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The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first international cricket in 1926/27. The team played its first full international match, a One Day International (ODI), during the 1975 Cricket World Cup, and were awarded Test cricket status in 1982, making Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation.
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. [1] This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on Sri Lankan grounds in official Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International matches.
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI/T20I was held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| O | Number of overs bowled |
| R | Number of runs conceded |
| W | Number of wickets taken |
| Result | Result of the match |
A single international five-wicket haul has been taken on Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo. Sri Lanka's Chamani Seneviratna took five wickets in the ground's only women's Test match in 1998.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamani Seneviratna [upper-alpha 1] | 17 April 1998 |  Sri Lanka |  Pakistan | 2 | 24 | 31 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [2] |
Three five-wicket hauls have been taken at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota, all in men's limited overs international matches.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shahid Afridi | 23 February 2011 [lower-alpha 1] | Pakistan |  Kenya | 2 | 8 | 16 | 5 | Pakistan won [3] |
| 2 | Lasith Malinga | 16 August 2011 | Sri Lanka |  Australia | 2 | 8.2 | 28 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [4] |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajantha Mendis [upper-alpha 2] | 18 September 2012 [lower-alpha 2] | Sri Lanka |  Zimbabwe | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | Sri Lanka won [7] |
A single international five-wicket haul has been taken on Moors Sports Club Ground in Colombo. Sri Lanka's Suthershini Sivanantham took five wickets for the cost of only two runs in a One Day International match in 2002.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suthershini Sivanantham | 22 January 2002 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 9.3 | 2 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [8] |
Eight five-wicket hauls have been taken at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, all in men's One Day Internationals.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 18 May 2003 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 9.4 | 23 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [9] |
| 2 | Brad Hogg | 20 February 2004 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 2 | 9.3 | 41 | 5 | Australia won [10] |
| 3 | Michael Clarke [upper-alpha 3] | 22 February 2004 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 1 | 7.5 | 35 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [11] |
| 4 | Lasith Malinga | 15 June 2010 [lower-alpha 3] | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 10 | 34 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [12] |
| 5 | Farveez Maharoof [upper-alpha 4] | 22 June 2010 [lower-alpha 3] | Sri Lanka |  India | 1 | 10 | 42 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [13] |
| 6 | Thisara Perera | 22 August 2010 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 7.4 | 28 | 5 | Sri Lanka won [14] |
| 7 | John Hastings [upper-alpha 5] | 31 August 2016 | Australia | Sri Lanka | 1 | 10 | 45 | 6 | Australia won [15] |
| 8 | Lasith Malinga | 13 October 2018 | Sri Lanka |  England | 1 | 10 | 44 | 5 | England won [16] |
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium better known as Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium, and abbreviately as MRIC Stadium, is an international cricket stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. It was built for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and hosted two matches, the first being Sri Lanka against Canada, on 20 February 2011. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people making It the second largest stadium in Sri Lanka.