HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka owns the record for most five wicket hauls by a left arm spinner in a team’s win in the annals of test cricket
HMRKB Herath captured 6 for 81 and 7 for 64 in the just concluded Col-SSC test against Australia and Sri Lanka won the test by 163 runs. These two five wicket hauls represent the 16th and 17th five wicket hauls for HMRKB Herath in the tests won by Sri Lanka. HMRKB Herath now hold the record for most five wicket hauls by a left arm spin bowler when a team has won the test in the annals of test cricket. All the seventeen occasions are listed below. DL Underwood is the other left arm spin bowler to capture ten five wicket hauls in England’s test wins which is the second best in this category of statistics
| No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 35.0 | 5 | 99 | 5 | 3 | v Pakistan | Col-PSS | 12 Jul 2009 |
| 2 | 48.0 | 9 | 139 | 5 | 4 | v New Zealand | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
| 3 | 30.3 | 7 | 79 | 5 | 4 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 |
| 4 | 19.0 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 2 | v England | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 |
| 5 | 38.0 | 9 | 97 | 6 | 4 | v England | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 |
| 6 | 30.0 | 5 | 65 | 5 | 1 | v New Zealand | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 |
| 7 | 18.0 | 3 | 43 | 6 | 3 | v New Zealand | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 |
| 8 | 28.3 | 6 | 68 | 5 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Col-RPS | 16 Mar 2013 |
| 9 | 36.0 | 9 | 89 | 7 | 3 | v Bangladesh | Col-RPS | 16 Mar 2013 |
| 10 | 30.2 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 3 | v Pakistan | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 |
| 11 | 33.1 | 3 | 127 | 9 | 2 | v Pakistan | Col-SSC | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 12 | 22.1 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 4 | v Pakistan | Col-SSC | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 13 | 21.0 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 4 | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 14 | 33.0 | 9 | 68 | 6 | 2 | v West Indies | Galle | 14 Oct 2015 |
| 15 | 33.3 | 16 | 54 | 5 | 4 | v Australia | Pallekele | 26 Jul 2016 |
| 16 | 38.1 | 11 | 81 | 6 | 2 | v Australia | Col-SSC | 13 Aug 2016 |
| 17 | 18.1 | 3 | 64 | 7 | 4 | v Australia | Col-SSC | 13 Aug 2016 |