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Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe 2Nd Odi

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka - 1998 (1997/98) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 24 January 1998

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining). Murray Goodwin top-scored with 111 for Zimbabwe.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka - 1998 (1997/98)
Ground
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date
24 January 1998
Toss
Zimbabwe, chose to bat
Result
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
Player of the match
Murray Goodwin
Captains
Alistair Campbell (Zimbabwe), Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka)
Debut
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Umpires
I Anandappa and WAU Wickramasinghe
Match referee
R Subba Row

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat. It was Mahela Jayawardene's first ODI.

Zimbabwe batted first and made 212 for 8. Murray Goodwin top-scored with 111 off 134 balls, and Grant Flower made 51. The innings was built on a 105-run stand for the second wicket between Grant Flower and Murray Goodwin, 50% of the total.

Chasing 213, Sri Lanka made 213 for 5. Roshan Mahanama top-scored with 52 off 71 balls, and Sanath Jayasuriya made 50. The innings was built on a 76-run stand for the first wicket between Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya.

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining).

ZIMBABWE: 212 FOR 8
BatterHow outRB
Andy Flowerbowled25
Grant Flowerbowled5175
Murray Goodwinbowled111134
Guy Whittallbowled1322
Alistair Campbellc Sanath Jayasuriya627
Craig Wishartrun out (Upul Chandana)615
Paul Strangc Roshan Mahanama410
Heath Streakrun out (Muthiah Muralidaran, Sanath Jayasuriya)44
John Rennienot out48

Did not bat: Andy Whittall, Pommie Mbangwa

Extras 11 · Total 212 for 8

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Ravindra Pushpakumara70261
Aravinda de Silva40140
Kumar Dharmasena100280
Muthiah Muralidaran100431
Sanath Jayasuriya100532
Upul Chandana90422

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Andy Flower), 2-108 (Grant Flower), 3-143 (Guy Whittall), 4-165 (Alistair Campbell), 5-187 (Craig Wishart), 6-203 (Paul Strang), 7-204 (Murray Goodwin), 8-212 (Heath Streak)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstAndy Flower and Grant Flower3
secondGrant Flower and Murray Goodwin105
thirdGuy Whittall and Murray Goodwin35
fourthAlistair Campbell and Murray Goodwin22
fifthCraig Wishart and Murray Goodwin22
sixthPaul Strang and Murray Goodwin16
seventhHeath Streak and Murray Goodwin1
eighthJohn Rennie and Heath Streak8
SRI LANKA: 213 FOR 5
BatterHow outRB
Marvan Atapattuc Paul Strang4580
Sanath Jayasuriyac Heath Streak5062
Roshan Mahanamarun out5271
Aravinda de Silvast Andy Flower311
Arjuna Ranatungac Andy Whittall4353
Romesh Kaluwitharananot out812
Mahela Jayawardenenot out11

Did not bat: Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, Muthiah Muralidaran, Ravindra Pushpakumara

Extras 11 · Total 213 for 5

Bowler (Zimbabwe)OMRW
Heath Streak80370
John Rennie100430
Andy Whittall8.20332
Pommie Mbangwa80420
Paul Strang60181
Grant Flower60221
Alistair Campbell20120

FALL OF WICKETS

1-76 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-118 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-127 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-194 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-212 (Arjuna Ranatunga)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstMarvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya76
secondRoshan Mahanama and Marvan Atapattu42
thirdAravinda de Silva and Roshan Mahanama9
fourthArjuna Ranatunga and Roshan Mahanama67
fifthArjuna Ranatunga and Romesh Kaluwitharana18
sixthRomesh Kaluwitharana and Mahela Jayawardene1
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