List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium
Tests

List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium

Section Title: Tests
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No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result

1	Muttiah Muralitharan	21 July 2002	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	19.4	39	5	1.98	Habibul Bashar Aminul Islam Khaled Mashud Enamul Haque Alamgir Kabir	Sri Lanka won

2	Muttiah Muralitharan	21 July 2002	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	3	25	59	5	2.36	Habibul Bashar Akram Khan Aminul Islam Al Sahariar Manjural Islam	Sri Lanka won

3	Shane Warne	3 October 2002	Australia	Pakistan	2	24.3	94	7	3.83	Abdul Razzaq Misbah-ul-Haq Faisal Iqbal Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Rashid Latif Shoaib Akhtar	Australia won

4	Shoaib Akhtar	3 October 2002	Pakistan	Australia	3	8	21	5	2.62	Ricky Ponting Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne	Australia won

5	Dilhara Fernando	20 September 2005	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2	11	60	5	5.45	Habibul Bashar Javed Omar Nafees Iqbal Mohammad Ashraful Aftab Ahmed	Sri Lanka won

6	Muttiah Muralitharan	4 August 2006	Sri Lanka	South Africa	1	33.5	128	5	3.78	Hashim Amla Ashwell Prince Mark Boucher Dale Steyn Makhaya Ntini	Sri Lanka won

7	Dale Steyn	4 August 2006	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	13.1	82	5	6.22	Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene Farveez Maharoof Chaminda Vaas Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka won

8	Muttiah Muralitharan	4 August 2006	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	46.5	97	7	2.07	Herschelle Gibbs Ashwell Prince AB de Villiers Shaun Pollock Nicky Boje Dale Steyn Mark Boucher	Sri Lanka won

9	Ajantha Mendis	8 August 2008	Sri Lanka	India	1	28	56	5	2.00	Gautam Gambhir VVS Laxman Parthiv Patel Anil Kumble Zaheer Khan	Sri Lanka won

10	Rangana Herath	12 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3	35	99	5	2.82	Khurram Manzoor Mohammad Yousuf Fawad Alam Shoaib Malik Umar Gul	Sri Lanka won

11	Suraj Randiv	3 August 2010	Sri Lanka	India	4	29	82	5	2.82	Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Murali Vijay Ishant Sharma Sachin Tendulkar	India won

12	Rangana Herath	3 April 2012	Sri Lanka	England	2	53	133	6	2.50	Jonathan Trott Matt Prior Kevin Pietersen Tim Bresnan Graeme Swann James Anderson	England won

13	Graeme Swann	3 April 2012	England	Sri Lanka	3	40	106	6	2.65	Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Samaraweera Suraj Randiv Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene	England won

14	Rangana Herath	25 November 2012	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	49	103	6	2.10	Ross Taylor Kane Williamson Todd Astle Tim Southee Daniel Flynn Trent Boult	New Zealand won

15	Tim Southee	25 November 2012	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	2	49	62	5	2.81	Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara Tharanga Paranavitana Angelo Mathews Nuwan Kulasekara	New Zealand won

16	Tharindu Kaushal	25 June 2015	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	10.5	42	5	3.87	Mohammad Hafeez Asad Shafiq Sarfraz Ahmed Wahab Riaz Yasir Shah	Sri Lanka won

17	Yasir Shah	25 June 2015	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	41.3	96	6	2.31	Lahiru Thirimanne Dinesh Chandimal Kithruwan Vithanage Angelo Mathews Tharindu Kaushal Dushmantha Chameera	Sri Lanka won

18	Ravichandran Ashwin	20 August 2015	India	Sri Lanka	4	16	42	5	2.62	Kaushal Silva Kumar Sangakkara Lahiru Thirimanne Dhammika Prasad Dimuth Karunaratne	India won

19	Kraigg Brathwaite	22 October 2015	West Indies	Sri Lanka	3	11.3	29	6	2.52	Milinda Siriwardana Kusal Perera Rangana Herath Dilruwan Perera Angelo Mathews Nuwan Pradeep	Sri Lanka won

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Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies took 6 wickets for 29 runs against Sri Lanka in 22 October 2015.

final_sentence: Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies took 6 wickets for 29 runs against Sri Lanka in 22 October 2015.