 2019 | Pakistan | Australia | County Ground, Taunton | 1 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 3.00 | Aaron Finch Usman Khawaja Shaun Marsh Alex Carey Mitchell Starc | Lost |
| 58 | Shakib Al Hasan | 24 June 2019 | Bangladesh | Afghanistan | Rose Bowl, Southampton | 2 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 2.90 | Rahmat Shah Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Asghar Afghan Najibullah Zadran | Won |
| 59 | Jason Behrendorff | 25 June 2019 | Australia | England | Lord's, London | 2 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 4.40 | James Vince Jonny Bairstow Moeen Ali Chris Woakes Jofra Archer | Won |
| 60 | Mitchell Starc (3) | 29 June 2019 | Australia | New Zealand | Lord's, London | 2 | 9.4 | 26 | 5 | 2.68 | Kane Williamson Tom Latham Ish Sodhi Lockie Ferguson Mitchell Santner | Won |
| 61 | Mohammed Shami | 30 June 2019 | India | England | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | 1 | 10.0 | 69 | 5 | 6.90 | Jonny Bairstow Eoin Morgan Joe Root Jos Buttler Chris Woakes | Lost |
| 62 | Mustafizur Rahman | 2 July 2019 | Bangladesh | India | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | 1 | 10.0 | 59 | 5 | 5.90 | Virat Kohli Hardik Pandya MS Dhoni Dinesh Karthik Mohammad Shami | Lost |
| 63 | Mustafizur Rahman (2) | 5 July 20191 † | Bangladesh | Pakistan | Lord's, London | 1 | 10.0 | 75 | 5 | 7.50 | Imam-ul-Haq Haris Sohail Shadab Khan Imad Wasim Mohammad Amir | Lost |
| 64 | Shaheen Afridi | 5 July 20192 † | Pakistan | Bangladesh | Lord's, London | 2 | 9.1 | 35 | 6 | 3.81 | Tamim Iqbal Liton Das Shakib Al Hasan Mohammad Saifuddin Mahmudullah Mustafizur Rahman | Won |
| 65 | Mitchell Santner | 9 October 20232 | New Zealand | Netherlands | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | 2 | 10 | 59 | 5 | 5.90 | Max O'Dowd Colin Ackermann Scott Edwards Roelof van der Merwe Ryan Klein | Won |
| 66 | Shaheen Afridi (2) | 20 October 20231 | Pakistan | Australia | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | 1 | 10.0 | 75 | 5 | 5.40 | Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Marcus Stoinis Mitchell Starc Josh Hazlewood | Lost |
| 67 | Mohammed Shami (2) | 22 October 20231 | India | New Zealand | HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala | 1 | 10.0 | 54 | 5 | 5.40 | Will Young Rachin Ravindra Daryl Mitchell Mitchell Santner Matt Henry | Won |
| 68 | Dilshan Madushanka | 2 November 20232 † | Sri Lanka | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 1 | 10 | 80 | 5 | 8.00 | Rohit Sharma Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer Suryakumar Yadav | Lost |
| 69 | Mohammed Shami (3) | 2 November 20232 † | India | Sri Lanka | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 2 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 | Charith Asalanka Angelo Mathews Dushan Hemantha Dushmantha Chameera Kasun Rajitha | Won |
| 70 | Ravindra Jadeja | 5 November 20231 | India | South Africa | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 2 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 3.66 | Temba Bavuma Heinrich Klaasen David Miller Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada | Won |
| 71 | Mohammed Shami (4) | 15 November 20231 | India | New Zealand | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 2 | 9.5 | 57 | 7 | 5.79 | Devon Conway Rachin Ravindra Kane Williamson Daryl Mitchell Tom Latham Tim Southee Lockie Ferguson | Won |