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

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Bowlers have taken seventeen five-wicket hauls in Tests played at Asgiriya Stadium. Dharmaraja-Kingswood.JPG
Bowlers have taken seventeen five-wicket hauls in Tests played at 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]

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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 on 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.

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Muttiah Muralitharan have taken 9 five-wicket hauls at Asgiriya Stadium. Photograph of Muttiah Muralitharan.jpg
Muttiah Muralitharan have taken 9 five-wicket hauls at Asgiriya Stadium.
SymbolMeaning
Dagger-14-plain.pngThe bowler was man of the match
Double-dagger-14-plain.png10 or more wickets taken in the match
§One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
OversNumber of overs bowled. 8 indicates that eight balls were bowled in each over.
RunsNumber of runs conceded
WktsNumber of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Result Result of the match

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Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Asgiriya Stadium
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1 Bruce Yardley 22 April 1983Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2258853.52Won
2 Tom Hogan 22 April 1983Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 325.26652.6Won
3 Vinothen John 9 March 1984Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 129.18652.94Lost
4 Stephen Boock 9 March 1984Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 49.32852.94Won
5 Saliya Ahangama 14 September 1985Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India 1245252.16Lost
6 Tauseef Ahmed 23 February 1986Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3154563Won
7 Waqar Younis 26 August 1994Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1143462.42Won
8 Waqar Younis 26 August 1994Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3188554.72Won
9 Muttiah Muralitharan 7 January 1998Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2292350.79Won
10 Muttiah Muralitharan 7 January 1998Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 342.59472.19Won
11 Shane Warne 9 September 1999Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2165253.25Won
12 Venkatesh Prasad 22 August 2001Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3217253.42India won [11]
13 Muttiah Muralitharan 21 November 2001Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 435.58162.26Sri Lanka won [12]
14 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 January 2002Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1405191.27Sri Lanka won [8]
15 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 May 2003Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3394951.25Drawn [13]
16 Ashley Giles 10 December 2003Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 137.411653.07Drawn [14]
17 Shane Warne 16 March 2004Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 220.16553.22Australia won [15]
18 Muttiah Muralitharan 16 March 2004Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 350.317353.42Australia won [15]
19 Shane Warne 16 March 2004Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 421.19054.25Australia won [15]
20 Daren Powell 22 July 2005WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 113.12551.89Sri Lanka won [16]
21 Chaminda Vaas 22 July 2005Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2152261.46Sri Lanka won [16]
22 Muttiah Muralitharan 22 July 2005Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 416.24682.81Sri Lanka won [16]
23 Mohammad Asif 3 April 2006Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1234461.91Pakistan won [17]
24 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 April 2006Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 216.43952.34Pakistan won [17]
25 Mohammad Asif 3 April 2006Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3122752.25Pakistan won [17]
26 Muttiah Muralitharan 11 July 2007Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 114.52861.88Sri Lanka won [18]
27 Muttiah Muralitharan 11 July 2007Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3215462.57Sri Lanka won [18]
28 Muttiah Muralitharan 1 December 2007Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of England.svg  England 2355561.57Sri Lanka won [19]

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