Youngest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings

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Youngest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings

Rank	Player	Age	Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Nasim-ul-Ghani	16y 303d	5/116	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
🥈 2	Naseem Shah	16y 307d	5/31	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
🥉 3	Mohammad Amir	17y 257d	5/79	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1943
4	Enamul Haque jnr	18y 32d	6/45	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
5	DL Vettori	18y 46d	5/84	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
6	Rehan Ahmed	18y 126d	5/48	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	17 Dec 2022	Test # 2483
7	PJ Cummins	18y 193d	6/79	Australia	v South Africa	Johannesburg	17 Nov 2011	Test # 2018
8	Shahid Afridi	18y 235d	5/52	Pakistan	v Australia	Karachi	22 Oct 1998	Test # 1427
9	Wasim Akram	18y 251d	5/56	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	9 Feb 1985	Test # 1012
10	Nayeem Hasan	18y 283d	5/61	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Chattogram	22 Nov 2018	Test # 2328
11	RJ Shastri	18y 290d	5/125	India	v New Zealand	Auckland	13 Mar 1981	Test # 899
12	E Chigumbura	18y 298d	5/54	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	6 Jan 2005	Test # 1733
13	Shahid Nazir	18y 318d	5/53	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996	Test # 1336
14	L Sivaramakrishnan	18y 333d	6/64	India	v England	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
15	Waqar Younis	18y 336d	7/86	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	18 Oct 1990	Test # 1152
16	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	18y 361d	6/80	Bangladesh	v England	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016	Test # 2225
17	Jubair Hossain	19y 61d	5/96	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014	Test # 2145
18	ND Hirwani	19y 85d	8/61	India	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988	Test # 1089
19	KR Pushpakumara	19y 97d	7/116	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Harare	26 Oct 1994	Test # 1272
19	I Sharma	19y 97d	5/118	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	8 Dec 2007	Test # 1852
21	TG Southee	19y 102d	5/55	New Zealand	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
22	Shahadat Hossain	19y 213d	5/86	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Bogra	8 Mar 2006	Test # 1786
23	C Sharma	19y 246d	5/118	India	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	6 Sep 1985	Test # 1024
24	JJ Ferris	19y 252d	5/76	Australia	v England	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
24	MG Melle	19y 252d	5/113	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
26	Shaheen Shah Afridi	19y 257d	5/77	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
27	CN McCarthy	19y 267d	6/43	South Africa	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
28	HH Streak	19y 268d	5/56	Zimbabwe	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	9 Dec 1993	Test # 1240
29	PR Adams	19y 323d	6/55	South Africa	v India	Kanpur	8 Dec 1996	Test # 1344
30	CBRLS Kumara	19y 324d	6/122	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2017	Test # 2244
31	S Venkataraghavan	19y 332d	8/72	India	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965	Test # 583
32	JNT Seales	19y 336d	5/55	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	12 Aug 2021	Test # 2430
33	JM Blanckenberg	19y 360d	5/83	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
34	RB Desai	19y 363d	5/89	India	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
34	GD McKenzie	19y 363d	5/37	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
36	Mohammad Sami	20y 12d	5/36	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Auckland	8 Mar 2001	Test # 1533
37	AL Valentine	20y 41d	8/104	West Indies	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
38	IK Pathan	20y 44d	5/45	India	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004	Test # 1725
39	Rubel Hossain	20y 45d	5/166	Bangladesh	v New Zealand	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010	Test # 1953
40	CJ McDermott	20y 74d	6/70	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1985	Test # 1018
41	A Cotter	20y 93d	6/40	Australia	v England	Melbourne	5 Mar 1904	Test # 82
42	Azeem Hafeez	20y 105d	5/100	Pakistan	v Australia	W.A.C.A	11 Nov 1983	Test # 966
43	V Razdan	20y 106d	5/79	India	v Pakistan	Sialkot	9 Dec 1989	Test # 1132
44	Saqlain Mushtaq	20y 111d	5/89	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
45	Mohammad Zahid	20y 118d	7/66	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996	Test # 1342
46	Shoaib Bashir	20y 133d	5/119	England	v India	Ranchi	23 Feb 2024	Test # 2531
47	GP Wickramasinghe	20y 141d	5/73	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	2 Jan 1992	Test # 1182
48	PM Pollock	20y 161d	6/38	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	8 Dec 1961	Test # 515
49	Rashid Khan	20y 176d	5/82	Afghanistan	v Ireland	Dehradun	15 Mar 2019	Test # 2351
50	W Voce	20y 177d	7/70	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
51	N Kapil Dev	20y 187d	5/146	India	v England	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
52	Arif Butt	20y 201d	6/89	Pakistan	v Australia	Melbourne	4 Dec 1964	Test # 570
53	K Rabada	20y 234d	5/78	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2016	Test # 2199
54	Harbhajan Singh	20y 251d	7/123	India	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
55	Danish Kaneria	20y 256d	6/42	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
56	CL Cairns	20y 261d	5/75	New Zealand	v Sri Lanka	Auckland	1 Mar 1991	Test # 1165
57	JM Anderson	20y 296d	5/73	England	v Zimbabwe	Lord's	22 May 2003	Test # 1646
58	TJ Friend	20y 305d	5/31	Zimbabwe	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1566
59	DJ Bravo	20y 310d	6/55	West Indies	v England	Manchester	12 Aug 2004	Test # 1711
60	JJC Lawson	20y 329d	6/3	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	8 Dec 2002	Test # 1630
61	HJ Tayfield	20y 355d	7/23	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
62	EP Nupen	20y 356d	5/53	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148

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