# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Saqlain Mushtaq

Saqlain Mushtaq, a former Pakistani cricketer, took 19 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 by cricket critics as a notable achievement, and as of October2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm off break bowler who represented his country between 1995 and 2004, Saqlain was described by the BBC as "a revolution in the art of attacking off-spin bowling". Saqlain was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 2000.
Saqlain made his Test debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1997 against the same team at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In January 1999 against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time. He repeated this feat only once more in his career, at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi during the second Test of the same series. His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 164 runs against England at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore in November 2000. He took ten or more wickets in a match on three occasions.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in September 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Saqlain's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year, against New Zealand, a match Pakistan won at the same venue. His career-best bowling figures in ODI cricket were 5 wickets for 20 runs against England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2000. As of 2017, Saqlain is one of the four bowlers to achieve an ODI hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries) on two or more different occasions, both against Zimbabwe; one of his hat-tricks came during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Saqlain took thirteen five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and six in ODIs. As of 2017, he is fourth in the list of five-wicket haul takers for Pakistan, all formats of the game combined.

## Key

Key :
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches |
| 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 whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul |
| Result | Result for Pakistan in that match |
| † | Saqlain selected as "Man of the match" |
| ‡ | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
| * | One of two five-wicket hauls by Saqlain in a match |

## Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Saqlain Mushtaq :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 19 April 1997† | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka | 1 | 44.2 | 89 | 5 | 2.00 | Marvan Atapattu Hashan Tillakaratne Romesh Kaluwitharana Kumar Dharmasena Nuwan Zoysa | Drawn |
| 2 | 6 October 1997 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | South Africa | 2 | 62 | 129 | 5 | 2.08 | Gary Kirsten Adam Bacher Jacques Kallis Daryll Cullinan Brian McMillan | Drawn |
| 3 | 6 December 1997† | National Stadium, Karachi | West Indies | 1 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 2.25 | Sherwin Campbell Brian Lara Roland Holder Ian Bishop Phil Edmonds Courtney Walsh | Won |
| 4 | 10 December 1998 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Zimbabwe | 1 | 13.5 | 32 | 5 | 2.31 | Craig Wishart Heath Streak Henry Olonga Adam Huckle Pommie Mbangwa | Drawn |
| 5 | 28 January 1999*‡ | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | India | 2 | 35 | 94 | 5 | 2.68 | Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin Nayan Mongia Anil Kumble | Won |
| 6 | 28 January 1999*‡ | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | India | 4 | 32.2 | 93 | 5 | 2.87 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Javagal Srinath | Won |
| 7 | 4 February 1999*‡ | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | India | 1 | 35.5 | 94 | 5 | 2.62 | Sadagoppan Ramesh Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath | Lost |
| 8 | 4 February 1999*‡ | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | India | 3 | 46.4 | 122 | 5 | 2.61 | Rahul Dravid Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Venkatesh Prasad Harbhajan Singh | Lost |
| 9 | 18 November 1999 | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | Australia | 2 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 1.91 | Michael Slater Justin Langer Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Damien Fleming Glenn McGrath | Lost |
| 10 | 18 May 2000 | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | West Indies | 2 | 51 | 121 | 5 | 2.37 | Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Ridley Jacobs Reon King Courtney Walsh | Drawn |
| 11 | 15 November 2000† | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | England | 1 | 74 | 164 | 8 | 2.21 | Mike Atherton Marcus Trescothick Graham Thorpe Alec Stewart Nasser Hussain Graeme Hick Craig White Ian Salisbury | Drawn |
| 12 | 16 January 2002 | MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong | Bangladesh | 1 | 16.4 | 35 | 5 | 2.10 | Javed Omar Habibul Bashar Sanwar Hossain Khaled Mashud Mohammad Sharif | Won |
| 13 | 16 November 2002‡ | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 1 | 25.5 | 66 | 7 | 2.55 | Alistair Campbell Grant Flower Hamilton Masakadza Tatenda Taibu Andy Blignaut Ray Price Henry Olonga | Won |

## One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals by Saqlain Mushtaq :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 4 December 1996 | Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala | New Zealand | 2 | 9.4 | 44 | 5 | 4.55 | Stephen Fleming Nathan Astle Dipak Patel Chris Harris Lee Germon | Won |
| 2 | 15 December 1996† | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia | 2 | 8.5 | 29 | 5 | 3.28 | Steve Waugh Mark Taylor Tom Moody Ian Healy Shane Warne | Won |
| 3 | 16 July 1997 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Bangladesh | 2 | 9.3 | 38 | 5 | 4.00 | Athar Ali Khan Aminul Islam Akram Khan Khaled Mashud Saiful Islam | Won |
| 4 | 13 September 1997 | Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto | India | 1 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 4.50 | Mohammad Azharuddin Ajay Jadeja Robin Singh Abey Kuruvilla Harvinder Singh | Lost |
| 5 | 31 May 1999 | County Cricket Ground, Northampton | Bangladesh | 1 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 3.50 | Shahriar Hossain Mehrab Hossain Minhajul Abedin Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique | Lost |
| 6 | 30 October 2000 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | England | 1 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2.50 | Marcus Trescothick Graeme Hick Craig White Ashley Giles Darren Gough | Won |