List of Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^[1] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by the critics as a notable achievement,^[2] and there have been only 71 instances of a bowler taking a five-wicket haul in World Cup tournaments. The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is held once in every four years.^{[3][4] [a][6]} In addition, players from four associate members of the ICC have taken five-wicket hauls in World Cups.^[b][6]

Mohammed Shami has the most five-wicket hauls (four) across all World Cup tournaments.

Starting with the inaugural edition in 1975, a total of 59 players have taken five-wicket haul in the championship as of 2023.^[7] Australia's Dennis Lillee became the first player take a five-wicket haul when he took five wickets for 34 runs against Pakistan in the third match of the world cup.^[8] His compatriot Gary Gilmour picked up two consecutive five-wicket hauls—in the semi-final against England and the final against West Indies—in the edition. The first of the two, six wickets for 14 runs, was named the "Best Bowling Performance" in ODIs in an all-time list released by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002.^[9] Joel Garner is the only other player to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup final. He took five wickets for 38 runs against England in the 1979 tournament final; the performance ensured West Indies' victory and helped them retain the title.^[10]

The 1992 edition was the only tournament where no five-wicket hauls were taken, while the 2003 tournament had a record 12 five-wicket hauls taken by 11 different players.^[11] Indian Mohammed Shami has taken four and Australia's Mitchell Starc has taken three five-wicket hauls while seven others—Gilmour, Ashantha de Mel, Glenn McGrath, Vasbert Drakes, Shahid Afridi, Mustafizur Rahman, Shaheen Afridi —have taken two in the history of the tournament. McGrath's seven wickets for 15 runs against Namibia remains the best bowling figures World Cup matches.

Key

• Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
• Overs – Overs bowled in the innings
• Runs – Runs conceded in the innings
• Wkts – Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the innings
• Econ – Runs conceded per over
• Won – The match was won by the bowler's team
• Lost – The match was lost by the bowler's team
• Tied – The match ended in a tie
• † – One of two five-wicket hauls in the match
• ‡ – Best bowling figures in World Cup up to that point

Five-wicket hauls

Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls^[12]

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opponent	Venue	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Dennis Lillee	7 June 1975	Australia	Pakistan	Headingley, Leeds	2	12	34	5 ‡	2.83	Sadiq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Sarfraz Nawaz Wasim Bari Asif Masood	Won[13]
2	Gary Gilmour	18 June 1975	Australia	England	Headingley, Leeds	1	12	14	6 ‡	1.16	Dennis Amiss Barry Wood Keith Fletcher Tony Greig Frank Hayes Alan Knott	Won[14]
3	Gary Gilmour (2)	21 June 1975	Australia	West Indies	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	1	12	48	5	4.00	Alvin Kallicharran Rohan Kanhai Clive Lloyd Vivian Richards Deryck Murray	Lost[15]
4	Alan Hurst	16 June 1979	Australia	Canada	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	1	10	21	5	2.10	Christopher Chappell Franklyn Dennis Charles Baksh Robert Callender Cornelius Henry	Won[16]
5	Joel Garner	23 June 1979	West Indies	England	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	2	11	38	5	3.45	Graham Gooch David Gower Wayne Larkins Chris Old Bob Taylor	Won[17]
6	Vic Marks	11 June 19831	England	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton	2	12	39	5	3.25	Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Ranjan Madugalle Arjuna Ranatunga Somachandra de Silva	Won[18]
7	Winston Davis	11 June 19832	West Indies	Australia	Headingley, Leeds	2	10.3	51	7 ‡	4.85	Kim Hughes David Hookes Graham Yallop Allan Border Ken MacLeay Geoff Lawson Dennis Lillee	Won[19]
8	Richard Hadlee	13 June 19831	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Bristol	1	10.1	25	5	2.45	Sidath Wettimuny Duleep Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Ashantha de Mel Rumesh Ratnayake	Won[20]
9	Kapil Dev	13 June 19832 †	India	Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1	12	43	5	3.58	Kepler Wessels Rod Marsh Ken MacLeay Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson	Lost[21]
10	Ken MacLeay	13 June 19833 †	Australia	India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2	11.5	39	6	3.29	Dilip Vengsarkar Sandip Patil Yashpal Sharma Madan Lal Roger Binny Syed Kirmani	Won[21]
11	Ashantha de Mel	16 June 19831 †	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Headingley, Leeds	1	12	39	5	3.25	Mohsin Khan Mansoor Akhtar Zaheer Abbas Shahid Mahboob Sarfraz Nawaz	Lost[22]
12	Abdul Qadir	16 June 19832 †	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Headingley, Leeds	2	12	44	5	3.66	Roy Dias Duleep Mendis Rumesh Ratnayake Arjuna Ranatunga Guy de Alwis	Won[22]
13	Ashantha de Mel (2)	18 June 1983	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	County Ground, Derby	1	12	32	5	2.66	Glenn Turner John Wright Richard Hadlee Warren Lees Lance Cairns	Won[23]
14	Craig McDermott	4 November 1987	Australia	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2	10	44	5	4.40	Mansoor Akhtar Wasim Akram Saleem Yousuf Saleem Jaffar Tauseef Ahmed	Won[24]
15	Paul Strang	27 February 19961	Zimbabwe	Kenya	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna	1	9.4	21	5	2.17	Maurice Odumbe Tito Odumbe Thomas Odoyo Aasif Karim Martin Suji	Won[25]
16	Damien Fleming	27 February 19962	Australia	India	Wankhede stadium, Mumbai	2	9	36	5	4.00	Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Mohammad Azharuddin Anil Kumble Javagal Srinath	Won[26]
17	Shaukat Dukanwala	1 March 1996	United Arab Emirates	Netherlands	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	1	10	29	5	2.90	Flavian Aponso Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk Roland Lefebvre Bas Zuiderent Marcelis Schewe	Won[27]
18	Lance Klusener	26 May 19991	South Africa	Kenya	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	1	8.3	21	5	2.47	Steve Tikolo Alpesh Vadher Thomas Odoyo Mohammad Sheikh Joseph Angara	Won[28]
19	Robin Singh	26 May 19992	India	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton	2	9.3	31	5	3.26	Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Eric Upashantha Muttiah Muralitharan	Won[29]
20	Glenn McGrath	30 May 1999	Australia	West Indies	Old Trafford, Manchester	1	8.4	14	5	1.61	Sherwin Campbell Jimmy Adams Brian Lara Mervyn Dillon Courtney Walsh	Won[30]
21	Saqlain Mushtaq	31 May 1999	Pakistan	Bangladesh	County Ground, Northampton	1	10	35	5	3.50	Shahriar Hossain Mehrab Hossain Minhajul Abedin Khaled Mahmud Mohammad Rafique	Lost[31]
22	Venkatesh Prasad	8 June 1999	India	Pakistan	Old Trafford, Manchester	2	9.3	27	5	2.84	Saeed Anwar Salim Malik Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Wasim Akram	Won[32]
23	Shaun Pollock	17 June 1999	South Africa	Australia	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	1	9.2	36	5	3.85	Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Michael Bevan Tom Moody Shane Warne	Tied[33]
24	Austin Codrington	11 February 2003	Canada	Bangladesh	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	2	9	27	5	3.00	Hannan Sarkar Alok Kapali Mohammad Rafique Tapash Baisya Mashrafe Mortaza	Won[34]
25	Chaminda Vaas	14 February 2003	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg	1	9.1	25	6	2.72	Hannan Sarkar Al Sahariar Mohammad Ashraful Ehsanul Haque Sanwar Hossain Mashrafe Mortaza	Won[35]
26	Wasim Akram	16 February 2003	Pakistan	Namibia	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	2	9	28	5	3.11	Riaan Walters Gavin Murgatroyd Louis Burger Deon Kotzé Melt van Schoor	Won[36]
27	Rudi van Vuuren	19 February 2003	Namibia	England	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1	10	43	5	4.30	Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Craig White Ronnie Irani Andy Caddick	Lost[37]
28	Vasbert Drakes	23 February 2003	West Indies	Canada	SuperSport Park, Centurion	1	9.5	44	5	4.47	Ian Billcliff Nicholas Ifill Joe Harris Austin Codrington Barry Seebaran	Won[38]
29	Collins Obuya	24 February 2003	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	2	10	24	5	2.40	Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas	Won[39]
30	Ashish Nehra	26 February 2003	India	England	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	2	10	23	6	2.30	Michael Vaughan Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Paul Collingwood Craig White Ronnie Irani	Won[40]
31	Glenn McGrath (2)	27 February 2003	Australia	Namibia	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom	2	7	15	7 ‡	2.14	Jan-Berrie Burger Morné Karg Danie Keulder Gavin Murgatroyd Deon Kotzé Louis Burger Björn Kotzé	Won[41]
32	Andy Bichel	2 March 2003	Australia	England	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1	10	20	7	2.00	Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Nasser Hussain Alec Stewart Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles	Won[42]
33	Vasbert Drakes (2)	4 March 2003	West Indies	Kenya	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	2	10	33	5	3.30	Kennedy Otieno Brijal Patel Steve Tikolo Hitesh Modi David Obuya	Won[43]
34	Shane Bond	11 March 20031 †	New Zealand	Australia	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	1	10	23	6	2.30	Adam Gilchrist Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Damien Martyn Brad Hogg Ian Harvey	Lost[44]
35	Brett Lee	11 March 20032 †	Australia	New Zealand	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	2	9.1	42	5	4.58	Stephen Fleming Brendon McCullum Jacob Oram Andre Adams Shane Bond	Won[44]
36	Charl Langeveldt	28 March 2007	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Providence Stadium, Guyana	1	10	39	5	3.90	Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Russel Arnold Farveez Maharoof Chaminda Vaas	Won[45]
37	André Nel	7 April 2007	South Africa	Bangladesh	Providence Stadium, Guyana	1	10	45	5	4.50	Javed Omar Tamim Iqbal Habibul Bashar Mohammad Ashraful Mashrafe Mortaza	Lost[46]
38	Andrew Hall	17 April 2007	South Africa	England	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	1	10	18	5	1.80	Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Paul Nixon Sajid Mahmood James Anderson	Won[47]
39	Shahid Afridi	23 February 2011	Pakistan	Kenya	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota	2	8	16	5	2.00	Collins Obuya Steve Tikolo Tanmay Mishra Jimmy Kamande Thomas Odoyo	Won[48]
40	Tim Bresnan	27 February 2011	England	India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1	10	48	5	4.80	Virender Sehwag Mahendra Singh Dhoni Yusuf Pathan Virat Kohli Harbhajan Singh	Tied[49]
41	Kemar Roach	28 February 2011	West Indies	Netherlands	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi	2	8.3	27	6	3.17	Wesley Barresi Bas Zuiderent Mudassar Bukhari Pieter Seelaar Bernard Loots Berend Westdijk	Won[50]
42	Lasith Malinga	1 March 2011	Sri Lanka	Kenya	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	1	7.4	38	6	4.95	Seren Waters Collins Obuya Tanmay Mishra Peter Ongondo Shem Ngoche Elijah Otieno	Won[51]
43	Shahid Afridi (2)	3 March 2011	Pakistan	Canada	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	2	10	23	5	2.30	Ashish Bagai Jimmy Hansra Rizwan Cheema Tyson Gordon Harvir Baidwan	Won[52]
44	Yuvraj Singh	6 March 2011	India	Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1	10	31	5	3.10	William Porterfield Andrew White Kevin O'Brien Alex Cusack John Mooney	Won[53]
45	Dale Steyn	12 March 2011	South Africa	India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	1	9.4	50	5	5.17	Gautam Gambhir Yusuf Pathan Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel	Won[54]
46	Ravi Rampaul	20 March 2011	West Indies	India	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1	10	51	5	5.10	Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli Yusuf Pathan Zaheer Khan	Lost[55]
47	Wahab Riaz	30 March 2011	Pakistan	India	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	1	10	46	5	4.60	Virender Sehwag Virat Kohli Yuvraj Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni Zaheer Khan	Lost[56]
48	Steven Finn	14 February 20151 †	England	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	1	10	71	5	7.10	George Bailey Mitchell Marsh Brad Haddin Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Johnson	Lost[57]
49	Mitchell Marsh	14 February 20152 †	Australia	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2	9	33	5	3.66	Gary Ballance Ian Bell Joe Root Eoin Morgan Jos Buttler	Won[57]
50	Sohail Khan	15 February 2015	Pakistan	India	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1	10	55	5	5.55	Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Suresh Raina Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ajinkya Rahane	Lost[58]
51	Tim Southee	20 February 2015	New Zealand	England	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	1	9	33	7	3.66	Ian Bell Moeen Ali James Taylor Jos Buttler Chris Woakes Stuart Broad Steven Finn	Won[59]
52	Imran Tahir	27 February 2015	South Africa	West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2	10	45	5	4.50	Dwayne Smith Lendl Simmons Darren Sammy Andre Russell Denesh Ramdin	Won[60]
53	Trent Boult	28 February 20151 †	New Zealand	Australia	Eden Park, Auckland	1	10	27	5	2.70	Michael Clarke Glenn Maxwell Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Starc	Won[61]
54	Mitchell Starc	28 February 20152 †	Australia	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	2	9	28	6	3.11	Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Grant Elliott Luke Ronchi Adam Milne Tim Southee	Lost[61]
55	Mitchell Starc (2)	6 June 2019	Australia	West Indies	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2	10	46	5	4.60	Chris Gayle Andre Russell Carlos Brathwaite Jason Holder Sheldon Cottrell	Won[62]
56	James Neesham	8 June 2019	New Zealand	Afghanistan	County Ground, Taunton	1	10	31	5	3.10	Hazratullah Zazai Rahmat Shah Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Najibullah Zadran	Won[63]
57	Mohammad Amir	12 June 2019	Pakistan	Australia	County Ground, Taunton	1	10	30	5	3.00	Aaron Finch Usman Khawaja Shaun Marsh Alex Carey Mitchell Starc	Lost[64]
58	Shakib Al Hasan	24 June 2019	Bangladesh	Afghanistan	Rose Bowl, Southampton	2	10	29	5	2.90	Rahmat Shah Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Asghar Afghan Najibullah Zadran	Won[65]
59	Jason Behrendorff	25 June 2019	Australia	England	Lord's, London	2	10	44	5	4.40	James Vince Jonny Bairstow Moeen Ali Chris Woakes Jofra Archer	Won[66]
60	Mitchell Starc (3)	29 June 2019	Australia	New Zealand	Lord's, London	2	9.4	26	5	2.68	Kane Williamson Tom Latham Ish Sodhi Lockie Ferguson Mitchell Santner	Won[67]
61	Mohammed Shami	30 June 2019	India	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	1	10.0	69	5	6.90	Jonny Bairstow Eoin Morgan Joe Root Jos Buttler Chris Woakes	Lost[68]
62	Mustafizur Rahman	2 July 2019	Bangladesh	India	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	1	10.0	59	5	5.90	Virat Kohli Hardik Pandya MS Dhoni Dinesh Karthik Mohammad Shami	Lost[69]
63	Mustafizur Rahman (2)	5 July 20191 †	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Lord's, London	1	10.0	75	5	7.50	Imam-ul-Haq Haris Sohail Shadab Khan Imad Wasim Mohammad Amir	Lost[70]
64	Shaheen Afridi	5 July 20192 †	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Lord's, London	2	9.1	35	6	3.81	Tamim Iqbal Liton Das Shakib Al Hasan Mohammad Saifuddin Mahmudullah Mustafizur Rahman	Won[70]
65	Mitchell Santner	9 October 20232	New Zealand	Netherlands	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad	2	10	59	5	5.90	Max O'Dowd Colin Ackermann Scott Edwards Roelof van der Merwe Ryan Klein	Won[71]
66	Shaheen Afridi (2)	20 October 20231	Pakistan	Australia	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1	10.0	75	5	5.40	Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Marcus Stoinis Mitchell Starc Josh Hazlewood	Lost[72]
67	Mohammed Shami (2)	22 October 20231	India	New Zealand	HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala	1	10.0	54	5	5.40	Will Young Rachin Ravindra Daryl Mitchell Mitchell Santner Matt Henry	Won[73]
68	Dilshan Madushanka	2 November 20232 †	Sri Lanka	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1	10	80	5	8.00	Rohit Sharma Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer Suryakumar Yadav	Lost[74]
69	Mohammed Shami (3)	2 November 20232 †	India	Sri Lanka	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2	5	18	5	3.60	Charith Asalanka Angelo Mathews Dushan Hemantha Dushmantha Chameera Kasun Rajitha	Won[74]
70	Ravindra Jadeja	5 November 20231	India	South Africa	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	2	9	33	5	3.66	Temba Bavuma Heinrich Klaasen David Miller Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada	Won[75]
71	Mohammed Shami (4)	15 November 20231	India	New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2	9.5	57	7	5.79	Devon Conway Rachin Ravindra Kane Williamson Daryl Mitchell Tom Latham Tim Southee Lockie Ferguson	Won[76]