List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Fred Trueman

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Fred Trueman was an English cricketer, an "aggressive"[1] fast bowler widely known as "Fiery Fred".[1] He is generally acknowledged to have been one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history.[1][2] He represented England in 67 Test matches, and was the first bowler to take 300 wickets in a Test career, taking twelve years and 65 Tests to reach the landmark.[3]

A statue of England bowler Fred Trueman in bowling pose
Statue of Trueman, who took seventeen five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.

Trueman's wicket tally included seventeen five-wicket hauls (also known as "five-fors" or "fifers")[4][5] which refer to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[4] as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[6][7] Trueman's seventeen five-wicket hauls places him joint-third in a list of most five-wicket hauls by England Test players, behind Ian Botham and Sydney Barnes.[8] It includes three instances of him taking five or more wickets in each innings of the same Test match, and only one of the Tests in which he took a five-for ended in defeat for England.

His first five-for came in July 1952 against India in only his third Test match.[9] It was also his career-best performance, eight wickets while conceding 31 runs, which remains the ninth most successful bowling figures by an England player.[10] Five of his five-wicket hauls were taken against Australia, and six came against the West Indies. Four of the latter came during the 1963 West Indies tour of England, across which he took a career-best 34 wickets.[11] He is joint-third in a tally of most five-fors taken against the West Indies in Test matches.[12] He did not get the opportunity to play in One Day International cricket as it was not introduced until the 1970–1971 cricket season, several years after his retirement.[13]

Key

  • Date – Date the match was held, starting date of the match for Test matches.
  • Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings
  • Runs – Runs conceded
  • Wkts – Number of wickets taken
  • Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five wicket haul.
  • Econ – Bowling economy rate (average runs per over).
  • Inn – The innings of the match in which the five wicket haul was taken.
  • Result – The result for the England team in that match
  • ♠ – 10 wickets or more taken in the match.
Note: Regular Man of the match awards did not enter Test cricket until the 1980s, after Trueman had retired.[14]

Tests

More information No., Date ...
No. Date Ground Against Inn. Overs Runs Wkts Econ. Batsmen Result
1 17 July 1952 Old Trafford, Manchester India28.43183.57 Won[15]
2 14 August 1952 The Oval, London India2164853.00 Draw[16]
3 21 June 1956 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Australia3289053.21 Lost[17]
4 4 July 1957 Trent Bridge, Nottingham West Indies2306352.10 Draw[18]
5 5 June 1958 Edgbaston, Birmingham New Zealand2213151.47 Won[19]
6 28 January 1960 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain West Indies2213551.66 Won[20]
7 7 July 1960 Trent Bridge, Nottingham South Africa214.32751.86 Won[21]
8 6 July 1961 Headingley, Leeds Australia122585♠2.63 Won[22]
9 6 July 1961 Headingley, Leeds Australia315.5306♠1.89 Won[22]
10 21 June 1962 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Pakistan117.43161.75 Won[23]
11 29 December 1962 Melbourne, Melbourne Australia3206252.32 Won[24]
12 15 March 1963 Lancaster Park, Christchurch New Zealand130.27572.47 Won[25]
13 20 June 1963 Lord's Cricket Ground, London West Indies1441006♠2.27 Draw[26]
14 20 June 1963 Lord's Cricket Ground, London West Indies326525♠2.00 Draw[26]
15 4 July 1963 Edgbaston, Birmingham West Indies226755♠2.88 Won[27]
16 4 July 1963 Edgbaston, Birmingham West Indies414.3447♠3.03 Won[27]
17 18 June 1964 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Australia1254851.92 Draw[28]
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