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

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

Section Title: Tests
Table Section Text: None

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

1	Junaid Khan	8 July 2012	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	28.2	70	5	2.47	Dinesh Chandimal Kumar Sangakkara Angelo Mathews Nuwan Kulasekara Thisara Perera	Drawn

2	Yasir Shah	3 July 2015	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	31.5	78	5	2.45	Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Angelo Mathews Jehan Mubarak Nuwan Pradeep	Pakistan won

3	Imran Khan	3 July 2015	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	20.4	58	5	2.80	Dinesh Chandimal Dhammika Prasad Tharindu Kaushal Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews	Pakistan won

4	Rangana Herath	26 July 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	4	33.3	54	5	1.61	David Warner Adam Voges Mitchell Marsh Steven Smith Steve O'Keefe	Sri Lanka won

5	Lakshan Sandakan	13 August 2017	Sri Lanka	India	1	35.3	132	5	3.71	Cheteshwar Pujara Virat Kohli Kuldeep Yadav Mohammed Shami Hardik Pandya	India won

6	Akila Dananjaya	14 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	3	25	115	6	4.60	Keaton Jennings Jos Buttler Moeen Ali Joe Root Sam Curran Adil Rashid	England won

7	Jack Leach	14 November 2018	England	Sri Lanka	4	28	83	5	2.96	Kaushal Silva Dhananjaya de Silva Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Malinda Pushpakumara	England won

Sentence(s)

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Pallekele Cricket Stadium was Junaid Khan, who took 5/70 in 2012 for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in the second Test played at the ground.

final_sentence: The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Pallekele Cricket Stadium was Junaid Khan, who took 5/70 in 2012 for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in the second Test played at the ground.