Derek Underwood, a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, represented the England cricket team in 86 Tests between 1966 and 1982. 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. In Test cricket, Underwood took 297 wickets, including 17 five-wicket hauls. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 1969, and in 2009 was one of the 55 inaugural members of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Underwood made his Test debut during the third Test of the West Indies tour of England in 1966, at Trent Bridge. His first Test five-wicket haul came in the second Test of Pakistan during their 1967 tour at Trent Bridge. Underwood's seventeen five-wicket hauls places him joint-third in a list of most five-wicket hauls by England Test players, behind Ian Botham and Sydney Barnes. By the end of his career, he had claimed five-wicket hauls in both innings of a match on three occasions, twice against New Zealand He went on to take ten or more wickets in a match on six occasions. In Tests, Underwood was most successful against New Zealand, with six five-wicket hauls. His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 51 runs at Lord's, against Pakistan in 1974. Following up his 5 for 20 in the first innings of that match to achieve his best match figures of 13 for 71.

Underwood made his One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand at St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea, in 1973. He never took a five-wicket haul in his 26 ODIs; his career-best figures for an innings were 4 wickets for 44 runs against the West Indies during the 1979–80 Australian Tri-Series, a match England won by 2 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground. As of 2015, Underwood is twenty-ninth overall among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers.

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+ Key for the Test five-wicket hauls table Symbol Meaning Date Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs Runs conceded Wkts Number of wickets taken Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul Result The result for the England team in that match 10 wickets or more taken in the match Underwood was selected as man of the match Drawn The match was drawn

Test five-wicket hauls + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Derek UnderwoodNo. Date Ground Against Inn. Overs Runs Wkts Econ.Batsmen Result 1 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Mushtaq Mohammad Saeed Ahmed Majid Khan Intikhab Alam Wasim Bari Won 2 The Oval, London IR Redpath IM Chappell KD Walters AA Mallett GD McKenzie JW Gleeson RJ Inverarity Won 3 Dacca Stadium, Dhaka Salahuddin Asif Iqbal Saeed Ahmed Mushtaq Mohammad Hanif Mohammad Drawn 4 Lord's Cricket Ground, London BE Congdon BF Hastings V Pollard MG Burgess BR Taylor KJ Wadsworth RC Motz Won 5 The Oval, London BE Congdon GM Turner BR Taylor KJ Wadsworth RC Motz RS Cunis Won 6 The Oval, London BAG Murray GM Turner V Pollard BR Taylor RS Cunis RC Motz Won 7 Lancaster Park, Christchurch MJF Shrimpton GT Dowling GM Turner KJ Wadsworth RS Cunis HJ Howarth Won 8 Lancaster Park, Christchurch BE Congdon RW Morgan MJF Shrimpton V Pollard GM Turner HJ Howarth Won 9 Eden Park, Auckland GT Dowling BE Congdon RW Morgan GM Turner MJF Shrimpton Drawn 10 Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds GS Chappell KR Stackpole KD Walters RW Marsh RJ Inverarity DK Lillee Won 11 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Zaheer Abbas Mushtaq Mohammad Asif Iqbal Intikhab Alam Wasim Raja Drawn 12 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas Wasim Raja Asif Iqbal Imran Khan Intikhab Alam Sarfraz Nawaz Wasim Bari Drawn 13 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide RB McCosker IM Chappell GS Chappell IR Redpath RW Marsh KD Walters TJ Jenner Lost 14 Lord's Cricket Ground, London CG Greenidge MA Holding CH Lloyd VA Holder AME Roberts Drawn 15 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay SM Gavaskar AE Gaekwad BP Patel SMH Kirmani KD Ghavri Drawn 16 Old Trafford, Manchester CS Serjeant RW Marsh RJ Bright GS Chappell MHN Walker JR Thomson Won 17 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo A Ranatunga DS de Silva ALF de Mel LWS Kaluperuma RS Madugalle Won

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