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.
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.
Symbol | Meaning |
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![]() | 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 |
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | Junaid Khan | 8 July 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 28.2 | 70 | 5 | 2.47 | Drawn [9] | |
2 | Yasir Shah | 3 July 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 31.5 | 78 | 5 | 2.45 | Pakistan won [13] | |
3 | Imran Khan | 3 July 2015 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 20.4 | 58 | 5 | 2.80 | Pakistan won [14] | |
4 | Rangana Herath | 26 July 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 33.3 | 54 | 5 | 1.61 | Sri Lanka won [15] | |
5 | Lakshan Sandakan | 13 August 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 35.3 | 132 | 5 | 3.71 | India won [16] | |
6 | Akila Dananjaya | 14 November 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 25 | 115 | 6 | 4.60 | England won [17] | |
7 | Jack Leach | 14 November 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 28 | 83 | 5 | 2.96 | England won [17] |
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | Mitchell Johnson | 10 August 2011 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 3.10 | Australia won [11] | |
2 | Thisara Perera | 9 June 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 44 | 6 | 4.40 | Sri Lanka won [18] | |
3 | Irfan Pathan | 4 August 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 61 | 5 | 6.10 | India won [19] | |
4 | Abdur Razzak | 28 March 2013 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 62 | 5 | 6.20 | Bangladesh won [20] | |
5 | Chris Woakes | 10 December 2014 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 8 | 47 | 6 | 5.87 | England won [21] | |
6 | Akila Dananjaya | 24 August 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 5.40 | India won [22] | |
7 | Jasprit Bumrah | 27 August 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 2.70 | India won [23] |
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
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1 | Ajantha Mendis | 8 August 2011 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 4.00 | Sri Lanka won [24] | |
2 | Lasith Malinga | 1 October 2012 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 7.75 | Sri Lanka won [25] |
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