page_title: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Galle International Stadium
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hierarchical_section_title: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Galle International Stadium / Key
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Sri Lankan former cricketer,Muttiah Muralitharan from the Ceat Cricket Rating Awards held at Mumbai Police Gymkhana.
context_page_description: The Galle International Stadium is a 17,000 capacity cricket stadium situated in Galle, Sri Lanka. The first Test match was between hosts Sri Lanka and New Zealand on 3 June 1998. Basically it is used for Test matches.
  In total the ground has been the venue for 31 Test matches, 9 One-Day International matches.
  In cricket, a five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.
  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. The best bowling figures to date were achieved by Muttiah Muralitharan who took 7/26 for Sri Lanka against England in 2003. There have been a total of 48 five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground. Muralitharan has taken 11 Test five-wicket hauls, which is the highest by a bowler at Galle.
  The first One Day International was played at Galle International Stadium between Sri Lanka and India on 25 June 1998, where the Match abandoned without a ball bowled.
caption: Muttiah Muralitharan have taken 11 five-wicket hauls at Galle Stadium.
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