List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^[1][2] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[3] as of October 2024^[update] only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at an international level in their cricketing careers.^[4] Anil Kumble is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India. He is a right-arm leg spin (legbreak googly) bowler. Kumble has taken 619 wickets in Test cricket and 337 wickets in ODI cricket.^[5] With 37 five-wicket hauls, Kumble has the highest number of Test and combined international five-wicket hauls among Indian cricketers and fourth highest among all players, after Muttiah Muralitharan, Richard Hadlee, and Shane Warne.^[4]

Anil Kumble, India's leading wicket-taker in Tests and ODIs

Kumble made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka and his Test debut against England, both in 1990.^[5] His first five-wicket haul was against South Africa at Johannesburg (November 1992) in the second Test of India's tour.^[6] He has claimed the most of his five-wicket hauls against Australia, ten of them, all in Test matches.^[7] His best performance was against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in 1999; Kumble took all ten wickets during the second innings, just the second person to do so, after Jim Laker, and in the process ensured India of their first Test victory against Pakistan in twenty years.^[8] The feat also ranks as the second-best bowling figure in Test history.^[9] Twenty of Kumble's Test cricket five-wicket hauls have come in victory for India, while five have been in defeats.^[10][11] Kumble has also taken two five-wicket hauls in ODIs. His first ODI five-wicket haul was against the West Indies during the final of the 1993 Hero Cup at Eden Gardens, Calcutta when he took six wickets for twelve runs, a record for India in One Day Internationals. The performance ensured India's victory and Kumble was adjudged man of the match.^[12] His other ODI five-wicket haul was against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in 1994.^[13]

Key

Anil Kumble bowling in a Test match

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test started or ODI held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ	Runs conceded per over
Batsmen	Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result	Result for the India team
*	One of two five-wicket hauls by Kumble in the match
†	10 or more wickets taken in the match
‡	Kumble was selected as man of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	26 November 1992	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	3	44	53	6	1.20	Andrew Hudson Dave Richardson Peter Kirsten Jonty Rhodes Hansie Cronje Brian McMillan	Draw[14]
2	11 February 1993	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras[N 1]	England	3	21	64	6	3.04	Robin Smith Neil Fairbrother Richard Blakey Chris Lewis Ian Salisbury Paul Jarvis	Won[15]
3	13 March 1993	Arun Jaitley stadium, Delhi	Zimbabwe	3	38.5	70	5	1.80	Alistair Campbell Dave Houghton Ali Shah David Brain John Traicos	Won[16]
4	27 July 1993	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	Sri Lanka	2	24	87	5	3.62	Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Ashley de Silva Dulip Liyanage	Won[17]
5	18 January 1994 † ‡	K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow	Sri Lanka	3	27.3	59	7	2.14	Roshan Mahanama Dulip Samaraweera Hashan Tillakaratne Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Don Anurasiri Muttiah Muralitharan	Won[18]
6	18 October 1995	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	New Zealand	3	27.2	81	5	2.96	Martin Crowe Stephen Fleming Shane Thomson Lee Germon Danny Morrison	Won[19]
7	10 October 1996	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Australia	3	41	67	5	1.63	Mark Waugh Michael Bevan Ian Healy Brad Hogg Paul Reiffel	Won[20]
8	6 March 1997	Sabina Park, Kingston	West Indies	1	42.4	120	5	2.81	Ian Bishop Roland Holder Junior Murray Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh	Draw[21]
9	14 March 1997	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	West Indies	1	39	104	5	2.66	Sherwin Campbell Stuart Williams Carl Hooper Junior Murray Curtly Ambrose	Draw[22]
10	18 March 1998	Eden Gardens, Calcutta[N 2]	Australia	3	31	62	5	2.00	Mark Waugh Ricky Ponting Steve Waugh Shane Warne Gavin Robertson	Won[23]
11	25 March 1998	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Australia	2	41.3	98	6	2.36	Mark Taylor Ricky Ponting Ian Healy Gavin Robertson Michael Kasprowicz Adam Dale	Lost[24]
12	28 January 1999	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Pakistan	1	24.5	70	6	2.81	Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Wasim Akram Saqlain Mushtaq Nadeem Khan	Lost[25]
13	4 February 1999 † ‡	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Pakistan	4	26.3	74	10	2.79	Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Moin Khan Saleem Malik Wasim Akram Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq	Won[26]
14	22 October 1999 † ‡	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	New Zealand	3	26.5	67	6	2.49	Matt Horne Matthew Bell Dion Nash Nathan Astle Craig McMillan Paul Wiseman	Won[27]
15	29 October 1999	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	New Zealand	2	48	82	5	1.70	Gary Stead Matt Horne Daniel Vettori Adam Parore Chris Cairns	Draw[28]
16	2 March 2000	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	South Africa	2	68.4	143	6	2.08	Gary Kirsten Herschelle Gibbs Nicky Boje Jacques Kallis Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald	Lost[29]
17	3 December 2001	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	England	3	28.4	81	6	2.82	Nasser Hussain Graham Thorpe Mark Ramprakash Andrew Flintoff Jimmy Ormond Richard Dawson	Won[30]
18	11 December 2001 †	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	England	1	51	115	7	2.25	Mark Butcher Marcus Trescothick Nasser Hussain Michael Vaughan Andrew Flintoff James Foster Ashley Giles	Draw[31]
19	21 February 2002 ‡	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	Zimbabwe	3	37	63	5	1.70	Alistair Campbell Andy Flower Gavin Rennie Grant Flower Heath Streak	Won[32]
20	17 October 2002	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	West Indies	1	23.3	30	5	1.27	Wavell Hinds Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ryan Hinds Mervyn Dillon Jermaine Lawson	Won[33]
21	12 December 2003	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia	1	43	154	5	3.58	Justin Langer Ricky Ponting Andy Bichel Brad Williams Stuart MacGill	Won[34]
22	26 December 2003	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	2	51	176	6	3.45	Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Adam Gilchrist Steve Waugh Simon Katich Brett Lee	Lost[35]
23	2 January 2004 †	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia	2	46.5	141	8	3.01	Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Ricky Ponting Damien Martyn Simon Katich Brett Lee Jason Gillespie Nathan Bracken	Draw[36]
24	28 March 2004	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	Pakistan	3	30	72	6	2.40	Imran Farhat Taufeeq Umar Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Sami Saqlain Mushtaq Shoaib Akhtar	Won[37]
25	14 October 2004 * † ‡	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Australia	1	17.3	48	7	2.74	Damien Martyn Darren Lehmann Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Michael Kasprowicz	Draw[38]
26	14 October 2004 * † ‡	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Australia	3	47	133	6	2.82	Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Adam Gilchrist Darren Lehmann Shane Warne Michael Kasprowicz	Draw[38]
27	3 November 2004	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Australia	2	19	90	5	4.73	Ricky Ponting Simon Katich Michael Clarke Jason Gillespie Nathan Hauritz	Won[39]
28	3 November 2004	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	South Africa	1	54	131	6	2.42	Graeme Smith Andrew Hall Martin van Jaarsveld Jacques Kallis Jacques Rudolph Thami Tsolekile	Draw[40]
29	16 March 2005 †	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Pakistan	4	38	63	7	1.65	Shahid Afridi Younis Khan Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Asim Kamal Abdul Razzaq Mohammad Sami	Won[41]
30	10 December 2005 † ‡	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Sri Lanka	2	28	72	6	2.57	Marvan Atapattu Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Malinga Bandara Tillakaratne Dilshan Chaminda Vaas	Won[42]
31	18 December 2005	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Sri Lanka	4	34.3	89	5	2.57	Upul Tharanga Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Samaraweera Farveez Maharoof Malinga Bandara	Won[43]
32	9 March 2006	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	England	1	29.4	76	5	2.56	Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Geraint Jones Steve Harmison Monty Panesar	Won[44]
33	30 June 2006	Sabina Park, Kingston	West Indies	4	22.4	78	6	3.44	Shivnarine Chanderpaul Dwayne Bravo Marlon Samuels Jerome Taylor Pedro Collins Corey Collymore	Won[45]
34	8 December 2007	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Pakistan	4	14	60	5	4.28	Salman Butt Yasir Hameed Younis Khan Faisal Iqbal Kamran Akmal	Draw[46]
35	26 December 2007	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	1	25	84	5	3.36	Phil Jaques Mike Hussey Andrew Symonds Adam Gilchrist Brett Lee	Lost[47]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	27 November 1993 ‡	Eden Gardens, Calcutta[N 2]	West Indies	2	6.1	12	6	1.94	Carl Hooper Roland Holder Jimmy Adams Anderson Cummins Winston Benjamin Curtly Ambrose	Won[48]
2	30 March 1994 ‡	Basin Reserve, Wellington	New Zealand	2	10	33	5	3.30	Chris Harris Blair Hartland Shane Thomson Adam Parore Dion Nash	Won[13]

Notes

1. Madras has since been renamed as Chennai.
2. Calcutta has since been renamed as Kolkata.