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Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (
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: பாக்கியசோதி சரவணமுத்து மைதானம், si, පාකියසොති සර්වනමූත්තු ක්‍රීඩාංගනය) Colombo Oval or P. Sara or simply PSS is a
multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. It is currently used mostly for
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
matches. The stadium holds 15,000 and hosted its first Test match in 1982. It is named after
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu ( ta, பாக்கியசோதி சரவணமுத்து, si, පාකියසොති සර්වනමූත්තු; 26 October 1892 – 28 May 1950; also known as P. Sara) was a Ceylonese civi ...
, a former civil servant and first President of the Board of Control for Cricket. The venue is the home ground of the
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. History The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which t ...
. The P.Sara Oval hosts one Test match per year in Sri Lanka's summer Test calendar, but lost out to
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, ( si, පල්ලෙකැලේ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta, பல்லேகல சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட ...
in 2011 to host Sri Lanka v Australia Tests.


History

The stadium hosted Sri Lanka's first Test, against England in 1982. In 1985, Sri Lanka won their first Test match at this ground, against India. The ground regularly hosted international matches until 1994, but that was followed by an eight-year lull. In 2002, the ground was used as neutral soil for an Australia vs Pakistan Test Series. The stadium has hosted 15 Test matches, 12 ODIs and one T20I. It is a relatively small ground, half surrounded by lower-level stands and half by grass banks. The most famous feature is the ivy-covered scoreboard.


Ground figures


International Matches


Key

* P Matches Played * H Matches Won by Home Side * T Matches Won by Touring Side * N Matches Won by Neutral Side *D/N/T Matches Drawn/No Result/Tied Updated 27 August 2019


Records

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Stephen Fleming Stephen Paul Fleming (born 1 April 1973) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, who is the current head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. He is considered one of the g ...
(274 not out) holds the record for highest Test score at this ground. * Best bowling figures by
Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire and Australia ...
,7/94 Australia vs Pakistan in 2002.


See also

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List of international cricket centuries at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium The Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium is a cricket stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It hosted Sri Lanka's first test match in 1982. The venue is the home ground of the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club. Key * * denotes that the batsman was not ...
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List of Test cricket grounds One hundred and twenty-one grounds have hosted Test cricket since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue f ...
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List of international cricket grounds in Sri Lanka Cricket is a popular sport in Sri Lanka. The country has eight grounds that have been used to host international cricket matches, and seven of them have hosted Test matches. However, the Colombo Cricket Club Ground and the Tyronne Fernando Stadi ...
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List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium is a sports ground in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. It is the home ground of Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and has been the venue for top-level international cricket matches since 1982. The first Tes ...


References


External links


Cricinfo profile on P. Sara
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