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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Shane Warne Shane Warne, a retired international Australian cricketer, took a number of five-wicket hauls during his career. In cricket, a five-wicket haul&mdash;also known as a five–for or fifer &mdash;refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and fewer than 30 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls in their Test cricketing careers. Warne has the second most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket with 37, behind only Sri Lankan, Muttiah Muralitharan. Despite this he has only taken one five-wicket haul in One Day Internationals (ODI). Warne is one of the most experienced Australian cricketers, he is the second leading wicket ticket in Test cricket with 708 wickets, again behind Muralitharan. He is twelfth on the all time time list of ODI wicket takers. In 2000, Warne was named fourth of five cricketers named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Century behind Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Jack Hobbs.

Warne made his Test debut against India at Sydney in January 1992. Later that year, Warne took his first five-wicket haul against West Indies in Melbourne. Warne has taken ten or more wickets in a match 10 times in his career, he is second in the all time list behind Muttiah Muralitharan who has 22. His career best bowling figures in an innings is 8 wickets for 71 which he achieved in 1994 against England in Brisbane. His best match figures are 12 wickets for 128 runs against South Africa at Sydney in 1994. Warne has been most successful against England, taking 11 five-wicket hauls against them. The first being in 1993 and the last one in 2006. Warne was most prolific at Sydney where 5 of his 38 five-wicket hauls were taken. Warne retired from International cricket in December 2006 after he helped Australia regain The Ashes in a 5-0 whitewash. He took 708 Test wickets in his career and 293 ODI wickets. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in May 2011.