List of international five-wicket hauls at the National Stadium

National Stadium, Karachi.

The National Bank Cricket Arena is a cricket ground in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The first Test match played at the National Stadium was in 1955 between Pakistan and India.[2] The most recent Test match hosted by the ground, was played in December 2022.[3] The ground has also hosted 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1980 between Pakistan and the West Indies.[4]

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.[5][6] This is regarded as a notable achievement.[7][8]

54 five-wicket hauls in Tests[9] have been taken at the ground. Indian Gulabrai Ramchand took the first fifer on the ground in 1955. Imran Khan's 8/60 in 1982 against India are the best bowling figures in an innings.

7 five-wicket hauls in ODIs have been taken at the ground.[10] Waqar Younis took the five-for on the ground in 1990. Ajantha Mendis's 6/13 in 2008 against India in 2008 Asia Cup are the best bowling figures in an innings.

The stadium also maintains an honour board.[11]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
O	Number of overs bowled
R	Number of runs conceded
W	Number of wickets taken
Result	Result of the match

Test Match five-wicket hauls

As of 30 December 2022

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at National Stadium, Karachi

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Econ	Result	Batsmen
1	Gulabrai Ramchand	26 February 1955	India	Pakistan	1	28	49	6	1.75	Drawn	Waqar Hasan Alimuddin Maqsood Ahmed Abdul Kardar Shujauddin Mahmood Hussain
2	Khan Mohammad	26 February 1955	Pakistan	India	2	28	73	5	2.61	Drawn	Pananmal Punjabi Vijay Manjrekar Pankaj Roy Prakash Bhandari Jasubhai Patel
3	Fazal Mahmood	26 February 1955	Pakistan	India	2	28.3	48	5	1.68	Drawn	Polly Umrigar Vinoo Mankad Naren Tamhane Gulabrai Ramchand Subhash Gupte
4	Zulfiqar Ahmed	13 October 1955	Pakistan	New Zealand	1	37.2	37	5	0.99	Won	Bert Sutcliffe Matt Poore Jack Alabaster Tony MacGibbon Alex Moir
5	Zulfiqar Ahmed	13 October 1955	Pakistan	New Zealand	3	46.3	42	6	0.90	Won	John Reid Gordon Leggat Harry Cave Tony MacGibbon Alex Moir Jack Alabaster
6	Fazal Mahmood	11 October 1956	Pakistan	Australia	1	27	34	6	1.26	Won	Jim Burke Neil Harvey Colin McDonald Ian Craig Keith Miller Richie Benaud
7	Fazal Mahmood	11 October 1956	Pakistan	Australia	3	48	80	7	1.67	Won	Colin McDonald Neil Harvey Jim Burke Ian Craig Richie Benaud Ray Lindwall Ian Johnson
8	Richie Benaud	4 December 1959	Australia	Pakistan	1	49.5	93	5	1.87	Drawn	Shujauddin Duncan Sharpe Fazal Mahmood Ijaz Butt Munir Malik
9	Fazal Mahmood	4 December 1959	Pakistan	Australia	2	30.2	74	5	2.44	Drawn	Gavin Stevens Ken Mackay Les Favell Neil Harvey Ray Lindwall
10	Antao D'Souza	2 February 1962	Pakistan	England	2	57.5	112	5	1.94	Drawn	Ted Dexter Peter Parfitt David Allen Barry Knight Butch White
11	Graham McKenzie	24 October 1964	Australia	Pakistan	1	30	69	6	2.30	Drawn	Billy Ibadulla Hanif Mohammad Shafqat Rana Javed Burki Intikhab Alam Asif Iqbal
12	Hedley Howarth	24 October 1969	New Zealand	Pakistan	1	33	80	5	2.42	Drawn	Hanif Mohammad Younis Ahmed Sadiq Mohammad Intikhab Alam Asif Iqbal
13	Mohammad Nazir	24 October 1969	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	30.1	99	7	3.28	Drawn	Graham Dowling Bruce Murray Brian Hastings Vic Pollard Mark Burgess Bob Cunis Hedley Howarth
14	Pervez Sajjad	24 October 1969	Pakistan	New Zealand	4	24	33	5	1.37	Drawn	Bruce Murray Graham Dowling Bevan Congdon Brian Hastings Mark Burgess
15	Norman Gifford	24 March 1973	England	Pakistan	3	29	55	5	1.90	Drawn	Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas Talat Ali Asif Iqbal Sadiq Mohammad
16	Jack Birkenshaw	24 March 1973	England	Pakistan	3	18.3	57	5	3.08	Drawn	Mushtaq Mohammad Intikhab Alam Saleem Altaf Wasim Bari Asif Masood
17	Phil Edmonds	18 January 1978	England	Pakistan	2	33	66	7	2.00	Drawn	Haroon Rasheed Mudassar Nazar Javed Miandad Wasim Raja Abdul Qadir Sarfraz Nawaz Iqbal Qasim
18	Sarfraz Nawaz	14 November 1978	Pakistan	India	3	24	70	5	2.92	Won	Chetan Chauhan Gundappa Viswanath Sunil Gavaskar Kapil Dev B. S. Chandrasekhar
19	Ray Bright	27 February 1980	Australia	Pakistan	2	46.5	87	7	1.86	Lost	Haroon Rasheed Zaheer Abbas Taslim Arif Mudassar Nazar Sarfraz Nawaz Majid Khan Tauseef Ahmed
20	Iqbal Qasim	27 February 1980	Pakistan	Australia	3	42	49	7	1.17	Won	Graham Yallop Bruce Laird David Hookes Rod Marsh Graeme Beard Ray Bright Dennis Lillee
21	Abdul Qadir	22 September 1982	Pakistan	Australia	3	26	76	5	2.92	Won	John Dyson Graeme Wood Allan Border Kim Hughes Bruce Yardley
22	Kapil Dev	23 December 1982	India	Pakistan	2	28.5	102	5	3.54	Lost	Zaheer Abbas Imran Khan Mudassar Nazar Abdul Qadir Sarfraz Nawaz
23	Imran Khan	23 December 1982	Pakistan	India	3	20.1	60	8	2.98	Won	Sunil Gavaskar Gundappa Viswanath Mohinder Amarnath Sandeep Patil Kapil Dev Dilip Vengsarkar Maninder Singh Dilip Doshi
24	Abdul Qadir	2 March 1984	Pakistan	England	1	31	74	5	2.39	Won	Derek Randall Ian Botham Bob Taylor David Gower Nick Cook
25	Nick Cook	2 March 1984	England	Pakistan	2	30	65	6	2.17	Lost	Qasim Umar Rameez Raja Mohsin Khan Wasim Raja Sarfraz Nawaz Azeem Hafeez
26	Nick Cook	2 March 1984	England	Pakistan	4	14	18	5	1.29	Lost	Qasim Umar Mohsin Khan Zaheer Abbas Wasim Raja Abdul Qadir
27	Abdul Qadir	7 November 1985	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	20.5	44	5	2.11	Won	Ravi Ratnayeke Duleep Mendis Aravinda de Silva Ashantha de Mel Roger Wijesuriya
28	Ashantha de Mel	7 November 1985	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	22	109	6	4.96	Lost	Mohsin Khan Qasim Umar Mudassar Nazar Saleem Malik Javed Miandad Rameez Raja
29	Tauseef Ahmed	7 November 1985	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	23.2	54	5	2.31	Won	Asanka Gurusinha Ranjan Madugalle Ashantha de Mel Aravinda de Silva Rumesh Ratnayake
30	Imran Khan	20 November 1986	Pakistan	West Indies	3	22.3	46	6	2.04	Drawn	Viv Richards Roger Harper Malcolm Marshall Clyde Butts Tony Gray Courtney Walsh
31	Abdul Qadir	16 December 1987	Pakistan	England	1	49.4	88	5	1.77	Drawn	Bill Athey Mike Gatting Phil DeFreitas Nick Cook David Capel
32	Phillip DeFreitas	16 December 1987	England	Pakistan	2	23.5	86	5	3.61	Drawn	Mudassar Nazar Saleem Malik Wasim Akram Iqbal Qasim Saleem Jaffar
33	Abdul Qadir	16 December 1987	Pakistan	England	3	55	98	5	1.78	Drawn	Chris Broad Neil Fairbrother David Capel Phil DeFreitas Nick Cook
34	Iqbal Qasim	15 September 1988	Pakistan	Australia	2	39	35	5	0.90	Won	Geoff Marsh Dean Jones Allan Border Steve Waugh Bruce Reid
35	Manoj Prabhakar	15 November 1989	India	Pakistan	1	34.5	104	5	2.98	Drawn	Rameez Raja Saleem Yousuf Wasim Akram Abdul Qadir Waqar Younis
36	Waqar Younis	15 November 1990	Pakistan	West Indies	1	22	76	5	3.45	Won	Gordon Greenidge Carl Hooper Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose
37	Wasim Akram	28 September 1994	Pakistan	Australia	3	22	63	5	2.86	Won	Michael Bevan Steve Waugh Ian Healy Jo Angel Tim May
38	Shane Warne	28 September 1994	Australia	Pakistan	4	36.1	89	5	2.46	Lost	Zahid Fazal Akram Raza Wasim Akram Basit Ali Waqar Younis
39	Saqlain Mushtaq	6 December 1997	Pakistan	West Indies	1	24	54	5	2.25	Won	Brian Lara Sherwin Campbell Roland Holder Ian Bishop Courtney Walsh
40	Mervyn Dillon	6 December 1997	West Indies	Pakistan	2	29.4	111	5	3.74	Lost	Saeed Anwar Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Wasim Ijaz Ahmed Waqar Younis
41	Shahid Afridi	22 October 1998	Pakistan	Australia	1	23.3	52	5	2.21	Drawn	Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Darren Lehmann Gavin Robertson Glenn McGrath
42	Glenn McGrath	22 October 1998	Australia	Pakistan	2	25	66	5	2.64	Drawn	Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Shakeel Ahmed
43	Shabbir Ahmed	20 August 2003	Pakistan	Bangladesh	3	18.1	48	5	2.64	Won	Sanwar Hossain Rajin Saleh Khaled Mahmud Tapash Baisya Mohammad Rafique
44	Abdul Razzaq	28 October 2004	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	23.1	35	5	1.51	Won	Thilan Samaraweera Jehan Mubarak Chaminda Vaas Farveez Maharoof Rangana Herath
45	Danish Kaneria	28 October 2004	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	60	118	7	1.97	Won	Marvan Atapattu Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Jehan Mubarak Romesh Kaluwitharana Farveez Maharoof
46	Irfan Pathan	29 January 2006	India	Pakistan	1	17.1	61	5	3.55	Lost	Salman Butt Younis Khan Mohammad Yousuf Kamran Akmal Shoaib Akhtar
47	Paul Harris	1 October 2007	South Africa	Pakistan	2	36	73	5	2.03	Won	Kamran Akmal Mohammad Hafeez Salman Butt Shoaib Malik Umar Gul
48	Dale Steyn	1 October 2007	South Africa	Pakistan	4	15	56	5	3.73	Won	Mohammad Hafeez Salman Butt Younis Khan Abdul Rehman Umar Gul
49	Shaheen Shah Afridi	19 December 2019	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	26.5	77	5	2.87	Won	Oshada Fernando Angelo Mathews Dhananjaya de Silva Dilruwan Perera Lahiru Kumara
50	Naseem Shah	19 December 2019	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	4	12.5	31	5	2.42	Won	Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal Dilruwan Perera Lasith Embuldeniya Vishwa Fernando
51	Nauman Ali	26 January 2021	Pakistan	South Africa	3	25.3	35	5	1.37	Won	Aiden Markram George Linde Kagiso Rabada Anrich Nortje Temba Bavuma
52	Rehan Ahmed	17 December 2022	England	Pakistan	3	14.5	48	5	3.23	Won	Babar Azam Mohammad Rizwan Saud Shakeel Mohammad Wasim Agha Salman
53	Abrar Ahmed	26 December 2022	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	67.5	205	5	3.02	Drawn	Tom Latham Daryl Mitchell Michael Bracewell Ish Sodhi Neil Wagner
54	Ish Sodhi	30 December 2022	New Zealand	Pakistan	2	36.5	86	6	2.33	Drawn	Shan Masood Babar Azam Sarfaraz Ahmed Agha Salman Imam-ul-Haq Mohammad Wasim

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 10 January 2023

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at National Stadium, Karachi

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Econ	Result	Batsmen
1	Waqar Younis	9 November 1990	Pakistan	West Indies	2	8	52	5	6.5	Won	Richie Richardson Gus Logie Desmond Haynes Brian Lara Carl Hooper
2	Wasim Akram	24 December 1993	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	1	7	15	5	2.14	Won	Andy Flower Alistair Campbell Eddo Brandes Stephen Peall Heath Streak
3	Shoaib Akhtar	21 April 2002	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	9	16	6	1.77	Won	Craig McMillan Jacob Oram Robbie Hart Andre Adams Brooke Walker Ian Butler
4	Sohail Tanvir	29 June 2008	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	10	48	5	4.80	Lost	Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Chamara Silva Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Thushara
5	Muttiah Muralitharan	30 June 2008	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	10	31	5	3.10	Won	Mushfiqur Rahim Alok Kapali Raqibul Hasan Abdur Razzak Mashrafe Mortaza
6	Ajantha Mendis	6 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	2	8	13	6	1.62	Won	Virender Sehwag Yuvraj Singh Suresh Raina Rohit Sharma Irfan Pathan RP Singh
7	Usman Shinwari	30 September 2019	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	10	51	5	5.10	Won	Sadeera Samarawickrama Avishka Fernando Lahiru Thirimanne Shehan Jayasuriya Isuru Udana
8	Naseem Shah	9 January 2023	Pakistan	New Zealand	1	10	57	5	5.70	Won	Devon Conway Glenn Phillips Michael Bracewell Henry Shipley Mitchell Santner

Notes

References

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6. "Fifer in cricket: What do commentators mean when they say that a bowler has picked a fifer?". Sports Rush. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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External links

• Five-wicket hauls at National Stadium, Karachi, CricInfo