# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee is a former Australian cricketer who took 24 five-wicket hauls during his career in international 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 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. A fast bowler who represented the Australian cricket team between 1971 and 1984, Lillee was described by one writer as "the heart of Australia['s] bowling attack for more than a decade" and was rated "the outstanding fast bowler of his generation" by the BBC. He was the first bowler to capture 350 Test wickets and held the record for almost two years before Ian Botham surpassed the feat. Lillee was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1973 and the South African Cricket (Annual) Cricketer of the Year three years later. The International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into its Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.
Lillee made his Test debut during the sixth Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series where he claimed a five-wicket haul on debut. He was subsequently selected for the 1972 tour of England and took a pair of five-wicket hauls for the first time in a single match during the final Test of the same series. He ended the series with 31 wickets at an average of 17.67. He went on to claim five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match on three more occasions. Lillee's career-best figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 83 runs against the West Indies in 1981. He was most successful against England with eleven five-wicket hauls against them, and was most effective at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he took seven of his twenty three five-wicket hauls. When Lillee retired from Test cricket in 1984, he had taken ten or more wickets in a match on seven occasions.
Lillee's One Day International (ODI) debut came against England in 1972. His sole five-wicket haul in ODIs came against Pakistan during the Prudential World Cup (1975) at Headingley. As of 2012, Lillee's combined tally of 24 five-wicket hauls is eleventh in the all-time list, a record jointly held with Sydney Barnes, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Dale Steyn.
This list includes only matches that are deemed official by the ICC. Lillee's performances in World Series Cricket and the World XI tour of Australia in 1971–72 are not included.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI held |
| 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 who were dismissed by Lillee in the five-wicket haul |
| Result | Result for the Australian team in that match |
| † | Lillee was Man of the match |
| ‡ | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
| § | One of two five-wicket hauls by Lillee in a match |

## Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 29 January 1971 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | England | 1 | 28.3 | 84 | 5 | 2.22 | John Edrich Alan Knott Ray Illingworth John Snow Bob Willis | Drawn |
| 2 | 8 June 1972 | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester | England | 3 | 30 | 66 | 6 | 2.20 | Mike Smith Basil D'Oliveira Alan Knott Ray Illingworth John Snow Norman Gifford | Lost |
| 3 | 10 August 1972 ‡ § | Kennington Oval, London | England | 1 | 24.2 | 58 | 5 | 2.38 | John Edrich Peter Parfitt Ray Illingworth Alan Knott John Snow | Won |
| 4 | 10 August 1972 § ‡ | Kennington Oval, London | England | 3 | 32.2 | 123 | 5 | 3.80 | John Edrich Peter Parfitt Tony Greig Ray Illingworth Alan Knott | Won |
| 5 | 10 August 1975 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | England | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1.00 | John Edrich Dennis Amiss Alan Knott Derek Underwood John Snow | Won |
| 6 | 31 January 1976 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies | 2 | 11.3 | 63 | 5 | 4.15 | Viv Richards Clive Lloyd Deryck Murray Michael Holding Lance Gibbs | Won |
| 7 | 24 December 1976 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Pakistan | 4 | 47.7 | 163 | 5 | 2.55 | Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas Mushtaq Mohammad Saleem Altaf Wasim Bari | Drawn |
| 8 | 1 January 1977 ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Pakistan | 2 | 23 | 82 | 6 | 2.67 | Majid Khan Mushtaq Mohammad Javed Miandad Imran Khan Saleem Altaf Wasim Bari | Won |
| 9 | 25 February 1977 ‡ § | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 1 | 17.3 | 51 | 5 | 2.20 | Geoff Howarth Bev Congdon John Parker Richard Hadlee Peter Petherick | Won |
| 10 | 25 February 1977 ‡ § | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 3 | 15.7 | 72 | 6 | 3.40 | Glenn Turner Geoff Howarth Bev Congdon Jock Edwards Hedley Howarth Peter Petherick | Won |
| 11 | 12 March 1977 ‡ § | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 2 | 13.3 | 26 | 6 | 1.45 | Bob Woolmer Mike Brearley Derek Randall Alan Knott Chris Old John Lever | Won |
| 12 | 12 March 1977 ‡ § | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 4 | 34.4 | 139 | 5 | 3.02 | Mike Brearley Keith Fletcher Alan Knott Chris Old Derek Underwood | Won |
| 13 | 26 January 1980 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies | 1 | 25 | 78 | 5 | 3.25 | Gordon Greenidge Viv Richards Clive Lloyd Andy Roberts Joel Garner | Lost |
| 14 | 1 February 1980 † ‡ § | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 1 | 33.1 | 60 | 6 | 1.80 | David Gower Ian Botham Bob Taylor Derek Underwood John Lever Bob Willis | Won |
| 15 | 1 February 1980 † § | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 3 | 33 | 78 | 5 | 2.36 | Geoffrey Boycott David Gower Peter Willey Bob Taylor John Lever | Won |
| 16 | 28 November 1980 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | New Zealand | 3 | 15 | 53 | 6 | 3.53 | John Wright Bruce Edgar Paul McEwan Geoff Howarth Mark Burgess Lance Cairns | Won |
| 17 | 12 December 1980 | WACA Ground, Perth | New Zealand | 1 | 23.5 | 63 | 5 | 2.64 | Bruce Edgar Paul McEwan Mark Burgess John Bracewell Lance Cairns | Won |
| 18 | 18 June 1981 † | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 3 | 16.4 | 46 | 5 | 2.76 | Graham Gooch David Gower Peter Willey Ian Botham Bob Willis | Won |
| 19 | 27 August 1981 ‡ | Kennington Oval, London | England | 2 | 31.4 | 89 | 7 | 2.81 | Geoffrey Boycott Wayne Larkins Chris Tavaré Mike Gatting Ian Botham Alan Knott John Emburey | Drawn |
| 20 | 13 November 1981 | WACA Ground, Perth | Pakistan | 2 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2.00 | Mudassar Nazar Majid Khan Wasim Raja Imran Khan Wasim Bari | Won |
| 21 | 27 November 1981 † | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Pakistan | 1 | 20 | 81 | 5 | 4.05 | Mudassar Nazar Majid Khan Javed Miandad Zaheer Abbas Wasim Raja | Won |
| 22 | 26 December 1981 ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies | 2 | 26.3 | 83 | 7 | 3.13 | Desmond Haynes Colin Croft Viv Richards Larry Gomes Jeff Dujon Andy Roberts Joel Garner | Won |
| 23 | 9 December 1983 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Pakistan | 2 | 50.2 | 171 | 6 | 3.39 | Mudassar Nazar Qasim Umar Sarfraz Nawaz Abdul Qadir Wasim Bari Azeem Hafeez | Drawn |

## One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 7 June 1975 † | Headingley, Leeds | Pakistan | 2 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 2.83 | Sadiq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Sarfraz Nawaz Wasim Bari Asif Masood | Won |