# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Ian Botham

Sir Ian Botham is a former international cricketer and captain of the England cricket team. He has claimed five-wicket hauls (taken five or more wickets in an innings) in Test cricket on 27 occasions, second only to James Anderson among English cricketers. A five-wicket haul is regarded as a notable achievement, and as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Botham is generally considered one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1978, and Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year four years later. In 1992 he was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE), and he was knighted for his services to cricket and charity work in 2007. Two years later, he was honoured by the International Cricket Council, who named him as one of 55 initial inductees into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He is ninth overall in all-time Test five-wicket haul takers.
He made his international debut for England on 26 August 1976 in a One Day International (ODI) against the West Indies. He made his Test cricket debut just under a year later against Australia, and it was during the first innings of this match that he claimed his first international five-wicket haul. It is against Australia that he has claimed the most five-wicket hauls, doing so on nine occasions. Three of these came during the 1981 Ashes series and, along with the two centuries he scored, saw the series dubbed "Botham's Ashes". He twice claimed eight wickets in an innings, playing at Lord's on each occasion, against Pakistan in 1978 and the West Indies in 1984. Including these performances, Botham has collected a five-wicket haul at Lord's eight times, more so than on any other ground.
Botham never managed to take five-wickets in an innings in ODI cricket, despite playing 116 matches and claiming 145 wickets, making him England's seventh highest wicket-taker in the format. His best return was four wickets, which he achieved on three occasions.

## Key

| Date – Starting date of the match. Inn. – The 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 – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five wicket haul. Result – The result for the England team in that match. † – Botham was selected player of the match. * – Botham claimed 10 wickets or more in the match. ‡ – Botham also scored a century in this match. |

## Tests

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn. | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ. | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 28 July 1977 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Australia | 1 | 20.0 | 74 | 5 | 3.70 | GS Chappell KD Walters RW Marsh MHN Walker JR Thomson | Won |
| 2 | 11 August 1977 | Headingley, Leeds | Australia | 2 | 11.0 | 21 | 5 | 1.90 | DW Hookes KD Walters RW Marsh MHN Walker JR Thomson | Won |
| 3 | 24 February 1978 ‡ | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | New Zealand | 2 | 24.7 | 73 | 5 | 2.20 | BE Congdon MG Burgess WK Lees RO Collinge EJ Chatfield | Won |
| 4 | 4 March 1978 | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 1 | 34.0 | 109 | 5 | 2.40 | RW Anderson MG Burgess BE Congdon JM Parker RJ Hadlee | Drawn |
| 5 | 15 June 1978 ‡† | Lord's, London | Pakistan | 3 | 20.5 | 34 | 8 | 1.63 | Mudassar Nazar Talat Ali Haroon Rasheed Wasim Raja Wasim Bari Sikander Bakht Iqbal Qasim Javed Miandad | Won |
| 6 | 10 August 1978 † | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | New Zealand | 2 | 21.0 | 34 | 6 | 1.61 | BA Edgar RW Anderson MG Burgess BE Congdon GN Edwards RJ Hadlee | Won |
| 7 | 24 August 1978 * | Lord's, London | New Zealand | 1 | 38.0 | 101 | 6 | 2.65 | JG Wright MG Burgess BE Congdon RW Anderson RJ Hadlee GP Howarth | Won |
| 8 | 24 August 1978 * | Lord's, London | New Zealand | 3 | 18.1 | 39 | 5 | 2.14 | BA Edgar JM Parker JG Wright MG Burgess RO Collinge | Won |
| 9 | 12 July 1979 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | India | 3 | 29.0 | 70 | 5 | 2.41 | GR Viswanath AD Gaekwad M Amarnath N Kapil Dev S Venkataraghavan | Won |
| 10 | 2 August 1979 | Lord's, London | India | 1 | 19.0 | 35 | 5 | 1.84 | CPS Chauhan AD Gaekwad Yashpal Sharma N Kapil Dev B Reddy | Drawn |
| 11 | 14 December 1979 *† | WACA, Perth | Australia | 1 | 35.0 | 78 | 6 | 2.22 | BM Laird AR Border GS Chappell RJ Bright DK Lillee G Dymock | Lost |
| 12 | 14 December 1979 *† | WACA, Perth | Australia | 3 | 45.5 | 98 | 5 | 2.13 | KJ Hughes PM Toohey RW Marsh RJ Bright JR Thomson | Lost |
| 13 | 15 February 1980 *‡ | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | India | 1 | 22.5 | 58 | 6 | 2.54 | SM Gavaskar SM Patil Yashpal Sharma N Kapil Dev NS Yadav DR Doshi | Won |
| 14 | 15 February 1980 *‡ | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | India | 3 | 26.0 | 48 | 7 | 1.84 | SM Gavaskar RMH Binny GR Viswanath SM Patil Yashpal Sharma SMH Kirmani NS Yadav | Won |
| 15 | 16 July 1981 ‡† | Headingley, Leeds | Australia | 1 | 39.2 | 95 | 6 | 2.41 | GM Wood KJ Hughes GN Yallop AR Border RW Marsh GF Lawson | Won |
| 16 | 30 July 1981 † | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Australia | 4 | 14.0 | 11 | 5 | 0.78 | MF Kent RW Marsh RJ Bright DK Lillee TM Alderman | Won |
| 17 | 27 August 1981 *† | The Oval, London | Australia | 1 | 47.0 | 125 | 6 | 2.65 | GM Wood MF Kent KJ Hughes RJ Bright TM Alderman MR Whitney | Drawn |
| 18 | 27 November 1981 | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | India | 3 | 22.3 | 61 | 5 | 2.71 | SM Gavaskar DB Vengsarkar GR Viswanath SM Patil DR Doshi | Lost |
| 19 | 10 June 1982 | Lord's, London | India | 2 | 19.4 | 46 | 5 | 2.33 | SM Gavaskar GAHM Parkar GR Viswanath S Madan Lal DR Doshi | Won |
| 20 | 26 August 1982 | Headingley, Leeds | Pakistan | 3 | 30.0 | 74 | 5 | 2.46 | Mansoor Akhtar Javed Miandad Zaheer Abbas Majid Khan Imran Khan | Won |
| 21 | 30 January 1984 ‡† | Basin Reserve, Wellington | New Zealand | 1 | 27.4 | 59 | 5 | 2.13 | JG Wright BA Edgar GP Howarth RJ Hadlee IDS Smith | Drawn |
| 22 | 28 June 1984 † | Lord's, London | West Indies | 2 | 27.4 | 103 | 8 | 3.72 | CG Greenidge DL Haynes HA Gomes IVA Richards CH Lloyd PJL Dujon RA Harper J Garner | Lost |
| 23 | 9 August 1984 | The Oval, London | West Indies | 1 | 23.0 | 72 | 5 | 3.13 | CG Greenidge IVA Richards PJL Dujon RA Harper MA Holding | Lost |
| 24 | 23 August 1984 | Lord's, London | Sri Lanka | 3 | 27.0 | 90 | 6 | 3.33 | S Wettimuny RS Madugalle RL Dias A Ranatunga LRD Mendis ALF de Mel | Drawn |
| 25 | 27 June 1985 | Lord's, London | Australia | 2 | 24.0 | 109 | 5 | 4.54 | KC Wessels AR Border DC Boon GM Ritchie WB Phillips | Lost |
| 26 | 3 April 1986 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | West Indies | 2 | 24.1 | 71 | 5 | 2.93 | IVA Richards PJL Dujon RA Harper MA Holding BP Patterson | Lost |
| 27 | 26 December 1986 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 1 | 16.0 | 41 | 5 | 2.56 | GR Marsh AR Border TJ Zoehrer CJ McDermott MG Hughes | Won |