List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, formerly known as the Mirpur Stadium due to its location in the city's locality of Mirpur, is a sports ground in Dhaka, Bangladesh that has hosted international cricket matches along with provincial games.[3] It is named after A. K. Fazlul Huq, the first Prime Minister of Bengal, who was accorded the title Sher-e-Bangla ("The Tiger of Bengal").[4] The venue was taken over by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2004, replacing the Bangabandhu National Stadium as the home of both the men's and women's national teams. It has a capacity of 25,000 spectators for international matches.[3] The first One Day International (ODI) at the ground was played between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in 2006,[5] and the first Test was held between Bangladesh and India the following year.[6] As of March 2020, the ground has played host to 19 Test matches and 108 ODI matches.[7][8]

As of March 2020, 52 international five-wicket hauls have been taken at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, 33 in Tests, 16 in One Day Internationals, 2 in Twenty20 Internationals and 1 during a WODI match.[1][2]

A five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")[9][10] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[11] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul at Mirpur was Zaheer Khan for India against Bangladesh during the ground's debut Test match in May 2007.[12][13] The most recent five-wicket haul, as of March 2020, was taken by Bangladesh's Mehedi Hasan during the second Test against the West Indies in November 2018.[14] Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya and Sohag Gazi of the West Indies are the only bowlers to achieve the feat on Test debut at this ground.[15][16] Bangladesh's Taijul Islam has returned the best Test bowling figures at the venue with 8 wickets for 39 runs, followed by Mehedi Hasan and Zaheer Khan with figures of 7 for 58 and 7 for 87 respectively.[17] A further six players have taken a six-wicket haul,[18] including Shahadat Hossain of Bangladesh with the most economical Test five-wicket haul at Mirpur with an economy rate of 1.74.[19] As of March 2020, former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan tops the list, with seven Test five-wicket hauls followed by Hasan with five.[20] As of March 2020, 33 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches at this ground by 20 different players.[21]

Farhad Reza of Bangladesh was the first bowler to take a five-wicket haul at the ground during an ODI match, taking 5/42 against Ireland in March 2008.[22][23] As of March 2020, the most recent five-wicket haul was taken by England's Jake Ball during the first ODI against Bangladesh in October 2016.[24] Ball is one of four players to take a five-wicket haul during their ODI debut at the venue,[25] the others being Bangladesh's Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman and Kagiso Rabada of South Africa,[26] making the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium the only venue where four bowlers have achieved this feat.[27] Rabada's figures of 6 for 16, as of March 2020, is the best by a bowler on ODI debut[28] and he is the second bowler to take a hat-trick on ODI debut.[29] Two other players took hat-tricks as part of their ODI five-wicket hauls on this ground, Abdur Razzak against Zimbabwe in 2010,[30] and Rubel Hossain against New Zealand in 2013.[31] Kemar Roach's 5/56 came in the West Indies defeat to Bangladesh – one of only two occurrences that did not result in a victory to the team taking the ODI five-wicket haul.[32] The other was Bangladesh's loss to India in June 2014 where two five-wicket hauls were taken in the match – Taskin Ahmed's 5/28 on debut and Stuart Binny's 6 wickets for 4 runs,[33] the best ODI bowling figures achieved at the ground.[34] Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh leads the list with three ODI five-wicket hauls ahead of his compatriot Abdur Razzak with two.[35] As of March 2020, 13 different players have taken 16 five-wicket hauls in ODI matches at this ground.[36]

Two five-wicket hauls have been taken from the forty-two Twenty20 International matches played the ground,[37][38] with both occurring during the bilateral T20I series between the West Indies and Bangladesh in December 2018.[39] Shakib Al Hasan was the first player to achieve the feat at this ground during a T20I match, making him the only player to a take a five-wicket haul in all three international formats at the venue.[40] From the seven women's One Day International (WODI) matches that been contested at the ground,[41] as of March 2020, a sole five-wicket haul has been taken.[2] During the final 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, Anisa Mohammed took 7/14 to help the West Indies secure victory against Pakistan.[42] As of March 2020, the ground has hosted 6 women's Twenty20 International matches[43] and no five-wicket hauls have been taken in this format.[44]