# List of Pakistan cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut

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 significant achievement. As of September 2024, 174 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on their debut in a Test match, with eleven of them being taken by Pakistani players. They have taken a five-wicket haul on debut against seven different opponents: three times against New Zealand and Australia, and once against Bangladesh, England, India, South Africa and Zimbabwe each. Of the eleven occasions, Pakistan won the match four times, and drew seven times. The players have taken five-wicket hauls at nine different venues, including six outside Pakistan; three of them have achieved the feat at the National Stadium, Karachi.
Arif Butt was the first Pakistani player to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut, he took six wickets for 89 runs against Australia in 1964. Mohammad Nazir, Mohammad Zahid, and Abrar Ahmed are the only bowlers to have taken seven wickets each. Four bowlers have taken six wickets each and six others have taken five wickets on debut. Zahid took seven wickets for 66 runs, the best bowling figures by a Pakistani bowler on debut, against New Zealand in 1996, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. He accumulated 11 wickets for 130 runs in the match, the first Pakistani to take 10 or more wickets in a Test match on debut. Amongst the bowlers, Noman Ali is the most economical, with 1.37 runs per over, and Zahid has the best strike rate. As of 2023, the most recent bowler to achieve the feat is Aamer Jamal. He took six wickets for 111 runs against Australia in 2023 at the Perth Stadium.
Abrar Ahmed became the first Pakistani bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the opening session of a test match and also on debut.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches |
| Inn | The 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 | The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul |
| Result | The result for the Pakistan team in that match |
| † | Bowler selected as "Man of the match" |
| ‡ | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
| Drawn | The match was drawn |

## Five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls on Test debut by Pakistani bowlers :
| No. | Bowler | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Arif Butt | 4 December 1964 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 2 | 21.3 | 89 | 6 | 3.12 | Bob Simpson Bill Lawry Brian Booth Tom Veivers David Sincock Garth McKenzie | Drawn |
| 2 | Mohammad Nazir | 24 October 1969 | National Stadium, Karachi | New Zealand | 2 | 30.1 | 99 | 7 | 3.28 | Graham Dowling Bruce Murray Brian Hastings Mark Burgess Vic Pollard Bob Cunis Hedley Howarth | Drawn |
| 3 | Shahid Nazir | 17 October 1996 | Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura | Zimbabwe | 1 | 22.4 | 53 | 5 | 2.33 | ADR Campbell Andy Flower Craig Wishart Andy Whittall Henry Olonga | Drawn |
| 4 | Mohammad Zahid†‡ | 28 November 1996 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | New Zealand | 4 | 20.0 | 66 | 7 | 3.30 | Bryan Young Justin Vaughan Adam Parore Lee Germon Nathan Astle Chris Harris Dipak Patel | Won |
| 5 | Shahid Afridi | 22 October 1998 | National Stadium, Karachi | Australia | 1 | 23.3 | 52 | 5 | 2.21 | Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Darren Lehmann Gavin Robertson Glenn McGrath | Drawn |
| 6 | Mohammad Sami† | 8 March 2001 | Eden Park, Auckland | New Zealand | 4 | 15.0 | 36 | 5 | 2.40 | Paul Wiseman Mathew Sinclair Craig McMillan James Franklin Daryl Tuffey | Won |
| 7 | Shabbir Ahmed | 20 August 2003 | National Stadium, Karachi | Bangladesh | 3 | 18.1 | 48 | 5 | 2.64 | Sanwar Hossain Rajin Saleh Khaled Mahmud Tapash Baisya Mohammad Rafique | Won |
| 8 | Yasir Arafat | 8 December 2007 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India | 1 | 39.0 | 161 | 5 | 4.12 | Wasim Jaffer Rahul Dravid V. V. S. Laxman Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh | Drawn |
| 9 | Wahab Riaz | 18 August 2010 | The Oval, London | England | 1 | 18.0 | 63 | 5 | 3.50 | Andrew Strauss Jonathan Trott Kevin Pietersen Eoin Morgan Stuart Broad | Won |
| 10 | Tanvir Ahmed | 20 November 2010 | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi (neutral venue) | South Africa | 1 | 28.0 | 120 | 6 | 4.28 | Graeme Smith Alviro Petersen Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis Mark Boucher Paul Harris | Drawn |
| 11 | Bilal Asif | 7 October 2018 | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai (neutral venue) | Australia | 1 | 21.3 | 36 | 6 | 1.67 | Shaun Marsh Usman Khawaja Travis Head Marnus Labuschagne Tim Paine Nathan Lyon | Drawn |
| 12 | Noman Ali | 26 January 2021 | National Stadium, Karachi | South Africa | 2 | 25.3 | 35 | 5 | 1.37 | Aiden Markram George Linde Kagiso Rabada Anrich Nortje Temba Bavuma | Won |
| 13 | Abrar Ahmed | 9 December 2022 | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan | England | 1 | 22 | 114 | 7 | 5.18 | Zak Crawley Ben Duckett Joe Root Ollie Pope Harry Brook Ben Stokes Will Jacks | Lost |
| 14 | Aamer Jamal | 14 December 2023 | Perth Stadium, Perth | Australia | 1 | 20.2 | 111 | 6 | 5.45 | Travis Head David Warner Alex Carey Mitchell Starc Pat Cummins Nathan Lyon | Lost |