List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Asgiriya Stadium

Bowlers have taken seventeen five-wicket hauls in Tests played at Asgiriya Stadium.

Asgiriya Stadium is a sports ground in Kandy, Sri Lanka, which has hosted international cricket matches, along with many domestic and school games. It is the home of the Kandy Cricket Club.^[1] It has hosted international cricket matches since 1983 until 2007, the first Test at the ground taking place in between Sri Lanka and Australia in April of that year.^[2] and has been home to 22 Test matches in total.^[3] Asgiriya Stadium has also staged 6 One Day International (ODI) matches,^[4] the first of which was in 1986 when the host Sri Lanka lost to Pakistan by 8 wickets.^[5]

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer")^[6] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.^[7] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Asgiriya Stadium was Venkatesh Prasad in 2001; he finished with bowling figures of 5 for 72 in third innings. Muttiah Muralitharan currently holds most five-wicket hauls more than any other on this ground with 9 five-wicket hauls. The best figures in Test cricket at Asgiriya Stadium are 7 for 94, also taken by Muralitharan against Zimbabwe in January 2002.^[8] Muralitharan also took the last five-wicket haul at Asgiriya Stadium, with figures of 6 wickets for 55 runs against England in 1 December 2007.^[9] Until Asgiriya Stadium abandoned from all international matches, seven bowlers have taken seventeen Test match five-wicket hauls at the ground.^[10]

There are no any ODI five-wicket hauls taken at Asgiriya Stadium until last ODI on 16 December 2001.

Key

Muttiah Muralitharan have taken 9 five-wicket hauls at Asgiriya Stadium.

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. ^8 indicates that eight balls were bowled in each over.
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 Asgiriya Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Prasad, VenkateshVenkatesh Prasad	22 August 2001	India	Sri Lanka	3	21	72	5	3.42	Marvan Atapattu Suresh Perera Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas Dilhara Fernando	India won[11]
2	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	21 November 2001	Sri Lanka	West Indies	4	35.5	81	6	2.26	Daren Ganga Ramnaresh Sarwan Mervyn Dillon Marlon Samuels Pedro Collins Colin Stuart	Sri Lanka won[12]
3	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	4 January 2002	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	1	40	51	9	1.27	Trevor Gripper Hamilton Masakadza Gavin Rennie Andy Flower Stuart Carlisle Craig Wishart Heath Streak Dougie Marillier Grant Flower	Sri Lanka won[8]
4	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	3 May 2003	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	39	49	5	1.25	Matt Horne Mathew Sinclair Jacob Oram Daniel Vettori Daryl Tuffey	Drawn[13]
5	Giles, AshleyAshley Giles	10 December 2003	England	Sri Lanka	1	37.4	116	5	3.07	Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Dharmasena Muttiah Muralitharan	Drawn[14]
6	Warne, ShaneShane Warne	16 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	2	20.1	65	5	3.22	Mahela Jayawardene Tillakaratne Dilshan Hashan Tillakaratne Kaushal Lokuarachchi Muttiah Muralitharan	Australia won[15]
7	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	16 March 2004	Sri Lanka	Australia	3	50.3	173	5	3.42	Adam Gilchrist Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Jason Gillespie Damien Martyn	Australia won[15]
8	Warne, ShaneShane Warne	16 March 2004	Australia	Sri Lanka	4	21.1	90	5	4.25	Kumar Sangakkara Hashan Tillakaratne Tillakaratne Dilshan Chaminda Vaas Kaushal Lokuarachchi	Australia won[15]
9	Powell, DarenDaren Powell	22 July 2005	West Indies	Sri Lanka	1	13.1	25	5	1.89	Sanath Jayasuriya Kumar Sangakkara Rangana Herath Gayan Wijekoon Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka won[16]
10	Vaas, ChamindaChaminda Vaas	22 July 2005	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2	15	22	6	1.46	Xavier Marshall Runako Morton Shivnarine Chanderpaul Sylvester Joseph Denesh Ramdin Daren Powell	Sri Lanka won[16]
11	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	22 July 2005	Sri Lanka	West Indies	4	16.2	46	8	2.81	Runako Morton Ryan Ramdass Sylvester Joseph Narsingh Deonarine Omari Banks Daren Powell Denesh Ramdin Tino Best	Sri Lanka won[16]
12	Asif, MohammadMohammad Asif	3 April 2006	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	23	44	6	1.91	Upul Tharanga Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Malinga Bandara Nuwan Kulasekara	Pakistan won[17]
13	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	3 April 2006	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	16.4	39	5	2.34	Kamran Akmal Mohammad Yousuf Faisal Iqbal Abdul Razzaq Danish Kaneria	Pakistan won[17]
14	Asif, MohammadMohammad Asif	3 April 2006	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	12	27	5	2.25	Upul Tharanga Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Samaraweera Farveez Maharoof Tillakaratne Dilshan	Pakistan won[17]
15	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	11 July 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	14.5	28	6	1.88	Rajin Saleh Shahriar Nafees Mashrafe Mortaza Mohammad Rafique Shahadat Hossain Syed Rasel	Sri Lanka won[18]
16	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	11 July 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	3	21	54	6	2.57	Habibul Bashar Shahriar Nafees Mohammad Ashraful Mashrafe Mortaza Shahadat Hossain Syed Rasel	Sri Lanka won[18]
17	Muralitharan, MuttiahMuttiah Muralitharan	1 December 2007	Sri Lanka	England	2	35	55	6	1.57	Michael Vaughan Ian Bell Kevin Pietersen Ravi Bopara Paul Collingwood Matthew Hoggard	Sri Lanka won[19]

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