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") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. 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", while Cricinfo declared him as "the greatest cricketer to emerge from Pakistan, and arguably the world's second-best allrounder after Garry Sobers". In 1983 he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in January 2009.
Khan made his Test debut in 1971 against England at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1977 against Australia in a match at Melbourne Cricket Ground which Pakistan lost. In the same year, he took his first pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. By the end of his career, he had claimed five-wickets hauls in both innings of a match on three occasions. His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Stadium, in March 1982. He took ten or more wickets in a match on six occasions.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in August 1974 against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Khan's solitary ODI five-wicket haul came in 1985 against India in a match at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium which Pakistan lost. He took 6 wickets for 14 runs in the match, which was his career-best bowling in ODI cricket. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1992 after nearly 21 years, Khan had taken 23 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and one in ODIs. , 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.
Key Symbol MeaningDateDate the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matchesOversNumber of overs bowled in that inningsRunsRuns concededWktsNumber of wickets takenBatsmenThe batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haulEconBowling economy rate (average runs per over)InnThe innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was takenResultThe result for the Pakistan team in that matchKhan 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 + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricketNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Melbourne Cricket Ground Alan Turner Greg Chappell Doug Walters Gary Cosier Dennis LilleeLost 2 * Sydney Cricket Ground Rick McCosker Greg Chappell Doug Walters Gary Cosier Rod Marsh Gary GilmourWon 3 * Sydney Cricket Ground Ian Davis Rick McCosker Doug Walters Gary Gilmour Kerry O'Keeffe Dennis LilleeWon 4 Sabina Park, Kingston Roy Fredericks Viv Richards Clive Lloyd Alvin Kallicharran Deryck Murray David HolfordLost 5 McLean Park, Napier Bruce Edgar Mark Burgess Stephen Boock Warren Lees Richard HadleeDrawn 6 Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chennai Sunil Gavaskar Dilip Vengsarkar Syed Kirmani Kapil Dev Dilip DoshiLost 7 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Roger Binny Syed Kirmani Gundappa Viswanath Sunil Gavaskar Dilip DoshiDrawn 8 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan Desmond Haynes Faoud Bacchus Alvin Kallicharran David Murray Joel GarnerDrawn 9 * Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Bandula Warnapura Sidath Wettimuny Rohan Jayasekera Roy Dias Ranjan Madugalle Somachandra de Silva Mahes Goonatilleke Roger WijesuriyaWon 10 * Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Sidath Wettimuny Rohan Jayasekera Ashantha de Mel Mahes Goonatilleke Ravi Ratnayeke Roger WijesuriyaWon 11 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Derek Randall David Gower Ian Botham Geoff Miller Ian Greig Eddie Hemmings Bob TaylorLost 12 Headingley, Leeds Chris Tavaré Mike Gatting Allan Lamb Bob Taylor Robin JackmanLost 13 National Stadium, Karachi Sunil Gavaskar Dilip Vengsarkar Gundappa Viswanath Mohinder Amarnath Sandeep Patil Kapil Dev Maninder Singh Dilip DoshiWon 14 * Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Sunil Gavaskar Dilip Vengsarkar Sandeep Patil Syed Kirmani Kapil Dev Madan LalWon 15 * Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Dilip Vengsarkar Mohinder Amarnath Sandeep Patil Maninder Singh Dilip DoshiWon 16 Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad Sunil Gavaskar Gundappa Viswanath Dilip Vengsarkar Kapil Dev Syed Kirmani Dilip DoshiWon 17 Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Sidath Wettimuny Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake Roger WijesuriyaWon 18 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Larry Gomes Jeff Dujon Clyde Butts Tony Gray Courtney WalshLost 19 National Stadium, Karachi Viv Richards Roger Harper Malcolm Marshall Clyde Butts Tony Gray Courtney WalshDrawn 20 Headingley, Leeds Chris Broad Tim Robinson Bill Athey David Gower David Capel Jack Richards Graham DilleyWon 21 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Chris Broad Bill Athey David Gower Mike Gatting Bruce French Graham DilleyDrawn 22 Bourda, Georgetown Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Carl Hooper Jeff Dujon Winston Benjamin Courtney Walsh Patrick PattersonWon 23 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gus Logie Carl HooperDrawn
One Day Internationals + Five-wicket haul in ODI cricketNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Ravi Shastri Kris Srikkanth Dilip Vengsarkar Sunil Gavaskar Mohinder Amarnath Madan LalLost
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