List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Galle International Stadium

The ground viewed from the Dutch Fort which overlooks it.

Galle International Stadium is a 17,000 capacity cricket ground in the Sri Lankan city of Galle. The first Test match played on the ground was between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in June 1998. Men's and women's One Day International (ODI) matches have been played on the ground and it was a venue for Twenty20 International (T20I) matches during the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition. ^{[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 Test and One Day International matches. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on the ground was Sri Lankan Kumar Dharmasena, who took six wickets for the cost of 72 runs (6/72) against New Zealand in the first Test played on the ground. His teammate Niroshan Bandaratilleke took 5/36 later in the same match. ^[4] As of November 2020 ^[update] the best bowling figures on the ground were achieved by Muttiah Muralitharan who took 7/26 for Sri Lanka against England in 2003. Muralitharan took a total of 11 Test match five-wicket hauls on the ground, the most by a bowler at Galle. ^[2]

The first One Day Internationals on the ground were scheduled to be played in June 1998 as part of the 1998 Nidahas Trophy, but were all abandoned without a ball being bowled after heavy rainfall made the ground unplayable. The first ODI matches played on the ground took place the following year. ^{[5] [6]} There has been only a single five-wicket haul taken in ODIs on the ground, achieved by Sanath Jayasuriya who took 5/28 for Sri Lanka against Australia in the ground's first ODI. ^{[2] [6]}

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Date	Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which the five-wicket haul was taken
O	Number of overs bowled by the bowler in the innings
R	Number of runs conceded by the bowler in the innings
W	Number of wickets taken by the bowler in the innings
Result	Result of the match

Test match five-wicket hauls

As of 25 January 2021

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

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Kumar Dharmasena	3 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	24.1	72	6	Sri Lanka won [4]
2	Niroshan Bandaratilleke	3 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	24	36	5	Sri Lanka won [4]
3	Muttiah Muralitharan	22 September 1999	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	38	71	5	Drawn [7]
4	Muttiah Muralitharan	20 July 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	41	87	6	Sri Lanka won [8]
5	Muttiah Muralitharan	20 July 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	35	84	7	Sri Lanka won [8]
6	Dilhara Fernando	14 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	1	25	42	5	Sri Lanka won [9]
7	Javagal Srinath	14 August 2001	India	Sri Lanka	2	24.5	114	5	Sri Lanka won [9]
8	Muttiah Muralitharan	14 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	3	26.5	49	5	Sri Lanka won [9]
9	Muttiah Muralitharan	13 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	53.4	126	6	Sri Lanka won [10]
10	Muttiah Muralitharan	13 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	31.3	44	5	Sri Lanka won [10]
11	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 1]	12 January 2002	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	58.3	67	5	Sri Lanka won [11]
12	Sanath Jayasuriya [upper-alpha 1]	12 January 2002	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2	29	43	5	Sri Lanka won [11]
13	Muttiah Muralitharan	2 December 2003	Sri Lanka	England	2	31.4	46	7	Drawn [12]
14	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 2]	8 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	21.3	59	6	Australia won [13]
15	Shane Warne [upper-alpha 3]	8 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	42.4	116	5	Australia won [13]
16	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 2]	8 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	56	153	5	Australia won [13]
17	Shane Warne [upper-alpha 3]	8 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	15	43	5	Australia won [13]
18	Nicky Boje	4 August 2004	South Africa	Sri Lanka	3	22	88	5	Drawn [14]
19	Ajantha Mendis	31 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	1	28	117	6	India won [15]
20	Harbhajan Singh	31 July 2008	India	Sri Lanka	2	40.3	102	6	India won [15]
21	Muttiah Muralitharan [upper-alpha 4]	18 July 2010	Sri Lanka	India	2	17	63	5	Sri Lanka won [16]
22	Lasith Malinga [upper-alpha 4]	18 July 2010	Sri Lanka	India	3	17	50	5	Sri Lanka won [16]
23	Ajantha Mendis	15 November 2010	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	59	169	6	Drawn [17]
24	Nathan Lyon	31 August 2011	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	15	34	5	Australia won [18]
25	Rangana Herath	31 August 2011	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	23	79	5	Australia won [18]
26	Ryan Harris	31 August 2011	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	23	79	5	Australia won [18]
27	James Anderson	26 March 2012	England	Sri Lanka	1	20.3	72	5	Sri Lanka won [19]
28	Rangana Herath [upper-alpha 5]	26 March 2012	Sri Lanka	England	2	19	74	6	Sri Lanka won [19]
29	Graeme Swann	26 March 2012	England	Sri Lanka	3	30	82	6	Sri Lanka won [19]
30	Rangana Herath [upper-alpha 5]	26 March 2012	Sri Lanka	England	4	38	97	6	Sri Lanka won [19]
31	Saeed Ajmal	22 June 2012	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	46	146	5	Sri Lanka won [20]
32	Rangana Herath [upper-alpha 6]	17 November 2012	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	30	65	5	Sri Lanka won [21]
33	Rangana Herath [upper-alpha 6]	17 November 2012	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	18	43	6	Sri Lanka won [21]
34	Dale Steyn	16 July 2014	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	23	54	5	South Africa won [22]
35	Dilruwan Perera	6 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	31.5	137	5	Sri Lanka won [23]
36	Saeed Ajmal	6 August 2014	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	59.1	166	5	Sri Lanka won [23]
37	Rangana Herath	6 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3	30.2	48	6	Sri Lanka won [23]
38	Yasir Shah	17 June 2015	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	30.1	76	7	Pakistan won [24]
39	Ravichandran Ashwin	12 August 2015	India	Sri Lanka	1	13.4	46	6	Sri Lanka won [25]
40	Tharindu Kaushal	12 August 2015	Sri Lanka	India	2	32.4	134	5	Sri Lanka won [25]
41	Rangana Herath	12 August 2015	Sri Lanka	India	4	21	48	7	Sri Lanka won [25]
42	Rangana Herath	14 October 2015	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	33	68	6	Sri Lanka won [26]
43	Mitchell Starc [upper-alpha 7]	4 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	1	16.1	44	5	Sri Lanka won [27]
44	Mitchell Starc [upper-alpha 7]	4 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	3	12.3	50	6	Sri Lanka won [27]
45	Dilruwan Perera	4 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	4	23	70	6	Sri Lanka won [27]
46	Rangana Herath	7 March 2017	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	4	20.2	59	6	Sri Lanka won [28]
47	Nuwan Pradeep	26 July 2017	Sri Lanka	India	1	31	132	6	India won [29]
48	Dilruwan Perera	12 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	14	32	6	Sri Lanka won [30]
49	Dilruwan Perera	6 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	1	31	75	5	England won [31]
50	Akila Dananjaya	14 August 2019	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	1	30	80	5	Sri Lanka won [32]
51	Ajaz Patel	14 August 2019	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	2	33	89	5	Sri Lanka won [32]
52	Dom Bess	14 January 2021	England	Sri Lanka	1	10.1	30	5	England won [33]
53	Jack Leach	14 January 2021	England	Sri Lanka	3	41.5	122	5	England won [33]
54	James Anderson	22 January 2021	England	Sri Lanka	1	29	40	6	England won [34]
55	Lasith Embuldeniya	22 January 2021	Sri Lanka	England	2	42	137	7	England won [34]

One Day International five-wicket hauls

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Galle International Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Sanath Jayasuriya	22 August 1999	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	9	28	5	Australia won [35]

Notes

1. As of January 2021 ^[update] no five-wicket hauls have been taken in women's international matches on the ground. As a result, no five-wicket hauls have been taken in T20I matches.

1. Muralitharan and Jayasuriya took their five-wicket hauls in the same innings.
2. Muralitharan took two five-wicket hauls during the same match.
3. Warne took two five-wicket hauls during the same match.
4. Muralitharan took his five0wicket hails in the second innings of the match and Malinga his in the third after India were asked to follow on.
5. Herath took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
6. Herath took two five-wicket hauls in the match.
7. Starc took two five-wicket hauls during the match.

References

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28. 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle, Mar 7–11, 2017, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
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34. 2nd Test, Galle, Jan 22 - Jan 26 2021, England tour of Sri Lanka, CricInfo. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
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External links

• Five-wicket hauls at Galle International Stadium, CricInfo