List of bowlers who took least innings to take five 5-wicket hauls in ODIs

List of bowlers who took least innings to take five 5-wicket hauls in ODIs: Taking a 5-wicket haul is like scoring a century while batting. Dismissing half of the opposition team single handedly is the dream of any bowler in ODI cricket, since you have just 60 balls to do so. Getting the 5 wicket hauls multiple times is what any captain would want from his bowlers. Here is the list of bowlers who took their fifth 5 wicket haul in least amount of innings played. 7. 117- Brett Lee (Australia) Brett Lee took 117 innings for his fifth 5 wicket haul .(Photo Source: Getty Images) Brett Lee took 117 innings to take his fifth 5 wicket hauls. The Australian pace demon, Brett Lee took 117 innings to take his 5th 5-wkt haul in ODIs. Brett Lee was really the true heir to Australian bowling legacy. Lee burst onto the international scene against India in 2000 and took 5 wickets on debut. Since then he had been the best and fastest bowler in the world until his retirement after the 2011 World cup due to injuries sustained during his career. 6. 106- Sir Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) Sir Richard Hadlee took 106 innings for his fifth 5 wicket haul.(Photo Source: PA Photos) Sir Richard Hadlee took his fifth 5- wicket haul in his 106th innings. Sir Richard Hadlee has been considered as one the greatest swing bowlers of all time and the greatest bowler to play for New Zealand. He took 431 wickets in 86 test matches and was the first to take 400 wickets in Test matches. Hadlee was also a capable batsman and was considered as one of the four great all-rounders to play in the 1970s,1980s along with India’s Kapil Dev, Pakistan’s Imran Khan and England’s Ian Botham, whose record for most wickets he broke by taking his 374th wicket. 5. 100- Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) Saqlain Mushtaq took his fifth 5-wicket haul in his 100th inning. (Photo Source:AFP) Saqlain Mushtaq took his fifth 5-wicket haul in his 100th inning. Saqlain Mushtaq was probably the best off spinner in the One Day format and was the first to be used in the death overs in ODIs. The Captains had so much confidence in him that they usually saved his overs for last 10 overs of the match. Saqlain is also credited for the invention of the ‘doosra’, the delivery that goes the other way in the opposite of a normal off spinner. 4. 96- Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) Lasith Malinga took 96 innings for his fifth 5 wicket haul.(Image Source : AFP) Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga took his fifth 5-wicket haul in his 96th inning. Lasith Malinga is the most exciting bowler in international cricket. His slinging action has caused batsmen of all kinds of trouble. He is the only bowler in international cricket to pick up 4 wickets in 4 balls and to take 3 hat-tricks in ODI cricket. Malinga’s smile always is a ray of light amongst the seriousness in a game of cricket. 3. 56- Lance Klusener (South Africa) South African all-rounder, Lance Klusner took 56 innings for his fifth 5 wicket haul. (Photo Source: AFP) Former South African all-rounder Lance Klusener took his fifth 5-wicket haul in his 56th inning. Lance Klusener was one of the best all-rounders in the world during his career, especially from 1996-2001. He got the player of the series award in the 1999 World Cup where he was at the top of his game. One of the few bowlers to take 8 wickets in an innings in his first test, he retired after a fruitless tour to Sri lanka in 2004. 2. 35- Mitchell Starc (Australia) Mitchell Starc took his fifth 5 wicket haul in his 35th innings against New Zealand in the 2015 World Cup match. (Photo Source:AFP) Mitchell Starc took his fifth 5 wicket haul in his 35th innings against New Zealand in the 2015 World Cup match. He took 6/28 but could not take Australia to the win, as New Zealand snuck through with 1 wicket in hand. Starc swings the ball in at great pace of over 145 kmph in the air, making it difficult for the batsmen to read the swing until it’s too late. Mitchell Starc almost won the match for Australia when he took 3 quick wickets in the end including Ronchi and Southee. Being a left armer, it helps him to bring the ball in and trouble the batsmen by making it go away occasionally. 1. 26- Waqar Younis (Pakistan) Waqar Younis took 26 innings for his fifth 5 wicket haul. (Photo Source: Reuters) Fast bowling great Pakistan’s Waqar Younis took his fifth 5 wicket haul in the 26th innings of his ODI career. A genuinely fast right arm bowler, Waqar used speed and swing to terrorize batsmen into submission. He could swing the both both ways at high speed and then came back in the death overs with reverse swing to take wickets and toes with in swinging yorkers to both left and right handed batsmen. Considered to be one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he ended his career in 2003 with 414 ODI wickets. *All stats are updated till 28th Feb 2015.