Fred Trueman was an English cricketer, an "aggressive" fast bowler widely known as "Fiery Fred". He is generally acknowledged to have been one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history. He represented England in 67 Test matches, and was the first bowler to take 300 wickets in a Test career, taking twelve years and 65 Tests to reach the landmark.
Trueman's wicket tally included seventeen five-wicket hauls (also known as "five-fors" or "fifers") which refer to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Trueman's seventeen five-wicket hauls places him joint-third in a list of most five-wicket hauls by England Test players, behind Ian Botham and Sydney Barnes. It includes three instances of him taking five or more wickets in each innings of the same Test match, and only one of the Tests in which he took a five-for ended in defeat for England.
His first five-for came in July 1952 against India in only his third Test match. It was also his career-best performance, eight wickets while conceding 31 runs, which remains the ninth most successful bowling figures by an England player. Five of his five-wicket hauls were taken against Australia, and six came against the West Indies. Four of the latter came during the 1963 West Indies tour of England, across which he took a career-best 34 wickets. He is joint-third in a tally of most five-fors taken against the West Indies in Test matches. He did not get the opportunity to play in One Day International cricket as it was not introduced until the 1970–1971 cricket season, several years after his retirement.
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 England team in that match ♠ – 10 wickets or more taken in the match. Note: Regular Man of the match awards did not enter Test cricket until the 1980s, after Trueman had retired.
Tests No. Date Ground Against Inn. Overs Runs Wkts Econ.Batsmen Result 1 Old Trafford, Manchester P Roy HR Adhikari PR Umrigar DG Phadkar VL Manjrekar RV Divecha GS Ramchand PK Sen Won 2 The Oval, London P Roy HR Adhikari MH Mankad DG Phadkar PK Sen Draw 3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London RN Harvey JW Burke PJP Burge KR Miller R Benaud Lost 4 Trent Bridge, Nottingham ED Weekes OG Smith DS Atkinson JDC Goddard AL Valentine Draw 5 Edgbaston, Birmingham LSM Miller JW D'Arcy WR Playle T Meale JC Alabaster Won 6 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain RB Kanhai GS Sobers FMM Worrell FCM Alexander S Ramadhin Won 7 Trent Bridge, Nottingham DJ McGlew S O'Linn HJ Tayfield JE Pothecary NAT Adcock Won 8 Headingley, Leeds ♠ NC O'Neill RN Harvey RB Simpson R Benaud ATW Grout Won 9 Headingley, Leeds ♠ RN Harvey NC O'Neill RB Simpson R Benaud ATW Grout AK Davidson Won 10 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Hanif Mohammad Javed Burki Mushtaq Mohammad W Mathias Nasim-ul-Ghani Mohammad Farooq Won 11 Melbourne, Melbourne RB Simpson NC O'Neill KD Mackay R Benaud GD McKenzie Won 12 Lancaster Park, Christchurch WR Playle BW Sinclair MJF Shrimpton AE Dick RW Blair RC Motz FJ Cameron Won 13 Lord's Cricket Ground, London ♠ EDAS McMorris CC Hunte BF Butcher RB Kanhai FMM Worrell DL Murray Draw 14 Lord's Cricket Ground, London ♠ EDAS McMorris GS Sobers FMM Worrell DL Murray WW Hall Draw 15 Edgbaston, Birmingham ♠ CC Hunte MC Carew GS Sobers CC Griffith LR Gibbs Won 16 Edgbaston, Birmingham ♠ CC Hunte RB Kanhai FMM Worrell DL Murray WW Hall CC Griffith JS Solomon Won 17 Lord's Cricket Ground, London WM Lawry BC Booth RB Simpson GD McKenzie GE Corling Draw
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