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List of Sri Lanka Test 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. 37 Sri Lankan players have taken five-wicket hauls in Test matches, where the first fifer was taken by Somachandra de Silva in 1982 against Pakistan with the figures 5 for 59 runs.[1]

Key[edit]

  • BBI denotes that the Best Bowling figures in an innings.
  • BBM denotes the Best Bowling figures in a match.
  • 5s denotes the number of five-wicket hauls taken in career
  • 10s denotes the number of ten-wicket hauls taken in career
  • Total denotes the wickets taken in career (italics denotes player is currently active in Test 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 BBM 5s 10s Total Maiden fifer Date
1 Somachandra de Silva 5/59 9/162 1 0 37 5/59 vs Pakistan at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad 14 March 1982
2 Ashantha de Mel 6/109 7/201 3 3 59 5/68 vs India at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 17 September 1982
3 Vinothen John 5/60 8/159 2 0 28 5/86 vs New Zealand at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy 9 March 1984
4 Ravi Ratnayeke 8/83 8/108 4 0 56 8/83 vs Pakistan at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot 27 October 1985
5 Rumesh Ratnayake 6/66 9/125 5 0 73 6/66 vs Australia at Bellerive Oval, Hobart 16 December 1989
6 Saliya Ahangama 5/52 8/124 1 0 18 5/52 vs India at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy 14 September 1985
7 Kosala Kuruppuarachchi 5/44 7/85 1 0 8 5/44 vs Pakistan at Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo 14 March 1986
8 Graeme Labrooy 5/133 5/202 1 0 27 5/133 vs Australia at The Gabba, Brisbane 8 December 1989
9 Pramodya Wickramasinghe 6/80 9/162 3 0 85 5/73 vs Pakistan at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad 2 January 1992
10 Champaka Ramanayake 8/157 9/162 1 0 44 5/82 vs Pakistan at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa 8 September 1992
11 Muttiah Muralitharan 9/162 16/220 67 22 800 5/104 vs South Africa at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa 25 August 1993
12 Kumar Dharmasena 6/72 8/183 3 0 69 6/99 vs Pakistan at P Sara Oval, Colombo 9 August 1994
13 Ravindra Pushpakumara 7/116 9/162 4 0 58 7/116 vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare 26 October 1994
14 Chaminda Vaas 7/71 14/191 12 2 355 5/47 vs New Zealand at McLean Park, Napier 11 March 1995
15 Sajeewa de Silva 5/85 5/158 1 0 16 5/85 vs Pakistan at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 26 April 1997
16 Niroshan Bandaratilleke 9/83 9/162 1 0 23 5/36 vs New Zealand at Galle International Stadium, Galle 3 June 1998
17 Upul Chandana 5/59 10/210 3 1 37 6/179 vs Pakistan at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 12 March 1999
18 Dilhara Fernando 5/42 7/95 3 0 100 5/98 vs South Africa at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 26 December 2000
19 Sanath Jayasuriya 5/34 9/74 2 0 98 5/43 vs Zimbabwe at Galle International Stadium, Galle 12 January 2002
20 Prabath Nissanka 5/64 5/128 1 0 10 5/64 vs West Indies at Sabina Park, Kingston 27 June 2003
21 Nuwan Zoysa 5/20 8/73 1 0 64 5/20 vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare 6 May 2004
22 Lasith Malinga 5/50 9/210 3 0 101 5/80 vs New Zealand at McLean Park, Napier 4 April 2005
23 Ajantha Mendis 6/99 10/209 4 1 70 6/117 vs India at Galle International Stadium, Galle 31 July 2007
24 Rangana Herath 9/127 14/184 34 9 433 5/99 vs Pakistan at P Sara Oval, Colombo 12 July 2009
25 Thilan Thushara 5/83 6/204 1 0 28 5/83 vs Pakistan at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 20 July 2009
26 Suraj Randiv 5/82 9/162 1 0 43 5/82 vs India at P Sara Oval, Colombo 3 August 2010
27 Chanaka Welagedara 5/52 6/106 2 0 55 5/87 vs Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 3 November 2011
28 Dilruwan Perera 6/32 10/78 8 2 156 5/109 vs Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka 14 January 2014
29 Dhammika Prasad 5/50 6/125 1 0 75 5/50 vs England at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds 20 June 2014
30 Tharindu Kaushal 5/42 8/181 2 0 25 5/134 vs India at Galle International Stadium, Galle 12 August 2015
31 Dushmantha Chameera 5/47 9/115 1 0 24 5/47 vs New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton 18 December 2015
32 Suranga Lakmal 5/54 6/127 3 0 141 5/63 vs South Africa at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 26 December 2016
33 Lahiru Kumara 6/122 7/184 1 0 53 5/122 vs South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 2 January 2017
34 Nuwan Pradeep 6/132 6/195 1 0 70 6/132 vs India at Galle International Stadium, Galle 26 July 2017
35 Lakshan Sandakan 5/95 7/171 2 0 37 5/132 vs India at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele 12 August 2017
36 Akila Dananjaya 6/115 8/44 4 0 33 5/24 vs Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka 8 February 2018
37 Lasith Embuldeniya 5/66 6/117 1 0 12 5/59 vs South Africa at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 13 February 2019
  • Last updated: 14 September 2019.

References[edit]

  1. "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Faisalabad, Mar 14-19 1982". ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Bowling records / Sri Lanka test fifers wicket takers list". ESPN Cricinfo.


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