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

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

Section Title: Tests
Table Section Text: None

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result

1	Ravi Ratnayeke	16 March 1984	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2	21	42	5	2.00	Jeff Crowe Richard Hadlee Martin Crowe Stephen Boock Ian Smith	Drawn

2	Ashantha de Mel	30 August 1985	Sri Lanka	India	1	28	64	5	2.28	Dilip Vengsarkar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Sadanand Viswanath Chetan Sharma	Drawn

3	Rumesh Ratnayake	30 August 1985	Sri Lanka	India	3	41	85	6	2.07	Kris Srikkanth Lalchand Rajput Sunil Gavaskar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Sadanand Viswanath	Drawn

4	Anil Kumble	27 July 1993	India	Sri Lanka	2	24	87	5	3.62	Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Ashley de Silva Dulip Liyanage	India won

5	Brett Schultz	6 September 1993	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	20	48	5	2.40	Roshan Mahanama Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Sanath Jayasuriya Pramodya Wickramasinghe	South Africa won

6	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 1993	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	54	101	5	1.87	Kepler Wessels Daryl Cullinan Brian McMillan David Richardson Brett Schultz	South Africa won

7	Sajeewa de Silva	26 April 1997	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	24.2	85	5	3.49	Rameez Raja Saleem Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Mohammad Zahid Saqlain Mushtaq	Drawn

8	Chris Cairns	10 June 1998	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	1	17.4	62	5	3.50	Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka won

9	Daniel Vettori	10 June 1998	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	3	33	64	6	1.93	Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Mahela Jayawardene Hashan Tillakaratne Pramodya Wickramasinghe Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Sri Lanka won

10	Muttiah Muralitharan	10 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	18.3	30	5	1.62	Bryan Young Craig Spearman Craig McMillan Nathan Astle Daniel Vettori	Sri Lanka won

11	Muttiah Muralitharan	14 June 2000	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	47	115	5	2.44	Younis Khan Mohammad Yousuf Saeed Anwar Waqar Younis Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan won

12	Wasim Akram	14 June 2000	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	15.3	45	5	2.90	Russell Arnold Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa Dilhara Fernando	Pakistan won

13	Nicky Boje	6 August 2000	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	34	62	5	1.82	Russell Arnold Aravinda de Silva Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Arjuna Ranatunga	Drawn

14	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 August 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	45.5	68	5	1.48	Daryl Cullinan Gary Kirsten Jonty Rhodes Lance Klusener Mark Boucher	Drawn

15	Chaminda Vaas	15 March 2001	Sri Lanka	England	2	27.5	73	6	2.62	Mike Atherton Michael Vaughan Craig White Ashley Giles Andy Caddick Darren Gough	England won

16	Muttiah Muralitharan	29 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	1	34.1	87	8	2.54	Shiv Sundar Das Sadagoppan Ramesh Saurav Ganguly Rahul Dravid Sameer Dighe Hemang Badani Zaheer Khan Sairaj Bahutule	Sri Lanka won

17	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 2001	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	9.4	13	5	1.34	Al Sahariar Naimur Rahman Khaled Mashud Hasibul Hossain Mohammad Ashraful	Sri Lanka won

18	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 2001	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	3	35.3	98	5	2.76	Mehrab Hossain Javed Omar Habibul Bashar Khaled Mashud Mohammad Sharif	Sri Lanka won

19	Chaminda Vaas	29 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	32.2	120	7	3.71	Chris Gayle Darren Ganga Carl Hooper Marlon Samuels Mervyn Dillon Brian Lara Pedro Collins	Sri Lanka won

20	Chaminda Vaas	29 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	25	71	7	2.84	Chris Gayle Darren Ganga Ramnaresh Sarwan Mervyn Dillon Dinanath Ramnarine Pedro Collins Marlon Black	Sri Lanka won

21	Muttiah Muralitharan	24 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	37.1	123	5	3.30	Simon Katich Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Darren Lehmann	Australia won

22	Sanath Jayasuriya	11 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	14.1	34	5	2.40	Martin van Jaarsveld Nicky Boje Graeme Smith Jacques Kallis Nantie Hayward	Sri Lanka won

23	Chaminda Vaas	11 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	18	29	6	1.61	Martin van Jaarsveld Jacques Kallis Jacques Rudolph Mark Boucher Nicky Boje Makhaya Ntini	Sri Lanka won

24	Muttiah Muralitharan	24 March 2004	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	21	36	6	1.71	Sylvester Joseph Denesh Ramdin Omari Banks Daren Powell Tino Best Jermaine Lawson	Sri Lanka won

25	Muttiah Muralitharan	27 July 2006	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	64	131	6	2.04	Andrew Hall AB de Villiers Ashwell Prince Herschelle Gibbs Andre Nel Dale Steyn	Sri Lanka won

26	Muttiah Muralitharan	25 June 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	7.3	15	5	2.00	Rajin Saleh Shakib Al Hasan Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Abdur Razzak	Sri Lanka won

27	Muttiah Muralitharan	9 December 2007	Sri Lanka	England	1	47.2	116	5	2.45	Michael Vaughan Ian Bell Ryan Sidebottom Steve Harmison Matt Prior	Drawn

28	Muttiah Muralitharan	23 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	2	29	84	5	2.89	Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar Saurav Ganguly Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh	Sri Lanka won

29	Muttiah Muralitharan	23 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	3	13	26	6	2.00	Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Gautam Gambhir Saurav Ganguly Dinesh Karthik Anil Kumble	Sri Lanka won

30	Thilan Thushara	20 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	20.4	83	5	4.01	Fawad Alam Younis Khan Shoaib Malik Kamran Akmal Saeed Ajmal	Drawn

31	Danish Kaneria	20 July 2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	20.3	62	5	3.02	Angelo Mathews Chaminda Vaas Mahela Jayawardene Rangana Herath Tillakaratne Dilshan	Drawn

32	Rangana Herath	20 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3	46	157	5	3.41	Khurram Manzoor Mohammad Yousuf Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Danish Kaneria	Drawn

33	Rangana Herath	26 August 2009	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	48	139	5	2.89	Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Daniel Flynn Jesse Ryder Iain O'Brien	Sri Lanka won

34	Junaid Khan	30 July 2012	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	28	73	5	2.60	Tharanga Paranavitana Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Angelo Mathews Nuwan Kulasekara	Drawn

35	Dilruwan Perera	24 July 2014	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	41.5	69	5	1.64	Dean Elgar AB de Villiers Quinton de Kock Vernon Philander Morne Morkel	Drawn

36	Rangana Herath	24 July 2014	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	45	40	5	0.88	Alviro Petersen Quinton de Kock AB de Villiers Faf du Plessis Dale Steyn	Drawn

37	Junaid Khan	14 August 2014	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	27	87	5	3.22	Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Niroshan Dickwella Dilruwan Perera Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka won

38	Rangana Herath	14 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	33.1	127	9	3.82	Khurram Manzoor Azhar Ali Younis Khan Misbah-ul-Haq Asad Shafiq Abdur Rehman Wahab Riaz Sarfraz Ahmed Saeed Ajmal	Sri Lanka won

39	Rangana Herath	14 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	4	22.1	57	5	2.57	Azhar Ali Misbah-ul-Haq Younis Khan Asad Shafiq Wahab Riaz	Sri Lanka won

40	Ishant Sharma	8 August 2015	India	Sri Lanka	2	15	54	5	3.60	Upul Tharanga Angelo Mathews Lahiru Thirimanne Dilruwan Perera Rangana Herath	India won

41	Mitchell Starc	13 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	1	25.1	63	5	2.50	Kaushal Silva Dimuth Karunaratne Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka won

42	Rangana Herath	13 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	38.1	81	6	2.12	Steve Smith Moises Henriques Adam Voges Mitchell Marsh Josh Hazlewood Jon Holland	Sri Lanka won

43	Rangana Herath	13 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	4	18.1	64	7	3.52	Steve Smith Adam Voges Mitchell Marsh Peter Nevill Mitchell Starc Josh Hazlewood Nathan Lyon	Sri Lanka won

44	Ravichandran Ashwin	13 August 2016	India	Sri Lanka	2	16.4	69	5	4.14	Upul Tharanga Dimuth Karunaratne Angelo Mathews Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep	India won

45	Ravindra Jadeja	13 August 2016	India	Sri Lanka	3	39	152	5	3.89	Dinesh Chandimal Dimuth Karunaratne Angelo Mathews Dilruwan Perera Dhananjaya de Silva	India won

46	Keshav Maharaj	20 July 2018	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	41.1	129	9	3.13	Dimuth Karunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Kusal Mendis Angelo Mathews Niroshan Dickwella Dhananjaya de Silva Dilruwan Perera Suranga Lakmal Rangana Herath	Lost

47	Akila Dananjaya	20 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	13	52	5	4.00	Dean Elgar Theunis de Bruyn Keshav Maharaj Quinton de Kock Dale Steyn	Won

48	Rangana Herath	20 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	32.5	98	6	2.98	Aiden Markram Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Quinton de Kock Theunis de Bruyn Dale Steyn	Won

49	Lakshan Sandakan	23 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	1	22	95	5	4.31	Joe Root Ben Stokes Jonny Bairstow Jos Buttler Stuart Broad	England won

50	Adil Rashid	23 November 2018	England	Sri Lanka	2	13.5	49	5	3.54	Dhananjaya de Silva Dimuth Karunaratne Roshen Silva Kusal Mendis Malinda Pushpakumara	England won

51	Dilruwan Perera	23 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	3	29.5	88	5	2.94	Keaton Jennings Rory Burns Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes Jack Leach	England won

Sentence(s)

The first test match was played at the SSC Ground between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on 16 March 1984.

final_sentence: The first test match was played at the SSC Ground between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on 16 March 1984.