Malcolm Marshall, a former right-arm fast bowler, represented the West Indies cricket team in 81 Tests between 1978 and 1992. 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. In Test cricket, Marshall took 376 wickets, including 22 five-wicket hauls. The cricket almanack Wisden described him as "one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time", and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1983. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in January 2009. Mark Nicholas, a cricket commentator, once wrote that former Pakistan captain, Imran Khan, "calls Malcolm the greatest of all fast bowlers".

Marshall made his Test debut in December 1978 against India at the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore. His first five-wicket haul came in March 1983 against the same team at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain; he took 5 wickets for 37 runs. In December 1984, against Australia at the Adelaide Oval, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time. He repeated this feat once more in his career, against India at the Queen's Park Oval in April 1989. Marshall's career-best bowling figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 22 runs against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in June 1988. He took 9 wickets for 41 runs in the match; West Indies won the match by an innings and 156 runs, and he was awarded man of the match for his performance. Marshall was most successful against Australia taking seven five-wicket hauls. He took ten or more wickets in a match on four occasions.

Marshall made his One Day International (ODI) debut against England at Headingley, Leeds, during the 1980 Prudential Trophy. He never took a five-wicket haul in ODIs; his career-best figures for an innings were 4 wickets for 18 runs against Australia in 1991, a match West Indies lost at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. As of 2013, Marshall is sixteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.

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Symbol Meaning Date Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches Inn The 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 The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul Result The result for the West Indies team in that match One of two five-wicket hauls by Marshall in a match Marshall selected as "Man of the match" 10 wickets or more taken in the match

Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Malcolm MarshallNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Dilip Vengsarkar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Balwinder Sandhu Maninder Singh Won 2 Eden Gardens, CalcuttaCalcutta has since been renamed as Kolkata. Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav Ashok Malhotra Ravi Shastri Roger Binny Kapil Dev Won 3 MA Chidambaram Stadium, MadrasMadras has since been renamed as Chennai. Anshuman Gaekwad Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav Roger Binny Kapil Dev Drawn 4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Steve Smith Greg Ritchie Wayne Phillips Geoff Lawson Terry Alderman Won 5 Sabina Park, Kingston Kim Hughes David Hookes Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson Rodney Hogg Won 6 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Chris Broad David Gower Allan Lamb Mike Gatting Neil Foster Bob Willis Won 7 Headingley, Leeds Graeme Fowler Chris Broad Allan Lamb Paul Downton Nick Cook Derek Pringle Paul Allott Won 8 The Oval, London Pat Pocock Allan Lamb Ian Botham Paul Allott Jonathan Agnew Won 9 The Gabba, Brisbane John Dyson David Boon Terry Alderman Geof Lawson Bob Holland Won 10 1 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Kepler Wessels Steve Rixon Allan Border David Boon Terry AldermanWon 11 2 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide John Dyson Allan Border Kim Hughes Geoff Lawson Terry AldermanWon 12 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Kepler Wessels Greg Matthews Steve Rixon Craig McDermott Rodney Hogg Drawn 13 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Geoff Howarth Ken Rutherford Martin Crowe Jeremy Coney Ian Smith Derek Stirling Stephen Boock Won 14 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Mohsin Khan Rizwan-uz-Zaman Qasim Umar Asif Mujtaba Wasim Akram Won 15 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Rameez Raja Javed Miandad Aamer Malik Wasim Akram Abdul Qadir Won 16 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Graham Gooch Chris Broad Mike Gatting Allan Lamb Derek Pringle John Emburey Drawn 17 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Graham Gooch Chris Broad Allan Lamb Paul Downton Paul Jarvis Graham Dilley Won 18 Old Trafford, Manchester Graham Gooch Mike Gatting David Gower David Capel Paul Downton Graham Dilley Phillip DeFreitas Won 19 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Geoff Marsh Allan Border Ian Healy Peter Taylor Trevor Hohns Lost 20 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Navjot Singh Sidhu Mohammad Azharuddin Kapil Dev Kiran More Arshad Ayub Won 21 1 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Arun Lal Navjot Singh Sidhu Ravi Shastri Sanjay Manjrekar Kapil Dev Won 22 2 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Arun Lal Woorkeri Raman Dilip Vengsarkar Sanjay Manjrekar Kiran More Chetan Sharma Won

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