At 47 years and 166 days old, Tahir became the oldest bowler in men's T20 cricket history to take a five-for. He broke Cook Islands’ Tomakunte Ritawa’s record, who had secured a five-wicket haul against Fiji in 2022 at 46 years and 299 days old.

Interestingly, Tahir features three more times in the top 10 oldest bowlers to pick up a five-for in the shortest format of the game. He did so for the Warriors last year too, becoming the second-oldest overall, and has now owned the world record.

Oldest bowlers to pick up a five-for in men's T20s: Imran Tahir breaks world record

Player

Age

Bowling figures

Team

Opponent

Ground

Year

Imran Tahir

47y 166d

5-17

Guyana Amazon Warriors

St Lucia Kings

Providence

2026

Tomakunte Ritawa

46y 299d

5-19

Cook Islands

Fiji

Port vila

2022

Imran Tahir

46y 148d

5-21

Guyana Amazon Warriors

Antigua and Barbuda Falcons

North Sound

2025

Imran Tahir

44y 323d

5-26

Rangpur Riders

Khulna Tigers

Chattogram

2024

Prakash Mishra

44y 165d

5-16

Bulgaria

Croatia

Sofia

2023

Imran Tahir

42y 135d

5-25

Birmingham Phoenix

Welsh Fire

Birmingham

2021

Santha Moorthy

41y 129d

5-20

Puducherry

Mumbai

Wankhede

2021

Kenute Tulloch

41y 7d

5-21

Cayman Islands

Bahamas

Coolidge

2006

Michael Hogan

40y 361d

5-18

Glamorgan

Surrey

The Oval

2022

Dilruwan Perera

40y 315d

5-14

Burgher Recreation Club

Galle CC

Colombo (CCC)

2023

Imran Tahir's sixth T20 five-wicket haul puts him second on all-time list

Tahir led from the front against the St Lucia Kings, finishing with stunning figures of 5-17, a career-best for him, to skittle St Lucia Kings for just 119. He dismissed Kamil Pooran, Roston Chase, McKenny Clarke, Matthew Forde, and Joshua Bishop on his way to his sixth five-for in T20 cricket, second-most in the format, and is now only behind David Wiese, who has seven T20 five-wicket hauls.

The King of Providence stands tall!🤴

Imran Tahir picks up his 2nd CPL fifer! 🇬🇾 x 🇱🇨#CPL26 #GAWvSLK #CricketPlayedLouder #BiggestPartyInSport #RepublicBank pic.twitter.com/grzI4J3eHA

— CPL T20 (@CPL) September 10, 2026

Apart from Tahir, Mehidy Hasan Miraz also shone on his CPL debut with a three-for, conceding only 13 runs in his four overs.

The surface at the Providence Stadium in Guyana was certainly not the easiest to bat on as the Warriors took 18.3 overs to gun down the target, while also losing six wickets in the process. Although they needed 51 runs off 34 balls at one point, Quentin Simpson sealed the win by blasting an unbeaten 37 off 11 balls, powered by five sixes and a four.

With this win, the Warriors have sealed their top spot in the CPL standings with 14 points and are one of the only two teams to have secured playoff qualification.

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