# List of Australia 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 notable achievement. As September 2024, 174 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match, with 35 of them being taken by Australian cricketers.

## Key

* Date – Date the match was held. Starting date of the match for Test matches.
* Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings.
* Runs – Runs conceded.
* Wkts – Number of wickets taken.
* Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul.
* Econ – Bowling economy rate (average runs per over).
* Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken.
* Result – The result for the Australia team in that match.
* ♠ – The bowler was selected "Man of the match".
* * – 10 wickets or more taken in the match.
Five-wicket hauls on Test debut by Australian bowlers :
| No. | Bowler | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Billy Midwinter | 15 March 1877 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 1 | 54.0 | 78 | 5 | 1.44 | HRJ Charlwood A Greenwood T Armitage A Shaw T Emmett | Won |
| 2 | Tom Kendall | 15 March 1877 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 2 | 33.1 | 55 | 7 | 1.66 | A Hill A Greenwood HRJ Charlwood G Ulyett A Shaw T Armitage T Emmett | Won |
| 3 | William Cooper | 31 December 1881 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 2 | 61.0 | 120 | 6 | 1.96 | G Ulyett J Selby W Bates A Shrewsbury WE Midwinter T Emmett | Drawn |
| 4 | Charlie Turner | 29 January 1887 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 1 | 61.0 | 76 | 5 | 1.25 | W Barnes RG Barlow W Gunn W Scotton J Briggs W Flowers | Lost |
| 5 | J.J. Ferris | 29 January 1887 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 2 | 18.0 | 15 | 6 | 0.83 | W Bates A Shrewsbury RG Barlow JM Read G Lohmann | Lost |
| 6 | Bob McLeod | 1 January 1892 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 1 | 28.4 | 53 | 5 | 1.85 | WG Grace R Abel AE Stoddart R Peel JW Sharpe | Won |
| 7 | Albert Trott | 11 January 1895 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | England | 2 | 27.0 | 43 | 8 | 1.59 | AC MacLaren A Ward JT Brown W Brockwell R Peel FGJ Ford J Briggs WH Lockwood | Won |
| 8 | Monty Noble | 1 January 1898 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 2 | 17.0 | 49 | 6 | 2.88 | KS Ranjitsinhji TW Hayward W Storer NF Druce E Wainwright JT Hearne | Won |
| 9 | Jack Saunders | 14 February 1902 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 2 | 24.1 | 43 | 5 | 1.77 | JT Tyldesley GL Jessop LC Braund CP McGahey C Blythe | Won |
| 10 | Jack O'Connor | 10 January 1908 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | England | 2 | 21.4 | 65 | 5 | 3.00 | G Gunn KL Hutchings LC Braund W Rhodes J Humphries | Won |
| 11 | Ranji Hordern | 17 February 1911 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | South Africa | 2 | 14.2 | 66 | 5 | 4.60 | AW Nourse SJ Snooke JH Sinclair PW Sherwell SJ Pegler | Won |
| 12 | Clarrie Grimmett* | 27 February 1925 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 1 | 11.7 | 45 | 5 | 2.84 | FE Woolley JW Hearne WW Whysall R Kilner AER Gilligan | Won |
| 13 | Tim Wall | 8 March 1929 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 2 | 46.0 | 102 | 6 | 1.66 | DR Jardine H Larwood GE Tyldesley G Geary JC White | Won |
| 14 | Frank Ward | 4 December 1936 | The Gabba, Brisbane | England | 2 | 26.0 | 66 | 5 | 2.52 | CJ Barnett AE Fagg WR Hammond M Leyland J Hardstaff Jr RMV Robins | Lost |
| 15 | Ian Meckiff | 23 December 1957 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | 1 | 31.0 | 125 | 5 | 3.02 | DJ McGlew TL Goddard JD Nel WR Endean RA McLean | Drawn |
| 16 | Graham McKenzie | 22 June 1961 | Lord's, London | England | 2 | 29.0 | 37 | 5 | 1.27 | ER Dexter PBH May JT Murray GAR Lock FS Trueman | Won |
| 17 | Dennis Lillee | 29 January 1971 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | England | 1 | 28.3 | 84 | 5 | 2.22 | JH Edrich APE Knott R Illingworth JA Snow RGD Willis | Drawn |
| 18 | Bob Massie* | 22 June 1972 | Lord's, London | England | 1 | 32.5 | 84 | 8 | 2.55 | G Boycott MJK Smith BL D'Oliveira AW Greig APE Knott R Illingworth JA Snow N Gifford | Won |
| 19 | Geoff Dymock | 26 January 1974 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | New Zealand | 2 | 27.0 | 58 | 5 | 1.61 | JM Parker GM Turner BM Hastings JV Coney DR O'Sullivan | Won |
| 20 | Mick Malone | 25 August 1977 | The Oval, London | England | 1 | 47.0 | 63 | 5 | 1.34 | G Boycott DW Randall AW Greig APE Knott JK Lever | Drawn |
| 21 | Rodney Hogg | 1 December 1978 | The Gabba, Brisbane | England | 1 | 28.0 | 74 | 6 | 1.34 | G Boycott GA Gooch JM Brearley IT Botham G Miller PH Edmonds | Lost |
| 22 | Terry Alderman | 18 June 1981 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | 2 | 19.0 | 62 | 5 | 1.98 | G Boycott RA Woolmer MW Gatting PR Downton GR Dilley | Won |
| 23 | Tom Hogan | 22 April 1983 | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka | 2 | 25.2 | 66 | 5 | 2.60 | S Wettimuny RL Dias A Ranatunga DS de Silva ALF de Mel | Won |
| 24 | Peter Taylor♠ | 10 January 1987 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | England | 1 | 25.2 | 78 | 6 | 3.00 | AJ Lamb DI Gower IT Botham JE Emburey PH Edmonds GC Small | Won |
| 25 | Tony Dodemaide | 26 December 1987 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | New Zealand | 2 | 28.3 | 58 | 6 | 2.03 | PA Horne MD Crowe DN Patel JG Bracewell IDS Smith DK Morrison | Drawn |
| 26 | Simon Cook | 20 November 1997 | WACA Ground, Perth | New Zealand | 2 | 10.2 | 39 | 5 | 3.77 | NJ Astle CD McMillan CL Cairns SB Doull SB O'Connor | Won |
| 27 | Brett Lee | 26 December 1999 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | India | 1 | 18.0 | 47 | 5 | 2.61 | S Ramesh R Dravid M Prasad AB Agarkar J Srinath | Won |
| 28 | Stuart Clark♠ | 16 March 2006 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | South Africa | 1 | 17.0 | 55 | 5 | 3.23 | GC Smith HH Gibbs JH Kallis MV Boucher N Boje | Won |
| 29 | Jason Krejza*♠ | 6 November 2008 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | India | 1 | 43.5 | 215 | 8 | 4.90 | V Sehwag R Dravid VVS Laxman SC Ganguly MS Dhoni Z Khan A Mishra I Sharma | Lost |
| 30 | Nathan Lyon | 31 August 2011 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Sri Lanka | 1 | 15.0 | 34 | 5 | 2.26 | KC Sangakkara AD Mathews S Randiv HMRKB Herath UWMBCA Welegedara | Won |
| 31 | Pat Cummins♠ | 17 November 2011 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | 2 | 29.0 | 79 | 6 | 2.72 | JA Rudolph JH Kallis AB de Villiers MV Boucher VD Philander DW Steyn | Won |
| 32 | James Pattinson♠ | 1 December 2011 | The Gabba, Brisbane | New Zealand | 2 | 11.0 | 27 | 5 | 2.45 | MJ Guptill BB McCullum DAJ Bracewell KS Williamson LRPL Taylor | Won |
| 33 | Josh Hazlewood | 17 December 2014 | The Gabba, Brisbane | India | 1 | 23.2 | 68 | 5 | 2.91 | CA Pujara V Kohli AM Rahane MS Dhoni R Ashwin | Won |
| 34 | Scott Boland ♠ | 26 December 2021 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | England | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1.75 | H Hameed MJ Leach JM Bairstow JE Root MA Wood OE Robinson | Won |
| 35 | Todd Murphy | 9 February 2023 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | India | 2 | 12 | 124 | 7 | 2.63 | KL Rahul Ravichandran Ashwin Cheteshwar Pujara Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja Srikar Bharat Mohammed Shami | Lost |