List of Sri Lanka cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut

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. A five-wicket haul on debut is regarded by critics as a notable achievement. As of September 2024, 174 cricketers have taken a five-wicket haul on Test match debut, of which six are from Sri Lanka: Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, Upul Chandana, Akila Dananjaya, Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen Jayawickrama, Prabath Jayasuriya and Nishan Peiris. Kuruppuarachchi and Chandana achieved the feat against Pakistan; Dananjaya and Jayawickrama achieved the feat against Bangladesh; Embuldeniya achieved his feat against South Africa, Jayasuriya against Australia, and Peiris against New Zealand.

Chandana is the only Sri Lankan to get a five-wicket haul in a losing cause, during the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. Jayawickrama and Jayasuriya both went on to take fifers in the second innings.

Key Date – Starting date of the Test match Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings Runs – Runs conceded Wkts – Number of wickets taken Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul. Econ – Bowling economy rate (average runs per over) Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken. Result – The result for the India team in that match. ♠ – The bowler was selected "Man of the match". * – 10 wickets or more taken in the match.

Five-wicket hauls No. Bowler Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts EconBatsmen Result 1 Kosala Kuruppuarachchi Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Mudassar Nazar Mohsin Khan Saleem Malik Wasim Akram Zulqarnain 2 Upul Chandana Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Ijaz Ahmed Yousuf Youhana Shahid Afridi Wasim Akram Arshad Khan Shoaib Akhtar 3 Akila Dananjaya Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Liton Das Mahmudullah Sabbir Rahman Mehidy Hasan Abdur Razzak 4 Lasith Embuldeniya Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Dean Elgar Temba Bavuma Quinton de Kock Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada 5 Praveen Jayawickrama*♠ Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Saif Hassan Tamim Iqbal Mushfiqur Rahim Liton Das Mehidy Hasan Taskin Ahmed 6 Prabath Jayasuriya*♠ Galle International Stadium, Galle Travis Head Cameron Green Alex Carey Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon 7 Nishan Peiris Galle International Stadium, Galle Tom Latham Kane Williamson Rachin Ravindra Tom Blundell Glenn Phillips Mitchell Santner

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