List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium

Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium is a sports ground in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. It is the home ground of Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and has been the venue for top-level international cricket matches since 1982. The first Test match played by Sri Lanka took place on the ground; England were the opponents in February of that year. The first One Day International played on the ground took place in 1983 and the first Twenty20 International on the ground was played in 2010.[1]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[2] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches.[lower-alpha 1]

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an international match on the ground was England's Derek Underwood who took five wickets at the cost of 28 runs (5/28) in the first Test match played on the ground. The best innings bowling figures in Test cricket on the ground are 7/94, taken by Australia's Shane Warne against Pakistan in October 2002. The only bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a One Day International on the ground was India's Ekta Bisht who took 5/8 in a match in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier against Pakistan

Key
Symbol Meaning
Date Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
O Number of overs bowled
R Number of runs conceded
W Number of wickets taken
Result Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls
As of 29 November 2020

A total of 26 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Derek Underwood17 February 1982[lower-alpha 2] England Sri Lanka118285England won[3]
2John Emburey17 February 1982[lower-alpha 2] England Sri Lanka325336England won[3]
3Chetan Sharma6 September 1985 India Sri Lanka1331185Sri Lanka won[4]
4Rumesh Ratnayake6 September 1985 Sri Lanka India423.2495Sri Lanka won[4]
5Brett Schultz14 September 1993 South Africa Sri Lanka236.5635Drawn[5]
6Kumar Dharmasena9 August 1994 Sri Lanka Pakistan145.2996Pakistan won[6]
7Wasim Akram9 August 1994 Pakistan Sri Lanka418435Pakistan won[6]
8Muttiah Muralitharan21 July 2002 Sri Lanka Bangladesh119.4395Sri Lanka won[7]
9Muttiah Muralitharan21 July 2002 Sri Lanka Bangladesh325595Sri Lanka won[7]
10Shane Warne3 October 2002 Australia Pakistan224.3947Australia won[8]
11Shoaib Akhtar3 October 2002 Pakistan Australia38215Australia won[8]
12Dilhara Fernando20 September 2005 Sri Lanka Bangladesh211605Sri Lanka won[9]
13Muttiah Muralitharan4 August 2006 Sri Lanka South Africa133.51285Sri Lanka won[10]
14Dale Steyn4 August 2006 South Africa Sri Lanka213.1825Sri Lanka won[10]
15Muttiah Muralitharan4 August 2006 Sri Lanka South Africa346.5977Sri Lanka won[10]
16Ajantha Mendis8 August 2008 Sri Lanka India128565Sri Lanka won[11]
17Rangana Herath12 July 2009 Sri Lanka Pakistan335995Sri Lanka won[12]
18Suraj Randiv3 August 2010 Sri Lanka India429825India won[13]
19Rangana Herath3 April 2012 Sri Lanka England2531336England won[14]
20Graeme Swann3 April 2012 England Sri Lanka3401066England won[14]
21Rangana Herath25 November 2012 Sri Lanka New Zealand1491036New Zealand won[15]
22Tim Southee25 November 2012 New Zealand Sri Lanka249625New Zealand won[15]
23Tharindu Kaushal25 June 2015 Sri Lanka Pakistan110.5425Sri Lanka won[16]
24Yasir Shah25 June 2015 Pakistan Sri Lanka241.3966Sri Lanka won[16]
25Ravichandran Ashwin20 August 2015 India Sri Lanka416425India won[17]
26Kraigg Brathwaite22 October 2015 West Indies Sri Lanka311.3296Sri Lanka won[18]

One Day International five-wicket hauls
As of 29 November 2020

A single five-wicket haul has been taken on the ground on One Day International cricket.

Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day International at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Ekta Bisht19 February 2017[lower-alpha 3] India Pakistan11085India won[19]

Notes
  1. No five-wicket hauls have been taken in Twenty20 International matches played on the ground.
  2. This was the first Test match played by Sri Lanka.
  3. This match was part of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier competition which was held in Sri Lanka.

    References
    1. P Sara Oval, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
    2. Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9
    3. Only Test, England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21 1982, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
    4. 2nd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Sep 6-11 1985, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
    5. 3rd Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Sep 14-19 1993, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
    6. 1st Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Aug 9-13 1994, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
    7. 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), Jul 21-23, 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    8. 1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Oct 3-7, 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
    9. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), Sep 20-22, 2005, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    10. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    11. 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    12. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Jul 12-14, 2009, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    13. 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 3-7, 2010, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    14. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Apr 3-7, 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    15. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (PSS), Nov 25-29, 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    16. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Jun 25-29, 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    17. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 20-24, 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    18. 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (PSS), Oct 22-26, 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
    19. 7th Super, Colombo (PSS), Feb 19 2017, ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
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