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

Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium is a sports ground in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. It is the home ground of Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and has been the venue for top-level international cricket matches since 1982. The first Test match played by Sri Lanka took place on the ground; England were the opponents in February of that year. The first One Day International played on the ground took place in 1983 and the first Twenty20 International on the ground was played in 2010.
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches.
The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an international match on the ground was England's Derek Underwood who took five wickets at the cost of 28 runs (5/28) in the first Test match played on the ground. The best innings bowling figures in Test cricket on the ground are 7/94, taken by Australia's Shane Warne against Pakistan in October 2002. The only bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a One Day International on the ground was India's Ekta Bisht who took 5/8 in a match in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier against Pakistan

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| O | Number of overs bowled |
| R | Number of runs conceded |
| W | Number of wickets taken |
| Result | Result of the match |

## Test match five-wicket hauls

    As of 29 November 2020
A total of 26 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground.
Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium :
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
| 1 | Derek Underwood | 17 February 1982 | England | Sri Lanka | 1 | 18 | 28 | 5 | England won |
| 2 | John Emburey | 17 February 1982 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 25 | 33 | 6 | England won |
| 3 | Chetan Sharma | 6 September 1985 | India | Sri Lanka | 1 | 33 | 118 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 4 | Rumesh Ratnayake | 6 September 1985 | Sri Lanka | India | 4 | 23.2 | 49 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 5 | Brett Schultz | 14 September 1993 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 36.5 | 63 | 5 | Drawn |
| 6 | Kumar Dharmasena | 9 August 1994 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 1 | 45.2 | 99 | 6 | Pakistan won |
| 7 | Wasim Akram | 9 August 1994 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 4 | 18 | 43 | 5 | Pakistan won |
| 8 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 July 2002 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 1 | 19.4 | 39 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 9 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 July 2002 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 3 | 25 | 59 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 10 | Shane Warne | 3 October 2002 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 24.3 | 94 | 7 | Australia won |
| 11 | Shoaib Akhtar | 3 October 2002 | Pakistan | Australia | 3 | 8 | 21 | 5 | Australia won |
| 12 | Dilhara Fernando | 20 September 2005 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 2 | 11 | 60 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 13 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 August 2006 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 1 | 33.5 | 128 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 14 | Dale Steyn | 4 August 2006 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 13.1 | 82 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 15 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 August 2006 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 3 | 46.5 | 97 | 7 | Sri Lanka won |
| 16 | Ajantha Mendis | 8 August 2008 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 28 | 56 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 17 | Rangana Herath | 12 July 2009 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 3 | 35 | 99 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 18 | Suraj Randiv | 3 August 2010 | Sri Lanka | India | 4 | 29 | 82 | 5 | India won |
| 19 | Rangana Herath | 3 April 2012 | Sri Lanka | England | 2 | 53 | 133 | 6 | England won |
| 20 | Graeme Swann | 3 April 2012 | England | Sri Lanka | 3 | 40 | 106 | 6 | England won |
| 21 | Rangana Herath | 25 November 2012 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 1 | 49 | 103 | 6 | New Zealand won |
| 22 | Tim Southee | 25 November 2012 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 | 49 | 62 | 5 | New Zealand won |
| 23 | Tharindu Kaushal | 25 June 2015 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 1 | 10.5 | 42 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 24 | Yasir Shah | 25 June 2015 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 41.3 | 96 | 6 | Sri Lanka won |
| 25 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 20 August 2015 | India | Sri Lanka | 4 | 16 | 42 | 5 | India won |
| 26 | Kraigg Brathwaite | 22 October 2015 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 3 | 11.3 | 29 | 6 | Sri Lanka won |

## One Day International five-wicket hauls

    As of 29 November 2020
A single five-wicket haul has been taken on the ground on One Day International cricket.
Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day International at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium :
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
| 1 | Ekta Bisht | 19 February 2017 | India | Pakistan | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | India won |