List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Imran Khan
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Imran Khan, a retired Pakistani cricketer and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, took 24 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[1] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[2] and as of October 2024[update], only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[3][4][5] A right-arm fast bowler who represented his country between 1971 and 1992, Khan was described by the BBC as "one of the finest fast bowlers cricket has ever seen",[6] while ESPNcricinfo declared him as "the greatest cricketer to emerge from Pakistan, and arguably the world's second-best allrounder after Garry Sobers".[7][8][9] In 1983 he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,[10] and was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in January 2009.[11][12] Khan made his Test debut in 1971 against England at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.[13] His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1977 against Australia in a match at Melbourne Cricket Ground which Pakistan lost.[14] In the same year, he took his first pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[15] By the end of his career, he had claimed five-wickets hauls in both innings of a match on three occasions.[15][16][17] His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Stadium, in March 1982.[16] He took ten or more wickets in a match on six occasions.[18] Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in August 1974[19] against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham,[20] Khan's solitary ODI five-wicket haul came in 1985 against India in a match at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium which Pakistan lost.[21] He took 6 wickets for 14 runs in the match, which was his career-best bowling in ODI cricket.[21] By the time he retired from international cricket in 1992 after nearly 21 years,[19] Khan had taken 23 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket[4] and one in ODIs.[21] As of 2017[update], he is fifteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, a position which he shares with Sydney Barnes, Kapil Dev and Dennis Lillee.[note 1][3]
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
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Date | Date the match was held, or 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 Pakistan team in that match |
† | Khan selected as "Man of the match" |
‡ | 10 wickets or more taken in the match |
* | One of two five-wicket hauls by Khan in a match |
Tests
One Day Internationals
No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | 22 March 1985 † | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium | File:Flag of India.svg India | 1 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1.40 | Lost[21] |
Notes
References
- ↑ "Swinging it for the Auld Enemy – An interview with Ryan Sidebottom". The Scotsman. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
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- ↑ Pervez, M. A. (2001). A Dictionary of Cricket. Orient Blackswan. p. 31. ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records – Bowling records – Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Records – Test matches – Bowling records – Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "One-Day Internationals: Bowling Records – Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ "BBC NEWS – Millennium – Imran Khan". BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ "Imran Khan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
- ↑ "Fast bowlers – Strike fear with three – Imran Khan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ Abhijit Sen Gupta (18 July 2002). "Fast bowlers – Who's the fastest?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ "Wisden – Cricketer of the Year – 1983 – Imran Khan". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ↑ "ICC Cricket Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "Hanif and Javed inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame". Dawn. Pakistan. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in England Test Series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Pakistan in Australia Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Pakistan in Australia Test Series – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "India in Pakistan Test Series – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Test Matches: Bowling Records – Most ten-wickets-in-a-match in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Imran Khan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Prudential Trophy – 1st ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "India v Pakistan: Rothmans Four-Nations Cup – 1st match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Cricket Records – Records – Pakistan – Combined Test, ODI and T20I – Most five-wickets-in-an-innings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Pakistan in New Zealand Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in West Indies Test Series – 5th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in India Test Series – 5th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in India Test Series – 6th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "West Indies in Pakistan Test Series – 4th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in England Test Series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in England Test Series – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "India in Pakistan Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "India in Pakistan Test Series – 4th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "West Indies in Pakistan Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "West Indies in Pakistan Test Series – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in England Test Series – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "West Indies in Pakistan Test Series – 4th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in West Indies Test Series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ "Pakistan in West Indies Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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