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[[File:Lord's honours board England bowling 2021.jpg|thumb|260px|The Lord's honours board commemorating English five- or ten-wicket hauls at Lord's.]]
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In [[cricket]], a '''five-wicket haul''' (also known as a "'''five–for'''" or "'''fifer'''")<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2194240|work=[[International Cricket Council|ICC]]]|title=Eight five-fors and counting: Starc's record setting ODI pace|date=21 July 2021|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-news-fifer-in-cricket-what-do-commentators-mean-when-they-say-that-a-bowler-has-picked-a-fifer/|title=Fifer in cricket: What do commentators mean when they say that a bowler has picked a fifer?|date=20 June 2021|work= Sports Rush|access-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> occurs when a [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]] takes five or more [[Dismissal (cricket)|wicket]]s in a single [[Innings (cricket)|innings]]. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement,<ref>{{cite book|last=Pervez|first=M.A.|title=A Dictionary of Cricket|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwYsHe-F-IUC|year=2001|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-81-7370-184-9}}</ref> equivalent to a [[Century (cricket)|century]] from a [[Batting (cricket)|batter]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=de Lisle |first1=Tim |author1-link=Tim de Lisle |last2=Booth |first2=Lawrence|author2-link=Lawrence Booth (cricket writer) |title=Young Wisden: A new fan's guide to cricket |date=2011 |publisher=[[A&C Black]] |page=110 |isbn=9781408165256 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcOkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>

Taking a five-wicket haul at [[Lord's]] earns the bowler a place on the [[Lord's honours boards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/about-honours-boards |title=About The Honours Boards |work=Lords.org |access-date=20 December 2021 |quote=By scoring a century, taking five wickets in an innings or ten wickets in a match, a player ensures that their name is added to one of the famous Honours Boards in the Pavilion.}}</ref>

==Records==

As of 2023, only twelve cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul in all three international formats of the game ([[Test cricket]], [[One Day International]] and [[Twenty20 International]]): [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka's]] [[Ajantha Mendis]] and [[Lasith Malinga]], [[India national cricket team|India's]] [[Bhuvneshwar Kumar]] and [[Kuldeep Yadav]], [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand's]] [[Tim Southee]], [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa's]] [[Imran Tahir]] and [[Lungi Ngidi]], [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indies']] [[Jason Holder]] and [[Alzarri Joseph]], [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladeshi]] [[Shakib Al Hasan]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistani]] [[Umar Gul]], and [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghan]] [[Rashid Khan]].{{cn|date=March 2023}}

In 2018, [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghan]] cricketer [[Mujeeb Zadran]], aged 16, became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/mujeeb-zadran-becomes-youngest-to-pick-a-fifer-in-odis-5066787/| title= Mujeeb Zadran becomes youngest bowler to pick ODI five-for| work=[[The Indian Express]]| date=16 February 2018| access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Pakistani cricketer [[Naseem Shah (cricketer)|Naseem Shah]], also aged 16, became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/naseem-shah-test-five-wicket-haul-youngest-bowler-pakistan-sri-lanka-karachi/article30379385.ece| title= Pakistan's Naseem Shah becomes youngest pacer to pick five-wicket haul in Tests| work=[[The Hindu]]| date=23 December 2019| accessdate=12 February 2021}}</ref> Afghan cricketer [[Rashid Khan (cricketer)|Rashid Khan]] is the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a T20 international match; he was 18 at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five-wicket hauls in WT20I matches – by age at the start of the match (youngest)|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=age;orderbyad=reverse;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223055814/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=age;orderbyad=reverse;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets|archive-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>

Sri Lankan [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] has taken the most five-wicket hauls in [[Test cricket|Test matches]] with 67,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283354.html| title= RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / BOWLING RECORDS / MOST FIVE-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS IN A CAREER|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> and Pakistani [[Waqar Younis]] has taken the most five-wicket hauls in [[One Day International|ODIs]] with 13.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283826.html| title= RECORDS / ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS/ BOWLING RECORDS / MOST FIVE-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS IN A CAREER|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> The record for most five-wicket hauls in [[Twenty20 International|T20Is]] is two, which has been achieved by seven cricketers.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;orderby=five_wickets;template=results;type=bowling| title= RECORDS / TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS/ BOWLING RECORDS / MOST FIVE-WICKETS-IN-AN-INNINGS IN A CAREER|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of cricketers with five-wicket hauls in all international formats]]
*[[:Category:Lists of international cricket five-wicket hauls]]
*[[Ten-wicket haul]]

==References==
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Ajay Kumar at 10:56, 24 July 2023