P Sara Oval is a sports ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which has hosted international cricket matches, along with many domestic games. It is the home of the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. [1] It has hosted international cricket matches since 1982, the first Test at the ground taking place in between Sri Lanka and England in February of that year. [2] and has been home to 20 Test matches in total. [3] P Sara Oval has also staged 12 One Day International (ODI) matches, [4] the first of which was in 1983 when the host Sri Lanka defeated Australia by 2 wickets. [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 P Sara Oval was Derek Underwood in 1982; he finished with bowling figures of 5 wickets for 28 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan currently holds most five-wicket hauls at P Sara Oval, with 4 five-wicket hauls. The best figures in Test cricket at P Sara Oval are 7 for 94, taken by Australia's Shane Warne against Pakistan in October 2002. [9] Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies has taken the most recent five-wicket haul at P Sara Oval, with figures of 6 wickets for 29 runs against Sri Lanka in 22 October 2015. [10] As of December 2016, fourteen bowlers have taken nineteen Test match five-wicket hauls at the ground. [11]
There are no any ODI five-wicket hauls taken at P Sara Oval until December 2015.
| 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 |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Underwood | 17 February 1982 |  |  | 1 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1.55 | England Won [12] | |
| 2 | John Emburey | 17 February 1982 | | | 3 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 1.32 | England Won [12] | |
| 3 | Chetan Sharma | 6 September 1985 |  | | 1 | 33 | 118 | 5 | 3.57 | India Lost [13] | |
| 4 | Rumesh Ratnayake | 6 September 1985 | | | 4 | 23.2 | 49 | 5 | 2.1 | Sri Lanka Won [13] | |
| 5 | Brett Schultz | 14 September 1993 |  | | 2 | 36.5 | 63 | 5 | 1.71 | Drawn [14] | |
| 6 | Kumar Dharmasena | 9 August 1994 | |  | 1 | 45.2 | 99 | 6 | 2.18 | Sri Lanka Lost [15] | |
| 7 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 July 2002 | |  | 1 | 19.4 | 39 | 5 | 1.98 | Sri Lanka won [16] | |
| 8 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 21 July 2002 | | | 3 | 25 | 59 | 5 | 2.36 | Sri Lanka won [16] | |
| 9 | Shane Warne | 3 October 2002 |  | | 2 | 24.3 | 94 | 7 | 3.83 | Australia won [9] | |
| 10 | Shoaib Akhtar | 3 October 2002 | | | 3 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2.62 | Australia won [9] | |
| 11 | Dilhara Fernando | 20 September 2005 | | | 2 | 11 | 60 | 5 | 5.45 | Sri Lanka won [17] | |
| 12 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 August 2006 | | | 1 | 33.5 | 128 | 5 | 3.78 | Sri Lanka won [18] | |
| 13 | Dale Steyn | 4 August 2006 | | | 2 | 13.1 | 82 | 5 | 6.22 | Sri Lanka won [18] | |
| 14 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 August 2006 | | | 3 | 46.5 | 97 | 7 | 2.07 | Sri Lanka won [18] | |
| 15 | Ajantha Mendis | 8 August 2008 | | | 1 | 28 | 56 | 5 | 2.00 | Sri Lanka won [19] | |
| 16 | Rangana Herath | 12 July 2009 | | | 3 | 35 | 99 | 5 | 2.82 | Sri Lanka won [20] | |
| 17 | Suraj Randiv | 3 August 2010 | | | 4 | 29 | 82 | 5 | 2.82 | India won [21] | |
| 18 | Rangana Herath | 3 April 2012 | | | 2 | 53 | 133 | 6 | 2.50 | England won [22] | |
| 19 | Graeme Swann | 3 April 2012 | | | 3 | 40 | 106 | 6 | 2.65 | England won [22] | |
| 20 | Rangana Herath | 25 November 2012 | |  | 1 | 49 | 103 | 6 | 2.10 | New Zealand won [23] | |
| 21 | Tim Southee | 25 November 2012 | | | 2 | 49 | 62 | 5 | 2.81 | New Zealand won [23] | |
| 22 | Tharindu Kaushal | 25 June 2015 | | | 1 | 10.5 | 42 | 5 | 3.87 | Sri Lanka won [24] | |
| 23 | Yasir Shah | 25 June 2015 | | | 2 | 41.3 | 96 | 6 | 2.31 | Sri Lanka won [24] | |
| 24 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 20 August 2015 | | | 4 | 16 | 42 | 5 | 2.62 | India won [25] | |
| 25 | Kraigg Brathwaite | 22 October 2015 |  | | 3 | 11.3 | 29 | 6 | 2.52 | Sri Lanka won [26] |
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