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Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Kandy, Sri Lanka

Pallekele, Kandy District, Central Province

Also or formerly known as Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium
Established 2009
Capacity 35,000
FloodLight Yes
End Name Hunnasgiriya End, Rikillagaskada End

Records and statistics
First Test	Sri Lanka v West Indies, 01-05, Dec 2010	Scoreboard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 08-12, Jul 2012	Scoreboard
First ODI	Pakistan v New Zealand, 08-Mar-2011	Scoreboard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 28-Mar-2013	Scoreboard
First T20I	Sri Lanka v Australia, 06-Aug-2011	Scoreboard
Last T20I	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 31-Mar-2013	Scoreboard
Next Match	South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2013 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v South Africa

Playing area 80.0m long, 75.0m wide
Curator Asitha Wijesinghe

Pallekele cricket ground is newly stadium. There's no international venue other than a mud slug ground at Pallekele, but they host world cup 2011 matches.

The stadium has been renamed as the Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium. In July 2010, The Central Provincial Council in Kandy unanimously made the renaming decision to honor the legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan.

Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium became the 104 Test venue in the world in December 2010. The first Test was played between Sri Lanka and the West Indies from 1–5 December.