On June 19, 2001, during the seventh one-day match (no. 1725) of the NatWest series between Pakistan and Australia at Trent Bridge, Pakistan captain Waqar Younis took six wickets for 59 runs, This is the best performance by any Pakistani bowler against the Aussies after Wasim Akram's 5/21 at Melbourne on February 24, 1984. It was his fifth six-wicket haul in ODI's and the 23rd instance overall, in ODI history. Waqar's figures are the best by any captain against Australia. Just for record, Waqar has now taken 13 wickets in his last two games, the most by any bowler in successive ODI's.

Here is a detailed statistical look on all such great bowling performances.

All 23 instances of bowlers taking six or more wickets in an ODI

Figures          Bowler              Fixture    Venue         ODI #
10-1-30-7 (B2)   M Muralitharan (SL) SL v Ind   Sharjah*      1650
10-0-36-7 (B1)   Waqar Younis (Pak)  Eng v Pak  Leeds         1724
10-1-37-7 (B2)   Aaqib Javed (Pak)   Pak v Ind  Sharjah        685
10.3-0-51-7 (B2) WW Davis (WI)       WI v Aus   Leeds          203 
6.2-2-12-6 (B2)  A Kumble (Ind)      Ind v WI   Calcutta*      858
10-2-14-6 (B1)   Imran Khan (Pak)    Ind v Pak  Sharjah        321
12-6-14-6 (B1)   GJ Gilmour (Aus)    Eng v Aus  Leeds           31
9-4-15-6 (B2)    CEH Croft (WI)      WI v Eng   Kingstown      115
10-2-18-6 (B2)   Azhar Mahmood (Pak) Pak v WI   Sharjah*      1517
8.2-3-19-6 (B2)  HK Olonga (Zim)     Zim v Eng  Cape Town*    1551
10-2-20-6 (B2)   BC Strang (Zim)     Zim v BD   Nairobi (Aga) 1242
9-0-23-6 (B2)    AA Donald (SA)      SA v Ken   Nairobi (Gym) 1124
10-1-26-6 (B2)   Waqar Younis (Pak)  Pak v SL   Sharjah        627
9.4-0-29-6 (B2)  BP Patterson (WI)   WI v Ind   Nagpur         481
9.5-0-29-6 (B1)  ST Jayasuriya (SL)  Eng v SL   Moratuwa       818
9.4-1-30-6 (B2)  Waqar Younis (Pak)  Pak v NZ † Auckland       894
10-2-35-6 (B1)   SM Pollock (SA)     WI v SA    East London   1393
11.5-3-39-6 (B2) KH Macleay (Aus)    Aus v Ind  Trent Bridge   207
9.4-0-41-6 (B2)  IVA Richards (WI)   WI v Ind   Delhi (FSK)    582
10-1-44-6 (B1)   Waqar Younis (Pak)  NZ v Pak   Sharjah       1144
10-0-49-6 (B2)   L Klusener (SA)     SA v SL    Lahore (GS)*  1252
9-0-50-6 (B2)    AH Gray (Aus)       Aus v WI   Port of Spain  672
10-0-59-6 (B2)   Waqar Younis (Pak)  Aus v Pak  Trent Bridge* 1725

• Gary Gilmour was the pioneer of the six-wicket club
• In the 23 instances registered by 19 bowlers, only Jayasuriya and Gilmour are left-armers
• Waqar is the only one who has done it more than once, five times in fact
• Muralitharan's (7/30) and Kumble's (6/12) are the all-time best for an off-spinner and leg-spinner respectively
• Waqar's (7/36) and Aaqib Javed's (7/37) are the finest for any genuine fast bowler and fast-medium bowler respectively
• The best for any left-arm pace bowler and left-arm spinner respectively are Gary Gilmour's (6/14) and Sanath Jayasuriya's (6/29)
• Only twice has a team still lost after one of its bowlers took six wickets (Imran Khan 6/14 v India & Shaun Pollock 6/35 v West Indies)
• Kumble took 6/12 in just 6.2 overs (38 balls)
• There have been eight (the most) instances by Pakistan and six instances by any team against India (the most)

- All data updated to 21.06.2001

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