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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
22 January 1998
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: PT Manuel, DN Pathirana
Third Umpire: TM Samarasinghe
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Grant Flower | c & b Kumar Dharmasena | 40 | 61 | 86 | 6 | - |
| +2. Andy Flower | c Roshan Mahanama b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 3. Murray Goodwin | c Aravinda de Silva b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 1 | 16 | 16 | - | - |
| 4. Guy Whittall | c Roshan Mahanama b Sanath Jayasuriya | 52 | 70 | 99 | 7 | - |
| *5. Alistair Campbell | c & b Upul Chandana | 36 | 58 | 78 | 1 | 1 |
| 6. Craig Wishart | b Upul Chandana | 41 | 39 | 46 | 3 | - |
| 7. Paul Strang | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Gavin Rennie | lbw b Upul Chandana | 9 | 8 | 13 | 2 | - |
| 9. Heath Streak | not out | 7 | 18 | 25 | - | - |
| 10. John Rennie | b Kumar Dharmasena | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Andrew Whittall | lbw b Upul Chandana | 5 | 9 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Andy Flower), 2-7 (Murray Goodwin), 3-67 (Grant Flower), 4-118 (Guy Whittall), 5-173 (Alistair Campbell), 6-180 (Paul Strang), 7-180 (Craig Wishart), 8-193 (Gavin Rennie), 9-198 (John Rennie), 207 (Andrew Whittall). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 7 | 3 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 7.4 | 0 | 31 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | st Andy Flower b Paul Strang | 47 | 58 | 83 | 6 | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | b John Rennie | 26 | 38 | 61 | 4 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | c Heath Streak b Grant Flower | 39 | 66 | 94 | 4 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c & b Paul Strang | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 58 | 79 | 104 | 4 | 2 |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c sub b Grant Flower | 15 | 17 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 7. Upul Chandana | not out | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 10. Ravindra Pushpakumara | ||||||
| 11. Chaminda Vaas |
| FOW | 1-66 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-81 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-91 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-146 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-183 (Romesh Kaluwitharana). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 45.2 ovs) 210 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Rennie | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 2 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Murray Goodwin | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 7.2 | 0 | 51 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Chaminda Vaas