List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall, a former right-arm fast bowler, represented the West Indies cricket team in 81 Tests between 1978 and 1992.^[2] In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")^[3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[4] and as of October 2024^[update], only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.^[5] In Test cricket, Marshall took 376 wickets, including 22 five-wicket hauls.^[2][6] The cricket almanack Wisden described him as "one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time",^[7] and named him one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1983.^[8] He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in January 2009.^{[9][10][n 1]} Mark Nicholas, a cricket commentator, once wrote that former Pakistan captain, Imran Khan, "calls Malcolm the greatest of all fast bowlers".^[11]

Marshall made his Test debut in December 1978 against India at the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore.^{[n 2][12]} His first five-wicket haul came in March 1983 against the same team at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain; he took 5 wickets for 37 runs.^[13] In December 1984, against Australia at the Adelaide Oval, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time.^[14] He repeated this feat once more in his career, against India at the Queen's Park Oval in April 1989.^[15] Marshall's career-best bowling figures for an innings were 7 wickets for 22 runs against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in June 1988.^[16] He took 9 wickets for 41 runs in the match; West Indies won the match by an innings and 156 runs, and he was awarded man of the match for his performance.^[17] Marshall was most successful against Australia taking seven five-wicket hauls.^[16] He took ten or more wickets in a match on four occasions.^[18]

Marshall made his One Day International (ODI) debut against England at Headingley, Leeds, during the 1980 Prudential Trophy.^[19] He never took a five-wicket haul in ODIs; his career-best figures for an innings were 4 wickets for 18 runs against Australia in 1991, a match West Indies lost at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[20][21] As of 2013, Marshall is sixteenth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.^{[n 3]}

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Malcolm Marshall

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	11 March 1983	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	India	1	19.1	37	5	1.93	Dilip Vengsarkar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Balwinder Sandhu Maninder Singh	Won[13]
2	10 December 1983	Eden Gardens, Calcutta[n 4]	India	3	15	37	6	2.46	Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav Ashok Malhotra Ravi Shastri Roger Binny Kapil Dev	Won[22]
3	24 December 1983	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras[n 5]	India	2	26	72	5	2.76	Anshuman Gaekwad Dilip Vengsarkar Shivlal Yadav Roger Binny Kapil Dev	Drawn[23]
4	30 March 1984†	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Australia	3	15.5	42	5	2.65	Steve Smith Greg Ritchie Wayne Phillips Geoff Lawson Terry Alderman	Won[24]
5	28 April 1984	Sabina Park, Kingston	Australia	3	23	51	5	2.21	Kim Hughes David Hookes Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson Rodney Hogg	Won[25]
6	28 June 1984	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	England	1	36.5	85	6	2.30	Chris Broad David Gower Allan Lamb Mike Gatting Neil Foster Bob Willis	Won[26]
7	12 July 1984	Headingley, Leeds	England	3	26	53	7	2.03	Graeme Fowler Chris Broad Allan Lamb Paul Downton Nick Cook Derek Pringle Paul Allott	Won[27]
8	9 August 1984	The Oval, London	England	2	17.5	35	5	1.96	Pat Pocock Allan Lamb Ian Botham Paul Allott Jonathan Agnew	Won[28]
9	23 November 1984	The Gabba, Brisbane	Australia	3	34	82	5	2.41	John Dyson David Boon Terry Alderman Geof Lawson Bob Holland	Won[29]
10	7 December 1984*‡1	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia	2	26	69	5	2.65	Kepler Wessels Steve Rixon Allan Border David Boon Terry Alderman	Won[14]
11	7 December 1984*‡2	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia	4	15.5	38	5	2.40	John Dyson Allan Border Kim Hughes Geoff Lawson Terry Alderman	Won[14]
12	22 December 1984	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	2	31.5	86	5	2.70	Kepler Wessels Greg Matthews Steve Rixon Craig McDermott Rodney Hogg	Drawn[30]
13	26 April 1985†‡	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	New Zealand	3	25.3	80	7	3.13	Geoff Howarth Ken Rutherford Martin Crowe Jeremy Coney Ian Smith Derek Stirling Stephen Boock	Won[31]
14	7 November 1986†	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Pakistan	1	18	33	5	1.83	Mohsin Khan Rizwan-uz-Zaman Qasim Umar Asif Mujtaba Wasim Akram	Won[32]
15	22 April 1988†	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Pakistan	3	23	65	5	2.82	Rameez Raja Javed Miandad Aamer Malik Wasim Akram Abdul Qadir	Won[33]
16	2 June 1988†	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England	1	30	69	6	2.30	Graham Gooch Chris Broad Mike Gatting Allan Lamb Derek Pringle John Emburey	Drawn[34]
17	16 June 1988‡	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	England	2	18	32	6	1.77	Graham Gooch Chris Broad Allan Lamb Paul Downton Paul Jarvis Graham Dilley	Won[35]
18	30 June 1988†	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	3	15.4	22	7	1.40	Graham Gooch Mike Gatting David Gower David Capel Paul Downton Graham Dilley Phillip DeFreitas	Won[17]
19	26 January 1989	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia	2	31	29	5	0.93	Geoff Marsh Allan Border Ian Healy Peter Taylor Trevor Hohns	Lost[36]
20	7 April 1989	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	India	3	26	60	5	2.30	Navjot Singh Sidhu Mohammad Azharuddin Kapil Dev Kiran More Arshad Ayub	Won[37]
21	15 April 1989*†‡1	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	India	2	17	34	5	2.00	Arun Lal Navjot Singh Sidhu Ravi Shastri Sanjay Manjrekar Kapil Dev	Won[15]
22	15 April 1989*†‡2	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	India	4	19.5	55	6	2.77	Arun Lal Woorkeri Raman Dilip Vengsarkar Sanjay Manjrekar Kiran More Chetan Sharma	Won[15]

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