List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Asgiriya Stadium

Bowlers have taken 28 five-wicket hauls in Test matches and two in ODIs played at Asgiriya Stadium.

Asgiriya Stadium is a sports ground at Kandy in Sri Lanka. It was the venue for international cricket between 1983 and 2007 and is the home of the Kandy Cricket Club. ^{[1] [2]} The first Test match on the ground was between Sri Lanka and Australia in April 1983 and the first One Day International (ODI) took place in 1986 with Pakistan as Sri Lanka's oppponents. A total of six men's ODIs and 21 Test matches were staged at the ground, with one other Test being abandoned without a ball being bowled. Four women's ODI matches were played on the ground between 1997 and 2004. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Asgiriya Stadium was Australian bowler Bruce Yardley in the grounds first Test in 1983. Yardley took five wickets for the cost of 88 runs (5/88) against Sri Lanka; his team mate Tom Hogan took a second five-wicket haul later in the same match. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan took a total of nine five-wicket hauls in Test matches on the ground, including the best innings figures of 9/51, taken in 2002 against Zimbabwe. Muralitharan also took ten wickets in a match five times on the ground.

Two bowlers took five-wicket hauls in ODI matches on the ground, both in women's matches. Cheraldine Oudolf of the Netherlands was the first to do so in the ground's first women's ODI in 1997, taking 5/20 against Sri Lanka. Indian bowler Mamatha Maben took the ground's best figures in an ODI in the east women's ODI staged in the ground, taking 6/10 in 2004.

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

A total of 28 five-wicket hauls were taken in Test matches on the ground, with nine of these taken by Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Asgiriya Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Bruce Yardley [upper-alpha 1]	22 April 1983	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	25	88	5	Australia won [6]
2	Tom Hogan [upper-alpha 1]	22 April 1983	Australia	Sri Lanka	3	25.2	66	5	Australia won [6]
3	Vinothen John [upper-alpha 2]	9 March 1984	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	29.1	86	5	New Zealand won [7]
4	Stephen Boock [upper-alpha 2]	9 March 1984	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	4	9.3	28	5	New Zealand won [7]
5	Saliya Ahangama	14 September 1985	Sri Lanka	India	1	24	52	5	India won [8]
6	Tauseef Ahmed	23 February 1986	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	15	45	6	Pakistan won [9]
7	Waqar Younis [upper-alpha 3]	26 August 1994	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	14	34	6	Pakistan won [10]
8	Waqar Younis [upper-alpha 3]	26 August 1994	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	18	85	5	Pakistan won [10]
9	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 4]	7 January 1998	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	29	23	5	Sri Lanka won [11]
10	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 4]	7 January 1998	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	3	42.5	94	7	Sri Lanka won [11]
11	Shane Warne	9 September 1999	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	16	52	5	Sri Lanka won [12]
12	Venkatesh Prasad	22 August 2001	India	Sri Lanka	3	21	72	5	India won [13]
13	Muttiah Muralitharan	21 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	4	35.5	81	6	Sri Lanka won [14]
14	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 5]	4 January 2002	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	1	40	51	9	Sri Lanka won [16]
15	Muttiah Muralitharan	3 May 2003	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	39	49	5	Drawn [17]
16	Ashley Giles	10 December 2003	England	Sri Lanka	1	37.4	116	5	Drawn [18]
17	Shane Warne [upper-alpha 6]	16 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	20.1	65	5	Australia won [19]
18	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 6]	16 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	50.3	173	5	Australia won [19]
19	Shane Warne [upper-alpha 6]	16 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	21.1	90	5	Australia won [19]
20	Daren Powell [upper-alpha 7]	22 July 2005	West Indies	Sri Lanka	1	13.1	25	5	Sri Lanka won [21]
21	Chaminda Vaas [upper-alpha 7]	22 July 2005	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	15	22	6	Sri Lanka won [21]
22	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 7]	22 July 2005	Sri Lanka	West Indies	4	16.2	46	8	Sri Lanka won [21]
23	Mohammad Asif [upper-alpha 8]	3 April 2006	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	23	44	6	Pakistan won [22]
24	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 8]	3 April 2006	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	16.4	39	5	Pakistan won [22]
25	Mohammad Asif [upper-alpha 8]	3 April 2006	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	12	27	5	Pakistan won [22]
26	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 9]	11 July 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	14.5	28	6	Sri Lanka won [23]
27	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 9]	11 July 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	3	21	54	6	Sri Lanka won [23]
28	Muttiah Muralitharan	1 December 2007	Sri Lanka	England	2	35	55	6	Sri Lanka won [24]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

Two five-wicket hauls were taken on the ground in One Day International matches, both times in women's ODIs.

Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day International matches at Asgiriya Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Cheraldine Oudolf [upper-alpha 10]	30 November 1997	Netherlands	Sri Lanka	1	8	20	5	Netherlands won [26]
2	Mamatha Maben [upper-alpha 11]	25 April 2004 [lower-alpha 2]	India	Sri Lanka	1	6.2	10	6	India won [28]

Notes

1. No Twenty20 International matches were played on the ground.
2. This match was part of the 2004 Women's Asia Cup competition.

1. Yardley and Hogan took their five-wicket hauls in the same match, Yardley in the game's second innings and Hogan in the third after Sri Lanka were asked to follow on. The match was Hogan's Test match debut and Yardley's final Test. Hogan's five-wicket haul was the only one of his Test match career. ^{[4] [5]}
2. John and Boock took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
3. Waqar took five-wicket hauls in both Sri Lankan innings in this match,
4. Muralitharan took two five-wicket hauls in this match. The first was taken in the second innings of the match and the second in the match's third innings after Zimbabwe had been asked to follow on.
5. Muralitharan innings bowling figures of 9/51 are the best on the ground and the best of his career. His match figures of 13/115 are also the best on the ground. ^{[2] [15]}
6. Warne and Muralitharan both took five-wicket hauls in the same match, with Warne taking two during the match.
7. Powell, Vaas and Muralitharan all took five-wicket hauls during the same match. Powell's was the only give-wicket haul of his Test match career. ^[20]
8. Mohammad Asif and Muralitharan took their five-wicket hauls in the same match, with Mohammad Asif taking two during the match.
9. Muralitharan took two five-wicket hauls in this match.
10. This was the only time Oudolf took a five-wicket haul in international cricket. ^[25]
11. This was the only time Maben took a five-wicket haul in international cricket. ^[27]

References

1. Asgiriya Stadium, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
2. Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-11-23. (subscription required)
3. Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). ISBN   978-81-7370-184-9
6. Only Test, Kandy, Apr 22-26 1983, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
7. 1st Test, Kandy, Mar 9-14 1984, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
8. 3rd Test, Kandy, Sep 14-19 1985, India tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
9. 1st Test, Kandy, Feb 23-27 1986, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
10. 3rd Test, Kandy, Aug 26-28 1994, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
11. 1st Test, Kandy, Jan 7-11 1998, Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
12. 1st Test, Kandy, Sep 9-11 1999, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
13. 2nd Test, Kandy, Aug 22-25 2001, India tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
14. 2nd Test, Kandy, Nov 21-25 2001, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
16. 2nd Test, Kandy, Jan 4-7 2002, Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
17. 2nd Test, Kandy, May 3-7 2003, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
18. 2nd Test, Kandy, Dec 10-14 2003, England tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
19. 2nd Test, Kandy, Mar 16-20 2004, Australia tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
21. 2nd Test, Kandy, Jul 22-25 2005, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
22. 2nd Test, Kandy, Apr 3-5 2006, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
23. 3rd Test, Kandy, Jul 11-14 2007, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
24. 1st Test, Kandy, Dec 1-5 2007, England tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
26. 3rd ODI, Kandy, Nov 30 1997, Netherlands Women tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
28. 4th ODI, Kandy, Apr 25 2004, Women's Asia Cup, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

External links

• International five-wicket hauls at Asgiriya Stadium, CricInfo