# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Fred Trueman

Fred Trueman was an English cricketer, an "aggressive" fast bowler widely known as "Fiery Fred". He is generally acknowledged to have been one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history. He represented England in 67 Test matches, and was the first bowler to take 300 wickets in a Test career, taking twelve years and 65 Tests to reach the landmark.
Trueman's wicket tally included seventeen five-wicket hauls (also known as "five-fors" or "fifers") which refer to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Trueman's seventeen five-wicket hauls places him joint-third in a list of most five-wicket hauls by England Test players, behind Ian Botham and Sydney Barnes. It includes three instances of him taking five or more wickets in each innings of the same Test match, and only one of the Tests in which he took a five-for ended in defeat for England.
His first five-for came in July 1952 against India in only his third Test match. It was also his career-best performance, eight wickets while conceding 31 runs, which remains the ninth most successful bowling figures by an England player. Five of his five-wicket hauls were taken against Australia, and six came against the West Indies. Four of the latter came during the 1963 West Indies tour of England, across which he took a career-best 34 wickets. He is joint-third in a tally of most five-fors taken against the West Indies in Test matches. He did not get the opportunity to play in One Day International cricket as it was not introduced until the 1970–1971 cricket season, several years after his retirement.

## Key

* Date – Date the match was held, starting date of the match for Test matches.
* Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings
* Runs – 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).
* Inn – The innings of the match in which the five wicket haul was taken.
* Result – The result for the England team in that match
* ♠ – 10 wickets or more taken in the match.
    Note: Regular Man of the match awards did not enter Test cricket until the 1980s, after Trueman had retired.

## Tests

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn. | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ. | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 17 July 1952 | Old Trafford, Manchester | India | 2 | 8.4 | 31 | 8 | 3.57 | P Roy HR Adhikari PR Umrigar DG Phadkar VL Manjrekar RV Divecha GS Ramchand PK Sen | Won |
| 2 | 14 August 1952 | The Oval, London | India | 2 | 16 | 48 | 5 | 3.00 | P Roy HR Adhikari MH Mankad DG Phadkar PK Sen | Draw |
| 3 | 21 June 1956 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Australia | 3 | 28 | 90 | 5 | 3.21 | RN Harvey JW Burke PJP Burge KR Miller R Benaud | Lost |
| 4 | 4 July 1957 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | West Indies | 2 | 30 | 63 | 5 | 2.10 | ED Weekes OG Smith DS Atkinson JDC Goddard AL Valentine | Draw |
| 5 | 5 June 1958 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | New Zealand | 2 | 21 | 31 | 5 | 1.47 | LSM Miller JW D'Arcy WR Playle T Meale JC Alabaster | Won |
| 6 | 28 January 1960 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | West Indies | 2 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 1.66 | RB Kanhai GS Sobers FMM Worrell FCM Alexander S Ramadhin | Won |
| 7 | 7 July 1960 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | South Africa | 2 | 14.3 | 27 | 5 | 1.86 | DJ McGlew S O'Linn HJ Tayfield JE Pothecary NAT Adcock | Won |
| 8 | 6 July 1961 | Headingley, Leeds | Australia | 1 | 22 | 58 | 5♠ | 2.63 | NC O'Neill RN Harvey RB Simpson R Benaud ATW Grout | Won |
| 9 | 6 July 1961 | Headingley, Leeds | Australia | 3 | 15.5 | 30 | 6♠ | 1.89 | RN Harvey NC O'Neill RB Simpson R Benaud ATW Grout AK Davidson | Won |
| 10 | 21 June 1962 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Pakistan | 1 | 17.4 | 31 | 6 | 1.75 | Hanif Mohammad Javed Burki Mushtaq Mohammad W Mathias Nasim-ul-Ghani Mohammad Farooq | Won |
| 11 | 29 December 1962 | Melbourne, Melbourne | Australia | 3 | 20 | 62 | 5 | 2.32 | RB Simpson NC O'Neill KD Mackay R Benaud GD McKenzie | Won |
| 12 | 15 March 1963 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | New Zealand | 1 | 30.2 | 75 | 7 | 2.47 | WR Playle BW Sinclair MJF Shrimpton AE Dick RW Blair RC Motz FJ Cameron | Won |
| 13 | 20 June 1963 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | West Indies | 1 | 44 | 100 | 6♠ | 2.27 | EDAS McMorris CC Hunte BF Butcher RB Kanhai FMM Worrell DL Murray | Draw |
| 14 | 20 June 1963 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | West Indies | 3 | 26 | 52 | 5♠ | 2.00 | EDAS McMorris GS Sobers FMM Worrell DL Murray WW Hall | Draw |
| 15 | 4 July 1963 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | West Indies | 2 | 26 | 75 | 5♠ | 2.88 | CC Hunte MC Carew GS Sobers CC Griffith LR Gibbs | Won |
| 16 | 4 July 1963 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | West Indies | 4 | 14.3 | 44 | 7♠ | 3.03 | CC Hunte RB Kanhai FMM Worrell DL Murray WW Hall CC Griffith JS Solomon | Won |
| 17 | 18 June 1964 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Australia | 1 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 1.92 | WM Lawry BC Booth RB Simpson GD McKenzie GE Corling | Draw |