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

The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium is a 35,000 capacity cricket stadium situated in Pallekele, Kandy, Sri Lanka. The stadium was opened on 27 November 2009 and became the 104th Test venue in the world in December 2010.[1][2] It was one of the international venues for 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

Pallekele Cricket Stadium in December 2014

Up to November 2018, in total the ground has been the venue for 7 Test matches,[3] 25 One-Day International matches,[4] and 18 T20 International matches.[5]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")[6][7] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.[8]

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Pallekele Cricket Stadium was Junaid Khan, who took 5/70 in 2012 for Pakistan against host Sri Lanka in the second Test played at the ground.[9] 6 for 106 by Akila Dananjaya against England is the best bowling figures to date in Tests at Pallekele Stadium. There have been a total of 7 five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground.

The first One Day International was played at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium between New Zealand and Pakistan on 8 March 2011 in a pool game of 2011 World Cup.[10] Since then there have been a total of 5 five-wicket hauls taken at the ground during ODIs. The first of these was achieved by Mitchell Johnson who took 6/31 for Australia against Sri Lanka in 2011.[11] Johnson's 6/31 is the best bowling figures for an ODI at the Pallekele as well.

The first T20 International was played at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium on 6 August 2011 in the same series against Australia.[12] and, to date, 2 five-wicket hauls has taken at the ground. The best bowling figures to date were achieved by Ajantha Mendis for Sri Lanka against Australia who took 6/16 for in the second match of the series. It was the first time that a bowler took 6 wickets in a Twenty20 Internationals.

Key
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
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 Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Junaid Khan8 July 2012 Pakistan Sri Lanka228.27052.47 Drawn[9]
2Yasir Shah3 July 2015 Pakistan Sri Lanka131.57852.45 Pakistan won[13]
3Imran Khan3 July 2015 Pakistan Sri Lanka320.45852.80 Pakistan won[14]
4Rangana Herath26 July 2016 Sri Lanka Australia433.35451.61 Sri Lanka won[15]
5Lakshan Sandakan13 August 2017 Sri Lanka India135.313253.71 India won[16]
6Akila Dananjaya14 November 2018 Sri Lanka England32511564.60 England won[17]
7Jack Leach14 November 2018 England Sri Lanka4288352.96 England won[17]

One Day Internationals
Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Mitchell Johnson10 August 2011 Australia Sri Lanka1103163.10 Australia won[11]
2Thisara Perera9 June 2012 Sri Lanka Pakistan2104464.40 Sri Lanka won[18]
3Irfan Pathan4 August 2012 India Sri Lanka2106156.10 India won[19]
4Abdur Razzak28 March 2013 Bangladesh Sri Lanka1106256.20 Bangladesh won[20]
5Chris Woakes10 December 2014 England Sri Lanka184765.87 England won[21]
6Akila Dananjaya24 August 2017 Sri Lanka India2105465.40 India won[22]
7Jasprit Bumrah27 August 2017 India Sri Lanka1102752.70 India won[23]

Twenty20 Internationals
Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 Internationals at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Ajantha Mendis8 August 2011 Sri Lanka Australia241664.00 Sri Lanka won[24]
2Lasith Malinga1 October 2012 Sri Lanka England243157.75 Sri Lanka won[25]

References
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  6. Greg Buckle (30 April 2007). "Pigeon's almost perfect sendoff". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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  14. "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 – 3rd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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  19. "5th Match: Sri Lanka v India, 4 August 2012" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  20. "3rd Match: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 28 March 2013" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  21. "5th Match: Sri Lanka v England, 10,11 December 2014" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  22. "2nd Match: Sri Lanka v India, 24 August 2017" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2017
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