List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

The Sinhalese Sports Club Ground is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka.[1] The ground is sometimes described as "the Lord's of Sri Lanka".[2] The first One Day International match played on the ground was in 1982 against England and it staged its first Test match in 1984 against the touring New Zealand side. The first Twenty20 International played on the ground was in 2010 when Canada faced Ireland.[1]

SCC Ground hosting a Test

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.[3] 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 Sri Lanka's Ravi Ratnayeke, who took five wickets for the cost of 42 runs (5/42) against New Zealand in the first Test on the ground. The best innings bowling figures in Test matches on the ground were taken by fellow Sri Lankan Rangana Herath, who took 9/127 against Pakistan in 2014. The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was achieved by Chaminda Vaas who took 8/19 for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 2001. As of November 2020 this is the only time a bowler has taken eight wickets in an innings in any ODI on any ground.

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 30 November 2020

Five-wicket hauls have been taken a total of 52 times in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Sinhalese Sports Club
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Ravi Ratnayeke16 March 1984 Sri Lanka New Zealand221425Drawn
2Ashantha de Mel30 August 1985 Sri Lanka India128645Drawn[4]
3Rumesh Ratnayake30 August 1985 Sri Lanka India341856Drawn[5]
4Anil Kumble27 July 1993 India Sri Lanka224875India won[6]
5Brett Schultz6 September 1993 South Africa Sri Lanka120485South Africa won[7]
6Muttiah Muralitharan6 September 1993 Sri Lanka South Africa2541015South Africa won[7]
7Sajeewa de Silva26 April 1997 Sri Lanka Pakistan224.2855Drawn[8]
8Chris Cairns10 June 1998 New Zealand Sri Lanka117.4625Sri Lanka won[9]
9Daniel Vettori10 June 1998 New Zealand Sri Lanka333646Sri Lanka won[9]
10Muttiah Muralitharan10 June 1998 Sri Lanka New Zealand418.3305Sri Lanka won[9]
11Muttiah Muralitharan14 June 2000 Sri Lanka Pakistan2471155Pakistan won[10]
12Wasim Akram14 June 2000 Pakistan Sri Lanka315.3455Pakistan won[10]
13Nicky Boje6 August 2000 South Africa Sri Lanka234625Drawn[11]
14Muttiah Muralitharan6 August 2000 Sri Lanka South Africa345.5685Drawn[11]
15Chaminda Vaas15 March 2001 Sri Lanka England227.5736England won[12]
16Muttiah Muralitharan29 August 2001 Sri Lanka India134.1878Sri Lanka won[13]
17Muttiah Muralitharan6 September 2001 Sri Lanka Bangladesh19.4135Sri Lanka won[14]
18Muttiah Muralitharan6 September 2001 Sri Lanka Bangladesh335.3985Sri Lanka won[14]
19Chaminda Vaas29 November 2001 Sri Lanka West Indies132.21207Sri Lanka won[15]
20Chaminda Vaas29 November 2001 Sri Lanka West Indies325717Sri Lanka won[15]
21Muttiah Muralitharan24 March 2004 Sri Lanka Australia137.11235Australia won[16]
22Sanath Jayasuriya11 August 2004 Sri Lanka South Africa214.1345Sri Lanka won[17]
23Chaminda Vaas11 August 2004 Sri Lanka South Africa418296Sri Lanka won[17]
24Muttiah Muralitharan13 July 2005 Sri Lanka West Indies321366Sri Lanka won[18]
25Muttiah Muralitharan27 July 2006 Sri Lanka South Africa3641316Sri Lanka won[19]
26Muttiah Muralitharan25 June 2007 Sri Lanka Bangladesh17.3155Sri Lanka won[20]
27Muttiah Muralitharan9 December 2007 Sri Lanka England147.21165Drawn[21]
28Muttiah Muralitharan23 July 2008 Sri Lanka India229845Sri Lanka won[22]
29Muttiah Muralitharan23 July 2008 Sri Lanka India313266Sri Lanka won[22]
30Thilan Thushara20 July 2009 Sri Lanka Pakistan120.4835Drawn[23]
31Danish Kaneria20 July 2009 Pakistan Sri Lanka220.3625Drawn[23]
32Rangana Herath20 July 2009 Sri Lanka Pakistan3461575Drawn[23]
33Rangana Herath26 August 2009 Sri Lanka New Zealand4481395Sri Lanka won[24]
34Rangana Herath16 September 2011 Sri Lanka Australia3521577Australia won[25]
35Junaid Khan30 July 2012 Pakistan Sri Lanka228735Drawn[26]
36Dilruwan Perera24 July 2014 Sri Lanka South Africa241.5695Drawn[27]
37Rangana Herath24 July 2014 Sri Lanka South Africa445405Drawn[27]
38Junaid Khan14 August 2014 Pakistan Sri Lanka127875Sri Lanka won[28]
39Rangana Herath14 August 2014 Sri Lanka Pakistan233.11279Sri Lanka won[28]
40Rangana Herath14 August 2014 Sri Lanka Pakistan422.1575Sri Lanka won[28]
41Ishant Sharma8 August 2015 India Sri Lanka215545India won[29]
42Mitchell Starc13 August 2016 Australia Sri Lanka125.1635Sri Lanka won[30]
43Rangana Herath13 August 2016 Sri Lanka Australia238.1816Sri Lanka won[30]
44Rangana Herath13 August 2016 Sri Lanka Australia418.1647Sri Lanka won[30]
45Ravichandran Ashwin3 August 2017 India Sri Lanka216.4695India won[31]
46Ravindra Jadeja3 August 2017 India Sri Lanka3391525India won[31]
47Keshav Maharaj20 July 2018 South Africa Sri Lanka141.11299Sri Lanka won[32]
48Akila Dananjaya20 July 2018 Sri Lanka South Africa213525Sri Lanka won[32]
49Rangana Herath20 July 2018 Sri Lanka South Africa432.5986Sri Lanka won[32]
50Lakshan Sandakan23 November 2018 Sri Lanka England122955England won[33]
51Adil Rashid23 November 2018 England Sri Lanka213.5495England won[33]
52Dilruwan Perera23 November 2018 Sri Lanka England329.5885England won[33]

One Day International five-wicket hauls
As of 30 November 2020

There have been three five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in One Day Internationals, all of them in men's matches.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internatioanl matches at Sinhalese Sports Club
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Chaminda Vaas8 December 2001 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe18198Sri Lanka won[34]
2Glenn McGrath15 September 2002 Australia New Zealand27375Australia won[35]
3Upul Chandana31 August 2004 Sri Lanka South Africa29.1615Sri Lanka won[36]

Notes
  1. No five-wicket hauls have been taken in Twenty20 International matches or in women's international cricket played on the ground.

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