RJ Harris’s feat of five wickets in consecutive games {5 for 43 at Adelaide on 26.01.10 and 5 for 19 at Perth on 29.01.10} provide the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in two or more consecutive games.

No	Bowlers	W/R	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	Waqar Younis	5/11	1	Pak	NZl	Peshawar	04 Nov 1990
		5/16	2	Pak	NZl	Sialkot	06 Nov 1990
		5/52	2	Pak	Win	Karachi	09 Nov 1990
2	GJ Gilmour	6/14	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18 Jun 1975
		5/48	1	Aus	Win	Lord’s	21 Jun 1975
3	ALF de Mel	5/39	1	Srl	Pak	Leeds	16 Jun 1983
		5/32	1	Srl	NZl	Derby	18 Jun 1983
4	Waqar Younis	6/26	2	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	29 Apr 1990
		5/20	1	Pak	NZl	Sharjah	01 May 1990
5	Aaqib Javed	5/35	2	Pak	Srl	Gwalior	12 May 1997
		5/61	2	Pak	Ind	Chennai	21 May 1997
6	Saqlain Mushtaq	5/38	2	Pak	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Jul 1997
		5/45	1	Pak	Ind	Toronto	13 Sep 1997
7	Azhar Mahmood	6/18	2	Pak	Win	Sharjah	19 Oct 1999
		5/28	2	Pak	Srl	Sharjah	22 Oct 1999
8	Waqar Younis	7/36	1	Pak	Eng	Leeds	17 Jun 2001
		6/59	2	Pak	Aus	Nottingham	19 Jun 2001
9	RJ Harris	5/43	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2010
		5/19	2	Aus	Pak	Perth	29 Jan 2010

RJ Harris became the second Australian bowler to achieve the feat after GJ Gilmour who had captured 6 for 14 against England at Leeds on 18.06.75 and 5 for 48 against West Indies at Lord’s on 21.06.75. These are the World Cup games of 1975 played in England.

No	Bowlers	W/R	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Match Date
1	GJ Gilmour	6/14	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18 Jun 1975
		5/48	1	Aus	Win	Lord’s	21 Jun 1975
2	RJ Harris	5/43	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	26 Jan 2010
		5/19	2	Aus	Pak	Perth	29 Jan 2010

RJ Harris remains the only bowler in the list to capture five wickets in two consecutive games against the same opposition – that is Pakistan. Waqar Younis had captured two of his three five wickets hauls in consecutive games against New Zealand