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. As September 2024, 174 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match, with 35 of them being taken by Australian cricketers.

Key Date – Date the match was held. 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 Australia team in that match. ♠ – The bowler was selected "Man of the match". * – 10 wickets or more taken in the match.

+ Five-wicket hauls on Test debut by Australian bowlersNo.BowlerDateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Billy Midwinter Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne HRJ Charlwood A Greenwood T Armitage A Shaw T Emmett Won 2 Tom Kendall Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne A Hill A Greenwood HRJ Charlwood G Ulyett A Shaw T Armitage T Emmett Won 3 William Cooper Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne G Ulyett J Selby W Bates A Shrewsbury WE Midwinter T Emmett Drawn 4 Charlie Turner Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney W Barnes RG Barlow W Gunn W Scotton J Briggs W Flowers Lost 5 J.J. Ferris Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney W Bates A Shrewsbury RG Barlow JM Read G Lohmann Lost 6 Bob McLeod Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne WG Grace R Abel AE Stoddart R Peel JW Sharpe Won 7 Albert Trott Adelaide Oval, Adelaide AC MacLaren A Ward JT Brown W Brockwell R Peel FGJ Ford J Briggs WH Lockwood Won 8 Monty Noble Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne KS Ranjitsinhji TW Hayward W Storer NF Druce E Wainwright JT Hearne Won 9 Jack Saunders Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney JT Tyldesley GL Jessop LC Braund CP McGahey C Blythe Won 10 Jack O'Connor Adelaide Oval, Adelaide G Gunn KL Hutchings LC Braund W Rhodes J Humphries Won 11 Ranji Hordern Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne AW Nourse SJ Snooke JH Sinclair PW Sherwell SJ Pegler Won 12 Clarrie Grimmett* Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney FE Woolley JW Hearne WW Whysall R Kilner AER Gilligan Won 13 Tim Wall Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne DR Jardine H Larwood GE Tyldesley G Geary JC White Won 14 Frank Ward The Gabba, Brisbane CJ Barnett AE Fagg WR Hammond M Leyland J Hardstaff Jr RMV Robins Lost 15 Ian Meckiff New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg DJ McGlew TL Goddard JD Nel WR Endean RA McLean Drawn 16 Graham McKenzie Lord's, London ER Dexter PBH May JT Murray GAR Lock FS Trueman Won 17 Dennis Lillee Adelaide Oval, Adelaide JH Edrich APE Knott R Illingworth JA Snow RGD Willis Drawn 18 Bob Massie* Lord's, London G Boycott MJK Smith BL D'Oliveira AW Greig APE Knott R Illingworth JA Snow N Gifford Won 19 Geoff Dymock Adelaide Oval, Adelaide JM Parker GM Turner BM Hastings JV Coney DR O'Sullivan Won 20 Mick Malone The Oval, London G Boycott DW Randall AW Greig APE Knott JK Lever Drawn 21 Rodney Hogg The Gabba, Brisbane G Boycott GA Gooch JM Brearley IT Botham G Miller PH Edmonds Lost 22 Terry Alderman Trent Bridge, Nottingham G Boycott RA Woolmer MW Gatting PR Downton GR Dilley Won 23 Tom Hogan Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy S Wettimuny RL Dias A Ranatunga DS de Silva ALF de Mel Won 24 Peter Taylor♠ Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney AJ Lamb DI Gower IT Botham JE Emburey PH Edmonds GC Small Won 25 Tony Dodemaide Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne PA Horne MD Crowe DN Patel JG Bracewell IDS Smith DK Morrison Drawn 26 Simon Cook WACA Ground, Perth NJ Astle CD McMillan CL Cairns SB Doull SB O'Connor Won 27 Brett Lee Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne S Ramesh R Dravid M Prasad AB Agarkar J Srinath Won 28 Stuart Clark♠ Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town GC Smith HH Gibbs JH Kallis MV Boucher N Boje Won 29 Jason Krejza*♠ Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur V Sehwag R Dravid VVS Laxman SC Ganguly MS Dhoni Z Khan A Mishra I Sharma Lost 30 Nathan Lyon Galle International Stadium, Galle KC Sangakkara AD Mathews S Randiv HMRKB Herath UWMBCA Welegedara Won 31 Pat Cummins♠ New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg JA Rudolph JH Kallis AB de Villiers MV Boucher VD Philander DW Steyn Won 32 James Pattinson♠ The Gabba, Brisbane MJ Guptill BB McCullum DAJ Bracewell KS Williamson LRPL Taylor Won 33 Josh Hazlewood The Gabba, Brisbane CA Pujara V Kohli AM Rahane MS Dhoni R Ashwin Won 34 Scott Boland ♠ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne H Hameed MJ Leach JM Bairstow JE Root MA Wood OE Robinson Won 35 Todd Murphy Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur KL Rahul Ravichandran Ashwin Cheteshwar Pujara Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja Srikar Bharat Mohammed Shami Lost

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