List of international five-wicket hauls at Gaddafi Stadium

Gaddafi Stadium hosted 40 Test matches, the first of these was in 1959 when Pakistan played the touring Australian side. The ground has also hosted 60 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1978 between Pakistan and England.

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. This is regarded as a notable achievement. This list details the five-wicket hauls taken in international cricket at Gaddafi Stadium.

The stadium also maintains an honor board.

Key

Symbol Meaning
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken
ONumber of overs bowled
RNumber of runs conceded
WNumber of wickets taken
ResultResult of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 15 October 2025

Forty-four five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in Tests.

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Gaddafi Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Lindsay Kline21 November 1959 Australia Pakistan344757Australia won
2Pervez Sajjad30 October 1969 Pakistan New Zealand240747New Zealand won
3Andy Roberts15 February 1975 West Indies Pakistan123665Drawn
4Sarfraz Nawaz15 February 1975 Pakistan West Indies227896Drawn
5Richard Hadlee9 October 1976 New Zealand Pakistan1191215Pakistan won
6Ray Bright18 March 1980 Australia Pakistan2561725Drawn
7Imran Khan22 March 1982 Pakistan Sri Lanka129.3588Pakistan won
8Imran Khan22 March 1982 Pakistan Sri Lanka322.5586Pakistan won
9Dilip Doshi10 December 1982 India Pakistan132.5905Pakistan won
10Kapil Dev23 January 1983 India Pakistan130.5858Drawn
11Abdul Qadir19 March 1984 Pakistan England130845Drawn
12Neil Foster19 March 1984 England Pakistan232675Drawn
13Abdul Qadir19 March 1984 Pakistan England3421105Drawn
14Norman Cowans19 March 1984 England Pakistan414425Drawn
15Azeem Hafeez17 October 1984 Pakistan India223466Drawn
16Malcolm Marshall7 November 1986 West Indies Pakistan118335West Indies won
17Imran Khan7 November 1986 Pakistan West Indies230.5595West Indies won
18Abdul Qadir25 November 1987 Pakistan England137569Pakistan won
19Willie Watson18 October 1990 New Zealand Pakistan236786Pakistan won
20Waqar Younis18 October 1990 Pakistan New Zealand337.5867Pakistan won
21Curtly Ambrose6 December 1990 West Indies Pakistan220355Drawn
22Ian Bishop6 December 1990 West Indies Pakistan219.2415Drawn
23Wasim Akram6 December 1990 Pakistan West Indies39285Drawn
24David Brain16 December 1993 Zimbabwe Pakistan115425Drawn
25Waqar Younis16 December 1993 Pakistan Zimbabwe234.41005Drawn
30Pramodya Wickramasinghe4 March 1999 Sri Lanka Pakistan129.11036Drawn
26Shane Warne1 November 1994 Australia Pakistan141.51366Drawn
27Simon Doull21 November 1996 New Zealand Pakistan216465Won
28Mushtaq Ahmed21 November 1996 Pakistan New Zealand332846New Zealand won
29Saqlain Mushtaq10 December 1998 Pakistan Zimbabwe113.5325Drawn
31Saqlain Mushtaq15 November 2000 Pakistan England1741648Drawn
32Shoaib Akhtar1 May 2002 Pakistan New Zealand28.2116Pakistan won
33Danish Kaneria1 May 2002 Pakistan New Zealand3321105Pakistan won
34Paul Adams17 October 2003 South Africa Pakistan2451287Pakistan won
35Danish Kaneria17 October 2003 Pakistan South Africa328.3465Pakistan won
36Umar Gul5 April 2004 Pakistan India112315Pakistan won
37Shoaib Akhtar29 November 2005 Pakistan England319715Pakistan won
38Umar Gul11 November 2006 Pakistan West Indies115.1655Pakistan won
39Umar Gul1 March 2009 Pakistan Sri Lanka1371356Drawn
40Pat Cummins21 March 2022 Australia Pakistan224565Australia won
41Nathan Lyon21 March 2022 Australia Pakistan437835Australia won
42Senuran Muthusamy12 October 2025 South Africa Pakistan1321176Pakistan won
43Noman Ali12 October 2025 Pakistan South Africa2351126Pakistan won
44Senuran Muthusamy12 October 2025 South Africa Pakistan317575Pakistan won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 August 2019

Only one five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in ODIs.

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at Gaddafi Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Craig McDermott4 November 1987 Australia Pakistan210445Austrlia won
2Saleem Malik2 November 1990 Pakistan New Zealand27355Pakistan won
3Glenn McGrath30 October 1994 Australia Pakistan210525Australia won
4Shaukat Dukanwala1 March 1996 United Arab Emirates Netherlands110295UAE won
5Lance Klusener6 November 1997 South Africa Sri Lanka210496South Africa won
6Shahid Afridi27 October 2000 Pakistan England110405Pakistan won
7Umar Gul15 September 2003 Pakistan Bangladesh29175Pakistan won
8Mohammad Sami1 December 2003 Pakistan New Zealand27.5105Pakistan won
9Sanath Jayasuriya16 October 2004 Sri Lanka Pakistan28175Sri Lanka won
10Shoaib Akhtar12 December 2005 Pakistan England18.4545Pakistan won
11Ajantha Mendis26 June 2008 Sri Lanka United Arab Emirates26.3225Sri Lanka won
12Azmatullah Omarzai26 February 2025 Afghanistan England29.5585Afghanistan won

T20 International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 August 2019

Only one five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in T20Is.

Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International matches at Gaddafi Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Dwaine Pretorius13 February 2021 South Africa Pakistan14175South Africa won

See Also

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