There’s nothing quite like watching a bowler rip through a batting line-up and walk away with a five-wicket haul.
The WTC 2025-27 cycle has already produced some brilliant bowling spells. But which bowlers have claimed the most five-wicket hauls?
Here’s a look at the bowlers with the most five-wicket hauls in the WTC 2025-27.
Top Five-Wicket Haul Takers in WTC 2025-27
| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | 5W/10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc (AUS) | 13 | 25 | 73 | 7/58 | 17.9 | 5/2 |
| Jasprit Bumrah (IND) | 7 | 13 | 29 | 5/27 | 22.55 | 3/0 |
| Jacob Duffy (NZ) | 3 | 6 | 23 | 5/34 | 15.43 | 3/0 |
| Simon Harmer (SA) | 7 | 14 | 44 | 6/16 | 19.09 | 3/1 |
| Josh Hazlewood (AUS) | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6/49 | 18.84 | 3/0 |
| Mohammad Abbas (PAK) | 6 | 11 | 31 | 5/22 | 21.06 | 3/0 |
| Josh Tongue (ENG) | 12 | 24 | 64 | 5/45 | 25.35 | 3/0 |
| Gus Atkinson (ENG) | 9 | 18 | 28 | 5/30 | 31.32 | 2/0 |
| Matt Henry (NZ) | 3 | 6 | 16 | 6/29 | 14.5 | 2/1 |
| Marco Jansen (SA) | 6 | 12 | 25 | 6/48 | 17.64 | 2/0 |
| Jayden Seales (WI) | 13 | 25 | 36 | 5/20 | 33.75 | 2/0 |
| Mehidy Hasan Miraz (BAN) | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5/66 | 28.23 | 2/0 |
| Mohammed Siraj (IND) | 11 | 21 | 43 | 6/70 | 26.81 | 2/0 |
| Senuran Muthusamy (SA) | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6/117 | 18.75 | 2/1 |
| Ollie Robinson (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 28 | 5/39 | 9.32 | 2/0 |
Key Insights – Leading Five-Wicket Haul Takers: WTC 2025-27
Mitchell Starc leads the pack with the most five-wicket hauls in the WTC 2025-27 cycle.
Notably, Starc has claimed six or more wickets in each of the five spells. Only Josh Hazlewood has multiple six-fors in the WTC 2025-27, other than Starc.
Bangladesh’s Shoriful Islam, meanwhile, has delivered the best bowling figures in this cycle. He returned 7 for 48 against Australia in the second innings of the 2026 Mackay Test.
Starc (7/58 vs England) and Keshav Maharaj (7/102 vs Pakistan) are the other bowlers to bag a seven-for in this cycle.
Starc’s 7 for 58 is the best bowling analyses by a bowler at home in this WTC cycle.
Maharaj’s figures of 7 for 102 are the best by a spinner in this WTC edition.
South Africa’s Senuran Muthusamy and New Zealand’s Matt Henry have picked up two five-wicket hauls in the same Test in the current cycle.
Henry has, in fact, bowled the best match figures of 11 for 109 against England in the 2026 Oval Test.
Starc, meanwhile, is the only bowler to take multiple ten-wicket hauls in the WTC 2025-27.
New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy has bagged the most five-fors in a bilateral series in the WTC 2025-27. He claimed three five-wicket hauls against the West Indies in the 2025 home series. This is the second-most five-fors by a New Zealand bowler in a bilateral Test series.
Thus far, Simon Harmer (South Africa), Starc, Josh Tongue (England) and Shamar Joseph (West Indies) have picked up five or more four-plus wicket hauls in this cycle.
