List of England cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut


In cricket, a five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a significant achievement. As of 2020, 156 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on their debut in a Test match, with 47 of them being England players. Alfred Shaw was the first Englishman to take a five wicket haul at Test debut. He took five wickets for 38 runs in the first Test of the history, against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877, but could not prevent England's defeat. Two Australian bowlers also picked up fifers in the same match. The most recent Englishman to achieve the feat was Toby Roland-Jones. He took five wickets for 57 runs against South Africa at the Oval in July 2017. Dominic Cork's seven wickets for 43 runs against West Indies in the second Test of the 1995 series are the best bowling figures for an Englishman on debut.

Key

SymbolMeaning
DateDate the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches
InnThe innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
OversNumber of overs bowled in that innings
RunsRuns conceded
WktsNumber of wickets taken
EconBowling economy rate
BatsmenThe batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
ResultThe result for the England team in that match
Bowler selected as "Man of the match"
10 wickets or more taken in the match
DrawnThe match was drawn

Five-wicket hauls

No.BowlerDateGroundAgainstInnOvers RunsWktsEcon BatsmenResult
1Alfred Shaw15 3 1877Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Australia234 385
  • Nat Thomson
  • Tom Garrett
  • Bransby Cooper
  • Jack Blackham
  • Dave Gregory
Lost
2Fred Morley6 9 1880The Oval, London, United Kingdom Australia332565
  • Alec Bannerman
  • Jim Slight
  • Jack Blackham
  • Percy McDonnell
  • Joey Palmer
    		• Won
    3Bobby Peel12.12.1884Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Australia3515
  • Jack Blackham
  • Billy Murdoch
  • Tup Scott
  • George Giffen
  • George Alexander
    		• Won
    4C. Aubrey Smith12 3 1889St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa South Africa1195
  • Bernard Tancred
  • Robert Stewart
  • Fred Smith
  • Charlie Finlason
  • Gus Kempis
    		• Won
    5 Frederick Martin 11.08.1890The Oval, London, United Kingdom Australia127 506
  • Jack Lyons
  • Jack Barrett
  • Billy Murdoch
  • Jack Blackham
  • Harry Trott
  • Percie Charlton
    		• Won
    5 Frederick Martin 11.08.1890The Oval, London, United Kingdom Australia3526
  • Jack Barrett
  • Jack Lyons
  • Kenny Burn
  • Charles Turner
  • Harry Trott
  • Hugh Trumble
    		• Won
    6Bill Lockwood17.07.1893Lord's, London, United Kingdom Australia2451016
  • Jack Lyons
  • George Giffen
  • Alec Bannerman
  • Bob McLeod
  • Harry Trott
  • Syd Gregory
    		• Drawn
    7 Tom Richardson 24.08.1893Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom Australia1495
  • George Giffen
  • Harry Trott
  • William Bruce
  • Charles Turner
  • Hugh Trumble
    		• Drawn
    7 Tom Richardson 24.08.1893Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom Australia3441075
  • George Giffen
  • Bob McLeod
  • William Bruce
  • Syd Gregory
  • Alec Bannerman
    		• Drawn
    8Christopher Heseltine02.03.1896Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa4385
  • Thomas Routledge
  • Robert Poore
  • Baberton Halliwell
  • Charlie Llewellyn
  • George Rowe
    		• Won
    9Bill Bradley17.07.1899Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom Australia233675
  • Frank Laver
  • Bill Howell
  • Jack Worrall
  • Hugh Trumble
  • Frank Iredale
    		• Drawn
    10Sydney Barnes13.12.1901Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Australia2655
  • Victor Trumper
  • Clem Hill
  • Charlie McLeod
  • Joe Darling
  • Ernie Jones
    		• Drawn
    11Len Braund13.12.1901Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia3615
  • Joe Darling
  • Clem Hill
  • Frank Laver
  • Syd Gregory
  • Ernie Jones
    		• Drawn
    12Arnold Warren03.07.1905Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom2575
  • Victor Trumper
  • Monty Noble
  • Joe Darling
  • Warwick Armstrong
  • Frank Laver
    		• Drawn
    13Walter Lees02.01.1906Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa2345
  • Louis Tancred
  • Maitland Hathorn
  • Gordan White
  • Jimmy Sinclair
  • Percy Sherwell
    		• Lost
    14Douglas Carr09.08.1909The Oval, London, United Kingdom1341465
  • Syd Gregory
  • Monty Noble
  • Warwick Armstrong
  • Tibby Cotter
  • Sammy Carter
    		• Drawn
    15George Simpson-Hayward01.01.1910Old Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa116436
  • Billy Zulch
  • Jimmy Sinclair
  • Mick Commaille
  • Reggie Schwarz
  • Aubrey Faulkner
  • Bert Vogler
    		• Lost
    16Frank Foster15.12.1911Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia3925
  • Warren Bardsley
  • Clem Hill
  • Warwick Armstrong
  • Ranji Hordern
  • Sammy Carter
    		• Lost
    17George Macaulay01.01.1923Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa337645
  • Bob Catterall
  • Herbie Taylor
  • William Ling
  • William Brann
  • Cyril Francois
    		• Won
    18Wally Hammond24.12.1927Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa3365
  • Jacobus Duminy
  • Bob Catterall
  • Herbie Taylor
  • Cyril Vincent
  • Henry Promnitz
    		• Won
    19Maurice Allom10.01.1930Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand119385
  • Stewie Dempster
  • Tom Lowry
  • Ken James
  • Ted Badcock
  • Bill Merritt
    		• Won
    20James Langridge22.07.1933Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom317567
  • Clifford Roach
  • George Headley
  • Teddy Hoad
  • Archie Wiles
  • Jackie Grant
  • Ellis Achong
  • Baron Constantine
    		• Drawn
    21 Charles Marriott 12.08.1933The Oval, London, United Kingdom2375
  • George Headley
  • Cyril Merry
  • Jackie Grant
  • Vincent Valentine
  • Herman Griffith
    		• Won
    21 Charles Marriott 12.08.1933The Oval, London, United Kingdom3596
  • Clifford Roach
  • Ben Sealey
  • Oscar Da Costa
  • Vincent Valentine
  • Ellis Achong
  • Herman Griffith
    		• Won
    22 Ken Farnes 08.06.1934Trent Bridge, Nottingham, United Kingdom11025
  • Bill Ponsford
  • Bill Woodfull
  • Stan McCabe
  • Arthur Chipperfield
  • Bill O'Reilly
    		• Lost
    22 Ken Farnes 08.06.1934Trent Bridge, Nottingham, United Kingdom325775
  • Bill Woodfull
  • Donald Bradman
  • Stan McCabe
  • Len Darling
  • Arthur Chipperfield
    		• Lost
    23Jim Smith08.01.1935Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados38165
  • Rolph Grant
  • Manny Martindale
  • Ellis Achong
  • Cyril Christiani
  • Leslie Hylton
    		• Won
    24Reg Perks03.03.1939Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa141 1005
  • Eric Rowan
  • Pieter van der Bijl
  • Ken Viljoen
  • Dudley Nourse
  • Ronnie Grieveson
    		• Drawn
    25Bill Copson24.06.1939Lord's, London, United Kingdom1411005
  • Rolph Grant
  • Bam Bam Weekes
  • Baron Constantine
  • George Headley
  • Ivan Barrow
    		• Won
    26Alec Bedser 22.06.1946Lord's, London, United Kingdom1497
  • Vijay Merchant
  • Lala Amarnath
  • Vijay Hazare
  • Nawab of Pataudi Snr
  • Dattaram Hindlekar
  • C.S. Nayudu
  • Sadu Shinde
    		• Won
    27Dick Pollard20.07.1946Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom227245
  • Mushtaq Ali
  • Abdul Kardar
  • Vinoo Mankad
  • Vijay Merchant
  • Lala Amarnath
    		• Won
    28Jim Laker21.01.1948Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados1371037
  • Clyde Walcott
  • George Headley
  • Gerry Gomez
  • Robert Christiani
  • Foffie Williams
  • Wilfred Ferguson
  • Berkeley Gaskin
    		• Drawn
    29Trevor Bailey11.06.1949Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom21186
  • Verdun Scott
  • Merv Wallace
  • Walter Hadlee
  • Martin Donnelly
  • Harry Cave
  • Frank Mooney
    		• Drawn
    30Bob Berry08.06.1950Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom2635
  • Allan Rae
  • Frank Worrell
  • Clyde Walcott
  • Robert Christiani
  • Alf Valentine
    		• Won
    31Robert Appleyard01.07.1954Trent Bridge, Nottingham, United Kingdom117515
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Maqsood Ahmed
  • Waqar Hasan
  • Imtiaz Ahmed
  • Khalid Hasan
    		• Won
    32Len Coldwell21.06.1962Lord's, London, United Kingdom341856
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Saeed Ahmed
  • Nasim-ul-Ghani
  • Javed Burki
  • Imtiaz Ahmed
  • Mahmood Hussain
    		• Won
    33David Larter16.08.1962The Oval, London, United Kingdom225575
  • Ijaz Butt
  • Mushtaq Mohammad
  • Javed Burki
  • Wallis Mathias
  • Hanif Mohammad
    		• Won
    34Ken Shuttleworth27.11.1970The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia3475
  • Keith Stackpole
  • Rod Marsh
  • Terry Jenner
  • John Gleeson
  • Graham McKenzie
    		• Drawn
    35Phil Edmonds14.08.1975Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom220285
  • Greg Chappell
  • Ross Edwards
  • Ian Chappell
  • Max Walker
  • Doug Walters
    		• Drawn
    36John Lever 17.12.1976Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India223467
  • Anshuman Gaekwad
  • Mohinder Amarnath
  • Gundappa Viswanath
  • Srinivas Venkataraghavan
  • Brijesh Patel
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Syed Kirmani
    		• Won
    37Ian Botham28.07.1977Trent Bridge, Nottingham, United Kingdom120745
  • Greg Chappell
  • Doug Walters
  • Rod Marsh
  • Max Walker
  • Jeff Thomson
    		• Won
    38Nick Cook11.08.1983Lord's, London, United Kingdom226355
  • Geoff Howarth
  • Bruce Edgar
  • Jeremy Coney
  • John Bracewell
  • Richard Hadlee
    		• Won
    39Neil Mallender23.07.1992Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom323505
  • Aamer Sohail
  • Asif Mujtaba
  • Javed Miandad
  • Moin Khan
  • Waqar Younis
    		• Won
    40Peter Such03.06.1993Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom1676
  • David Boon
  • Mark Taylor
  • Steve Waugh
  • Allan Border
  • Brendon Julian
  • Merv Hughes
    		• Lost
    41Dominic Cork 22.06.1995Lord's, London, United Kingdom4477
  • Jimmy Adams
  • Richie Richardson
  • Keith Arthurton
  • Ottis Gibson
  • Sherwin Campbell
  • Curtly Ambrose
  • Courtney Walsh
    		• Won
    42James Anderson22.05.2003Lord's, London, United Kingdom216735
  • Mark Vermeulen
  • Heath Streak
  • Travis Friend
  • Andy Blignaut
  • Douglas Hondo
    		• Won
    43Richard Johnson 05.06.2003Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom212336
  • Mark Vermeulen
  • Stuart Carlisle
  • Sean Ervine
  • Travis Friend
  • Heath Streak
  • Tatenda Taibu
    		• Won
    44James Kirtley 14.08.2003Trent Bridge, Nottingham, United Kingdom4346
  • Graeme Smith
  • Jacques Rudolph
  • Neil McKenzie
  • Andrew Hall
  • Paul Adams
  • Mark Boucher
    		• Won
    45Graham Onions06.05.2009Lord's, London, United Kingdom2385
  • Lendl Simmons
  • Jerome Taylor
  • Sulieman Benn
  • Denesh Ramdin
  • Lionel Baker
    		• Won
    46Adil Rashid13.10.2015Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates3645
  • Younis Khan
  • Asad Shafiq
  • Sarfraz Ahmed
  • Zulfiqar Babar
  • Imran Khan
    		• Drawn
    47Toby Roland-Jones27.07.2017The Oval, London, United Kingdom2575
  • Dean Elgar
  • Heino Kuhn
  • Hashim Amla
  • Quinton de Kock
  • Temba Bavuma
    		• Won