Zimbabwe Vs Sri Lanka Final
Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe - 2016 (2016/17) · Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo · 27 November 2016
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 75 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 75 balls remaining). Kusal Mendis top-scored with 57 for Sri Lanka.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
- Date
- 27 November 2016
- Toss
- Zimbabwe, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 75 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Kusal Mendis
- Captains
- Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe), Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka)
- Debut
- Tarisai Musakanda (Zimbabwe)
- Umpires
- TJ Matibiri and RK Illingworth
- Match referee
- J Srinath
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat. It was Tarisai Musakanda's first ODI.
Zimbabwe batted first and made 160 all out. Tarisai Musakanda top-scored with 36 off 37 balls, and Sean Williams made 35. Asela Gunaratne took 3 for 10 for Sri Lanka. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Queens Sports Club, 233 across 38 ODIs.
Chasing 161, Sri Lanka made 166 for 4. Upul Tharanga top-scored with 57 not out off 98 balls, and Kusal Mendis made 57. Brian Vitori took 3 for 52 for Zimbabwe. The innings was built on a 75-run stand for the fourth wicket between Upul Tharanga and Kusal Mendis, 45% of the total.
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 75 balls remaining).
ZIMBABWE: 160 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Masakadza | lbw b Nuwan Kulasekara | 10 | 17 |
| Peter Moor | c Sachith Pathirana b Suranga Lakmal | 1 | 7 |
| Tarisai Musakanda | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Jeffrey Vandersay | 36 | 37 |
| Craig Ervine | c & b Jeffrey Vandersay | 25 | 33 |
| Sikandar Raza | lbw b Sachith Pathirana | 5 | 11 |
| Sean Williams | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Asela Gunaratne | 35 | 54 |
| Malcolm Waller | c & b Sachith Pathirana | 14 | 13 |
| Graeme Cremer | c Kusal Mendis b Jeffrey Vandersay | 9 | 22 |
| Donald Tiripano | not out | 10 | 17 |
| Tendai Chisoro | c Niroshan Dickwella b Asela Gunaratne | 5 | 7 |
| Brian Vitori | lbw b Asela Gunaratne | 0 | 2 |
Extras 10 · Total 160 all out
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Suranga Lakmal | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Sachith Pathirana | 7 | 0 | 26 | 2 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 10 | 0 | 50 | 3 |
| Asela Gunaratne | 4.3 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-8 (Peter Moor, 3.1 ov), 2-19 (Hamilton Masakadza, 4.6 ov), 3-72 (Craig Ervine, 15.2 ov), 4-85 (Tarisai Musakanda, 17.2 ov), 5-89 (Sikandar Raza, 18.4 ov), 6-108 (Malcolm Waller, 22.1 ov), 7-133 (Graeme Cremer, 29.3 ov), 8-155 (Sean Williams, 34.6 ov), 9-160 (Tendai Chisoro, 36.1 ov), 10-160 (Brian Vitori, 36.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Hamilton Masakadza (5) and Peter Moor (1) | 8 | 19 |
| second | Hamilton Masakadza (5) and Tarisai Musakanda (5) | 11 | 11 |
| third | Craig Ervine (25) and Tarisai Musakanda (25) | 53 | 62 |
| fourth | Sikandar Raza (5) and Tarisai Musakanda (6) | 13 | 12 |
| fifth | Sean Williams (4) and Sikandar Raza (0) | 4 | 8 |
| sixth | Sean Williams (4) and Malcolm Waller (14) | 19 | 21 |
| seventh | Sean Williams (15) and Graeme Cremer (9) | 25 | 45 |
| eighth | Sean Williams (12) and Donald Tiripano (10) | 22 | 33 |
| ninth | Tendai Chisoro (5) and Donald Tiripano (0) | 5 | 7 |
| tenth | Brian Vitori (0) and Donald Tiripano (0) | 0 | 2 |
SRI LANKA: 166 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kusal Perera | c Malcolm Waller b Brian Vitori | 14 | 13 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | lbw b Brian Vitori | 0 | 1 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | b Brian Vitori | 16 | 16 |
| Kusal Mendis | c Sean Williams b Graeme Cremer | 57 | 72 |
| Upul Tharanga | not out | 57 | 98 |
| Asela Gunaratne | not out | 16 | 25 |
Did not bat: Dasun Shanaka, Sachith Pathirana, Nuwan Kulasekara, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal
Extras 6 · Total 166 for 4
| Bowler (Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Vitori | 9 | 0 | 52 | 3 |
| Donald Tiripano | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tendai Chisoro | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Graeme Cremer | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
| Sean Williams | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Sikandar Raza | 2.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 0.1 ov), 2-29 (Niroshan Dickwella, 4.2 ov), 3-42 (Kusal Perera, 6.1 ov), 4-117 (Kusal Mendis, 27.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Kusal Perera (0) and Dhananjaya de Silva (0) | 1 | 1 |
| second | Kusal Perera (12) and Niroshan Dickwella (16) | 28 | 25 |
| third | Kusal Perera (2) and Kusal Mendis (9) | 13 | 11 |
| fourth | Upul Tharanga (24) and Kusal Mendis (48) | 75 | 128 |
| fifth | Upul Tharanga (33) and Asela Gunaratne (16) | 49 | 60 |
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