f43478 t1395	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka 1997/98 (2nd Test)
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th January 1998 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Umpires	KT Francis, Saleem Badar
TV umpire	I Anandappa
Referee	R Subba Row
Close of play day 1	Zimbabwe (1) 251/9 (AR Whittall 1*, Mbangwa 0*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Zimbabwe (2) 24/1 (GW Flower 10*, AR Whittall 0*; 10 overs)
Close of play day 3	Zimbabwe (2) 241/6 (A Flower 61*, Wishart 14*; 104 overs)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 209/5 (de Silva 87*, Ranatunga 29*; 64 overs)
Player of the Match	PA de Silva

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Rennie	c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	50	103	137	6	-
GW Flower	b Pushpakumara	41	56	77	8	-
MW Goodwin	b Anurasiri	73	128	202	9	-
GJ Whittall	run out (Muralitharan)	11	32	38	1	-
+A Flower	c and b Anurasiri	8	37	48	-	-
*ADR Campbell	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	44	109	129	7	-
CB Wishart	lbw b Muralitharan	2	14	16	-	-
PA Strang	c Pushpakumara b Anurasiri	5	18	20	-	-
HH Streak	b Vaas	3	33	38	-	-
AR Whittall	not out	1	16	16	-	-
M Mbangwa	lbw b Pushpakumara	0	9	12	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 90.2 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (GW Flower), 2-110 (Rennie), 3-144 (GJ Whittall), 4-174 (A Flower), 5-201 (Goodwin), 6-206 (Wishart), 7-223 (Strang), 8-240 (Streak), 9-249 (Campbell), 10-251 (Mbangwa)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	12	1	35	2	-	4
Pushpakumara	12.2	2	43	2	1	1
de Silva	7	1	33	0	-	-
Muralitharan	32	10	72	2	-	4
Anurasiri	27	7	65	3	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c GJ Whittall b Streak	5	20	29	-	-
MS Atapattu	c A Flower b Strang	48	79	134	9	-
RS Mahanama	b Mbangwa	8	30	43	1	-
PA de Silva	c and b Streak	27	28	38	4	1
*A Ranatunga	c Streak b Strang	52	143	202	6	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Rennie b AR Whittall	7	54	81	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c A Flower b Strang	51	47	71	12	-
SD Anurasiri	not out	3	25	42	-	-
M Muralitharan	c A Flower b Mbangwa	11	7	6	1	1
KR Pushpakumara	b Strang	1	6	4	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	absent ill
Extras	(11 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 73.5 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-43 (Mahanama), 3-91 (de Silva), 4-91 (Atapattu), 5-130 (Tillakaratne), 6-198 (Kaluwitharana), 7-213 (Ranatunga), 8-224 (Muralitharan), 9-225 (Pushpakumara)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Streak	15	5	28	2	-	-
Mbangwa	16	4	61	2	-	-
GJ Whittall	3	0	18	0	1	-
Strang	19.5	2	77	4	-	-
AR Whittall	20	6	30	1	-	-

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Zimbabwe second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Rennie	c Kaluwitharana b de Silva	12	20	25	3	-
GW Flower	b Jayasuriya	52	127	173	4	-
AR Whittall	c Tillakaratne b de Silva	2	17	31	-	-
MW Goodwin	b Jayasuriya	39	88	96	5	-
GJ Whittall	c sub (DPMD Jayawardene) b Muralitharan	17	31	42	2	-
+A Flower	not out	105	238	337	10	1
*ADR Campbell	c Kaluwitharana b Anurasiri	37	104	152	5	-
CB Wishart	c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	18	94	125	1	-
PA Strang	b Muralitharan	3	18	23	-	-
HH Streak	run out (Kaluwitharana)	1	6	3	-	-
M Mbangwa	c de Silva b Muralitharan	4	17	20	1	-
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 125.5 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Rennie), 2-34 (AR Whittall), 3-104 (Goodwin), 4-117 (GW Flower), 5-128 (GJ Whittall), 6-204 (Campbell), 7-267 (Wishart), 8-284 (Strang), 9-286 (Streak), 10-299 (Mbangwa)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pushpakumara	17	2	54	1	1	1
de Silva	23	4	61	2	-	-
Muralitharan	37.5	9	73	3	-	2
Anurasiri	19	7	41	1	-	-
Jayasuriya	29	9	64	2	-	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c A Flower b Streak	68	111	168	8	2
MS Atapattu	c A Flower b Streak	0	7	12	-	-
RS Mahanama	lbw b Mbangwa	0	9	17	-	-
PA de Silva	not out	143	310	460	16	2
HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Streak	0	2	2	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Campbell b Streak	4	11	27	1	-
*A Ranatunga	not out	87	232	303	12	-
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
KR Pushpakumara	did not bat
SD Anurasiri	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 13 lb)	24
Total	(5 wickets, 113.5 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Atapattu), 2-10 (Mahanama), 3-115 (Jayasuriya), 4-115 (Tillakaratne), 5-137 (Kaluwitharana)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Streak	25	6	84	4	-	-
Mbangwa	14	5	34	1	-	-
GJ Whittall	7	1	12	0	-	-
Strang	24	4	75	0	-	-
AR Whittall	43	10	93	0	-	-
Goodwin	0.5	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SD Anurasiri made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MW Goodwin (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Test matches
--> RS Mahanama (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> A Flower (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> A Flower (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> M Mbangwa made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> SD Anurasiri reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MW Goodwin, his 2nd wicket in the Zimbabwe first innings
--> M Muralitharan reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GJ Whittall, his 1st wicket in the Zimbabwe second innings

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The high heat and humidity forced drinks to be taken every 45 minutes
WPUJC Vaas was unable to bat in Sri Lanka's first innings, or take any further part in the match, due to measles.

 

 

 

 

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