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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
26 October 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, G Sharp
Third Umpire: EA Nicholls
Match Referee: DT Lindsay
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 63 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c & b Travis Friend | 21 | 28 | 40 | - | - |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | run out (Heath Streak > ) | 5 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Craig Wishart b Sean Ervine | 92 | 110 | 169 | 5 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | run out (Brian Murphy > ) | 33 | 45 | 49 | - | - |
| 5. Russel Arnold | not out | 76 | 94 | 189 | 3 | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Sean Ervine | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 7. Chaminda Vaas | c Brian Murphy b Gary Brent | 11 | 13 | 13 | - | 1 |
| 8. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Charitha Buddhika | ||||||
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | ||||||
| 11. Kumar Dharmasena |
| FOW | 1-7 (Avishka Gunawardene), 2-41 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-101 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-216 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-229 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 6-254 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Travis Friend | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Brent | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sean Ervine | 9 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dougie Marillier | 10 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Brian Murphy | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Grant Flower | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dougie Marillier | lbw b Charitha Buddhika | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Grant Flower | run out (Mahela Jayawardene > ) | 43 | 69 | 94 | 3 | - |
| 3. Stuart Carlisle | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Charitha Buddhika | 3 | 20 | 16 | - | - |
| +4. Andy Flower | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Dilhara Fernando | 22 | 24 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 5. Craig Wishart | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 35 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 6. Dion Ebrahim | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 28 | 28 | - | - |
| 7. Heath Streak | b Dilhara Fernando | 2 | 15 | 18 | - | - |
| 8. Sean Ervine | c Dilhara Fernando b Charitha Buddhika | 47 | 67 | 83 | 3 | 2 |
| 9. Gary Brent | b Charitha Buddhika | 12 | 33 | 26 | - | - |
| 10. Travis Friend | b Charitha Buddhika | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| *11. Brian Murphy | not out | 20 | 20 | 34 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Dougie Marillier), 2-17 (Stuart Carlisle), 3-65 (Andy Flower), 4-90 (Grant Flower), 5-95 (Craig Wishart), 6-106 (Heath Streak), 7-120 (Dion Ebrahim), 8-158 (Gary Brent), 9-158 (Travis Friend), 193 (Sean Ervine). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 3w, 16nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50 ovs) 193 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Charitha Buddhika | 9 | 0 | 67 | 5 | (1w,4nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 0 | 32 | 2 | (0w,9nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 4 | 16 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Charitha Buddhika, Dilhara Fernando, Kumar Dharmasena