Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka 3Rd Odi
Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe - 2004 (2004) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 25 April 2004
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 244 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 244 balls remaining). Saman Jayantha top-scored with 28* for Sri Lanka. Chaminda Vaas took 4/11.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Harare Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 25 April 2004
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 244 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Chaminda Vaas
- Captains
- Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
- Debuts
- Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and ID Robinson
- Match referee
- MJ Procter
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Rangana Herath and Farveez Maharoof played their first ODIs.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 35 all out. Dion Ebrahim top-scored with 7 off 10 balls. Chaminda Vaas took 4 for 11 for Sri Lanka. From 18 for 2 they lost 8 wickets for 17 runs, to 35 for 10. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Harare Sports Club, 227 across 64 ODIs.
Chasing 36, Sri Lanka made 40 for 1. Saman Jayantha top-scored with 28 not out off 26 balls.
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 244 balls remaining). Zimbabwe's 35 all out is the lowest completed total at Harare Sports Club.
ZIMBABWE: 35 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Matsikenyeri | run out (Rangana Herath) | 4 | 12 |
| Brendan Taylor | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 24 |
| Dion Ebrahim | c Kumar Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 10 |
| Tatenda Taibu | lbw b Dilhara Fernando | 0 | 1 |
| Elton Chigumbura | b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 3 |
| Alester Maregwede | b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 14 |
| Vusi Sibanda | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Farveez Maharoof | 4 | 15 |
| Mluleki Nkala | not out | 3 | 8 |
| Prosper Utseya | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 4 |
| Douglas Hondo | c Kumar Sangakkara b Farveez Maharoof | 4 | 15 |
| Tinashe Panyangara | c Kumar Sangakkara b Farveez Maharoof | 0 | 2 |
Extras 7 · Total 35 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| Farveez Maharoof | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-5 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 3.2 ov), 2-18 (Dion Ebrahim, 7.3 ov), 3-18 (Tatenda Taibu, 7.4 ov), 4-18 (Brendan Taylor, 8.1 ov), 5-19 (Elton Chigumbura, 8.4 ov), 6-27 (Alester Maregwede, 12.3 ov), 7-27 (Vusi Sibanda, 13.4 ov), 8-28 (Prosper Utseya, 14.4 ov), 9-35 (Douglas Hondo, 17.4 ov), 10-35 (Tinashe Panyangara, 17.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Stuart Matsikenyeri (4) and Brendan Taylor (0) | 5 | 14 |
| second | Dion Ebrahim (7) and Brendan Taylor (4) | 13 | 25 |
| third | Tatenda Taibu (0) and Brendan Taylor (0) | 0 | 1 |
| fourth | Elton Chigumbura (0) and Brendan Taylor (0) | 0 | 3 |
| fifth | Alester Maregwede (0) and Elton Chigumbura (0) | 1 | 3 |
| sixth | Alester Maregwede (2) and Vusi Sibanda (4) | 8 | 23 |
| seventh | Mluleki Nkala (0) and Vusi Sibanda (0) | 0 | 7 |
| eighth | Mluleki Nkala (0) and Prosper Utseya (0) | 1 | 6 |
| ninth | Mluleki Nkala (3) and Douglas Hondo (4) | 7 | 18 |
| tenth | Mluleki Nkala (0) and Tinashe Panyangara (0) | 0 | 2 |
SRI LANKA: 40 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russel Arnold | c Tatenda Taibu b Douglas Hondo | 6 | 20 |
| Saman Jayantha | not out | 28 | 26 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | not out | 3 | 10 |
Did not bat: Marvan Atapattu, Dilhara Fernando, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Rangana Herath, Chaminda Vaas, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof
Extras 3 · Total 40 for 1
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Hondo | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Tinashe Panyangara | 4.2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-23 (Russel Arnold, 4.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Russel Arnold (6) and Saman Jayantha (14) | 23 | 29 |
| second | Mahela Jayawardene (3) and Saman Jayantha (12) | 17 | 25 |
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