# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram, a former Pakistani cricketer, took 31 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. 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 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 left-arm fast bowler who represented his country between 1984 and 2003, the BBC described Akram as "one of the greatest left-arm bowlers in the history of world cricket", while West Indian batsman Brian Lara said that Akram was "definitely the most outstanding bowler [I] ever faced".
Akram made his Test debut in January 1985, in an innings defeat by New Zealand in Auckland. The following Test, in a man-of-the-match performance, he took ten wickets over the two innings, securing his first two five-wicket hauls but still ended on the losing side. He took another pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match five years later, against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). His career-best figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 119 runs against New Zealand in Wellington, in February 1994.
Making his One Day International (ODI) debut in 1984 against New Zealand in Faisalabad, Akram's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year against Australia in a match which Pakistan won at the MCG. In 1989, he took five wickets in an innings, in a performance that included a hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries), against the West Indies. His career-best bowling in ODI cricket was 5 wickets for 15 runs against Zimbabwe in Karachi, in December 1993.
Retiring from international cricket in 2003 after nearly 20 years, Akram took 25 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 6 in ODIs. As of 2014, his position in the all-time lists for taking five wickets in an innings the most times is seventh overall in both Tests and ODIs.

## 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 Akram in a match |
| † | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |
| ‡ | Akram was selected as man of the match |

## Tests

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 9 February 1985 * † ‡ | Carisbrook, Dunedin | New Zealand | 2 | 26.0 | 56 | 5 | 2.15 | Geoff Howarth John Fulton Reid Martin Crowe Jeff Crowe Lance Cairns | Lost |
| 2 | 9 February 1985 * † ‡ | Carisbrook, Dunedin | New Zealand | 4 | 33.0 | 72 | 5 | 2.18 | Geoff Howarth John Fulton Reid Jeff Crowe Ian Smith Brendon Bracewell | Lost |
| 3 | 24 October 1986 ‡ | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | West Indies | 2 | 25.0 | 91 | 6 | 3.64 | Gordon Greenidge Roger Harper Malcolm Marshall Viv Richards Courtney Walsh Patrick Patterson | Won |
| 4 | 11 February 1987 | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | India | 1 | 31.0 | 96 | 5 | 3.09 | Kris Srikkanth Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammed Azharuddin Raju Kulkarni Maninder Singh | Drawn |
| 5 | 9 December 1989 | Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot | India | 1 | 28.2 | 101 | 5 | 3.56 | Kris Srikkanth Navjot Sidhu Sachin Tendulkar Kapil Dev Maninder Singh | Drawn |
| 6 | 12 January 1990 * † ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Australia | 1 | 30.0 | 62 | 6 | 2.06 | Geoff Marsh David Boon Allan Border Peter Sleep Merv Hughes Terry Alderman | Lost |
| 7 | 12 January 1990 * † ‡ | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Australia | 3 | 41.4 | 98 | 5 | 2.35 | Dean Jones Steve Waugh Peter Sleep Ian Healy Merv Hughes | Lost |
| 8 | 19 January 1990 | Adelaide Oval | Australia | 2 | 43.0 | 100 | 5 | 2.32 | Geoff Marsh David Boon Steve Waugh Greg Campbell Carl Rackemann | Drawn |
| 9 | 6 December 1990 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | West Indies | 3 | 9.0 | 28 | 5 | 3.11 | Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh | Drawn |
| 10 | 2 July 1992 | Old Trafford, Manchester | England | 2 | 36.0 | 128 | 5 | 3.55 | Alec Stewart Michael Atherton David Gower Chris Lewis Ian Salisbury | Drawn |
| 11 | 6 August 1992 ‡ | Kennington Oval, London | England | 1 | 22.1 | 67 | 6 | 3.02 | Alec Stewart Mark Ramprakash Chris Lewis Derek Pringle Neil Mallender Devon Malcolm | Won |
| 12 | 2 January 1993 ‡ | Trust Bank Park, Hamilton | New Zealand | 2 | 22.0 | 45 | 5 | 2.04 | Blair Hartland Mark Greatbatch Danny Morrison Adam Parore Ken Rutherford | Won |
| 13 | 9 December 1993 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Zimbabwe | 4 | 23.2 | 65 | 5 | 2.78 | Grant Flower Guy Whittall Glen Bruk-Jackson Eddo Brandes Stephen Peall | Won |
| 14 | 10 February 1994 ‡ | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 3 | 16.1 | 43 | 6 | 2.65 | Bryan Young Blair Pocock Andrew Jones Mark Greatbatch Simon Doull Michael Owens | Won |
| 15 | 17 February 1994 † ‡ | Basin Reserve, Wellington | New Zealand | 2 | 37.0 | 119 | 7 | 3.21 | Bryan Young Andrew Jones Mark Greatbatch Shane Thomson Tony Blain Matthew Hart Simon Doull | Won |
| 16 | 9 August 1994 | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka | 4 | 18.0 | 43 | 5 | 2.38 | Sanath Jayasuriya Pubudu Dassanayake Kumar Dharmasena Pramodya Wickramasinghe Jayananda Warnaweera | Won |
| 17 | 28 September 1994 | National Stadium, Karachi | Australia | 3 | 22.0 | 63 | 5 | 2.86 | Michael Bevan Steve Waugh Ian Healy Jo Angel Tim May | Won |
| 18 | 7 February 1995 ‡ | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 3 | 22.3 | 43 | 5 | 1.91 | Mark Dekker Alistair Campbell David Houghton Andy Flower Bryan Strang | Won |
| 19 | 8 September 1995 ‡ | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | Sri Lanka | 2 | 20.0 | 55 | 5 | 2.75 | Sanjeeva Ranatunga Chamara Dunusinghe Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Muttiah Muralitharan | Won |
| 20 | 8 December 1995 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | New Zealand | 2 | 24.5 | 53 | 5 | 2.13 | Roger Twose Chris Cairns Lee Germon Dipak Patel Dion Nash | Won |
| 21 | 24 October 1996 † ‡ | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Zimbabwe | 1 | 20.0 | 48 | 6 | 2.40 | Grant Flower Mark Dekker David Houghton Guy Whittall Bryan Strang Pommie Mbangwa | Won |
| 22 | 27 November 1998 | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | Zimbabwe | 2 | 23.0 | 52 | 5 | 2.26 | Gavin Rennie Alistair Campbell Neil Johnson Craig Wishart Henry Olonga | Lost |
| 23 | 25 May 2000 * † ‡ | Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua | West Indies | 2 | 26.2 | 61 | 6 | 2.31 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ramnaresh Sarwan Ridley Jacobs Franklyn Rose Curtly Ambrose Reon King | Won |
| 24 | 25 May 2000 * † ‡ | Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua | West Indies | 4 | 30.0 | 49 | 5 | 1.63 | Sherwin Campbell Adrian Griffith Wavell Hinds Ramnaresh Sarwan Reon King | Won |
| 25 | 14 June 2000 ‡ | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka | 3 | 15.3 | 45 | 5 | 2.90 | Russel Arnold Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa Dilhara Fernando | Won |

## One Day Internationals

| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 24 February 1985 † | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Australia | 2 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2.62 | Kepler Wessels Robbie Kerr Dean Jones Allan Border Kim Hughes | Won |
| 2 | 14 October 1989 † | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium | West Indies | 2 | 9.4 | 38 | 5 | 3.93 | Phil Simmons Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh | Won |
| 3 | 26 December 1992 † | Basin Reserve, Wellington | New Zealand | 2 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2.11 | Mark Greatbatch Rod Latham Andrew Jones Adam Parore Gavin Larsen | Won |
| 4 | 15 February 1993 | Buffalo Park, East London | South Africa | 2 | 6.1 | 16 | 5 | 2.59 | Andrew Hudson Jonty Rhodes Errol Stewart Brian McMillan Allan Donald | Won |
| 5 | 24 December 1993 † | National Stadium, Karachi | Zimbabwe | 1 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2.14 | Andy Flower Alistair Campbell Eddo Brandes Stephen Peall Heath Streak | Won |
| 6 | 16 February 2003 † | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Namibia | 2 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 3.11 | Gavin Murgatroyd Louis Burger Deon Kotzé Gerrie Snyman Melt van Schoor | Won |