Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe 3Rd Odi
Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka - 1998 (1997/98) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 26 January 1998
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining). Grant Flower top-scored with 112 for Zimbabwe.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Date
- 26 January 1998
- Toss
- Zimbabwe, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Captains
- Alistair Campbell (Zimbabwe), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
- Debuts
- Avishka Gunawardene (Sri Lanka), Naveed Nawaz (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- PT Manuel and TM Samarasinghe
- Match referee
- R Subba Row
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat. Avishka Gunawardene and Naveed Nawaz played their first ODIs.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 281 for 6. Grant Flower top-scored with 112 off 138 balls, and Andy Flower made 68. Kumar Dharmasena took 3 for 47 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 144-run stand for the third wicket between Andy Flower and Grant Flower, 51% of the total. That was well above the 1990s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 206 across 22 ODIs.
Chasing 282, Sri Lanka made 286 for 6. Sanath Jayasuriya top-scored with 102 off 100 balls, and Mahela Jayawardene made 74.
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining).
ZIMBABWE: 281 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Flower | c Ruwan Kalpage | 112 | 138 |
| Craig Wishart | c Avishka Gunawardene | 45 | 54 |
| Murray Goodwin | c Upul Chandana | 18 | 24 |
| Andy Flower | c Romesh Kaluwitharana | 68 | 70 |
| Guy Whittall | c Sajeewa de Silva | 3 | 3 |
| Alistair Campbell | st Romesh Kaluwitharana | 9 | 5 |
| Paul Strang | not out | 6 | 5 |
| Heath Streak | not out | 2 | 2 |
Did not bat: Andy Whittall, Adam Huckle, John Rennie
Extras 18 · Total 281 for 6
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| Upul Chandana | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-82 (Craig Wishart), 2-114 (Murray Goodwin), 3-258 (Andy Flower), 4-264 (Grant Flower), 5-273 (Alistair Campbell), 6-274 (Guy Whittall)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Grant Flower and Craig Wishart | 82 |
| second | Grant Flower and Murray Goodwin | 32 |
| third | Andy Flower and Grant Flower | 144 |
| fourth | Grant Flower and Guy Whittall | 6 |
| fifth | Alistair Campbell and Guy Whittall | 9 |
| sixth | Guy Whittall and Paul Strang | 1 |
| seventh | Heath Streak and Paul Strang | 7 |
SRI LANKA: 286 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | st Andy Flower | 102 | 100 |
| Avishka Gunawardene | bowled | 12 | 11 |
| Naveed Nawaz | c Murray Goodwin | 5 | 23 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Adam Huckle | 74 | 78 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | run out (Heath Streak) | 37 | 47 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Adam Huckle | 13 | 13 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 9 | 9 |
| Upul Chandana | not out | 14 | 5 |
Did not bat: Russel Arnold, Sajeewa de Silva, Ravindra Pushpakumara
Extras 20 · Total 286 for 6
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Streak | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Rennie | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Andy Whittall | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
| Grant Flower | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| Adam Huckle | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Guy Whittall | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Alistair Campbell | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-46 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-87 (Naveed Nawaz), 3-160 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-233 (Ruwan Kalpage), 5-255 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-266 (Romesh Kaluwitharana)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya and Avishka Gunawardene | 46 |
| second | Sanath Jayasuriya and Naveed Nawaz | 41 |
| third | Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene | 73 |
| fourth | Ruwan Kalpage and Mahela Jayawardene | 73 |
| fifth | Romesh Kaluwitharana and Mahela Jayawardene | 22 |
| sixth | Romesh Kaluwitharana and Kumar Dharmasena | 11 |
| seventh | Kumar Dharmasena and Upul Chandana | 20 |
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