Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
Youngest Players Taking 5 Wickets in an Innings
(Only first 5 wicket haul for each player shown)

  Player Country Born Match Versus Ground Age at
Match Start
Haul
1 Nasim-Ul-Ghani Pakistan 14/05/1941 13/03/1958 West Indies Bourda 16 years 303 days 5/116
2 Naseem Shah* Pakistan 15/02/2003 19/12/2019 Sri Lanka National Stadium (Karachi) 16 years 307 days 5/31
3 Shahadat Hossain* Bangladesh 07/08/1988 08/03/2006 Sri Lanka Shaheed Chandu Stadium 17 years 213 days 5/86
4 Mohammad Amir Pakistan 13/04/1992 26/12/2009 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 17 years 257 days 5/79
5 Nayeem Hasan* Bangladesh 02/12/2000 22/11/2018 West Indies Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 17 years 355 days 5/61
6 Enamul Haque Bangladesh 05/12/1986 06/01/2005 Zimbabwe MA Aziz Stadium 18 years 32 days 6/45
7 D L Vettori New Zealand 27/01/1979 14/03/1997 Sri Lanka Seddon Park 18 years 46 days 5/84
8 Rehan Ahmed* England 13/08/2004 17/12/2022 Pakistan National Stadium (Karachi) 18 years 126 days 5/48
9 P J Cummins* Australia 08/05/1993 17/11/2011 South Africa Wanderers Stadium 18 years 193 days 6/79
10 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 01/03/1980 22/10/1998 Australia National Stadium (Karachi) 18 years 235 days 5/52
11 Wasim Akram Pakistan 03/06/1966 09/02/1985 New Zealand Carisbrook 18 years 251 days 5/56
12 R J Shastri India 27/05/1962 13/03/1981 New Zealand Eden Park 18 years 290 days 5/125
13 E Chigumbura Zimbabwe 14/03/1986 06/01/2005 Bangladesh MA Aziz Stadium 18 years 298 days 5/54
14 Shahid Nazir Pakistan 04/12/1977 17/10/1996 Zimbabwe Sheikhupura Stadium 18 years 318 days 5/53
15 L Sivaramakrishnan India 31/12/1965 28/11/1984 England Wankhede Stadium 18 years 333 days 6/64
16 Waqar Younis Pakistan 16/11/1971 18/10/1990 New Zealand Gaddafi Stadium 18 years 336 days 7/86
17 Mehidy Hasan Miraz* Bangladesh 25/10/1997 20/10/2016 England Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 18 years 361 days 6/80
18 Jubair Hossain Bangladesh 12/09/1995 12/11/2014 Zimbabwe Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 19 years 61 days 5/96
19 N D Hirwani India 18/10/1968 11/01/1988 West Indies MA Chidambaram Stadium 19 years 85 days 8/61
20 A Cotter Australia 03/12/1884 05/03/1904 England Melbourne Cricket Ground 19 years 93 days 6/40
21 I Sharma* India 02/09/1988 08/12/2007 Pakistan M Chinnaswamy Stadium 19 years 97 days 5/118
22 K R Pushpakumara Sri Lanka 21/07/1975 26/10/1994 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 19 years 97 days 7/116
23 T G Southee* New Zealand 11/12/1988 22/03/2008 England McLean Park 19 years 102 days 5/55
24 C Sharma India 03/01/1966 06/09/1985 Sri Lanka P Sara Oval 19 years 246 days 5/118
25 M G Melle South Africa 03/06/1930 10/02/1950 Australia Ellis Park 19 years 252 days 5/113
26 J J Ferris England 21/05/1867 28/01/1887 England Sydney Cricket Ground 19 years 252 days 5/76
27 Shaheen Shah Afridi* Pakistan 06/04/2000 19/12/2019 Sri Lanka National Stadium (Karachi) 19 years 257 days 5/77
28 C N McCarthy South Africa 24/03/1929 16/12/1948 England Kingsmead 19 years 267 days 6/43
29 H H Streak Zimbabwe 16/03/1974 09/12/1993 Pakistan Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 19 years 268 days 5/56
30 P R Adams South Africa 20/01/1977 08/12/1996 India Green Park 19 years 323 days 6/55
31 L Kumara* Sri Lanka 13/02/1997 02/01/2017 South Africa Newlands 19 years 324 days 6/122
32 S Venkataraghavan India 21/04/1945 19/03/1965 New Zealand Arun Jaitley Stadium 19 years 332 days 8/72
33 J N T Seales* West Indies 10/09/2001 12/08/2021 Pakistan Sabina Park 19 years 336 days 5/55
34 Umar Gul Pakistan 14/04/1984 05/04/2004 India Gaddafi Stadium 19 years 357 days 5/31
35 G D McKenzie Australia 24/06/1941 22/06/1961 England Lord's 19 years 363 days 5/37
36 R B Desai India 20/06/1939 18/06/1959 England Lord's 19 years 363 days 5/89
37 Mohammad Sami Pakistan 24/02/1981 08/03/2001 New Zealand Eden Park 20 years 12 days 5/36
38 A L Valentine West Indies 29/04/1930 08/06/1950 England Old Trafford 20 years 40 days 8/104
39 I K Pathan India 27/10/1984 10/12/2004 Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium 20 years 44 days 5/45
40 Rubel Hossain* Bangladesh 01/01/1990 15/02/2010 New Zealand Seddon Park 20 years 45 days 5/166
41 C J McDermott Australia 14/04/1965 27/06/1985 England Lord's 20 years 74 days 6/70
42 Azeem Hafeez Pakistan 29/07/1963 11/11/1983 Australia WACA Ground 20 years 105 days 5/100
43 V Razdan India 25/08/1969 09/12/1989 Pakistan Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot) 20 years 106 days 5/79
44 Mohammad Zahid Pakistan 02/08/1976 28/11/1996 New Zealand Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 20 years 118 days 7/66
45 Shoaib Bashir* England 13/10/2003 23/02/2024 India JSCA International Stadium Complex 20 years 133 days 5/119
46 G P Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka 14/08/1971 02/01/1992 Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 20 years 141 days 5/73
47 Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 27/11/1976 19/04/1997 Sri Lanka R Premadasa Stadium 20 years 143 days 5/89
48 P M Pollock South Africa 30/06/1941 08/12/1961 New Zealand Kingsmead 20 years 161 days 6/38
49 Rashid Khan* Afghanistan 20/09/1998 15/03/2019 Ireland Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium 20 years 176 days 5/82
50 W Voce England 08/08/1909 01/02/1930 West Indies Queen's Park Oval 20 years 177 days 7/70

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