List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Lance Gibbs

Gibbs took two pairs of five-wicket hauls, three years apart, at Old Trafford.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fifer"^[1]) refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single Innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,^[2] and as of August 2015 only 43 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at the international level.^[3] Lance Gibbs is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team. A right-arm spin bowler, Gibbs made his Test debut against Pakistan at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain in February 1958.^[4] He made his last Test appearance in February 1976, by which point he had taken a total of 309 wickets.^[5] As of August 2015, he is 26th in the list of most Test cricket wickets taken overall.^[6] With 18 five-wicket hauls, he ranks equal twenty-seventh among bowlers overall, and fourth in the equivalent list for West Indies, behind Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh and Malcolm Marshall.^{[lower-alpha 1][3][7]}

Gibbs' first five-wicket haul came a month after his debut, when he took 5 wickets for 80 runs against Pakistan in the fourth Test of the latter's 1957–58 tour of the West Indies.^[8] His best bowling figures are 8 for 38 which he took in the third innings of the third Test between the West Indies and India at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.^[9] Described by Cecil Kippins as "the greatest ever bowling spell in Test Cricket", Gibbs took the eight wickets in a sixteen-over spell, conceding six runs.^[10] Although Gibbs played ODI cricket, he made just three appearances, during which his best bowling figures were 1 for 12.^[5]

Tests

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test started or ODI held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ	Runs conceded per over
Batsmen	Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result	Result for the West Indies team
	Gibbs was the man of the match
	10 or more wickets taken in the match
	One of two five-wicket hauls by Gibbs in the match

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Lance Gibbs

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	13 March 1958	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	Pakistan	7000300000000000000♠3	7001420000000000000♠42	7001800000000000000♠80	5	1.90	Imtiaz Ahmed Wallis Mathias Abdul Kardar Fazal Mahmood Nasim-ul-Ghani	Won[8]
2	13 January 1961	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	Australia	7000400000000000000♠4	7001260000000000000♠268	7001660000000000000♠66	5	1.90	Neil Harvey Norm O'Neill Les Favell Ken Mackay Wally Grout	Won[11]
3	27 January 1961	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001356000000000000♠35.68	7001970000000000000♠97	5	2.03	Colin McDonald Richie Benaud Ken Mackay Wally Grout Frank Misson	Won[12]
4	23 March 1962	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	India	7000300000000000000♠3	7001533000000000000♠53.3	7001380000000000000♠38	8	0.71	Dilip Sardesai Vijay Manjrekar Polly Umrigar Nawab of Pataudi jnr Chandu Borde Farokh Engineer Salim Durani Ramakant Desai	Won[13]
5	6 June 1963	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	7000200000000000000♠2	7001293000000000000♠29.3	7001590000000000000♠59	5	2.00	Micky Stewart Brian Close Fred Titmus David Allen Brian Statham	Won[14]
6	6 June 1963	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	7000300000000000000♠3	7001460000000000000♠46	7001980000000000000♠98	6	2.13	Micky Stewart Ken Barrington Colin Cowdrey Ted Dexter Brian Close David Allen	Won[14]
7	14 April 1965	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	Australia	7000400000000000000♠4	7001222000000000000♠22.2	7001290000000000000♠29	6	1.29	Bill Lawry Bob Cowper Norm O'Neill Brian Booth Peter Philpott Graham McKenzie	Won[15]
8	2 June 1966 (bowling)	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	7000200000000000000♠2	7001281000000000000♠28.1	7001370000000000000♠37	5	1.31	Eric Russell Colin Cowdrey Mike Smith David Allen David Brown	Won[16]
9	2 June 1966 (bowling)	Old Trafford, Manchester	England	7000300000000000000♠3	7001410000000000000♠41	7001690000000000000♠69	5	1.68	Colin Milburn Mike Smith David Allen David Brown Ken Higgs	Won[16]
10	4 August 1966	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds	England	7000300000000000000♠3	7001190000000000000♠19	7001190000000000000♠19	6	2.05	Tom Graveney Colin Cowdrey Jim Parks Colin Milburn Fred Titmus Derek Underwood	Won[17]
11	31 December 1966	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001370000000000000♠37	7001510000000000000♠51	5	1.37	Motganhalli Jaisimha Nawab of Pataudi jnr Hanumant Singh Venkataraman Subramanya Abbas Ali Baig	Won[18]
12	28 March 1968	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	England	7000400000000000000♠4	7001400000000000000♠40	7001600000000000000♠60	6	1.50	Geoffrey Boycott Colin Cowdrey Tom Graveney Ken Barrington Basil D'Oliveira Pat Pocock	Drawn[19]
13	6 December 1968	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001394000000000000♠39.48	7001880000000000000♠88	5	1.67	Keith Stackpole John Inverarity Barry Jarman Ashley Mallett Alan Connolly	Won[20]
14	23 March 1973	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	Australia	7000300000000000000♠3	7001450000000000000♠45	7002102000000000000♠102	5	2.26	Greg Chappell Ross Edwards Kerry O'Keeffe Terry Jenner Jeff Hammond	Lost[21]
15	23 March 1973	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	England	7000300000000000000♠3	7001572000000000000♠57.2	7002108000000000000♠108	6	1.88	Geoffrey Boycott Tony Greig Alan Knott Chris Old Pat Pocock Derek Underwood	Won[22]
16	11 December 1974	Feroz Shah Kotla, Dehli	India	7000300000000000000♠3	7001405000000000000♠40.5	7001760000000000000♠76	6	1.86	Farokh Engineer Hemant Kanitkar Gundappa Viswanath Eknath Solkar Srinivas Venkataraghavan Bishan Bedi	Won[23]
17	23 January 1975	Wankhede Stadium, Bombay	India	7000200000000000000♠2	7001590000000000000♠59	7001980000000000000♠98	7	1.66	Sunil Gavaskar Erapalli Prasanna Gundappa Viswanath Anshuman Gaekwad Brijesh Patel Mansur Ali Khan Karsan Ghavri	Won[24]
18	28 November 1975	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	Australia	7000200000000000000♠2	7001380000000000000♠388	7002105000000000000♠105	57	2.01	Ian Chappell Rod Marsh Gary Gilmour Jeff Thomson Ashley Mallett	Won[25]

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