In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement; and , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. James Anderson, an English cricketer has taken 34 five-wicket hauls in international cricket. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Anderson played 188 Tests and 194 One Day International (ODI) matches for his country, and took 704 and 269 wickets respectively. He was honoured with the NBC Denis Compton Award for "The Most Promising Young Player" in 2002, and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 2009. In 2013, former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram described him as "the best bowler of this era".

Anderson took a five-wicket haul on his Test debut in 2003 against Zimbabwe at Lord's Cricket Ground. He took 5 wickets for 73 runs in the match which England won by an innings and 92 runs. In July 2010, he took five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match against Pakistan at the Trent Bridge. In total, he took 11 wickets for 71 runs, which remains his best bowling figures in a Test match . He took another pair of five-wicket hauls at the same venue, against Australia in the first Test of the 2013 Ashes series. Anderson's career-best figures for an innings are 7 wickets for 42 runs against West Indies at Lord's Cricket Ground, in September 2017. , he has taken 32 Test five-wicket hauls at 11 cricket grounds, and has been most successful against India with six five-wicket hauls against them.

Anderson made his ODI debut against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the 2002–03 VB series; England lost the match by 89 runs. His first ODI five-wicket haul came in November 2009 against South Africa at the St George's Oval. His career best performance of 5 wickets for 23 runs in the match earned him the man of the match award. Anderson has taken two five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket.

Making his first Twenty20 International (T20I) appearance in 2007, Anderson has yet to take a five-wicket haul in the format . His best performance in T20I is 3 wickets for 23 runs, against the Netherlands at Lord's Cricket Ground during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

, he is ninth among all-time five-wicket haul takers, and first in the equivalent list for England.

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Symbol Meaning Date Day the Test started or ODI held Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs Number of runs conceded Wkts Number of wickets taken Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) Result Result for the England team One of two five-wicket hauls by Anderson in a match 10 wickets or more taken in the match Anderson was selected as man of the match

Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by James AndersonNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Mark Vermeulen Heath Streak Andy Blignaut Travis Friend Douglas Hondo Won 2 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Shaun Pollock Andrew Hall Paul Adams Won 3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly MS Dhoni Anil Kumble Drawn 4 Basin Reserve, Wellington Jamie How Matthew Bell Stephen Fleming Mathew Sinclair Ross Taylor Won 5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Jamie How Aaron Redmond Brendon McCullum Ross Taylor Daniel Flynn Gareth Hopkins Jacob Oram Won 6 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Devon Smith Chris Gayle Ramnaresh Sarwan Lendl Simmons Brendan Nash Won 7 Edgbaston, Birmingham Michael Clarke Marcus North Graham Manou Mitchell Johnson Peter Siddle Drawn 8 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Graeme Smith Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn Morne Morkel Friedel de Wet Drawn 9 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Imran Farhat Salman Butt Azhar Ali Shoaib Malik Mohammad Amir Won 10 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Imran Farhat Umar Amin Umar Akmal Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Mohammad Asif Won 11 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Rahul Dravid VVS Laxman Sachin Tendulkar Suresh Raina Harbhajan Singh Won 12 Galle International Stadium, Galle Lahiru Thirimanne Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene Chanaka Welegedara Lost 13 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Peter Fulton Hamish Rutherford Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Bruce Martin Won 14 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Chris Rogers Michael Clarke Steve Smith Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Won 15 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Chris Rogers Brad Haddin Ashton Agar Mitchell Starc Peter Siddle Won 16 Rose Bowl, Southampton Shikhar Dhawan Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja MS Dhoni Mohammed Shami Won 17 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Kraigg Brathwaite Shai Hope Marlon Samuels Veerasammy Permaul Jerome Taylor Jermaine Blackwood Lost 18 Edgbaston, Birmingham David Warner Adam Voges Mitchell Marsh Peter Nevill Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Won 19 Headingley, Leeds Kaushal Silva Angelo Mathews Dasun Shanaka Rangana Herath Shaminda Eranga Won 20 Headingley, Leeds Dimuth Karunaratne Kaushal Silva Kusal Mendis Dasun Shanaka Nuwan Pradeep Won 21 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Kusal Mendis Angelo Mathews Milinda Siriwardana Rangana Herath Shaminda Eranga Won 22 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Dean Elgar Vernon Philander Keshav Maharaj Chris Morris Morne Morkel Lost 23 Headingley, Leeds Kieran Powell Devendra Bishoo Kyle Hope Shai Hope Shane Dowrich Lost24 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Kraigg Brathwaite Kieran Powell Roston Chase Jermaine Blackwood Shai Hope Devendra Bishoo Kemar Roach Won25 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Cameron Bancroft Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon Peter Handscomb Mitchell Starc Lost 26 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Murali Vijay KL Rahul Ajinkya Rahane Kuldeep Yadav Ishant Sharma Won 27 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Shai Hope Roston Chase Shane Dowrich Jason Holder Alzarri Joseph Lost 28 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Faf du Plessis Dwaine Pretorius Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada Anrich Nortje Won 29 Rose Bowl, Southampton Shan Masood Abid Ali Babar Azam Asad Shafiq Naseem Shah Drawn 30 Galle International Stadium, Galle Kusal Perera Oshada Fernando Lahiru Thirimanne Angelo Mathews Niroshan Dickwella Suranga Lakmal Won 31 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Rohit Sharma Cheteshwar Pujara Ajinkya Rahane Ishant Sharma Jasprit Bumrah Lost 32 Edgbaston, Birmingham Shubman Gill Cheteshwar Pujara Shreyas Iyer Ravindra Jadeja Mohammed Siraj Won

One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by James AndersonNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth Hashim Amla JP Duminy Mark Boucher Ryan McLaren Johan Botha Won 2 McLean Park, Napier BJ Watling Hamish Rutherford Ross Taylor Nathan McCullum Trent Boult Won

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