In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and , only 57 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.
Josh Hazlewood is a right-arm fast bowler who competes in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) who represents Australia. Hazlewood has taken 301 wickets in Test matches, 142 wickets in ODIs and 79 wickets in T20Is. With 17 five-wicket hauls across all formats of the game, he ranks equal thirty-eighth among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, and eighth in the equivalent list for Australia.
Hazlewood made his Test debut against India in 2014, in the second test of the series at the Gabba. His first five-wicket haul came in his first innings. His best bowling figures for an innings are 6 wickets for 67 runs against India in 2017. In Test matches, Hazlewood is most successful against India, taking 4 of his 14 five-wicket hauls against them.
In 2010, Hazlewood made his ODI debut against England. He took his first five-wicket haul against South Africa in 2014. Hazlewood took 5 wickets for 31 runs in the match, which Australian lost by 3 wickets. His career best figures are 6 wickets for 52 runs against New Zealand in 2017.
Although Hazlewood made his first T20I appearance in 2013, he has not picked up a five-wicket haul in the format. Figures of 4 wickets for 12 runs against Sri Lanka in 2022 are his best in this version of the game.
Key SymbolMeaningDateDay the Test started or ODI heldInnInnings in which five-wicket haul was takenOversNumber of overs bowledRunsNumber of runs concededWktsNumber of wickets takenEconRuns conceded per overBatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were takenResultResult for the Australia teamOne of two five wicket hauls by Hazlewood in a match10 or more wickets taken in the matchHazlewood was selected as the man of the match
Tests +Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Josh HazlewoodNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult1The Gabba, Brisbane123.268 2.91 Cheteshwar Pujara Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane Ravichandran Ashwin MS DhoniWon2Sabina Park, Kingston215.538 2.40 Shane Dowrich Denesh Ramdin Jermaine Blackwood Kemar Roach Jerome TaylorWon3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide324.570 2.81 Martin Guptill Tom Latham Ross Taylor BJ Watling Mark Craig Trent BoultWon4Bellerive Oval, Hobart230.589 2.88 Faf du Plessis Hashim Amla Quinton de Kock Keshav Maharaj Kyle Abbott Vernon PhilanderLost5M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore32467 2.79 Abhinav Mukund Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja Cheteshwar Pujara Ravichandran Ashwin Umesh YadavLost6WACA Ground, Perth31848 2.66 Mark Stoneman Alastair Cook Jonny Bairstow Dawid Malan Craig OvertonWon7Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds212.530 2.33 Jason Roy Joe Root Jonny Bairstow Jos Buttler Jack LeachLost8Adelaide Oval, Adelaide358 1.60 Mayank Agarwal Ajinkya Rahane Wriddhiman Saha Ravichandran Ashwin Hanuma VihariWon9The Gabba, Brisbane224.457 2.31 Cheteshwar Pujara Mayank Agarwal Rishabh Pant Navdeep Saini Mohammed SirajLost10Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester227126 4.66 Joe Root Harry Brook Chris Woakes Mark Wood Stuart BroadDraw11Adelaide Oval, Adelaide31435 2.50 Tagenarine Chanderpaul Kraigg Brathwaite Alick Athanaze Kavem Hodge Gudakesh MotieWon12Hagley Oval, Christchurch113.231 2.32 Tom Latham Rachin Ravindra Daryl Mitchell Kane Williamson Matt HenryWon1325 June 2025Kensington Oval, Bridgetown41243 3.58 John Campbell Brandon King Roston Chase Keacy Carty Jomel WarricanWon1413 August 2026Marrara Oval, Darwin22889 3.17 Mominul Haque Najmul Hossain Shanto Hasan Mahmud Taijul Islam Mehidy Hasan Miraz Ebadot HossainTBD
One Day Internationals +Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Josh HazlewoodNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult1WACA Ground, Perth29.43153.20 Quinton de Kock Faf du Plessis Farhaan Behardien AB de Villiers Vernon PhilanderLost2Kensington Oval, Bridgetown29.45055.17 Andre Fletcher Carlos Brathwaite Denesh Ramdin Sunil Narine Sulieman BennWon3Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham195265.77 Martin Guptill Neil Broom James Neesham Adam Milne Mitchell Santner Trent BoultNo result
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