Five wicket haul is considered a excellent record for a bowler. This record is equal to batters scoring centuries in a match. Bowlers have to do their best to achieve this, and there are also few bowlers have taken five wickets in an inning various times. Sri Lanka cricket is famous for producing top-quality bowlers. Muralitharan, the highest wicket-taker in red-ball format, belongs to the Sri Lanka cricket team.
1. Muttiah Muralitharan
When it comes to bowling records in test cricket. Muralitharan names come at the top in various stats. He has played 132 test matches for Sri Lanka with 800 wickets on his name. The record of most five wicket haul records belongs to murli. He has achieved this 67 times. He has done this against South Africa and Bangladesh for the most number of times.
2. Rangana Herath
The Herath is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He is the second best spinner his nation after the great Murli. Hearth is widely recognized for troubling batsmen with his googly. He has played 93 test matches for Sri Lanka and took 433 wickets. He achieved five-wicket haul for 34 times in his career.
3. Chaminda Vaas
Vaas is one of the greatest Sri Lankan cricketers who achieved lots of milestones across all formats. He used to be a front line bowler for his team during his cricketing career. Vaas got the opportunity to play 111 test matches for his national team in which he bagged 355 wickets with 12 five-wicket haul. Vaas is currently working as coach for various cricket teams across the world.
4. MDK Perera
MDK Parera or Dilruwan Parera is a professional Sri Lankan bowler who is part of the current Sri Lankan test team. He's a Right-arm off-break bowler. He has played 43 test matches so far and taken 161 wickets. He has got five-wicket haul for 12 times.
5. Rumesh Ratnayake
Rumesh is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in the 23 red-ball format of cricket. He took 73 test wickets with the help of 5 five-wicket hauls. He is currently working as bowling coach and shares his experience with youngsters.
6. Akila Dananjaya
Akila is a professional cricketer of the Sri Lanka cricket team. He is currently a regular member of his national team in all three formats. Dananjaya is a spinner who has a lot of potentials. He is currently part of the Sri Lanka T20 world Cup team. He has played just 6 test matches and taken 33 wickets. He has named five-wicket haul four times.
7. KR Pushpakumara
Pushpakumara is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a key part of a Sri Lanka 1996 world cup winning team. He was a fast bowler who played 23 test matches and grabbed 58 test wickets. He gets five wicket haul for four times in the red- ball format.
8. Ravi Ratnayake
Ravi is a former Sri Lankan captain and batsman. He played 22 test matches with his career best performance coming against Pakistan. He took 56 test wickets in his test career and grabbed five wicket haul for four times.
9. Ajantha Mendis
Mendis is widely recognized for his mystery bowling in cricket. He made his test debut in 2008. Mendis got to play only 18 test matches and took 70 wickets in his test career. He also has 4, five-wicket hauls.
10. Suranga Lakmal
Lakmal is the fast bowler of the Sri Lanka cricket team. He led the pace department of Sri Lanka in test cricket. Lakmal is one of the consistent players of Sri Lanka. He has played a total of 66 test matches so far having 167 wickets to his name. Lakmal has taken five wickets in test innings four times.
