List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

SCC Ground hosting a Test

The Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, also known as SSC Ground, is one of the most famous cricket grounds in Sri Lanka, and the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2]} With 10,000 capacity, SSC ground is sometimes described as "the Lord's of Sri Lanka", ^[3]

It hosts the most domestic finals and is an important international cricket venue. The ground staged its first test in 1984 against touring New Zealand team. The first One Day International played in 1982 against the England team. ^[2] The Sri Lankan team has an impressive test record here.

Up to July 2017, in total the ground has been the venue for 43 Test matches, ^[4] 59 One-Day International matches, ^[5] and 2 T20 International matches. ^[6]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") ^{[7] [8]} refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. ^[9]

The first Test was played at the SSC Ground between Sri Lanka and New Zealand on 16 March 1984. ^[10] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at SSC Ground was Ravi Ratnayeke, who took 5/42 in 1984 for Sri Lanka against New Zealand in very first Test of the ground. The best bowling figures to date in Tests at SSC Ground is by Sri Lankan Rangana Herath, who took 9/127 against Pakistan in 2014. This is the best bowling figures by a left hand bowler in Test cricket history as well. Total of 51 Test fifer was taken by at SSC Ground up to November 2018.

The first One Day International was played at the SSC Ground between Sri Lanka and England on 13 February 1982. ^[11] The first five-wicket haul was achieved by Chaminda Vaas who took 8/19 for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 2001. ^[12] Up to date, this is still recorded as the best bowling figures in ODI history and Vaas is the only player to take 8 wickets in any limited over cricket in the history. Only 3 ODI fifer was record from the ground.

The first T20 International was played at the SSC Ground on 3 February 2010 by Canada against Ireland. ^[13] and, to date, no any bowler was able to take T20I fifer at the ground.

Key

Muttiah Muralitharan have taken 14 five-wicket hauls at SSC Ground, most by a player.

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
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

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at SSC Ground

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Ravi Ratnayeke	16 March 1984	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2	21	42	5	2.00	Jeff Crowe Richard Hadlee Martin Crowe Stephen Boock Ian Smith	Drawn [10]
2	Ashantha de Mel	30 August 1985	Sri Lanka	India	1	28	64	5	2.28	Dilip Vengsarkar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Sadanand Viswanath Chetan Sharma	Drawn [14]
3	Rumesh Ratnayake	30 August 1985	Sri Lanka	India	3	41	85	6	2.07	Kris Srikkanth Lalchand Rajput Sunil Gavaskar Ravi Shastri Kapil Dev Sadanand Viswanath	Drawn [15]
4	Anil Kumble	27 July 1993	India	Sri Lanka	2	24	87	5	3.62	Chandika Hathurusingha Aravinda de Silva Arjuna Ranatunga Ashley de Silva Dulip Liyanage	India won [16]
5	Brett Schultz	6 September 1993	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	20	48	5	2.40	Roshan Mahanama Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Sanath Jayasuriya Pramodya Wickramasinghe	South Africa won [17]
6	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 1993	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	54	101	5	1.87	Kepler Wessels Daryl Cullinan Brian McMillan David Richardson Brett Schultz	South Africa won [17]
7	Sajeewa de Silva	26 April 1997	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	24.2	85	5	3.49	Rameez Raja Saleem Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Mohammad Zahid Saqlain Mushtaq	Drawn [18]
8	Chris Cairns	10 June 1998	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	1	17.4	62	5	3.50	Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka won [19]
9	Daniel Vettori	10 June 1998	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	3	33	64	6	1.93	Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Mahela Jayawardene Hashan Tillakaratne Pramodya Wickramasinghe Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Sri Lanka won [19]
10	Muttiah Muralitharan	10 June 1998	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	18.3	30	5	1.62	Bryan Young Craig Spearman Craig McMillan Nathan Astle Daniel Vettori	Sri Lanka won [19]
11	Muttiah Muralitharan	14 June 2000	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	47	115	5	2.44	Younis Khan Mohammad Yousuf Saeed Anwar Waqar Younis Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan won [20]
12	Wasim Akram	14 June 2000	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	15.3	45	5	2.90	Russell Arnold Arjuna Ranatunga Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa Dilhara Fernando	Pakistan won [20]
13	Nicky Boje	6 August 2000	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	34	62	5	1.82	Russell Arnold Aravinda de Silva Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Arjuna Ranatunga	Drawn [21]
14	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 August 2000	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	45.5	68	5	1.48	Daryl Cullinan Gary Kirsten Jonty Rhodes Lance Klusener Mark Boucher	Drawn [21]
15	Chaminda Vaas	15 March 2001	Sri Lanka	England	2	27.5	73	6	2.62	Mike Atherton Michael Vaughan Craig White Ashley Giles Andy Caddick Darren Gough	England won [22]
16	Muttiah Muralitharan	29 August 2001	Sri Lanka	India	1	34.1	87	8	2.54	Shiv Sundar Das Sadagoppan Ramesh Saurav Ganguly Rahul Dravid Sameer Dighe Hemang Badani Zaheer Khan Sairaj Bahutule	Sri Lanka won [23]
17	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 2001	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	9.4	13	5	1.34	Al Sahariar Naimur Rahman Khaled Mashud Hasibul Hossain Mohammad Ashraful	Sri Lanka won [24]
18	Muttiah Muralitharan	6 September 2001	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	3	35.3	98	5	2.76	Mehrab Hossain Javed Omar Habibul Bashar Khaled Mashud Mohammad Sharif	Sri Lanka won [24]
19	Chaminda Vaas	29 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	1	32.2	120	7	3.71	Chris Gayle Darren Ganga Carl Hooper Marlon Samuels Mervyn Dillon Brian Lara Pedro Collins	Sri Lanka won [25]
20	Chaminda Vaas	29 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	25	71	7	2.84	Chris Gayle Darren Ganga Ramnaresh Sarwan Mervyn Dillon Dinanath Ramnarine Pedro Collins Marlon Black	Sri Lanka won [25]
21	Muttiah Muralitharan	24 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	1	37.1	123	5	3.30	Simon Katich Adam Gilchrist Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Darren Lehmann	Australia won [26]
22	Sanath Jayasuriya	11 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	14.1	34	5	2.40	Martin van Jaarsveld Nicky Boje Graeme Smith Jacques Kallis Nantie Hayward	Sri Lanka won [27]
23	Chaminda Vaas	11 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	18	29	6	1.61	Martin van Jaarsveld Jacques Kallis Jacques Rudolph Mark Boucher Nicky Boje Makhaya Ntini	Sri Lanka won [27]
24	Muttiah Muralitharan	13 July 2005	Sri Lanka	West Indies	3	21	36	6	1.71	Sylvester Joseph Denesh Ramdin Omari Banks Daren Powell Tino Best Jermaine Lawson	Sri Lanka won [28]
25	Muttiah Muralitharan	27 July 2006	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	64	131	6	2.04	Andrew Hall AB de Villiers Ashwell Prince Herschelle Gibbs Andre Nel Dale Steyn	Sri Lanka won [29]
26	Muttiah Muralitharan	25 June 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	7.3	15	5	2.00	Rajin Saleh Shakib Al Hasan Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Abdur Razzak	Sri Lanka won [30]
27	Muttiah Muralitharan	9 December 2007	Sri Lanka	England	1	47.2	116	5	2.45	Michael Vaughan Ian Bell Ryan Sidebottom Steve Harmison Matt Prior	Drawn [31]
28	Muttiah Muralitharan	23 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	2	29	84	5	2.89	Gautam Gambhir Sachin Tendulkar Saurav Ganguly Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh	Sri Lanka won [32]
29	Muttiah Muralitharan	23 July 2008	Sri Lanka	India	3	13	26	6	2.00	Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Gautam Gambhir Saurav Ganguly Dinesh Karthik Anil Kumble	Sri Lanka won [32]
30	Thilan Thushara	20 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	20.4	83	5	4.01	Fawad Alam Younis Khan Shoaib Malik Kamran Akmal Saeed Ajmal	Drawn [33]
31	Danish Kaneria	20 July 2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	20.3	62	5	3.02	Angelo Mathews Chaminda Vaas Mahela Jayawardene Rangana Herath Tillakaratne Dilshan	Drawn [33]
32	Rangana Herath	20 July 2009	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	3	46	157	5	3.41	Khurram Manzoor Mohammad Yousuf Shoaib Malik Umar Gul Danish Kaneria	Drawn [33]
33	Rangana Herath	26 August 2009	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	4	48	139	5	2.89	Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Daniel Flynn Jesse Ryder Iain O'Brien	Sri Lanka won [34]
34	Rangana Herath	16 September 2011	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	52	157	7	3.01	Shane Watson Shaun Marsh Ricky Ponting Phillip Hughes Michael Clarke Brad Haddin Peter Siddle	Australia won [35]
35	Junaid Khan	30 July 2012	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2	28	73	5	2.60	Tharanga Paranavitana Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Angelo Mathews Nuwan Kulasekara	Drawn [36]
36	Dilruwan Perera	24 July 2014	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	41.5	69	5	1.64	Dean Elgar AB de Villiers Quinton de Kock Vernon Philander Morne Morkel	Drawn [37]
37	Rangana Herath	24 July 2014	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	45	40	5	0.88	Alviro Petersen Quinton de Kock AB de Villiers Faf du Plessis Dale Steyn	Drawn [37]
38	Junaid Khan	14 August 2014	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	27	87	5	3.22	Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Niroshan Dickwella Dilruwan Perera Dhammika Prasad	Sri Lanka won [38]
39	Rangana Herath	14 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	33.1	127	9	3.82	Khurram Manzoor Azhar Ali Younis Khan Misbah-ul-Haq Asad Shafiq Abdur Rehman Wahab Riaz Sarfraz Ahmed Saeed Ajmal	Sri Lanka won [38]
40	Rangana Herath	14 August 2014	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	4	22.1	57	5	2.57	Azhar Ali Misbah-ul-Haq Younis Khan Asad Shafiq Wahab Riaz	Sri Lanka won [38]
41	Ishant Sharma	8 August 2015	India	Sri Lanka	2	15	54	5	3.60	Upul Tharanga Angelo Mathews Lahiru Thirimanne Dilruwan Perera Rangana Herath	India won [39]
42	Mitchell Starc	13 August 2016	Australia	Sri Lanka	1	25.1	63	5	2.50	Kaushal Silva Dimuth Karunaratne Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka won [40]
43	Rangana Herath	13 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	2	38.1	81	6	2.12	Steve Smith Moises Henriques Adam Voges Mitchell Marsh Josh Hazlewood Jon Holland	Sri Lanka won [40]
44	Rangana Herath	13 August 2016	Sri Lanka	Australia	4	18.1	64	7	3.52	Steve Smith Adam Voges Mitchell Marsh Peter Nevill Mitchell Starc Josh Hazlewood Nathan Lyon	Sri Lanka won [40]
45	Ravichandran Ashwin	13 August 2016	India	Sri Lanka	2	16.4	69	5	4.14	Upul Tharanga Dimuth Karunaratne Angelo Mathews Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep	India won [41]
46	Ravindra Jadeja	13 August 2016	India	Sri Lanka	3	39	152	5	3.89	Dinesh Chandimal Dimuth Karunaratne Angelo Mathews Dilruwan Perera Dhananjaya de Silva	India won [41]
47	Keshav Maharaj	20 July 2018	South Africa	Sri Lanka	1	41.1	129	9	3.13	Dimuth Karunaratne Danushka Gunathilaka Kusal Mendis Angelo Mathews Niroshan Dickwella Dhananjaya de Silva Dilruwan Perera Suranga Lakmal Rangana Herath	Lost [42]
48	Akila Dananjaya	20 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	13	52	5	4.00	Dean Elgar Theunis de Bruyn Keshav Maharaj Quinton de Kock Dale Steyn	Won [42]
49	Rangana Herath	20 July 2018	Sri Lanka	South Africa	4	32.5	98	6	2.98	Aiden Markram Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Quinton de Kock Theunis de Bruyn Dale Steyn	Won [42]
50	Lakshan Sandakan	23 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	1	22	95	5	4.31	Joe Root Ben Stokes Jonny Bairstow Jos Buttler Stuart Broad	England won [43]
51	Adil Rashid	23 November 2018	England	Sri Lanka	2	13.5	49	5	3.54	Dhananjaya de Silva Dimuth Karunaratne Roshen Silva Kusal Mendis Malinda Pushpakumara	England won [43]
52	Dilruwan Perera	23 November 2018	Sri Lanka	England	3	29.5	88	5	2.94	Keaton Jennings Rory Burns Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes Jack Leach	England won [43]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internatioanl matches at SSC Ground

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Chaminda Vaas	8 December 2001	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	1	8	19	8	2.37	Dion Ebrahim Grant Flower Andy Flower Stuart Carlisle Craig Wishart Tatenda Taibu Heath Streak Mluleki Nkala	Sri Lanka won [44]
2	Glenn McGrath	15 September 2002	Australia	New Zealand	2	7	37	5	5.28	Stephen Fleming Lou Vincent Scott Styris Mathew Sinclair Jacob Oram	Australia won [45]
3	Upul Chandana	31 August 2004	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	9.1	61	5	6.65	Jacques Rudolph Mark Boucher Jacques Kallis JP Duminy Makhaya Ntini	Sri Lanka won [46]

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External links

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