Pakistan bowler’s five plus wicket hauls in a losing cause in one day internationals
Hasan Ali’s 5 for 52 against Australia at Sydney in the one day game on 22.01.17 was in a losing cause to provide the 78th occasion of a bowler’s five plus wicket haul going in vain in the history of one day games. All such occasions are listed below. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a Pakistan bowler’s five plus wicket haul in a losing cause in one day game. All the eleven occasions are furnished below in the chronological order
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Abdul Qadir | 10.0 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Melbourne | 21 Jan 1984 |
| 2 | Imran Khan | 10.0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | Ind | Sharjah | 22 Mar 1985 |
| 3 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10.0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Toronto | 13 Sep 1997 |
| 4 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10.0 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 1 | Ban | Northampton | 31 May 1999 |
| 5 | Waqar Younis | 10.0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 1 | RSA | Tangier | 12 Aug 2002 |
| 6 | Sohail Tanvir | 10.0 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 1 | Srl | Karachi | 29 Jun 2008 |
| 7 | Wahab Riaz | 10.0 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Mohali | 30 Mar 2011 |
| 8 | Saeed Ajmal | 10.0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 1 | Eng | Abu Dhabi | 13 Feb 2012 |
| 9 | Saeed Ajmal | 09.4 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Delhi | 06 Jan 2013 |
| 10 | Sohail Khan | 10.0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Adelaide | 15 Feb 2015 |
| 11 | Hasan Ali | 10.0 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | 22 Jan 2017 |
Hasan Ali became the second Pakistan bowler to witness his five wicket haul in a losing cause against Australia in a one day game after Abdul Qadir. Abdul Qadir’s 5 for 53 at Melbourne on 21.01.84 had gone in vain. The interval between the feats of Abdul Qadir and Hasan Ali is 33 years and one day
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Abdul Qadir | 10.0 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Melbourne | 21 Jan 1984 |
| 2 | Hasan Ali | 10.0 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | 22 Jan 2017 |
There are fourteen occasions of a bowler’s five plus wicket hauls going in vain against Australia in a one day game. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | N Kapil Dev | 12.0 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 1 | Ind | Aus | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1983 |
| 2 | Abdul Qadir | 10.0 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Melbourne | 21 Jan 1984 |
| 3 | CEL Ambrose | 10.0 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 1 | Win | Aus | Melbourne | 14 Jan 1989 |
| 4 | AH Gray | 09.0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 1 | Win | Aus | Port of Spain | 09 Mar 1991 |
| 5 | RT Latham | 10.0 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 1 | NZl | Aus | Auckland | 28 Mar 1993 |
| 6 | ST Jayasuriya | 09.0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 1 | Srl | Aus | Galle | 22 Aug 1999 |
| 7 | SE Bond | 10.0 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 1 | NZl | Aus | P Elizabeth | 11 Mar 2003 |
| 8 | AB Agarkar | 09.3 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 1 | Ind | Aus | Melbourne | 09 Jan 2004 |
| 9 | PT Collins | 10.0 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 1 | Win | Aus | Adelaide | 26 Jan 2005 |
| 10 | G Goudie | 10.0 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 1 | Sco | Aus | Edinburgh | 28 Aug 2009 |
| 11 | CR Woakes | 10.0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Brisbane | 30 Jan 2011 |
| 12 | BA Stokes | 10.0 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Southampton | 16 Sep 2013 |
| 13 | ST Finn | 10.0 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 14 Feb 2015 |
| 14 | Hasan Ali | 10.0 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Sydney | 22 Jan 2017 |