Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe 1St Match
LG Abans Triangular Series Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka - 2001 (2001/02) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 8 December 2001
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 274 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 274 balls remaining). Marvan Atapattu top-scored with 23* for Sri Lanka. Chaminda Vaas took 8/19.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Date
- 8 December 2001
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 274 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Chaminda Vaas
- Captains
- Stuart Carlisle (Zimbabwe), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- MG Silva and DN Pathirana
- Match referee
- R Subba Row
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 38 all out. Stuart Carlisle top-scored with 16 off 35 balls. Chaminda Vaas took 8 for 19 for Sri Lanka. From 27 for 4 they lost 6 wickets for 11 runs, to 38 for 10. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 201 across 25 ODIs.
Chasing 39, Sri Lanka made 40 for 1. Marvan Atapattu top-scored with 23 not out off 16 balls.
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 274 balls remaining). Zimbabwe's 38 all out is the lowest completed total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. Chaminda Vaas's 8 for 19 are the best innings figures at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
ZIMBABWE: 38 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Flower | b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 11 |
| Dion Ebrahim | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 |
| Stuart Carlisle | c Suresh Perera b Chaminda Vaas | 16 | 35 |
| Andy Flower | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Wishart | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 17 |
| Dougie Marillier | not out | 4 | 10 |
| Tatenda Taibu | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 |
| Heath Streak | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 3 |
| Mluleki Nkala | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 11 |
| Travis Friend | b Muthiah Muralidaran | 4 | 5 |
| Henry Olonga | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 2 |
Extras 6 · Total 38 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 3 | 19 | 8 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-0 (Dion Ebrahim, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Grant Flower, 4.3 ov), 3-11 (Andy Flower, 4.5 ov), 4-27 (Stuart Carlisle, 10.3 ov), 5-27 (Craig Wishart, 10.4 ov), 6-27 (Tatenda Taibu, 10.5 ov), 7-29 (Heath Streak, 12.4 ov), 8-32 (Mluleki Nkala, 14.3 ov), 9-38 (Travis Friend, 15.2 ov), 10-38 (Henry Olonga, 15.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Grant Flower (0) and Dion Ebrahim (0) | 0 | 1 |
| second | Grant Flower (2) and Stuart Carlisle (7) | 11 | 22 |
| third | Andy Flower (0) and Stuart Carlisle (0) | 0 | 2 |
| fourth | Stuart Carlisle (9) and Craig Wishart (6) | 16 | 35 |
| fifth | Craig Wishart (0) and Dougie Marillier (0) | 0 | 1 |
| sixth | Dougie Marillier (0) and Tatenda Taibu (0) | 0 | 1 |
| seventh | Heath Streak (0) and Dougie Marillier (2) | 2 | 11 |
| eighth | Dougie Marillier (1) and Mluleki Nkala (1) | 3 | 12 |
| ninth | Dougie Marillier (1) and Travis Friend (4) | 6 | 6 |
| tenth | Henry Olonga (0) and Dougie Marillier (0) | 0 | 2 |
SRI LANKA: 40 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 13 | 7 |
| Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Heath Streak | 2 | 3 |
| Marvan Atapattu | not out | 23 | 16 |
Did not bat: Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Kumar Sangakkara, Nuwan Zoysa, Suresh Perera, Kumar Dharmasena, Muthiah Muralidaran, Chaminda Vaas
Extras 2 · Total 40 for 1
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Streak | 2.2 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Travis Friend | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-4 (Avishka Gunawardene, 0.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (0) and Avishka Gunawardene (2) | 4 | 5 |
| second | Marvan Atapattu (23) and Sanath Jayasuriya (12) | 36 | 21 |
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