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Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 2nd Test at Colombo, , Jan 14 1998 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

2nd Test, Colombo (SSC), January 14 - 18, 1998, Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

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Zimbabwe

251 & 299

Sri Lanka

(T:326) 225 & 326/5

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

Player Of The Match

Aravinda de Silva

, SL

27, 2/61 & 143*

Player Of The Series

Muthiah Muralidaran

, SL

28 runs • 17 wkts

Summary

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Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

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Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran	50	103	137	6	0	48.54
Grant Flower	b Pushpakumara	41	56	77	8	0	73.21
Murray Goodwin	b Anurasiri	73	128	202	9	0	57.03
Guy Whittall	run out (Muralidaran)	11	32	38	1	0	34.37
Andy Flower †	c & b Anurasiri	8	37	48	0	0	21.62
Alistair Campbell (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	44	109	129	7	0	40.36
Craig Wishart	lbw b Muralidaran	2	14	16	0	0	14.28
Paul Strang	c Pushpakumara b Anurasiri	5	18	20	0	0	27.77
Heath Streak	b Vaas	3	33	38	0	0	9.09
Andy Whittall	not out	1	16	16	0	0	6.25
Pommie Mbangwa	lbw b Pushpakumara	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 9, w 1)	13
Total	90.2 Ov (RR: 2.77)	251
Fall of wickets: 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), 10-251 (Pommie Mbangwa)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	12	1	35	2	2.91	-	-	-	0	4
Ravindra Pushpakumara	12.2	2	43	2	3.48	-	-	-	1	1
Aravinda de Silva	7	1	33	0	4.71	-	-	-	0	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	32	10	72	2	2.25	-	-	-	0	4
Don Anurasiri	27	7	65	3	2.40	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c GJ Whittall b Streak	5	20	29	0	0	25.00
Marvan Atapattu	c †A Flower b Strang	48	79	134	9	0	60.75
Roshan Mahanama	b Mbangwa	8	30	43	1	0	26.66
Aravinda de Silva	c & b Streak	27	28	38	4	1	96.42
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Streak b Strang	52	143	202	6	0	36.36
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Rennie b AR Whittall	7	54	81	0	0	12.96
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c †A Flower b Strang	51	47	71	12	0	108.51
Don Anurasiri	not out	3	25	42	0	0	12.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	c †A Flower b Mbangwa	11	7	6	1	1	157.14
Ravindra Pushpakumara	b Strang	1	6	4	0	0	16.66
Chaminda Vaas	absent ill	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 11, w 1)	12
Total	73.5 Ov (RR: 3.04)	225
Fall of wickets: 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 (Muthiah Muralidaran), 9-225 (Ravindra Pushpakumara)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Heath Streak	15	5	28	2	1.86	-	-	-	0
Pommie Mbangwa	16	4	61	2	3.81	-	-	-	0
Guy Whittall	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	-	-	1
Paul Strang	19.5	2	77	4	3.88	-	-	-	0
Andy Whittall	20	6	30	1	1.50	-	-	-	0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c †Kaluwitharana b de Silva	12	20	25	3	0	60.00
Grant Flower	b Jayasuriya	52	127	173	4	0	40.94
Andy Whittall	c Tillakaratne b de Silva	2	17	31	0	0	11.76
Murray Goodwin	b Jayasuriya	39	88	96	5	0	44.31
Guy Whittall	c sub (DPMD Jayawardene) b Muralidaran	17	31	42	2	0	54.83
Andy Flower †	not out	105	238	337	10	1	44.11
Alistair Campbell (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Anurasiri	37	104	152	5	0	35.57
Craig Wishart	c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	18	94	125	1	0	19.14
Paul Strang	b Muralidaran	3	18	23	0	0	16.66
Heath Streak	run out (†Kaluwitharana)	1	6	3	0	0	16.66
Pommie Mbangwa	c de Silva b Muralidaran	4	17	20	1	0	23.52
Extras	(lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	125.5 Ov (RR: 2.37)	299
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Gavin Rennie), 2-34 (Andy 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), 10-299 (Pommie Mbangwa)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ravindra Pushpakumara	17	2	54	1	3.17	-	-	-	1	1
Aravinda de Silva	23	4	61	2	2.65	-	-	-	0	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	37.5	9	73	3	1.92	-	-	-	0	2
Don Anurasiri	19	7	41	1	2.15	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	29	9	64	2	2.20	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 326 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †A Flower b Streak	68	111	168	8	2	61.26
Marvan Atapattu	c †A Flower b Streak	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
Roshan Mahanama	lbw b Mbangwa	0	9	17	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	not out	143	310	460	16	2	46.12
Hashan Tillakaratne	lbw b Streak	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Campbell b Streak	4	11	27	1	0	36.36
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	not out	87	232	303	12	0	37.50
Extras	(b 11, lb 13)	24
Total	113.5 Ov (RR: 2.86)	326/5
Did not bat: Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralidaran, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Don Anurasiri
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-10 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-115 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-115 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-137 (Romesh Kaluwitharana)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Heath Streak	25	6	84	4	3.36	-	-	-
Pommie Mbangwa	14	5	34	1	2.42	-	-	-
Guy Whittall	7	1	12	0	1.71	-	-	-
Paul Strang	24	4	75	0	3.12	-	-	-
Andy Whittall	43	10	93	0	2.16	-	-	-
Murray Goodwin	0.5	0	4	0	4.80	-	-	-

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Wed, 14 Jan - day 1 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 251/9 (Andy Whittall 1*, Pommie Mbangwa 0*, 90 ov)

Thu, 15 Jan - day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 24/1 (Grant Flower 10*, Andy Whittall 0*, 10 ov)

Fri, 16 Jan - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 241/6 (Andy Flower 61*, Craig Wishart 14*, 104 ov)

Sat, 17 Jan - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 209/5 (Aravinda de Silva 87*, Arjuna Ranatunga 29*, 64 ov)

Sun, 18 Jan - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 326/5 (113.5 ov) - end of match

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Sri Lanka target for victory 326 in five sessions of play.

Match Details

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Aravinda de Silva
Player Of The Series	Muthiah Muralidaran
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1395
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	K.T.Francis Saleem Badar
TV Umpire	Ignatius Anandappa
Match Referee	Raman Subba Row

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	68	111
MS Atapattu	caught	0	7
RS Mahanama	lbw	0	9
PA de Silva	not out	143	310
HP Tillakaratne	lbw	0	2
RS Kaluwitharana	caught	4	11
A Ranatunga	not out	87	232
Extras	(b 11, lb 13)
Total	326(5 wkts; 113.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	25	6	84	4	3.36
M Mbangwa	14	5	34	1	2.42
GJ Whittall	7	1	12	0	1.71
PA Strang	24	4	75	0	3.12
AR Whittall	43	10	93	0	2.16
MW Goodwin	0.5	0	4	0	4.8

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	9	Roshan Mahanama	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	105	Aravinda de Silva	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	0	Aravinda de Silva	Hashan Tillakaratne
5th	22	Aravinda de Silva	Romesh Kaluwitharana
6th	189	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva

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