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Player Age Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
Nasim-ul-Ghani 16y 303d 5/116 Pakistan v West Indies Georgetown 13 Mar 1958 Test # 452
Mohammad Amir 17y 257d 5/79 Pakistan v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2009 Test # 1943
Enamul Haque jnr 18y 32d 6/45 Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Chittagong 6 Jan 2005 Test # 1733
DL Vettori 18y 46d 5/84 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Hamilton 14 Mar 1997 Test # 1359
PJ Cummins 18y 193d 6/79 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 17 Nov 2011 Test # 2018
Shahid Afridi 18y 235d 5/52 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 22 Oct 1998 Test # 1427
Wasim Akram 18y 251d 5/56 Pakistan v New Zealand Dunedin 9 Feb 1985 Test # 1012
RJ Shastri 18y 290d 5/125 India v New Zealand Auckland 13 Mar 1981 Test # 899
E Chigumbura 18y 298d 5/54 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Chittagong 6 Jan 2005 Test # 1733
Shahid Nazir 18y 318d 5/53 Pakistan v Zimbabwe Sheikhupura 17 Oct 1996 Test # 1336
L Sivaramakrishnan 18y 333d 6/64 India v England Mumbai 28 Nov 1984 Test # 1001
Waqar Younis 18y 336d 7/86 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 18 Oct 1990 Test # 1152
ND Hirwani 19y 85d 8/61 India v West Indies Chennai 11 Jan 1988 Test # 1089
KR Pushpakumara 19y 97d 7/116 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Harare 26 Oct 1994 Test # 1272
I Sharma 19y 97d 5/118 India v Pakistan Bangalore 8 Dec 2007 Test # 1852
TG Southee 19y 102d 5/55 New Zealand v England Napier 22 Mar 2008 Test # 1868
Shahadat Hossain 19y 213d 5/86 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Bogra 8 Mar 2006 Test # 1786
C Sharma 19y 246d 5/118 India v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 6 Sep 1985 Test # 1024
JJ Ferris 19y 252d 5/76 Australia v England Sydney 28 Jan 1887 Test # 25
MG Melle 19y 252d 5/113 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 10 Feb 1950 Test # 321
CN McCarthy 19y 267d 6/43 South Africa v England Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
HH Streak 19y 268d 5/56 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Rawalpindi 9 Dec 1993 Test # 1240
PR Adams 19y 323d 6/55 South Africa v India Kanpur 8 Dec 1996 Test # 1344
S Venkataraghavan 19y 332d 8/72 India v New Zealand Delhi 19 Mar 1965 Test # 583
Umar Gul 19y 357d 5/31 Pakistan v India Lahore 5 Apr 2004 Test # 1695
RB Desai 19y 363d 5/89 India v England Lord's 18 Jun 1959 Test # 475
GD McKenzie 19y 363d 5/37 Australia v England Lord's 22 Jun 1961 Test # 508
Mohammad Sami 20y 12d 5/36 Pakistan v New Zealand Auckland 8 Mar 2001 Test # 1533
AL Valentine 20y 41d 8/104 West Indies v England Manchester 8 Jun 1950 Test # 323
IK Pathan 20y 44d 5/45 India v Bangladesh Dhaka 10 Dec 2004 Test # 1725
Rubel Hossain 20y 45d 5/166 Bangladesh v New Zealand Hamilton 15 Feb 2010 Test # 1953
CJ McDermott 20y 74d 6/70 Australia v England Lord's 27 Jun 1985 Test # 1018
A Cotter 20y 93d 6/40 Australia v England Melbourne 5 Mar 1904 Test # 82
Azeem Hafeez 20y 105d 5/100 Pakistan v Australia Perth 11 Nov 1983 Test # 966
V Razdan 20y 106d 5/79 India v Pakistan Sialkot 9 Dec 1989 Test # 1132
Saqlain Mushtaq 20y 111d 5/89 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 19 Apr 1997 Test # 1366
Mohammad Zahid 20y 118d 7/66 Pakistan v New Zealand Rawalpindi 28 Nov 1996 Test # 1342
GP Wickramasinghe 20y 141d 5/73 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Faisalabad 2 Jan 1992 Test # 1182
PM Pollock 20y 161d 6/38 South Africa v New Zealand Durban 8 Dec 1961 Test # 515
W Voce 20y 177d 7/70 England v West Indies Port of Spain 1 Feb 1930 Test # 189
N Kapil Dev 20y 187d 5/146 India v England Birmingham 12 Jul 1979 Test # 851
Arif Butt 20y 201d 6/89 Pakistan v Australia Melbourne 4 Dec 1964 Test # 570
Harbhajan Singh 20y 251d 7/123 India v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001 Test # 1535
Danish Kaneria 20y 256d 6/42 Pakistan v Bangladesh Multan 29 Aug 2001 Test # 1560
CL Cairns 20y 261d 5/75 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Auckland 1 Mar 1991 Test # 1165
JM Anderson 20y 296d 5/73 England v Zimbabwe Lord's 22 May 2003 Test # 1646
TJ Friend 20y 305d 5/31 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Dhaka 8 Nov 2001 Test # 1566
DJ Bravo 20y 310d 6/55 West Indies v England Manchester 12 Aug 2004 Test # 1711
JJC Lawson 20y 329d 6/3 West Indies v Bangladesh Dhaka 8 Dec 2002 Test # 1630
HJ Tayfield 20y 355d 7/23 South Africa v Australia Durban 20 Jan 1950 Test # 320
EP Nupen 20y 356d 5/53 South Africa v England Johannesburg 23 Dec 1922 Test # 148
JM Blanckenberg 20y 360d 5/83 South Africa v England Johannesburg 26 Dec 1913 Test # 131

Ages are shown as at the start of the match concerned.
Only the first 5wi by any player is shown.

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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