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Nayeem Hasan is the youngest bowler for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul at debut.[1]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[2][3] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[4] To date, 170 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match,[5] with eight of them being taken by cricketers representing Bangladesh.[6]

They have taken a five-wicket haul on debut against four different opponents with West Indies being the most frequent opponent. Five-wicket haul were taken five times against the West Indies side. The other three times this incident occurred against three different sides; one each against England, India and Zimbabwe.[7] Of the eight occasions the Bangladesh won the match only twice and drew once. The other five were lost.[8][9][10] Both the wins and the only draw came against the West Indian cricket team.[11][12]

The players have taken five-wicket hauls at five different venues.[13] Five of them came in Bangladesh[14] and the other three came in overseas.[15] The most common venue for a Bangladesh player to achieve the feat is Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, where it has occurred three times.[13] Among the three hauls occurred overseas, two of them took place at Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown in West Indies. The other one came at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.[16]

Naimur Rahman took a five-wicket haul in the very first test Bangladesh played against India in 2000, making him the first debutant for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul. He took six wickets for 132 runs in India's first innings.[17][6][18] Along with Rahman, a total of five players have taken six wickets at debut.[19] The other four players are Mohammad Manjural Islam, Elias Sunny, Sohag Gazi and Mehidy Hasan.[20] Three players have taken five wickets at debut.[21] Among the players Nayeem Hasan is the youngest bowler for Bangladesh to take a five wicket haul for Bangladesh.[1][22]

Sohag Gazi holds the best figure in an innings by a debutant Bangladeshi bowler with his 6 wickets for 74 runs against West Indies.[23] Gazi also holds the record for best bowling figure in a match with 9 wickets for 219 runs.[24] Mehidy Hasan was the most economical debutant to take five-wicket haul, taking 6 wickets for 80 runs against England at a economy rate of 2.00 runs per over.[25][note 1] Mahmudullah Riyad has the best average.[note 1] He took 5 wickets for 51 runs at an average of 10.20 runs per wicket.[26] Nayeem Hasan accounted the best strike rate.[note 2] His strike rate was 16.8 when he took 5 wickets in 14 overs against West Indies.[27] The most recent bowler to achieve the feat was Nayeem Hasan in November 2018.[6]

Key

symbol Meaning
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 Bangladesh team in that match.
♠ The bowler was selected "Man of the match".
‡ 10 wickets or more taken in the match.

Five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls on Test debut by Bangladeshi bowlers[28]
No. Bowler Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Naimur Rahman November 10, 2000 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  India 2 44.3 132 6 2.96 Lost[18]
2 Mohammad Manjural Islam April 19, 2001 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  Zimbabwe 2 35.0 81 6 2.31 Lost[29]
3 Mahmudullah July 9, 2009 Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent  West Indies 4 15.0 51 5 3.40 Won[30]
4 Elias Sunny ♠ October 21, 2011 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  West Indies 2 23.0 94 6 4.08 Drawn[31]
5 Sohag Gazi November 13, 2012 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka  West Indies 3 23.2 74 6 3.17 Lost[32]
6 Taijul Islam September 5, 2014 Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown  West Indies 1 47 135 5 2.87 Lost[33]
7 Mehidy Hasan October 20, 2016 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  England 1 39.5 80 6 2.01 Lost[34]
8 Nayeem Hasan November 22, 2018 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  West Indies 2 14 61 5 4.35 Won[35]

Notes

  1. ^ a b In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken.
  2. ^ In cricket, a bowler's strike rate is the average number of deliveries bowled for each wicket.

References

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