# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis

Waqar Younis, a retired Pakistani cricketer, took 35 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, as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm fast bowler who represented his country between 1989 and 2003, the BBC described Waqar as "one of the most feared fast bowlers in recent cricketing history", while former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said that Waqar was "a thinking cricketer and, at his peak, he was the most destructive bowler the game had seen". The cricket almanack Wisden noted his "pace and swing", and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1992. Waqar was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on 9 December 2013.
Waqar made his Test debut in 1989 against India in Karachi, where he took four wickets in the first innings. His first Test five-wicket haul came the following year against New Zealand in a match which Pakistan won at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. He took a pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against Zimbabwe at the Defence Stadium, Karachi in December 1993. His career-best figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 76 runs against New Zealand at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, in October 1990. He went on to take ten or more wickets per match on five occasions.
Making his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 1989 against West Indies at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (Sharjah), Waqar's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year against Sri Lanka in a match which Pakistan won at the Sharjah. He achieved a hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries), against New Zealand in 1994. His career-best bowling in ODI cricket was 7 wickets for 36 runs, against England at Headingley in June 2001. He took three consecutive five-wicket hauls in ODI matches in November 1990. Retiring from international cricket in 2003 after nearly 14 years, Waqar took 22 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and 13 in ODIs. As of November 2020, he is joint sixth (with Rangana Herath) overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, and top of the equivalent ODI list.

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

## Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Waqar Younis :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 18 October 1990 † ‡ | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | New Zealand | 3 | 37.5 | 86 | 7 | 2.27 | David White Mark Greatbatch Danny Morrison Ken Rutherford Grant Bradburn Ian Smith Chris Pringle | Won |
| 2 | 26 October 1990 * † ‡1 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | New Zealand | 2 | 30.2 | 76 | 7 | 2.50 | Trevor Franklin Mark Greatbatch Ken Rutherford Dipak Patel Danny Morrison Grant Bradburn Willie Watson | Won |
| 3 | 26 October 1990 * †‡2 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | New Zealand | 4 | 23.5 | 54 | 5 | 2.26 | Phil Horne Martin Crowe Ian Smith Chris Pringle Willie Watson | Won |
| 4 | 15 November 1990 | National Stadium, Karachi | West Indies | 1 | 22 | 76 | 5 | 3.45 | Gordon Greenidge Carl Hooper Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose | Won |
| 5 | 23 November 1990 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | West Indies | 2 | 16 | 46 | 5 | 2.87 | Gordon Greenidge Carlisle Best Carl Hooper Gus Logie Curtly Ambrose | Lost |
| 6 | 12 December 1991 | Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot | Sri Lanka | 1 | 30.5 | 84 | 5 | 2.72 | Athula Samarasekera Aravinda de Silva Hashan Tillakaratne Rumesh Ratnayake Pramodya Wickramasinghe | Drawn |
| 7 | 2 January 1992 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Sri Lanka | 3 | 17 | 65 | 5 | 3.82 | Roshan Mahanama Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Kapila Wijegunawardene Sanath Jayasuriya | Won |
| 8 | 18 June 1992 | Lord's, London | England | 1 | 21 | 91 | 5 | 4.33 | Graeme Hick Allan Lamb Ian Botham Chris Lewis Phillip DeFreitas | Won |
| 9 | 23 July 1992 | Headingley, Leeds | England | 2 | 30 | 117 | 5 | 3.90 | Alec Stewart Graeme Hick Chris Lewis Derek Pringle Neil Mallender | Lost |
| 10 | 6 August 1992 | Kennington Oval, London | England | 4 | 18 | 52 | 5 | 2.88 | Graham Gooch Alec Stewart Michael Atherton David Gower Devon Malcolm | Won |
| 11 | 2 January 1993 | Trust Bank Park, Hamilton | New Zealand | 4 | 13.3 | 22 | 5 | 1.62 | Andrew Jones Rod Latham Chris Harris Murphy Su'a Dipak Patel | Won |
| 12 | 1 May 1993 | Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua | West Indies | 1 | 28 | 104 | 5 | 3.71 | Richie Richardson Keith Arthurton Junior Murray Anderson Cummins Winston Benjamin | Drawn |
| 13 | 1 December 1993 * † ‡ 1 | Defence Stadium, Karachi | Zimbabwe | 2 | 34.1 | 91 | 7 | 2.66 | Grant Flower Mark Dekker David Houghton Glen Bruk-Jackson Stephen Peall Heath Streak John Rennie | Won |
| 14 | 1 December 1993 * † ‡2 | Defence Stadium, Karachi | Zimbabwe | 4 | 21.5 | 44 | 6 | 2.01 | Mark Dekker David Houghton Glen Bruk-Jackson Stephen Peall Eddo Brandes John Rennie | Won |
| 15 | 9 December 1993‡ | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Zimbabwe | 2 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 4.63 | Mark Dekker Andy Flower Heath Streak Glen Bruk-Jackson David Brain | Won |
| 16 | 16 December 1993 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Zimbabwe | 2 | 34.4 | 100 | 5 | 2.88 | Alistair Campbell David Houghton Wayne James Heath Streak John Rennie | Drawn |
| 17 | 24 February 1994 | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | New Zealand | 2 | 19 | 78 | 6 | 4.10 | Blair Hartland Ken Rutherford Shane Thomson Tony Blain Simon Doull Chris Pringle | Lost |
| 18 | 26 August 1994 * † ‡1 | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka | 1 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 2.42 | Roshan Mahanama Sanjeeva Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga Hashan Tillakaratne Kumar Dharmasena Chaminda Vaas | Won |
| 19 | 26 August 1994 * † ‡2 | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka | 3 | 18 | 85 | 5 | 4.72 | Roshan Mahanama Dulip Samaraweera Pubudu Dassanayake Sanjeeva Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga | Won |
| 20 | 6 March 1998† | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 1 | 23 | 78 | 6 | 3.39 | Adam Bacher Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis H. D. Ackerman Hansie Cronje Fanie de Villiers | Lost |
| 21 | 14 March 1998 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 1 | 28.2 | 106 | 5 | 3.74 | Dirk Viljoen Murray Goodwin Guy Whittall Trevor Madondo Pommie Mbangwa | Drawn |
| 22 | 9 January 2002 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1 | 16.2 | 55 | 6 | 3.36 | Habibul Bashar Khaled Mashud Sanwar Hossain Fahim Muntasir Mohammad Sharif Enamul Haque | Drawn |

## One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Waqar Younis :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 29 April 1990 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Sri Lanka | 2 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 2.60 | Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Brendon Kuruppu Rumesh Ratnayake Uvais Karnain Ravi Ratnayeke | Won |
| 2 | 1 May 1990 ‡ | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah (neutral venue) | New Zealand | 1 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2.22 | Ken Rutherford Shane Thomson Ian Smith Martin Snedden Danny Morrison | Won |
| 3 | 4 November 1990 | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | New Zealand | 1 | 6.4 | 11 | 5 | 1.65 | David White Martin Crowe Ken Rutherford Dipak Patel Danny Morrison | Won |
| 4 | 6 November 1990 | Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot | New Zealand | 2 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 2.66 | Dipak Patel Grant Bradburn Mark Priest Chris Pringle Willie Watson | Won |
| 5 | 9 November 1990 ‡ | National Stadium, Karachi | West Indies | 2 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 6.50 | Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gus Logie Brian Lara Carl Hooper | Won |
| 6 | 9 February 1993 ‡ | Kingsmead, Durban | South Africa | 2 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 2.50 | Andrew Hudson Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Craig Matthews Fanie de Villiers | Won |
| 7 | 13 March 1994 ‡ | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 2 | 9.4 | 30 | 6 | 3.10 | Bryan Young Blair Hartland Shane Thomson Gavin Larsen Matthew Hart Richard de Groen | Tied |
| 8 | 4 October 1996 ‡ | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi (neutral venue) | Sri Lanka | 2 | 8.5 | 52 | 5 | 5.88 | Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Asanka Gurusinha Roshan Mahanama Chaminda Vaas | Tied |
| 9 | 13 November 1996 ‡ | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | New Zealand | 1 | 10 | 44 | 6 | 4.40 | Adam Parore Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Mark Greatbatch Chris Harris Dipak Patel | Won |
| 10 | 26 March 2000 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | India | 2 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 3.10 | Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Mohammad Azharuddin Ajay Jadeja Ajit Agarkar | Won |
| 11 | 17 June 2001 ‡ | Headingley, Leeds | England | 1 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 3.60 | Marcus Trescothick Nick Knight Alec Stewart Michael Vaughan Owais Shah Paul Collingwood Dominic Cork | Won |
| 12 | 19 June 2001 ‡ | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Australia | 2 | 8 | 59 | 6 | 7.37 | Mark Waugh Matthew Hayden Michael Bevan Steve Waugh Andrew Symonds Brett Lee | Won |
| 13 | 12 August 2002 | National Cricket Stadium, Tangier | South Africa | 2 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 3.80 | Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Mark Boucher Shaun Pollock | Lost |