In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman.
Pakistan's Umar Gul became the first bowler to achieve this feat after he took his first five-wicket haul in T20I in June 2009 since he took his first five-wicket haul in ODI in September 2003 and in Test in April 2004.
In 2018, India's Kuldeep Yadav became the only player who has taken a five-wicket haul in all three formats in the same year, receiving his T20I and ODI five-wicket haul in July against England and in October he took the five-wicket haul in Test against West Indies.
Men's international cricket
As of March 2023, only 12 male players have taken five-wicket hauls in all three international formats.[1]
A player name in bold text indicates that the player is still an active international cricketer.
| Sl. | Bowler | Tests | ODIs | T20Is | Total | Refs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First 5W-haul | 5WI | First 5W-haul | 5WI | First 5W-haul | 5WI | 5WI | |||
| 1 |  Umar Gul | 5/31 v  India (5 Apr 2004) | 4 | 5/17 v  Bangladesh (13 Sep 2003) | 2 | 5/6 v  New Zealand (13 Jun 2009) | 2 | 8 | [1][2] |
| 2 | Tim Southee | 5/55 v  England (22 Mar 2008) | 14 | 5/33 v Pakistan (22 Jan 2011) | 3 | 5/18 v Pakistan (26 Dec 2010) | 1 | 18 | [1][3] |
| 3 |  Lasith Malinga | 5/80 v New Zealand (4 Apr 2005) | 3 | 5/34 v Pakistan (15 Jun 2010) | 8 | 5/31 v England (1 Oct 2012) | 2 | 13 | [1][4] |
| 4 | Ajantha Mendis | 6/99 v Bangladesh (4 Feb 2014) | 4 | 6/13 v India (6 Jul 2008) | 3 | 6/8 v  Zimbabwe (18 Sep 2012) | 2 | 9 | [5][6] |
| 5 |  Imran Tahir | 5/32 v Pakistan (23 Oct 2013) | 2 | 5/45 v  West Indies (27 Feb 2015) | 3 | 5/24 v New Zealand (17 Feb 2017) | 2 | 7 | [1][7] |
| 6 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 5/82 v England (9 Jul 2014) | 4 | 5/42 Sri Lanka (3 Sep 2017) | 1 | 5/24 v South Africa (18 Feb 2018) | 2 | 7 | [8][9] |
| 7 | Kuldeep Yadav | 5/57 v West Indies (4 Oct 2018) | 3 | 6/25 v England (12 Jul 2018) | 1 | 5/24 v England (3 Jul 2018) | 1 | 5 | [10][11] |
| 8 | Shakib Al Hasan | 7/36 v New Zealand (17 Oct 2008) | 18 | 5/47 v Zimbabwe (7 Nov 2015) | 2 | 5/20 v West Indies (20 Dec 2018) | 1 | 21 | [12][13] |
| 9 |  Rashid Khan | 5/82 v  Ireland (15 Mar 2019) | 3 | 6/43 v Ireland (17 Mar 2017) | 4 | 5/3 v Ireland (10 Mar 2017) | 2 | 9 | [14][15] |
| 10 | Jason Holder | 5/30 v Pakistan (30 Oct 2016) | 8 | 5/27 v India (2 Jul 2017) | 2 | 5/27 v England (30 Jan 2022) | 1 | 11 | [16] |
| 11 | Lungi Ngidi | 6/39 v India (13 Jan 2018) | 3 | 6/58 v  Australia (4 Mar 2020) | 1 | 5/39 v England (27 Jul 2022) | 1 | 5 | [17] |
| 12 | Alzarri Joseph | 5/81 v South Africa (28 Feb 2023) | 1 | 5/56 v England (27 Sep 2017) | 1 | 5/40 v South Africa (28 Mar 2023) | 1 | 3 | [18] |
Women's international cricket
As of July 2023 only two women have achieved a five-wicket-haul in all three international formats.
| Sl. | Bowler | Tests | ODIs | T20Is | Refs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First 5W-haul | 5WI | First 5W-haul | 5WI | First 5W-haul | 5WI | |||
| 1 | Jhulan Goswami | 5/25 v England (22 Nov 2005) | 3 | 5/16 v England (7 Dec 2005) | 2 | 5/11 v Australia (23 Mar 2012) | 1 | [19] |
| 2 | Jenny Gunn | 5/19 v India (14 Aug 2014) | 1 | 5/31 v New Zealand (15 July 2010) | 2 | 5/18 v New Zealand (22 Oct 2013) | 1 | [20] |
| Women's Test, ODI and T20I hauls. | ||||||||