Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka 1St Odi
Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe - 2008 (2008/09) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 20 November 2008
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 100 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 100 balls remaining). Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 46* for Sri Lanka. Muthiah Muralidaran took 4/14.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Harare Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 20 November 2008
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 100 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Muthiah Muralidaran
- Captains
- Prosper Utseya (Zimbabwe), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar and KC Barbour
- Match referee
- MJ Procter
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 127 all out. Tatenda Taibu top-scored with 36 not out off 58 balls. Muthiah Muralidaran took 4 for 14 for Sri Lanka. From 124 for 4 they lost 6 wickets for 3 runs, to 127 for 10. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Harare Sports Club, 227 across 64 ODIs.
Chasing 128, Sri Lanka made 130 for 4. Kumar Sangakkara top-scored with 46 not out off 95 balls, and Mahela Udawatte made 38.
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 100 balls remaining).
ZIMBABWE: 127 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Masakadza | run out (Upul Tharanga) | 15 | 32 |
| Vusi Sibanda | c Chamara Kapugedera b Nuwan Kulasekara | 9 | 24 |
| Chamu Chibhabha | c Nuwan Kulasekara b Farveez Maharoof | 25 | 35 |
| Tatenda Taibu | not out | 36 | 58 |
| Stuart Matsikenyeri | b Muthiah Muralidaran | 21 | 20 |
| Elton Chigumbura | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 1 |
| Timycen Maruma | c Chamara Kapugedera b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 4 |
| Prosper Utseya | lbw b Ajantha Mendis | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Price | st Kumar Sangakkara b Ajantha Mendis | 0 | 4 |
| Tawanda Mupariwa | c Upul Tharanga b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Mpofu | b Ajantha Mendis | 0 | 3 |
Extras 21 · Total 127 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farveez Maharoof | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Thilan Thushara | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ajantha Mendis | 6 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-28 (Vusi Sibanda, 7.5 ov), 2-40 (Hamilton Masakadza, 10.6 ov), 3-83 (Chamu Chibhabha, 21.1 ov), 4-124 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 27.1 ov), 5-124 (Elton Chigumbura, 27.2 ov), 6-124 (Timycen Maruma, 27.6 ov), 7-125 (Prosper Utseya, 28.2 ov), 8-125 (Ray Price, 28.6 ov), 9-126 (Tawanda Mupariwa, 29.5 ov), 10-127 (Chris Mpofu, 30.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Hamilton Masakadza (9) and Vusi Sibanda (9) | 28 | 47 |
| second | Hamilton Masakadza (6) and Chamu Chibhabha (5) | 12 | 19 |
| third | Tatenda Taibu (17) and Chamu Chibhabha (20) | 43 | 61 |
| fourth | Tatenda Taibu (16) and Stuart Matsikenyeri (21) | 41 | 36 |
| fifth | Tatenda Taibu (0) and Elton Chigumbura (0) | 0 | 1 |
| sixth | Tatenda Taibu (0) and Timycen Maruma (0) | 0 | 4 |
| seventh | Tatenda Taibu (1) and Prosper Utseya (0) | 1 | 2 |
| eighth | Ray Price (0) and Tatenda Taibu (0) | 0 | 4 |
| ninth | Tatenda Taibu (1) and Tawanda Mupariwa (0) | 1 | 5 |
| tenth | Tatenda Taibu (1) and Chris Mpofu (0) | 1 | 7 |
SRI LANKA: 130 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upul Tharanga | run out (Chris Mpofu) | 0 | 3 |
| Mahela Udawatte | c Stuart Matsikenyeri b Elton Chigumbura | 38 | 46 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | not out | 46 | 95 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | b Ray Price | 15 | 32 |
| Chamara Kapugedera | c Chamu Chibhabha b Ray Price | 16 | 15 |
| Jehan Mubarak | not out | 0 | 10 |
Did not bat: Farveez Maharoof, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Muthiah Muralidaran, Nuwan Kulasekara
Extras 15 · Total 130 for 4
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Mpofu | 8 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| Tawanda Mupariwa | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Elton Chigumbura | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Ray Price | 7 | 1 | 24 | 2 |
| Prosper Utseya | 6.2 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-0 (Upul Tharanga, 0.3 ov), 2-57 (Mahela Udawatte, 12.4 ov), 3-95 (Mahela Jayawardene, 24.3 ov), 4-122 (Chamara Kapugedera, 30.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Upul Tharanga (0) and Mahela Udawatte (0) | 0 | 3 |
| second | Kumar Sangakkara (11) and Mahela Udawatte (38) | 57 | 74 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (15) and Kumar Sangakkara (19) | 38 | 71 |
| fourth | Kumar Sangakkara (9) and Chamara Kapugedera (16) | 27 | 35 |
| fifth | Jehan Mubarak (0) and Kumar Sangakkara (7) | 8 | 18 |
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