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 significant achievement. As of August 2026, more than 5,000 ODIs have been played, however there have only been 17 occasions where a player achieved this feat on his ODI debut. Players from the nine of the twelve teams that have Full member status—Australia, Bangladesh, England, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe—have taken five-wicket hauls on debut. Sri Lankans have performed this feat on three occasions, while the Bangladeshis and South Africa have two each. In addition, three players from Associate teams—Canada, Namibia and Scotland—have taken a five-wicket haul on debut. Afghanistan, India, and New Zealand are yet to have a debutant take a five-wicket haul.
Sri Lankan cricketer Uvais Karnain was the first to take a five-wicket haul on ODI debut; he took 5 wickets for 26 runs against New Zealand in March 1984. His figures were bettered by Australian cricketer Tony Dodemaide who took 5 wickets while conceding 21 runs in a match against Sri Lanka in January 1988. In 1991, Allan Donald became the first South African cricketer to take an ODI five-wicket haul for his team. Although South Africa lost the game by three wickets, Donald received a man of the match award. Canada cricketer Austin Codrington's tally of 5 wickets for 27 runs against Bangladesh in the group stage of the 2003 Cricket World Cup is the only five-wicket haul taken during the Cricket World Cup; his figures helped Canada secure a 60-run victory. Pakistani cricketer Arafat Minhas is the most recent debutant to take a five-wicket haul, with figures of 5 wickets for 32 runs against Australia. Of the 15 occasions a cricketer has taken a five-wicket haul on debut, his team has lost only 2 times.
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Symbol Meaning Date Date the match was held 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 team in that match Bowler selected as "Man of the match"
Five-wicket hauls + List of five-wicket hauls on ODI debut No. Bowler Date Ground For Against Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result 1 Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Geoff Howarth Bruce Edgar Lance Cairns Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Won 2 WACA Ground, Perth, Australia Asanka Gurusinha Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Guy de Alwis Graeme Labrooy Won 3 Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India Ravi Shastri Sanjay Manjrekar Navjot Sidhu Sachin Tendulkar Pravin Amre Lost 4 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Dougie Marillier Stuart Carlisle Andy Flower Gary Brent Travis Friend Won 5 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa Hannan Sarkar Alok Kapali Tapash Baisya Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Won 6 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Barney Rogers Vusi Sibanda Craig Wishart Mark Vermeulen Stuart Matsikenyeri Tatenda Taibu Won 7 Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Tamim Iqbal Shahriar Nafees Mohammad Ashraful Imrul Kayes Shafiul Islam Won 8 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Robin Uthappa Ambati Rayudu Cheteshwar Pujara Stuart Binny Amit Mishra Lost 9 Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide, Ireland Calum MacLeod Hamish Gardiner Preston Mommsen Safyaan Sharif Michael Leask Won 10 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Ravichandran Ashwin Ajinkya Rahane Ravindra Jadeja Won 11 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal Soumya Sarkar Litton Das Mahmudullah Riyad Mashrafe Mortaza Jubair Hossain Won 12 Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide, Ireland Paul Stirling Ed Joyce John Anderson Stuart Poynter Max Sorensen Won13 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal Sabbir Rahman Shakib Al Hasan Mosaddek Hossain Taskin Ahmed Won14 Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia Khawar Ali Aqib Ilyas Zeeshan Maqsood Suraj Kumar Fayyaz Butt Won15 Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland Zeeshan Maqsood Ayaan Khan Khalid Kail Shoaib Khan Mehran Khan Pratik Athavale Bilal Khan Won16 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Josh Inglis Marnus Labuschagne Cameron Green Matthew Short Nathan Ellis Won17 Forthill, Dundee, Scotland Harsh Thaker Saad Bin Zafar Shivam Sharma Shreyas Movva Zahid Shirzad Kaleem Sana Won
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