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

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

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

1	Kumar Dharmasena	3 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	24.1	72	6	2.97	Stephen Fleming Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Chris Harris Adam Parore Paul Wiseman	Sri Lanka won

2	Niroshan Bandaratilleke	3 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	24	36	5	1.50	Matt Horne Bryan Young Craig McMillan Chris Cairns Paul Wiseman	Sri Lanka won

3	Muttiah Muralitharan	22 September 1999	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	38	71	5	1.86	Greg Blewett Justin Langer Michael Slater Ian Healy Mark Waugh	Drawn

4	Muttiah Muralitharan	20 July 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	41	87	6	2.12	Neil McKenzie Gary Kirsten Jacques Kallis Jonty Rhodes Mark Boucher Shaun Pollock	Sri Lanka won

5	Muttiah Muralitharan	20 July 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	35	84	7	2.40	Daryll Cullinan Lance Klusener Mark Boucher Shaun Pollock Nicky Boje Paul Adams Makhaya Ntini	Sri Lanka won

6	Dilhara Fernando	14 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	1	25	42	5	1.68	Mohammad Kaif Hemang Badani Sourav Ganguly Harbhajan Singh Sameer Dighe	Sri Lanka won

7	Javagal Srinath	14 August 2001	India	Sri Lanka	2	24.5	114	5	4.59	Mahela Jayawardene Hashan Tillakaratne Suresh Perera Ruchira Perera Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka won

8	Muttiah Muralitharan	14 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	3	26.5	49	5	1.82	Mohammad Kaif Hemang Badani Sameer Dighe Harbhajan Singh Venkatesh Prasad	Sri Lanka won

9	Muttiah Muralitharan	13 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	53.4	126	6	2.34	Ramnaresh Sarwan Carl Hooper Brian Lara Marlon Samuels Neil McGarrell Colin Stuart	Sri Lanka won

10	Muttiah Muralitharan	13 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	31.3	44	5	1.39	Ramnaresh Sarwan Marlon Samuels Ridley Jacobs Mervyn Dillon Colin Stuart	Sri Lanka won

11	Muttiah Muralitharan	12 January 2002	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	58.3	67	5	1.14	Stuart Carlisle Andy Flower Grant Flower Travis Friend Henry Olonga	Sri Lanka won

12	Sanath Jayasuriya	12 January 2002	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	29	43	5	1.48	Trevor Gripper Craig Wishart Gavin Rennie Heath Streak Dion Ebrahim	Sri Lanka won

13	Muttiah Muralitharan	2 December 2003	Sri Lanka	England	2	31.4	46	7	1.45	Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Chris Read Ashley Giles Richard Johnson	Drawn

14	Muttiah Muralitharan	8 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	21.3	59	6	2.74	Matthew Hayden Andrew Symonds Adam Gilchrist Darren Lehmann Michael Kasprowicz Stuart MacGill	Australia won

15	Shane Warne	8 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	42.4	116	5	2.71	Sanath Jayasuriya Hashan Tillakaratne Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Muttiah Muralitharan	Australia won

16	Muttiah Muralitharan	8 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	56	153	5	2.73	Matthew Hayden Damien Martyn Darren Lehmann Andrew Symonds Shane Warne	Australia won

17	Shane Warne	8 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	15	43	5	2.86	Marvan Atapattu Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Hashan Tillakaratne Kumar Dharmasena	Australia won

18	Nicky Boje	4 August 2004	South Africa	Sri Lanka	3	22	88	5	4.00	Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Upul Chandana Muttiah Muralitharan	Drawn

19	Ajantha Mendis	31 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	1	28	117	6	4.17	Gautam Gambhir Rahul Dravid VVS Laxman Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh	India won

20	Harbhajan Singh	31 July 2008	India	Sri Lanka	2	40.3	102	6	2.51	Malinda Warnapura Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Samaraweera Tillakaratne Dilshan Prasanna Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan	India won

21	Muttiah Muralitharan	18 July 2010	Sri Lanka	India	2	63	63	5	3.70	Sachin Tendulkar Mahendra Singh Dhoni Yuvraj Singh Pragyan Ojha Abhimanyu Mithun	Sri Lanka won

22	Lasith Malinga	18 July 2010	Sri Lanka	India	3	17	50	5	2.94	Gautam Gambhir Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Mahendra Singh Dhoni Abhimanyu Mithun	Sri Lanka won

23	Ajantha Mendis	15 November 2010	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	59	169	6	2.86	Darren Bravo Brendan Nash Dwayne Bravo Chris Gayle Darren Sammy Andre Russell	Drawn

24	Nathan Lyon	31 August 2011	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	15	34	5	2.26	Kumar Sangakkara Angelo Mathews Rangana Herath Suraj Randiv Chanaka Welegedara	Australia won

25	Rangana Herath	31 August 2011	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	23	79	5	3.43	Michael Clarke Michael Hussey Brad Haddin Mitchell Johnson Ryan Harris	Australia won

26	Ryan Harris	31 August 2011	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	23	79	5	3.43	Tharanga Paranavitana Tillakaratne Dilshan Prasanna Jayawardene Mahela Jayawardene Rangana Herath	Australia won

27	James Anderson	26 March 2012	England	Sri Lanka	1	20.3	72	5	3.51	Lahiru Thirimanne Kumar Sangakkara Prasanna Jayawardene Chanaka Welegedara Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka won

28	Rangana Herath	26 March 2012	Sri Lanka	England	2	19	74	6	3.89	Jonathan Trott Andrew Strauss Matt Prior Samit Patel Stuart Broad Ian Bell	Sri Lanka won

29	Graeme Swann	26 March 2012	England	Sri Lanka	3	30	82	6	2.73	Lahiru Thirimanne Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Samaraweera Suraj Randiv Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka won

30	Rangana Herath	26 March 2012	Sri Lanka	England	4	38	97	6	2.55	Alastair Cook Andrew Strauss Ian Bell Matt Prior Samit Patel Graeme Swann	Sri Lanka won

31	Saeed Ajmal	22 June 2012	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	46	146	5	3.17	Tharanga Paranavitana Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka won

32	Rangana Herath	17 November 2012	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	30	65	5	2.16	Brendon McCullum James Franklin Daniel Flynn Doug Bracewell Kruger van Wyk	Sri Lanka won

33	Rangana Herath	17 November 2012	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	18	43	6	2.38	Brendon McCullum Ross Taylor James Franklin Daniel Flynn Doug Bracewell Jeetan Patel	Sri Lanka won

34	Dale Steyn	16 July 2014	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	23	54	5	2.34	Kaushal Silva Mahela Jayawardene Lahiru Thirimanne Dinesh Chandimal Dilruwan Perera	South Africa won

35	Dilruwan Perera	6 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	31.5	137	5	4.30	Younis Khan Sarfraz Ahmed Saeed Ajmal Abdur Rehman Junaid Khan	Sri Lanka won

36	Saeed Ajmal	6 August 2014	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	59.1	166	5	2.80	Angelo Mathews Kithuruwan Vithanage Niroshan Dickwella Dilruwan Perera Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka won

37	Rangana Herath	6 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3	30.2	48	6	1.58	Khurram Manzoor Younis Khan Azhar Ali Asad Shafiq Mohammad Talha Junaid Khan	Sri Lanka won

38	Yasir Shah	17 June 2015	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	30.1	76	7	2.51	Kumar Sangakkara Dilruwan Perera Angelo Mathews Dimuth Karunaratne Kithuruwan Vithanage Rangana Herath Dinesh Chandimal	Pakistan won

39	Ravichandran Ashwin	12 August 2015	India	Sri Lanka	1	13.4	46	6	3.36	Kumar Sangakkara Lahiru Thirimanne Jehan Mubarak Angelo Mathews Dhammika Prasad Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka won

40	Tharindu Kaushal	12 August 2015	Sri Lanka	India	2	32.4	134	5	4.10	Virat Kohli Ajinkya Rahane Harbhajan Singh Amit Mishra Varun Aaron	Sri Lanka won

41	Rangana Herath	12 August 2015	Sri Lanka	India	4	21	48	7	2.28	Lokesh Rahul Ishant Sharma Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Wriddhiman Saha Harbhajan Singh Ravichandran Ashwin	Sri Lanka won

42	Rangana Herath	14 October 2015	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	33	68	6	2.06	Kraigg Brathwaite Shai Hope Marlon Samuels Darren Bravo Kemar Roach Shannon Gabriel	Sri Lanka won

43	Mitchell Starc	4 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	1	16.1	44	5	2.72	Dimuth Karunaratne Kaushal Silva Kusal Mendis Lakshan Sandakan Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka won

44	Mitchell Starc	4 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	3	12.3	50	6	4.00	Dimuth Karunaratne Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal Dhananjaya de Silva Dilruwan Perera Vishwa Fernando	Sri Lanka won

45	Dilruwan Perera	4 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	4	23	70	6	3.04	Nathan Lyon Usman Khawaja David Warner Steve Smith Adam Voges Josh Hazlewood	Sri Lanka won

46	Rangana Herath	7 March 2017	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	4	20.2	59	6	2.90	Shakib Al Hasan Mahmudullah Riyad Liton Das Taskin Ahmed Mustafizur Rahman Mehedi Hasan	Sri Lanka won

47	Nuwan Pradeep	26 July 2017	Sri Lanka	India	1	31	132	6	4.25	Abhinav Mukund Shikhar Dhawan Virat Kohli Cheteshwar Pujara Ravichandran Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja	India won

48	Dilruwan Perera	12 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	14	32	6	2.28	Dean Elgar Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Quinton de Kock Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada	Sri Lanka won

49	Dilruwan Perera	6 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	1	31	75	5	2.41	Keaton Jennings Ben Stokes Jos Buttler Adil Rashid Jack Leach	England won

Sentence(s)

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Galle International Stadium was Kumar Dharmasena, who took 6/72 in 1998 for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on very first Test played at the ground.

final_sentence: The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Galle International Stadium was Kumar Dharmasena, who took 6/72 in 1998 for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on very first Test played at the ground.