List of Pakistan cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut

Shahid Afridi took five wickets for 52 runs in his debut Test, against Australia in 1998.^[1]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")^[2] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a significant achievement.^[3] As of November 2016, 147 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on their debut in a Test match,^[4] with ten of them being taken by Pakistani players.^[5] They have taken a five-wicket haul on debut against seven different opponents: three times against New Zealand, twice against Australia, and once against Bangladesh, England, India, South Africa and Zimbabwe each.^[6] Of the ten occasions, Pakistan won the match four times, and drew six times. The players have taken five-wicket hauls at eight different venues, including five outside Pakistan; three of them have achieved the feat at the National Stadium, Karachi.^[7]

Arif Butt was the first Pakistani player to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut, he took six wickets for 89 runs against Australia in 1964.^[8][9] Mohammad Nazir and Mohammad Zahid are the only bowlers to have taken seven wickets each. Butt and Tanvir Ahmed have taken six wickets each and six others have taken five wickets on debut.^[5] Zahid took seven wickets for 66 runs, the best bowling figures by a Pakistani bowler on debut, against New Zealand in 1996, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.^[5] He accumulated 11 wickets for 130 runs in the match, the only Pakistani to take 10 or more wickets in a Test match on debut.^[10] Amongst the bowlers, Shahid Afridi is the most economical, with 2.21 runs per over, and Zahid has the best strike rate.^{[note 1]} As of 2014, the most recent bowler to achieve the feat was Tanvir Ahmed. He took six wickets for 120 runs against South Africa in 2010 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.^[5][12]

Key

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
Econ	Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Result	The result for the Pakistan team in that match
	Bowler selected as "Man of the match"
	10 wickets or more taken in the match
Drawn	The match was drawn

Five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls on Test debut by Pakistani bowlers

No.	Bowler	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Butt, ArifArif Butt	000000001964-12-04-00004 December 1964	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001213000000000000♠21.3	7001890000000000000♠89	0601 !6	7000312000000000000♠3.12	Bob Simpson Bill Lawry Brian Booth Tom Veivers David Sincock Garth McKenzie	Drawn[9]
2	Nazir, MohammadMohammad Nazir	000000001969-10-24-000024 October 1969	National Stadium, Karachi	New Zealand	7000200000000000000♠2	7001301000000000000♠30.1	7001990000000000000♠99	0700 !7	7000328000000000000♠3.28	Graham Dowling Bruce Murray Brian Hastings Mark Burgess Vic Pollard Bob Cunis Hedley Howarth	Drawn[13]
3	Nazir, ShahidShahid Nazir	000000001996-10-17-000017 October 1996	Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura	Zimbabwe	7000100000000000000♠1	7001224000000000000♠22.4	7001530000000000000♠53	0502 !5	7000233000000000000♠2.33	ADR Campbell Andy Flower Craig Wishart Andy Whittall Henry Olonga	Drawn[14]
4	Zahid, MohammadMohammad Zahid	000000001996-11-28-000028 November 1996	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	New Zealand	7000400000000000000♠4	7001200000000000000♠20.0	7001660000000000000♠66	0701 !7	7000330000000000000♠3.30	Bryan Young Justin Vaughan Adam Parore Lee Germon Nathan Astle Chris Harris Dipak Patel	Won[10]
5	Afridi, ShahidShahid Afridi	000000001998-10-22-000022 October 1998	National Stadium, Karachi	Australia	7000100000000000000♠1	7001233000000000000♠23.3	7001520000000000000♠52	0503 !5	7000221000000000000♠2.21	Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Darren Lehmann Gavin Robertson Glenn McGrath	Drawn[1]
6	Sami, MohammadMohammad Sami	000000002001-03-08-00008 March 2001	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand	7000400000000000000♠4	7001150000000000000♠15.0	7001360000000000000♠36	0505 !5	7000240000000000000♠2.40	Paul Wiseman Mathew Sinclair Craig McMillan James Franklin Daryl Tuffey	Won[15]
7	Ahmed, ShabbirShabbir Ahmed	000000002003-08-20-000020 August 2003	National Stadium, Karachi	Bangladesh	7000300000000000000♠3	7001181000000000000♠18.1	7001480000000000000♠48	0504 !5	7000264000000000000♠2.64	Sanwar Hossain Rajin Saleh Khaled Mahmud Tapash Baisya Mohammad Rafique	Won[16]
8	Arafat, YasirYasir Arafat	000000002007-12-08-00008 December 2007	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	India	7000100000000000000♠1	7001390000000000000♠39.0	7002161000000000000♠161	0500 !5	7000412000000000000♠4.12	Wasim Jaffer Rahul Dravid V. V. S. Laxman Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh	Drawn[17]
9	Riaz, WahabWahab Riaz	000000002010-08-18-000018 August 2010	The Oval, London	England	7000100000000000000♠1	7001180000000000000♠18.0	7001630000000000000♠63	0501 !5	7000350000000000000♠3.50	Andrew Strauss Jonathan Trott Kevin Pietersen Eoin Morgan Stuart Broad	Won[18]
10	Ahmed, TanvirTanvir Ahmed	000000002010-11-20-000020 November 2010	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (neutral venue)	South Africa	7000100000000000000♠1	7001280000000000000♠28.0	7002120000000000000♠120	0600 !6	7000428000000000000♠4.28	Graeme Smith Alviro Petersen Hashim Amla Jacques Kallis Mark Boucher Paul Harris	Drawn[12]

See also

• List of Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut

References

Notes

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