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.[a]
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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- As of 29 November 2020
A total of 26 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Underwood | 17 February 1982[b] |  England |
 Sri Lanka |
1 | 18 | 28 | 5 | England won[3] |
| 2 | John Emburey | 17 February 1982[b] | England |
Sri Lanka |
3 | 25 | 33 | 6 | England won[3] |
| 3 | Chetan Sharma | 6 September 1985 |  India |
Sri Lanka |
1 | 33 | 118 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[4] |
| 4 | Rumesh Ratnayake | 6 September 1985 | Sri Lanka |
India |
4 | 23.2 | 49 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[4] |
| 5 | Brett Schultz | 14 September 1993 |  South Africa |
Sri Lanka |
2 | 36.5 | 63 | 5 | Drawn[5] |
| 6 | Kumar Dharmasena | 9 August 1994 | Sri Lanka |
 Pakistan |
1 | 45.2 | 99 | 6 | Pakistan won[6] |
| 7 | Wasim Akram | 9 August 1994 | Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
4 | 18 | 43 | 5 | Pakistan won[6] |
| 8 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 July 2002 | Sri Lanka |
 Bangladesh |
1 | 19.4 | 39 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[7] |
| 9 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 July 2002 | Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
3 | 25 | 59 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[7] |
| 10 | Shane Warne | 3 October 2002 |  Australia |
Pakistan |
2 | 24.3 | 94 | 7 | Australia won[8] |
| 11 | Shoaib Akhtar | 3 October 2002 | Pakistan |
Australia |
3 | 8 | 21 | 5 | Australia won[8] |
| 12 | Dilhara Fernando | 20 September 2005 | Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
2 | 11 | 60 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[9] |
| 13 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 August 2006 | Sri Lanka |
South Africa |
1 | 33.5 | 128 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[10] |
| 14 | Dale Steyn | 4 August 2006 | South Africa |
Sri Lanka |
2 | 13.1 | 82 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[10] |
| 15 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 August 2006 | Sri Lanka |
South Africa |
3 | 46.5 | 97 | 7 | Sri Lanka won[10] |
| 16 | Ajantha Mendis | 8 August 2008 | Sri Lanka |
India |
1 | 28 | 56 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[11] |
| 17 | Rangana Herath | 12 July 2009 | Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
3 | 35 | 99 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[12] |
| 18 | Suraj Randiv | 3 August 2010 | Sri Lanka |
India |
4 | 29 | 82 | 5 | India won[13] |
| 19 | Rangana Herath | 3 April 2012 | Sri Lanka |
England |
2 | 53 | 133 | 6 | England won[14] |
| 20 | Graeme Swann | 3 April 2012 | England |
Sri Lanka |
3 | 40 | 106 | 6 | England won[14] |
| 21 | Rangana Herath | 25 November 2012 | Sri Lanka |
 New Zealand |
1 | 49 | 103 | 6 | New Zealand won[15] |
| 22 | Tim Southee | 25 November 2012 | New Zealand |
Sri Lanka |
2 | 49 | 62 | 5 | New Zealand won[15] |
| 23 | Tharindu Kaushal | 25 June 2015 | Sri Lanka |
Pakistan |
1 | 10.5 | 42 | 5 | Sri Lanka won[16] |
| 24 | Yasir Shah | 25 June 2015 | Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
2 | 41.3 | 96 | 6 | Sri Lanka won[16] |
| 25 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 20 August 2015 | India |
Sri Lanka |
4 | 16 | 42 | 5 | India won[17] |
| 26 | Kraigg Brathwaite | 22 October 2015 |  West Indies |
Sri Lanka |
3 | 11.3 | 29 | 6 | Sri Lanka won[18] |
One Day International five-wicket hauls
[edit]- As of 29 November 2020
A single five-wicket haul has been taken on the ground on One Day International cricket.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ekta Bisht | 19 February 2017[c] | India |
Pakistan |
1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | India won[19] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ No five-wicket hauls have been taken in Twenty20 International matches played on the ground.
- ^ a b This was the first Test match played by Sri Lanka.
- ^ This match was part of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier competition which was held in Sri Lanka.
References
[edit]- ^ P Sara Oval, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9
- ^ a b Only Test, England tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21 1982, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ a b 2nd Test, India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Sep 6-11 1985, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ 3rd Test, South Africa tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Sep 14-19 1993, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ a b 1st Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Aug 9-13 1994, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ a b 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), Jul 21-23, 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ a b 1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Oct 3-7, 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ^ 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), Sep 20-22, 2005, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ a b c 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 2008, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Jul 12-14, 2009, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 3-7, 2010, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ a b 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Apr 3-7, 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ a b 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (PSS), Nov 25-29, 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ a b 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Jun 25-29, 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 20-24, 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (PSS), Oct 22-26, 2015, CricInfo. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ 7th Super, Colombo (PSS), Feb 19 2017, ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-29.