The Fifers Strikers- Players With Successive 5-wicket Hauls in ODIs

5 – Waqar Younis (Pakistan):

One of the most lethal fast bowlers in ODIs, struck back to back fifers and that too on two occasions.

The first one came in 1990 when the legendary fast bowler went onto strike 3 back to back fifers in three successive matches for Pakistan. The first two came against New Zealand in the 2^nd and 3^rd ODI of the bilateral series between the two teams. In the second ODI, his figures read 6.4-2-11-5. This was followed by 6-1-16-5 in the third ODI. Pakistan was victorious on both the occasions. Immediately next to that, in the ODI series against West Indies, Waqar managed to strike another five wicket haul. His figures were 8-0-52-5 and Pakistan was victorious in that match.

Waqar’s second back to back fifer came in June, 2001 in the Natwest Series against England. Waqar Younis was leading the Pakistani side and on the 7^th match of the series, Waqar’s figures were 10-0-36-7 against England. Pakistan won the match quite comprehensively. In the very next match against Australia, Waqar’s figures were 8-0-59-6 and Pakistan won the match by a margin of 36 runs.

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