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The Sinhalese Sports Club Ground is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. The ground is sometimes described as "the Lord's of Sri Lanka". The first One Day International match played on the ground was in 1982 against England and it staged its first Test match in 1984 against the touring New Zealand side. The first Twenty20 International played on the ground was in 2010 when Canada faced Ireland.

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 Sri Lanka's Ravi Ratnayeke, who took five wickets for the cost of 42 runs (5/42) against New Zealand in the first Test on the ground. The best innings bowling figures in Test matches on the ground were taken by fellow Sri Lankan Rangana Herath, who took 9/127 against Pakistan in 2014. The first five-wicket haul in an ODI on the ground was achieved by Chaminda Vaas who took 8/19 for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 2001. As of November 2020 this is the only time a bowler has taken eight wickets in an innings in any ODI on any ground.

Key

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 30 November 2020

Five-wicket hauls have been taken a total of 52 times in Test matches on the ground.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Sinhalese Sports Club

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Ravi Ratnayeke	16 March 1984	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2	21	42	5	Drawn
2	Ashantha de Mel	30 August 1985	Sri Lanka	India	1	28	64	5	Drawn
3	Rumesh Ratnayake	30 August 1985	Sri Lanka	India	3	41	85	6	Drawn
4	Anil Kumble	27 July 1993	India	Sri Lanka	2	24	87	5	India won
5	Brett Schultz	6 September 1993	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	20	48	5	South Africa won
6	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 1993	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	54	101	5	South Africa won
7	Sajeewa de Silva	26 April 1997	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	24.2	85	5	Drawn
8	Chris Cairns	10 June 1998	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	1	17.4	62	5	Sri Lanka won
9	Daniel Vettori	10 June 1998	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	3	33	64	6	Sri Lanka won
10	Muttiah Muralitharan	10 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	18.3	30	5	Sri Lanka won
11	Muttiah Muralitharan	14 June 2000	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	47	115	5	Pakistan won
12	Wasim Akram	14 June 2000	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	15.3	45	5	Pakistan won
13	Nicky Boje	6 August 2000	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	34	62	5	Drawn
14	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 August 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	45.5	68	5	Drawn
15	Chaminda Vaas	15 March 2001	Sri Lanka	England	2	27.5	73	6	England won
16	Muttiah Muralitharan	29 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	1	34.1	87	8	Sri Lanka won
17	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 2001	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	9.4	13	5	Sri Lanka won
18	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 2001	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	3	35.3	98	5	Sri Lanka won
19	Chaminda Vaas	29 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	32.2	120	7	Sri Lanka won
20	Chaminda Vaas	29 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	25	71	7	Sri Lanka won
21	Muttiah Muralitharan	24 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	37.1	123	5	Australia won
22	Sanath Jayasuriya	11 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	14.1	34	5	Sri Lanka won
23	Chaminda Vaas	11 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	18	29	6	Sri Lanka won
24	Muttiah Muralitharan	13 July 2005	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	21	36	6	Sri Lanka won
25	Muttiah Muralitharan	27 July 2006	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	64	131	6	Sri Lanka won
26	Muttiah Muralitharan	25 June 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	7.3	15	5	Sri Lanka won
27	Muttiah Muralitharan	9 December 2007	Sri Lanka	England	1	47.2	116	5	Drawn
28	Muttiah Muralitharan	23 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	2	29	84	5	Sri Lanka won
29	Muttiah Muralitharan	23 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	3	13	26	6	Sri Lanka won
30	Thilan Thushara	20 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	20.4	83	5	Drawn
31	Danish Kaneria	20 July 2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	20.3	62	5	Drawn
32	Rangana Herath	20 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3	46	157	5	Drawn
33	Rangana Herath	26 August 2009	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	48	139	5	Sri Lanka won
34	Rangana Herath	16 September 2011	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	52	157	7	Australia won
35	Junaid Khan	30 July 2012	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	28	73	5	Drawn
36	Dilruwan Perera	24 July 2014	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	41.5	69	5	Drawn
37	Rangana Herath	24 July 2014	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	45	40	5	Drawn
38	Junaid Khan	14 August 2014	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	27	87	5	Sri Lanka won
39	Rangana Herath	14 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	33.1	127	9	Sri Lanka won
40	Rangana Herath	14 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	4	22.1	57	5	Sri Lanka won
41	Ishant Sharma	8 August 2015	India	Sri Lanka	2	15	54	5	India won
42	Mitchell Starc	13 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	1	25.1	63	5	Sri Lanka won
43	Rangana Herath	13 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	38.1	81	6	Sri Lanka won
44	Rangana Herath	13 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	4	18.1	64	7	Sri Lanka won
45	Ravichandran Ashwin	3 August 2017	India	Sri Lanka	2	16.4	69	5	India won
46	Ravindra Jadeja	3 August 2017	India	Sri Lanka	3	39	152	5	India won
47	Keshav Maharaj	20 July 2018	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	41.1	129	9	Sri Lanka won
48	Akila Dananjaya	20 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	13	52	5	Sri Lanka won
49	Rangana Herath	20 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	32.5	98	6	Sri Lanka won
50	Lakshan Sandakan	23 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	1	22	95	5	England won
51	Adil Rashid	23 November 2018	England	Sri Lanka	2	13.5	49	5	England won
52	Dilruwan Perera	23 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	3	29.5	88	5	England won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 30 November 2020

There have been three five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in One Day Internationals, all of them in men's matches.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at Sinhalese Sports Club

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Chaminda Vaas	8 December 2001	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	1	8	19	8	Sri Lanka won
2	Glenn McGrath	15 September 2002	Australia	New Zealand	2	7	37	5	Australia won
3	Upul Chandana	31 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	9.1	61	5	Sri Lanka won

Notes

1. No five-wicket hauls have been taken in Twenty20 International matches or in women's international cricket played on the ground.

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External links

• Five-wicket hauls at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, CricInfo

• Sri Lankan cricket lists
• Lists of international cricket five-wicket hauls by ground