List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium is a 35,000 capacity cricket stadium situated in Pallekele, Kandy, Sri Lanka. The stadium was opened on 27 November 2009 and became the 104th Test venue in the world in December 2010.[1][2][3] It was a venue for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2012 ICC World Twenty20 competitions.

Pallekele Cricket Stadium in December 2014

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.[4] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International matches.[lower-alpha 1]

The first international five-wicket haul on the ground was taken in an ODI match by Mitchell Johnson who took six wickets for the cost of 31 runs (6/31) for Australia against Sri Lanka in 2011.[5] As of November 2020 these remain the best bowling figures on the ground in an ODI. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on the ground was Pakistan's Junaid Khan, who took 5/70 in 2012 against Sri Lanka in the second Test match played on the ground.[6][7]

Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis took the first T20I five-wicket haul on the ground in 2011, taking 6/16. This was the first time that a bowler had taken side wickets in any T20I match.[8]

Key
Symbol Meaning
Date Day the Test started or ODI/T20I 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

Five-wicket hauls have been taken seven times in Test matches on the ground.

As of 22 November 2020
Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Junaid Khan8 July 2012 Pakistan Sri Lanka228.2705Drawn[7]
2Yasir Shah[upper-alpha 1]3 July 2015 Pakistan Sri Lanka131.5785Pakistan won[9]
3Imran Khan[upper-alpha 1]3 July 2015 Pakistan Sri Lanka320.4585Pakistan won[9]
4Rangana Herath26 July 2016 Sri Lanka Australia433.3545Sri Lanka won[10]
5Lakshan Sandakan13 August 2017 Sri Lanka India135.31325India won[11]
6Akila Dananjaya[upper-alpha 2]14 November 2018 Sri Lanka England3251156England won[12]
7Jack Leach[upper-alpha 2]14 November 2018 England Sri Lanka428835England won[12]

One Day International five-wicket hauls
As of 22 November 2020

Seven bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls in ODI matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Mitchell Johnson10 August 2011 Australia Sri Lanka110316Australia won[5]
2Thisara Perera9 June 2012 Sri Lanka Pakistan210446Sri Lanka won[13]
3Irfan Pathan4 August 2012 India Sri Lanka210615India won[14]
4Abdur Razzak28 March 2013 Bangladesh Sri Lanka110625Bangladesh won[15]
5Chris Woakes10 December 2014 England Sri Lanka18476England won[16]
6Akila Dananjaya24 August 2017 Sri Lanka India210546India won[17]
7Jasprit Bumrah27 August 2017 India Sri Lanka110275India won[18]

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls
As of 22 November 2020

Four five-wicket hauls have been taken in Twenty20 International matches on the ground. Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga has done so twice.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Ajantha Mendis8 August 2011 Sri Lanka Australia24166Sri Lanka won[19]
2Lasith Malinga1 October 2012[lower-alpha 2] Sri Lanka England24315Sri Lanka won[20]
3Lasith Malinga[upper-alpha 3]6 September 2019 Sri Lanka New Zealand2465Sri Lanka won[22]
4Oshane Thomas4 March 2020 West Indies Sri Lanka23285West Indies won[23]

Notes
  1. As of November 2020 no top-level women's international cricket has been played on the ground.
  2. This match was part of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 competition.
  1. Yasir Shah and Imran Khan took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
  2. Dananjaya and Leach took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
  3. Malinga's five-wicket haul included four wickets taken in four balls, completing a hat trick. It was the second time Malinga had taken four wickets in consecutive balls in an ODI.[21]

References
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  4. Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9
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  8. Brettig D (2011) Ajantha Mendis spins Sri Lanka to 2-0 win, CricInfo, 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  9. 3rd Test, Pallekele, Jul 3-7 2015, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  10. 1st Test, Pallekele, Jul 26-30 2016, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  11. 3rd Test, Pallekele, Aug 12-14 2017, India tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  12. 2nd Test, Pallekele, Nov 14-18 2018, England tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  13. 2nd ODI (D/N), Pallekele, Jun 9 2012, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  14. 5th ODI (D/N), Pallekele, Aug 4 2012, India tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  15. 3rd ODI (D/N), Pallekele, Mar 28 2013, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  16. 5th ODI (D/N), Pallekele, Dec 10-11 2014, England tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  17. 2nd ODI (D/N), Pallekele, Aug 24 2017, India tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  18. 3rd ODI (D/N), Pallekele, Aug 27 2017, India tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  19. 2nd T20I (N), Pallekele, Aug 8 2011, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  20. 22nd Match, Pallekele, Oct 1 2012, Group 1 (N), ICC World Twenty20, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  21. Seervi B (2019) Stats - Malinga's fifth hat-trick and 100 T20I wickets, CricInfo, 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  22. 3rd T20I (N), Pallekele, Sep 6 2019, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  23. 1st T20I (N), Pallekele, Mar 4 2020, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
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