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, Mitchell Starc, an Australian cricketer has taken 27 five-wicket hauls in international cricket. A left-arm fast bowler, Starc has played 102 Tests, 127 One Day International (ODI) matches and 65 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches for his country, and has taken 402, 244 and 79 wickets respectively .

Starc made his Test debut against New Zealand at The Gabba, Brisbane on 1 December 2011. He took his first Test five-wicket haul against South Africa at the WACA Ground, Perth on 30 November 2012, taking 6/154. His best figures in Tests is 7/58, taken against England at Perth Stadium on 21 November 2025. Starc also has the fastest five-wicket haul in men's Test history, 6/9 against the West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston on 14 July 2025.

Starc made his One Day International (ODI) debut against India at the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on 20 October 2010. He took his first ODI five-wicket haul against Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on 28 August 2012, taking 5/42. His best figures of 6/28 in ODIs came against New Zealand on 28 February 2015 at Eden Park, Auckland.

Starc made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Pakistan on 7 September 2012 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. , he is yet to take a five-wicket haul in the format, with his best figures being 3/11, taken against the same opposition at the same ground in the following match of the series on 10 September 2012.

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Symbol Meaning Date Day the Test started or ODI held Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs Number of 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) Result Result for Australia One of two five-wicket hauls by Starc in a match 10 wickets or more taken in the match Starc was selected as man of the match

Test five-wicket hauls + Five-wicket hauls in Tests by Mitchell StarcNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 WACA Ground, Perth Graeme Smith Jacques Kallis Robin Peterson AB de Villiers Dale Steyn Morné Morkel Lost 2 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Dimuth Karunaratne Prasanna Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara Rangana Herath Shaminda Eranga Won 3 Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Ian Bell Joe Root Ben Stokes Moeen Ali James Anderson Lost 4 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Adam Lyth Ian Bell Alastair Cook Joe Root Mark Wood Jos Buttler Lost 5 Galle International Stadium, Galle Dimuth Karunaratne Kaushal Silva Kusal Mendis Lakshan Sandakan Rangana Herath Lost 6 Galle International Stadium, Galle Dimuth Karunaratne Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Dilruwan Perera Vishwa Fernando Lost 7 Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Kaushal Silva Dimuth Karunaratne Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal Suranga Lakmal Lost 8 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Mark Stoneman James Vince Craig Overton Stuart Broad Jonny Bairstow Won 9 Kingsmead, Durban Faf du Plessis Theunis de Bruyn Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Morné Morkel Won 10 Manuka Oval, Canberra Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Dimuth Karunaratne Dilruwan Perera Vishwa Fernando Won 11 Manuka Oval, Canberra Dimuth Karunaratne Dinesh Chandimal Niroshan Dickwella Kusal Perera Vishwa Fernando Won 12 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Imam-ul-Haq Asad Shafiq Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammad Rizwan Babar Azam Shaheen Afridi Won 13 Perth Stadium, Perth Tom Latham Kane Williamson Henry Nicholls Neil Wagner Colin de Grandhomme Won 14 Headingley, Leeds Ben Duckett Moeen Ali Ben Stokes Jonny Bairstow Harry Brook Lost 15 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Yashasvi Jaiswal KL Rahul Virat Kohli Ravichandran Ashwin Harshit Rana Nitish Kumar Reddy Won 16 Sabina Park, Kingston John Campbell Kevlon Anderson Brandon King Mikyle Louis Shai Hope Jayden Seales Won 17 Perth Stadium, Perth Zak Crawley Ben Duckett Joe Root Ben Stokes Gus Atkinson Jamie Smith Mark Wood Won 18 The Gabba, Brisbane Ben Duckett Ollie Pope Harry Brook Will Jacks Gus Atkinson Brydon Carse Won 19 Harrup Park, Mackay Shadman Islam Tanzid Hasan Najmul Hossain Shanto Mominul Haque Litton Das Shoriful Islam Won

Test ten-wicket hauls + Ten-wicket hauls in Tests by Mitchell Starc No. Figures Against Venue Date Result 1 11/94 Galle International Stadium, Galle Lost 2 10/100 Manuka Oval, Canberra Won 3 10/113 Perth Stadium, Perth Won 4 10/51 Harrup Park, Mackay Won

One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in ODIs by Mitchell StarcNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Nasir Jamshed Asad Shafiq Kamran Akmal Shahid Afridi Umar Akmal Won 2 WACA Ground, Perth Kieran Powell Ramnaresh Sarwan Dwayne Bravo Kieron Pollard Jason Holder Won 3 WACA Ground, Perth Chris Gayle Ramnaresh Sarwan Darren Bravo Kieran Powell Devon Thomas Won 4 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Shikhar Dhawan Suresh Raina MS Dhoni Axar Patel Rohit Sharma Bhuvneshwar Kumar Won 5 Eden Park, Auckland Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Grant Elliott Luke Ronchi Adam Milne Tim Southee Lost 6 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Chris Gayle Andre Russell Carlos Brathwaite Jason Holder Sheldon Cottrell Won 7 Lord's, London Kane Williamson Tom Latham Ish Sodhi Lockie Ferguson Mitchell Santner Won 8 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Evin Lewis Jason Mohammed Nicholas Pooran Kieron Pollard Akeal Hosein Won 9 Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Shubman Gill Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav K. L. Rahul Mohammed Siraj Won

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