Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka 1St Match
Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe - 2016 (2016/17) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 14 November 2016
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 153 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 153 balls remaining). Dhananjaya de Silva top-scored with 78* for Sri Lanka.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Harare Sports Club, Harare
- Date
- 14 November 2016
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 153 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Dhananjaya de Silva
- Captains
- Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe), Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka)
- Debuts
- Carl Mumba (Zimbabwe), Asela Gunaratne (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- C Shamshuddin and RB Tiffin
- Match referee
- J Srinath
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Carl Mumba and Asela Gunaratne played their first ODIs.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 154 all out. Peter Moor top-scored with 47 off 52 balls, and Graeme Cremer made 31. Asela Gunaratne took 3 for 21 for Sri Lanka. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Harare Sports Club, 228 across 64 ODIs.
Chasing 155, Sri Lanka made 155 for 2. Dhananjaya de Silva top-scored with 78 not out off 75 balls, and Niroshan Dickwella made 41. The innings was built on a 84-run stand for the second wicket between Niroshan Dickwella and Dhananjaya de Silva, 54% of the total.
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 153 balls remaining).
ZIMBABWE: 154 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamu Chibhabha | lbw b Nuwan Pradeep | 18 | 45 |
| Brian Chari | c Kusal Mendis b Suranga Lakmal | 7 | 11 |
| Craig Ervine | c Kusal Mendis b Suranga Lakmal | 0 | 2 |
| Sikandar Raza | c Sachith Pathirana b Nuwan Kulasekara | 1 | 3 |
| Sean Williams | st Niroshan Dickwella b Sachith Pathirana | 9 | 22 |
| Peter Moor | lbw b Nuwan Kulasekara | 47 | 52 |
| Elton Chigumbura | c Niroshan Dickwella b Nuwan Pradeep | 1 | 4 |
| Graeme Cremer | not out | 31 | 56 |
| Donald Tiripano | c Nuwan Kulasekara b Asela Gunaratne | 19 | 40 |
| Carl Mumba | lbw b Asela Gunaratne | 1 | 5 |
| Tinashe Panyangara | c Shehan Jayasuriya b Asela Gunaratne | 12 | 9 |
Extras 8 · Total 154 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 8 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Suranga Lakmal | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Sachith Pathirana | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Nuwan Pradeep | 7 | 1 | 21 | 2 |
| Shehan Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Asela Gunaratne | 6.3 | 1 | 21 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-13 (Brian Chari, 3.2 ov), 2-13 (Craig Ervine, 3.4 ov), 3-14 (Sikandar Raza, 4.2 ov), 4-29 (Sean Williams, 10.6 ov), 5-46 (Chamu Chibhabha, 15.4 ov), 6-50 (Elton Chigumbura, 17.1 ov), 7-105 (Peter Moor, 27.4 ov), 8-136 (Donald Tiripano, 37.6 ov), 9-139 (Carl Mumba, 39.2 ov), 10-154 (Tinashe Panyangara, 41.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Chamu Chibhabha (6) and Brian Chari (7) | 13 | 20 |
| second | Craig Ervine (0) and Chamu Chibhabha (0) | 0 | 2 |
| third | Chamu Chibhabha (0) and Sikandar Raza (1) | 1 | 4 |
| fourth | Sean Williams (9) and Chamu Chibhabha (4) | 15 | 40 |
| fifth | Chamu Chibhabha (8) and Peter Moor (8) | 17 | 28 |
| sixth | Elton Chigumbura (1) and Peter Moor (3) | 4 | 9 |
| seventh | Graeme Cremer (16) and Peter Moor (36) | 55 | 63 |
| eighth | Graeme Cremer (11) and Donald Tiripano (19) | 31 | 62 |
| ninth | Graeme Cremer (2) and Carl Mumba (1) | 3 | 8 |
| tenth | Tinashe Panyangara (12) and Graeme Cremer (2) | 15 | 13 |
SRI LANKA: 155 FOR 2
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusal Perera | c Sikandar Raza b Chamu Chibhabha | 21 | 27 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | not out | 78 | 75 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Carl Mumba b Tinashe Panyangara | 41 | 38 |
| Kusal Mendis | not out | 12 | 8 |
Did not bat: Upul Tharanga, Shehan Jayasuriya, Asela Gunaratne, Sachith Pathirana, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep
Extras 3 · Total 155 for 2
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinashe Panyangara | 7.3 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Carl Mumba | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Donald Tiripano | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chamu Chibhabha | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Sikandar Raza | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Graeme Cremer | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-56 (Kusal Perera, 10.2 ov), 2-140 (Niroshan Dickwella, 22.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Kusal Perera (21) and Dhananjaya de Silva (32) | 56 | 63 |
| second | Niroshan Dickwella (41) and Dhananjaya de Silva (43) | 84 | 72 |
| third | Dhananjaya de Silva (3) and Kusal Mendis (12) | 15 | 13 |
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