Saqlain Mushtaq, a former Pakistani cricketer, took 19 five-wicket hauls during his career in international 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 cricket critics 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 off break bowler who represented his country between 1995 and 2004, Saqlain was described by the BBC as "a revolution in the art of attacking off-spin bowling". Saqlain was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 2000.
Saqlain made his Test debut in 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1997 against the same team at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In January 1999 against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time. He repeated this feat only once more in his career, at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi during the second Test of the same series. His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 164 runs against England at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore in November 2000. He took ten or more wickets in a match on three occasions.
Having made his One Day International (ODI) debut in September 1995 against Sri Lanka at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Saqlain's first ODI five-wicket haul came the following year, against New Zealand, a match Pakistan won at the same venue. His career-best bowling figures in ODI cricket were 5 wickets for 20 runs against England at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2000. , Saqlain is one of the four bowlers to achieve an ODI hat-trick (three wickets in consecutive deliveries) on two or more different occasions, both against Zimbabwe; one of his hat-tricks came during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Saqlain took thirteen five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and six in ODIs. , he is fourth in the list of five-wicket haul takers for Pakistan, all formats of the game combined.
Key + Key Symbol Meaning Date Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches Inn Innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs Runs conceded Wkts Number of wickets taken Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul Result Result for Pakistan in that match Saqlain selected as "Man of the match" 10 wickets or more taken in the match * One of two five-wicket hauls by Saqlain in a match
Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Saqlain Mushtaq No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result 1 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Marvan Atapattu Hashan Tillakaratne Romesh Kaluwitharana Kumar Dharmasena Nuwan Zoysa Drawn 2 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Gary Kirsten Adam Bacher Jacques Kallis Daryll Cullinan Brian McMillan Drawn 3 National Stadium, Karachi Sherwin Campbell Brian Lara Roland Holder Ian Bishop Phil Edmonds Courtney Walsh Won 4 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Craig Wishart Heath Streak Henry Olonga Adam Huckle Pommie Mbangwa Drawn 5 * M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin Nayan Mongia Anil Kumble Won 6 * M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Javagal Srinath Won 7 * Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Sadagoppan Ramesh Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Lost 8 * Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Rahul Dravid Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath Venkatesh Prasad Harbhajan Singh Lost 9 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Michael Slater Justin Langer Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Damien Fleming Glenn McGrath Lost 10 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Ridley Jacobs Reon King Courtney Walsh Drawn 11 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Mike Atherton Marcus Trescothick Graham Thorpe Alec Stewart Nasser Hussain Graeme Hick Craig White Ian Salisbury Drawn 12 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Javed Omar Habibul Bashar Sanwar Hossain Khaled Mashud Mohammad Sharif Won 13 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Alistair Campbell Grant Flower Hamilton Masakadza Tatenda Taibu Andy Blignaut Ray Price Henry Olonga Won
One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals by Saqlain Mushtaq No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result 1 Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala Stephen Fleming Nathan Astle Dipak Patel Chris Harris Lee Germon Won 2 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Steve Waugh Mark Taylor Tom Moody Ian Healy Shane Warne Won 3 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Athar Ali Khan Aminul Islam Akram Khan Khaled Mashud Saiful Islam Won 4 Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Mohammad Azharuddin Ajay Jadeja Robin Singh Abey Kuruvilla Harvinder Singh Lost 5 County Cricket Ground, Northampton Shahriar Hossain Mehrab Hossain Minhajul Abedin Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique Lost 6 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Marcus Trescothick Graeme Hick Craig White Ashley Giles Darren Gough Won
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