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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
14, 15, 16, 17, 18 January 1998 (five-day match)
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: KT Francis, Saleem Badar
Third Umpire: I Anandappa
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gavin Rennie | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 50 | 103 | 137 | 6 | - |
| 2. Grant Flower | b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 41 | 56 | 77 | 8 | - |
| 3. Murray Goodwin | b Don Anurasiri | 73 | 128 | 202 | 9 | - |
| 4. Guy Whittall | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > > ) | 11 | 32 | 38 | 1 | - |
| +5. Andy Flower | c & b Don Anurasiri | 8 | 37 | 48 | - | - |
| *6. Alistair Campbell | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 44 | 109 | 129 | 7 | - |
| 7. Craig Wishart | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 14 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. Paul Strang | c Ravindra Pushpakumara b Don Anurasiri | 5 | 18 | 20 | - | - |
| 9. Heath Streak | b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 33 | 38 | - | - |
| 10. Andrew Whittall | not out | 1 | 16 | 16 | - | - |
| 11. Pommie Mbangwa | lbw b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 0 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-70 (Grant Flower), 2-110 (Gavin Rennie), 3-144 (Guy Whittall), 4-174 (Andy Flower), 5-201 (Murray Goodwin), 6-206 (Craig Wishart), 7-223 (Paul Strang), 8-240 (Heath Streak), 9-249 (Alistair Campbell), 251 (Pommie Mbangwa). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 1w, 9nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 90.2 ovs) 251 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 12 | 1 | 35 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 12.2 | 2 | 43 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 7 | 1 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 32 | 10 | 72 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 27 | 7 | 65 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Guy Whittall b Heath Streak | 5 | 20 | 29 | - | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Andy Flower b Paul Strang | 48 | 79 | 134 | 9 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | b Pommie Mbangwa | 8 | 30 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c & b Heath Streak | 27 | 28 | 38 | 4 | 1 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Heath Streak b Paul Strang | 52 | 143 | 202 | 6 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Gavin Rennie b Andrew Whittall | 7 | 54 | 81 | - | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Andy Flower b Paul Strang | 51 | 47 | 71 | 12 | - |
| 8. Don Anurasiri | not out | 3 | 25 | 42 | - | - |
| 9. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Andy Flower b Pommie Mbangwa | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Ravindra Pushpakumara | b Paul Strang | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Chaminda Vaas | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-43 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-91 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-91 (Marvan Atapattu), 5-130 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-198 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-213 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-224 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 9-225 (Ravindra Pushpakumara). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 73.5 ovs) 225 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 15 | 5 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pommie Mbangwa | 16 | 4 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 19.5 | 2 | 77 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 20 | 6 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gavin Rennie | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Aravinda de Silva | 12 | 20 | 25 | 3 | - |
| 2. Grant Flower | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 52 | 127 | 173 | 4 | - |
| 3. Andrew Whittall | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 17 | 31 | - | - |
| 4. Murray Goodwin | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 39 | 88 | 96 | 5 | - |
| 5. Guy Whittall | c sub b Sanath Jayasuriya | 17 | 31 | 42 | 2 | - |
| +6. Andy Flower | not out | 105 | 238 | 337 | 10 | 1 |
| *7. Alistair Campbell | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Don Anurasiri | 37 | 104 | 152 | 5 | - |
| 8. Craig Wishart | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 18 | 94 | 125 | 1 | - |
| 9. Paul Strang | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Heath Streak | run out (Romesh Kaluwitharana > > ) | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. Pommie Mbangwa | c Aravinda de Silva b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 17 | 20 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-22 (Gavin Rennie), 2-34 (Andrew Whittall), 3-104 (Murray Goodwin), 4-117 (Grant Flower), 5-128 (Guy Whittall), 6-204 (Alistair Campbell), 7-267 (Craig Wishart), 8-284 (Paul Strang), 9-286 (Heath Streak), 299 (Pommie Mbangwa). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 125.5 ovs) 299 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 17 | 2 | 54 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 23 | 4 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 37.5 | 9 | 73 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 19 | 7 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 29 | 9 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Andy Flower b Heath Streak | 68 | 111 | 168 | 8 | 2 |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Andy Flower b Heath Streak | 0 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Pommie Mbangwa | 0 | 9 | 17 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 143 | 310 | 460 | 16 | 2 |
| 5. Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw b Heath Streak | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Alistair Campbell b Heath Streak | 4 | 11 | 27 | 1 | - |
| *7. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 87 | 232 | 303 | 12 | - |
| 8. Don Anurasiri | ||||||
| 9. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 10. Ravindra Pushpakumara | ||||||
| 11. Chaminda Vaas |
| FOW | 1-1 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-10 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-115 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-115 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-137 (Romesh Kaluwitharana). |
| Extras | 11b, 13lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 113.5 ovs) 326 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 25 | 6 | 84 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pommie Mbangwa | 14 | 5 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 24 | 4 | 75 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 43 | 10 | 93 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Murray Goodwin | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Hashan Tillakaratne, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Arjuna Ranatunga, Don Anurasiri, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Chaminda Vaas