Most 5-Wicket Hauls vs One Team in ODI Cricket History

Most 5-Wicket Hauls vs an Opponent in ODI Cricket

Player	Against	5W Hauls	Matches	Innings	Total Wickets	Best Bowling (Innings)
Waqar Younis (PAK)	New Zealand	5	37	37	79	6/30
Brett Lee (AUS)	India	4	32	30	55	5/27
Mitchell Starc (AUS)	West Indies	4	10	10	32	5/20
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	India	3	39	36	54	7/37
Abdur Razzak (BAN)	Zimbabwe	3	32	32	56	5/29
Curtly Ambrose (WI)	Australia	3	41	40	61	5/17
Shane Bond (NZ)	Australia	3	17	17	44	6/23
Brett Lee (AUS)	England	3	37	37	65	5/30
Glenn McGrath (AUS)	Pakistan	3	32	32	57	5/27
Lasith Malinga (SL)	Pakistan	3	36	36	48	5/34
Mustafizur Rahman (BAN)	India	3	13	13	26	6/43

Key Insights – Most 5-fers against an Opponent in ODIs

Waqar Younis’s Records

Waqar Younis holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls against a single opponent in ODIs, with five fifers against New Zealand in just 37 innings.

He has also bagged the most four-fors against an ODI team, taking seven against New Zealand.

Younis is the only bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul against each of the SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) teams in ODIs. Overall, he has snared nine five-wicket hauls against these four teams combined, and 13 in his overall ODI career, the most by a bowler.

Best Bowling Figures & Most Wickets

Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas holds the record for the best bowling figures against a team in ODIs, returning with 8 for 19 against Zimbabwe in 2001.

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the most wickets against an opponent in ODIs, bagging 96 scalps in 63 innings against Pakistan.

Home and Away Records

Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh) and Brett Lee (Australia) share the record for the most five-wicket hauls against a team at home in ODIs, with three each against Zimbabwe and India, respectively.

Curtly Ambrose’s three five-fors against Australia came in Australia, the most by a bowler at an opposition’s home in ODIs.

Consecutive Five-Wicket Hauls

Waqar Younis (vs NZ), Ryan Harris (vs PAK), Brian Vitori (vs BAN), Mitchell Starc (vs WI), Mustafizur Rahman (vs IND), and Ben Sears (vs PAK) are the bowlers who have taken consecutive five-fors against a single team in ODIs.

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