7 renowned bowlers without a 5-wicket haul in ODIs

#5 Ian Botham

Ian Botham

One of the finest all-rounders the game has ever produced, Ian Botham was a highly skilled one-day bowler. Apart from scoring 2113 runs in 116 ODIs, Botham also had 145 wickets to his name at an average of 28.54, with three four-wicket hauls.

Botham’s best one-day figures of 4 for 31 came against Australia at Sydney on 5 March 1992 in the World Cup. He dismissed Aussie skipper Allan Border as well as Ian Healy, Paul Taylor and Craig McDermott to bundle them out for 171 in the first innings.

Botham and Graham Gooch then contributed half-centuries as England eased to an eight-wicket win.

#4 Jeff Thomson

Jeff Thomson

Much before Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee and the era of speed guns, Jeff Thomson was considered the fastest bowler in world cricket. Apart from 200 Test wickets, he claimed 55 wickets in 50 ODIs at an average of 35.30.

Thomson claimed a four-wicket haul only once in his career - 4 for 67 against a strong West Indies at St John's on 22 February 1978.

Thomson bowled Desmond Haynes in that match, but not before the opener had blazed his way to 148. He added three more scalps at the end but West Indies posted 313 batting first and won the match by 44 runs, with the Aussies falling short of the revised target of 226 in 36 overs.