List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

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Pallekele Cricket Stadium in December 2014

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 December 2015, in total the ground has been the venue for 4 Test matches,[3] 18 One-Day International matches,[4] and 17 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] It still stood as the best bowling figures to date in Tests at Pallekele Stadium. There have been a total of 3 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.

Key

Symbol Meaning
dagger The bowler was man of the match
double-dagger 10 or more wickets taken in the match
Section-sign 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 Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Junaid Khan 8 July 2012  Pakistan  Sri Lanka 2 28.2 70 5 2.47 Drawn[9]
2 Yasir Shah 3 July 2015  Pakistan  Sri Lanka 1 31.5 78 5 2.45 Pakistan won[13]
3 Imran Khan 3 July 2015  Pakistan  Sri Lanka 3 20.4 58 5 2.80 Pakistan won[14]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Mitchell Johnson 10 August 2011  Australia  Sri Lanka 1 10 31 6 3.10 Australia won[11]
2 Thisara Perera 9 June 2012  Sri Lanka  Pakistan 2 10 44 6 4.40 Sri Lanka won[15]
3 Irfan Pathan 4 August 2012  India  Sri Lanka 2 10 61 5 6.10 India won[16]
4 Abdur Razzak 28 March 2013  Bangladesh  Sri Lanka 1 10 62 5 6.20 Bangladesh won[17]
5 Chris Woakes 10 December 2014  England  Sri Lanka 1 8 47 6 5.87 England won[18]

Twenty20 Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 Internationals at Pallekele Cricket Stadium
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 Ajantha Mendis 8 August 2011  Sri Lanka  Australia 2 4 16 6 4.00 Sri Lanka won[19]
2 Lasith Malinga 1 October 2012  Sri Lanka  England 2 10 31 5 7.75 Sri Lanka won[20]

References

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  15. ↑ "2nd Match: Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 9 June 2012" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  16. ↑ "5th Match: Sri Lanka v India, 4 August 2012" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  17. ↑ "3rd Match: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 28 March 2013" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  18. ↑ "5th Match: Sri Lanka v England, 10,11 December 2014" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  19. ↑ "2nd Match: Sri Lanka v Australia, 8 August 2011" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015
  20. ↑ "2012 ICC World Twenty20 - 22nd Match, Group 1: Sri Lanka v England, 1 October 2012" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2015

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