List of Sri Lanka ODI cricket five-wicket haul wicket takers
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A Five-wicket haul in cricket occurs when a bowler takes 5 wickets or more in an innings. 22 Sri Lankan players have taken five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches, where the first fifer was taken by Ashantha de Mel in 1983 against Pakistan with the figures 5 for 39 runs.[1]
Key[edit]
- BBI denotes that the Best Bowling figures in an innings.
- 5s denotes the number of five-wicket hauls taken in career
- Mdns. denotes the number of maiden overs in career bowled without conceding a run
- Total denotes the wickets taken in career (italics denotes player is currently active in ODI cricket)
- Maiden fifer and Date give the details of the player's first five-wicket haul and starting date of match.[2]
List of fifer wicket takers[edit]
| No. | Player | BBI | 5s | Mdns. | Total | Maiden fifer | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashantha de Mel | 5/39 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 5/39 vs Pakistan at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 16 June 1983 |
| 2 | Uvais Karnain | 5/26 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5/68 vs New Zealand at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa | 31 March 1984 |
| 3 | Graeme Labrooy | 5/57 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5/57 vs India at Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara | 15 January 1987 |
| 4 | Rumesh Ratnayake | 5/32 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 5/32 vs Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 20 December 1990 |
| 5 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 6/29 | 4 | 12 | 323 | 6/29 vs England at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa | 20 March 1993 |
| 6 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 7/30 | 10 | 13 | 534 | 5/23 vs Pakistan at Willowmoore Park, Benoni | 15 April 1998 |
| 7 | Chaminda Vaas | 8/19 | 4 | 7 | 400 | 5/14 vs India at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 29 October 2000 |
| 8 | Charitha Buddhika | 5/67 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5/67 vs Zimbabwe at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 26 October 2001 |
| 9 | Nuwan Zoysa | 5/26 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 5/26 vs South Africa at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo | 22 August 2004 |
| 10 | Upul Chandana | 5/61 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 5/61 vs South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | 31 August 2004 |
| 11 | Farveez Maharoof | 6/14 | 2 | 3 | 135 | 6/14 vs West Indies at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 14 October 2006 |
| 12 | Dilhara Fernando | 6/27 | 1 | 0 | 187 | 6/27 vs England at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo | 13 October 2007 |
| 13 | Ajantha Mendis | 6/13 | 3 | 2 | 152 | 5/22 vs UAE at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | 26 June 2008 |
| 14 | Thilan Thushara | 5/47 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 5/47 vs India at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo | 27 August 2008 |
| 15 | Angelo Mathews | 6/20 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 6/20 vs India at R Premadasa Cricket Stadium, Colombo | 12 September 2009 |
| 16 | Chanaka Welagedara | 5/66 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5/66 vs India at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | 5 January 2010 |
| 17 | Lasith Malinga | 6/38 | 8 | 5 | 338 | 5/34 vs Pakistan at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla | 12 March 1999 |
| 18 | Thisara Perera | 6/44 | 4 | 1 | 171 | 5/28 vs India at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla | 22 August 2010 |
| 19 | Suraj Randiv | 5/42 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5/42 vs England at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester | 9 July 2011 |
| 20 | Nuwan Kulasekara | 5/22 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 5/22 vs Australia at The Gabba, Brisbane | 18 January 2013 |
| 21 | Dasun Shanaka | 5/43 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5/43 vs Ireland at The Village, Malahide | 16 June 2016 |
| 22 | Akila Dananjaya | 6/29 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 5/54 vs India at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele | 24 August 2017 |
- Last updated: 15 September 2019.
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