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
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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 bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at SSC Ground was Ravi Ratnayeke, who took 5/42 in 1984 for Sri Lanka against New Zealand.

final_sentence: The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at SSC Ground was Ravi Ratnayeke, who took 5/42 in 1984 for Sri Lanka against New Zealand.