List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Asgiriya Stadium

Asgiriya Stadium is a sports ground in Kandy, Sri Lanka, which has hosted international cricket matches, along with many domestic and school games. It is the home of the Kandy Cricket Club.[1] It has hosted international cricket matches since 1983 until 2007, the first Test at the ground taking place in between Sri Lanka and Australia in April of that year.[2] and has been home to 22 Test matches in total.[3] Asgiriya Stadium has also staged 6 One Day International (ODI) matches,[4] the first of which was in 1986 when the host Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan by 8 wickets.[5]

Bowlers have taken seventeen five-wicket hauls in Tests played at Asgiriya Stadium.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")[6] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[7] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Asgiriya Stadium was Bruce Yardley in 1983; he finished with bowling figures of 5 for 88 in second innings. Muttiah Muralitharan holds most five-wicket hauls more than any other on this ground with 9 five-wicket hauls. The best figures in Test cricket at Asgiriya Stadium are 7 for 94, also taken by Muralitharan against Zimbabwe in January 2002.[8] Muralitharan also took the last five-wicket haul at Asgiriya Stadium, with figures of 6 wickets for 55 runs against England in 1 December 2007.[9] Until Asgiriya Stadium abandoned from all international matches, seven bowlers have taken seventeen Test match five-wicket hauls at the ground.[10]

There are no any ODI five-wicket hauls taken at Asgiriya Stadium until last ODI on 16 December 2001.

Key
Muttiah Muralitharan have taken 9 five-wicket hauls at Asgiriya Stadium.
Symbol Meaning
The bowler was man of the match
10 or more wickets taken in the match
One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled. 8 indicates that eight balls were bowled in each over.
Runs Number of runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result Result of the match

Tests
Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Asgiriya Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Bruce Yardley22 April 1983 Australia Sri Lanka2258853.52 Won
2Tom Hogan22 April 1983 Australia Sri Lanka325.26652.6 Won
3Vinothen John9 March 1984 Sri Lanka New Zealand129.18652.94 Lost
4Stephen Boock9 March 1984 New Zealand Sri Lanka49.32852.94 Won
5Saliya Ahangama14 September 1985 Sri Lanka India1245252.16 Lost
6Tauseef Ahmed23 February 1986 Pakistan Sri Lanka3154563 Won
7Waqar Younis26 August 1994 Pakistan Sri Lanka1143462.42 Won
8Waqar Younis26 August 1994 Pakistan Sri Lanka3188554.72 Won
9Muttiah Muralitharan7 January 1998 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe2292350.79 Won
10Muttiah Muralitharan7 January 1998 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe342.59472.19 Won
11Shane Warne9 September 1999 Australia Sri Lanka2165253.25 Won
12Venkatesh Prasad22 August 2001 India Sri Lanka3217253.42 India won[11]
13Muttiah Muralitharan21 November 2001 Sri Lanka West Indies435.58162.26 Sri Lanka won[12]
14Muttiah Muralitharan4 January 2002 Sri Lanka Zimbabwe1405191.27 Sri Lanka won[8]
15Muttiah Muralitharan3 May 2003 Sri Lanka New Zealand3394951.25 Drawn[13]
16Ashley Giles10 December 2003 England Sri Lanka137.411653.07 Drawn[14]
17Shane Warne16 March 2004 Australia Sri Lanka220.16553.22 Australia won[15]
18Muttiah Muralitharan16 March 2004 Sri Lanka Australia350.317353.42 Australia won[15]
19Shane Warne16 March 2004 Australia Sri Lanka421.19054.25 Australia won[15]
20Daren Powell22 July 2005 West Indies Sri Lanka113.12551.89 Sri Lanka won[16]
21Chaminda Vaas22 July 2005 Sri Lanka West Indies2152261.46 Sri Lanka won[16]
22Muttiah Muralitharan22 July 2005 Sri Lanka West Indies416.24682.81 Sri Lanka won[16]
23Mohammad Asif3 April 2006 Pakistan Sri Lanka1234461.91 Pakistan won[17]
24Muttiah Muralitharan3 April 2006 Sri Lanka Pakistan216.43952.34 Pakistan won[17]
25Mohammad Asif3 April 2006 Pakistan Sri Lanka3122752.25 Pakistan won[17]
26Muttiah Muralitharan11 July 2007 Sri Lanka Bangladesh114.52861.88 Sri Lanka won[18]
27Muttiah Muralitharan11 July 2007 Sri Lanka Bangladesh3215462.57 Sri Lanka won[18]
28Muttiah Muralitharan1 December 2007 Sri Lanka England2355561.57 Sri Lanka won[19]

References
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