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 by the critics as a notable achievement, and there have been only 71 instances of a bowler taking a five-wicket haul in World Cup tournaments. The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is held once in every four years. In addition, players from four associate members of the ICC have taken five-wicket hauls in World Cups.
Starting with the inaugural edition in 1975, a total of 59 players have taken five-wicket haul in the championship as of 2023. Australia's Dennis Lillee became the first player take a five-wicket haul when he took five wickets for 34 runs against Pakistan in the third match of the world cup. His compatriot Gary Gilmour picked up two consecutive five-wicket haulsin the semi-final against England and the final against West Indiesin the edition. The first of the two, six wickets for 14 runs, was named the "Best Bowling Performance" in ODIs in an all-time list released by the Wisden in 2002. Joel Garner is the only other player to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup final. He took five wickets for 38 runs against England in the 1979 tournament final; the performance ensured West Indies' victory and helped them retain the title.
The 1992 edition was the only tournament where no five-wicket hauls were taken, while the 2003 tournament had a record 12 five-wicket hauls taken by 11 different players. Indian Mohammed Shami has taken four and Australia's Mitchell Starc has taken three five-wicket hauls while seven othersGilmour, Ashantha de Mel, Glenn McGrath, Vasbert Drakes, Shahid Afridi, Mustafizur Rahman, Shaheen Afridi have taken two in the history of the tournament. McGrath's seven wickets for 15 runs against Namibia remains the best bowling figures World Cup matches.
Key Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs Overs bowled in the innings Runs Runs conceded in the innings Wkts Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the innings Econ Runs conceded per over Won The match was won by the bowler's team Lost The match was lost by the bowler's team Tied The match ended in a tie One of two five-wicket hauls in the match Best bowling figures in World Cup up to that point
Five-wicket hauls + Cricket World Cup five-wicket haulsNo.BowlerDateTeamOpponentVenueInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Dennis Lillee Headingley, Leeds Sadiq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Sarfraz Nawaz Wasim Bari Asif Masood Won 2 Gary Gilmour Headingley, Leeds Dennis Amiss Barry Wood Keith Fletcher Tony Greig Frank Hayes Alan Knott Won 3 Gary Gilmour (2) Lord's Cricket Ground, London Alvin Kallicharran Rohan Kanhai Clive Lloyd Vivian Richards Deryck Murray Lost 4 Alan Hurst Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Christopher Chappell Franklyn Dennis Charles Baksh Robert Callender Cornelius Henry Won 5 Joel Garner Lord's Cricket Ground, London Graham Gooch David Gower Wayne Larkins Chris Old Bob Taylor Won 6 Vic Marks 1 County Ground, Taunton Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Ranjan Madugalle Arjuna Ranatunga Somachandra de Silva Won 7 Winston Davis 2 Headingley, Leeds Kim Hughes David Hookes Graham Yallop Allan Border Ken MacLeay Geoff Lawson Dennis Lillee Won 8 Richard Hadlee 1 County Ground, Bristol Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake Won 9 Kapil Dev 2 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Kepler Wessels Rod Marsh Ken MacLeay Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson Lost 10 Ken MacLeay 3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Dilip Vengsarkar Sandip Patil Yashpal Sharma Madan Lal Roger Binny Syed Kirmani Won 11 Ashantha de Mel 1 Headingley, Leeds Mohsin Khan Mansoor Akhtar Zaheer Abbas Shahid Mahboob Sarfraz Nawaz Lost 12 Abdul Qadir 2 Headingley, Leeds Roy Dias Duleep Mendis Rumesh Ratnayake Arjuna Ranatunga Guy de Alwis Won 13 Ashantha de Mel (2) County Ground, Derby Glenn Turner John Wright Richard Hadlee Warren Lees Lance Cairns Won 14 Craig McDermott Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Mansoor Akhtar Wasim Akram Saleem Yousuf Saleem Jaffar Tauseef Ahmed Won 15 Paul Strang 1 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Maurice Odumbe Tito Odumbe Thomas Odoyo Aasif Karim Martin Suji Won 16 Damien Fleming 2 Wankhede stadium, Mumbai Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Mohammad Azharuddin Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Won 17 Shaukat Dukanwala Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Flavian Aponso Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk Roland Lefebvre Bas Zuiderent Marcelis Schewe Won 18 Lance Klusener 1 VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen Steve Tikolo Alpesh Vadher Thomas Odoyo Mohammad Sheikh Joseph Angara Won 19 Robin Singh 2 County Ground, Taunton Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Eric Upashantha Muttiah Muralitharan Won 20 Glenn McGrath Old Trafford, Manchester Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Brian Lara Mervyn Dillon Courtney Walsh Won 21 Saqlain Mushtaq County Ground, Northampton Shahriar Hossain Mehrab Hossain Minhajul Abedin Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique Lost 22 Venkatesh Prasad Old Trafford, Manchester Saeed Anwar Salim Malik Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Wasim Akram Won 23 Shaun Pollock Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Michael Bevan Tom Moody Shane Warne Tied 24 Austin Codrington Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Hannan Sarkar Alok Kapali Mohammad Rafique Tapash Baisya Mashrafe Mortaza Won 25 Chaminda Vaas City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Hannan Sarkar Al Sahariar Mohammad Ashraful Ehsanul Haque Sanwar Hossain Mashrafe Mortaza Won 26 Wasim Akram De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Riaan Walters Gavin Murgatroyd Louis Burger Deon Kotzé Melt van Schoor Won 27 Rudi van Vuuren St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Craig White Ronnie Irani Andy Caddick Lost 28 Vasbert Drakes SuperSport Park, Centurion Ian Billcliff Nicholas Ifill Joe Harris Austin Codrington Barry Seebaran Won 29 Collins Obuya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas Won 30 Ashish Nehra Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Michael Vaughan Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Paul Collingwood Craig White Ronnie Irani Won 31 Glenn McGrath (2) Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Jan-Berrie Burger Morné Karg Danie Keulder Gavin Murgatroyd Deon Kotzé Louis Burger Björn Kotzé Won 32 Andy Bichel St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Won 33 Vasbert Drakes (2) De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Kennedy Otieno Brijal Patel Steve Tikolo Hitesh Modi David Obuya Won 34 Shane Bond 1 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Adam Gilchrist Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Damien Martyn Brad Hogg Ian Harvey Lost 35 Brett Lee 2 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Stephen Fleming Brendon McCullum Jacob Oram Andre Adams Shane Bond Won 36 Charl Langeveldt Providence Stadium, Guyana Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Russel Arnold Farveez Maharoof Chaminda Vaas Won 37 André Nel Providence Stadium, Guyana Javed Omar Tamim Iqbal Habibul Bashar Mohammad Ashraful Mashrafe Mortaza Lost 38 Andrew Hall Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Paul Nixon Sajid Mahmood James Anderson Won 39 Shahid Afridi Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Collins Obuya Steve Tikolo Tanmay Mishra Jimmy Kamande Thomas Odoyo Won 40 Tim Bresnan M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Virender Sehwag Mahendra Singh Dhoni Yusuf Pathan Virat Kohli Harbhajan Singh Tied 41 Kemar Roach Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Wesley Barresi Bas Zuiderent Mudassar Bukhari Pieter Seelaar Bernard Loots Berend Westdijk Won 42 Lasith Malinga R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Seren Waters Collins Obuya Tanmay Mishra Peter Ongondo Shem Ngoche Elijah Otieno Won 43 Shahid Afridi (2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Ashish Bagai Jimmy Hansra Rizwan Cheema Tyson Gordon Harvir Baidwan Won 44 Yuvraj Singh M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore William Porterfield Andrew White Kevin O'Brien Alex Cusack John Mooney Won 45 Dale Steyn Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Gautam Gambhir Yusuf Pathan Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel Won 46 Ravi Rampaul M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli Yusuf Pathan Zaheer Khan Lost 47 Wahab Riaz Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Virender Sehwag Virat Kohli Yuvraj Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni Zaheer Khan Lost 48 Steven Finn 1 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne George Bailey Mitchell Marsh Brad Haddin Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Johnson Lost 49 Mitchell Marsh 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Gary Ballance Ian Bell Joe Root Eoin Morgan Jos Buttler Won 50 Sohail Khan Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Suresh Raina Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ajinkya Rahane Lost 51 Tim Southee Westpac Stadium, Wellington Ian Bell Moeen Ali James Taylor Jos Buttler Chris Woakes Stuart Broad Steven Finn Won 52 Imran Tahir Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Dwayne Smith Lendl Simmons Darren Sammy Andre Russell Denesh Ramdin Won 53 Trent Boult 1 Eden Park, Auckland Michael Clarke Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Starc Won 54 Mitchell Starc 2 Eden Park, Auckland Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Grant Elliott Luke Ronchi Adam Milne Tim Southee Lost 55Mitchell Starc (2) Trent Bridge, Nottingham Chris Gayle Andre Russell Carlos Brathwaite Jason Holder Sheldon Cottrell Won 56 James Neesham County Ground, Taunton Hazratullah Zazai Rahmat Shah Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Najibullah Zadran Won 57 Mohammad Amir County Ground, Taunton Aaron Finch Usman Khawaja Shaun Marsh Alex Carey Mitchell Starc Lost 58 Shakib Al Hasan Rose Bowl, Southampton Rahmat Shah Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Asghar Afghan Najibullah Zadran Won 59 Jason Behrendorff Lord's, London James Vince Jonny Bairstow Moeen Ali Chris Woakes Jofra Archer Won 60 Mitchell Starc (3) Lord's, London Kane Williamson Tom Latham Ish Sodhi Lockie Ferguson Mitchell Santner Won 61 Mohammed Shami Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Jonny Bairstow Eoin Morgan Joe Root Jos Buttler Chris Woakes Lost 62 Mustafizur Rahman Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Virat Kohli Hardik Pandya MS Dhoni Dinesh Karthik Mohammad Shami Lost 63 Mustafizur Rahman (2) 1 Lord's, London Imam-ul-Haq Haris Sohail Shadab Khan Imad Wasim Mohammad Amir Lost 64 Shaheen Afridi 2 Lord's, London Tamim Iqbal Liton Das Shakib Al Hasan Mohammad Saifuddin Mahmudullah Mustafizur Rahman Won 65 Mitchell Santner 2 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Max O'Dowd Colin Ackermann Scott Edwards Roelof van der Merwe Ryan Klein Won 66 Shaheen Afridi (2) 1 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Marcus Stoinis Mitchell Starc Josh Hazlewood Lost 67 Mohammed Shami (2) 1 HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala Will Young Rachin Ravindra Daryl Mitchell Mitchell Santner Matt Henry Won 68 Dilshan Madushanka 2 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Rohit Sharma Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer Suryakumar Yadav Lost 69 Mohammed Shami (3) 2 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Charith Asalanka Angelo Mathews Dushan Hemantha Dushmantha Chameera Kasun Rajitha Won 70 Ravindra Jadeja 1 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Temba Bavuma Heinrich Klaasen David Miller Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada Won 71 Mohammed Shami (4) 1 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Devon Conway Rachin Ravindra Kane Williamson Daryl Mitchell Tom Latham Tim Southee Lockie Ferguson Won
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