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Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 166 runs

Test no. 1581 | 2001/02 season
Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
27,28,29,31 December 2001 (5-day match)


Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu	c †A Flower b Streak	25	145	104	2	0	24.03
32.6 caught †A Flower 78/1
ST Jayasuriya*	c †A Flower b Gripper	92	241	164	16	0	56.09
54.5 caught †A Flower 150/2
KC Sangakkara†	c Wishart b Brent	128	289	186	22	1	68.81
95.3 caught Wishart 320/5
DPMD Jayawardene	c Carlisle b Gripper	18	24	14	4	0	128.57
60.3 caught Carlisle 170/3
RP Arnold	lbw b Streak	13	86	59	1	0	22.03
80.5 lbw 249/4
HP Tillakaratne	c †A Flower b Streak	96	231	168	14	0	57.14
129.5 caught †A Flower 450/6
TT Samaraweera	not out	123	270	166	12	1	74.09

WPUJC Vaas	not out	74	117	113	9	2	65.48

Extras	(b 2, lb 4, w 3, nb 8)	17

Total	(6 wickets dec; 161 overs; 706 mins)	586	(3.63 runs per over)

Did not bat DNT Zoysa, TCB Fernando, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets 1-78 (Atapattu, 32.6 ov), 2-150 (Jayasuriya, 54.5 ov), 3-170 (Jayawardene, 60.3 ov), 4-249 (Arnold, 80.5 ov), 5-320 (Sangakkara, 95.3 ov), 6-450 (Tillakaratne, 129.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	34	5	113	3	3.32	(6nb, 1w)
32.6 to Atapattu, caught †A Flower 78/1 80.5 to Arnold, lbw 249/4 129.5 to Tillakaratne, caught †A Flower 450/6
TJ Friend	27	5	102	0	3.77	(1nb)

HK Olonga	23	3	103	0	4.47

GB Brent	33	5	82	1	2.48	(1nb, 2w)
95.3 to Sangakkara, caught Wishart 320/5
TR Gripper	22	3	91	2	4.13
54.5 to Jayasuriya, caught †A Flower 150/2 60.3 to Jayawardene, caught Carlisle 170/3
GW Flower	22	3	89	0	4.04


Zimbabwe 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
H Masakadza	c Tillakaratne b Zoysa	3	14	12	0	0	25.00
3.2 caught Tillakaratne 3/1
TR Gripper	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	30	113	73	3	0	41.09
24.4 caught Jayawardene 60/3
SV Carlisle*	c Jayasuriya b Vaas	10	41	34	0	0	29.41
12.4 caught Jayasuriya 29/2
GJ Rennie	lbw b Muralitharan	35	105	68	5	0	51.47
36.1 lbw 89/4
A Flower†	b Samaraweera	42	135	122	4	0	34.42
62.2 bowled 145/7
GW Flower	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	0	25	15	0	0	0.00
42.6 caught Tillakaratne 104/5
CB Wishart	c Tillakaratne b Zoysa	21	73	54	3	0	38.88
61.5 caught Tillakaratne 145/6
HH Streak	not out	26	69	45	3	0	57.77

TJ Friend	lbw b Vaas	6	41	44	1	0	13.63
73.6 lbw 165/8
GB Brent	b Muralitharan	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
74.6 bowled 166/9
HK Olonga	lbw b Fernando	4	10	13	1	0	30.76
79.5 lbw 183/10
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6)	7

Total	(all out; 79.5 overs; 306 mins)	184	(2.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-3 (Masakadza, 3.2 ov), 2-29 (Carlisle, 12.4 ov), 3-60 (Gripper, 24.4 ov), 4-89 (Rennie, 36.1 ov), 5-105 (GW Flower, 42.6 ov), 6-146 (Wishart, 61.5 ov), 7-146 (A Flower, 62.2 ov), 8-166 (Friend, 73.6 ov), 9-167 (Brent, 74.6 ov), 10-184 (Olonga, 79.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	24	6	63	2	2.62	(2nb)
12.4 to Carlisle, caught Jayasuriya 29/2 73.6 to Friend, lbw 165/8
DNT Zoysa	14	6	24	2	1.71	(1nb)
3.2 to Masakadza, caught Tillakaratne 3/1 61.5 to Wishart, caught Tillakaratne 145/6
M Muralitharan	26	8	53	4	2.03
24.4 to Gripper, caught Jayawardene 60/3 36.1 to Rennie, lbw 89/4 42.6 to GW Flower, caught Tillakaratne 104/5 74.6 to Brent, bowled 166/9
ST Jayasuriya	1	0	4	0	4.00

TCB Fernando	9.5	0	32	1	3.25	(3nb)
79.5 to Olonga, lbw 183/10
TT Samaraweera	5	1	7	1	1.40
62.2 to A Flower, bowled 145/7


Zimbabwe 2nd innings (following on)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
H Masakadza	c Atapattu b Muralitharan	28	61	45	5	0	62.22
12.5 caught Atapattu 40/1
TR Gripper	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	10	82	48	1	0	20.83
18.1 caught †Sangakkara 58/2
SV Carlisle*	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	32	109	84	5	0	38.09
41.1 caught †Sangakkara 93/3
TJ Friend	b Muralitharan	44	176	142	6	0	30.98
65.5 bowled 145/6
GJ Rennie	c Jayawardene b Fernando	4	9	7	0	0	57.14
43.1 caught Jayawardene 105/4
A Flower†	lbw b Zoysa	10	35	38	2	0	26.31
52.6 lbw 127/5
GW Flower	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	18	87	70	2	0	25.71
76.2 caught Tillakaratne 165/7
CB Wishart	c Tillakaratne b Samaraweera	27	79	50	5	0	54.00
85.4 caught Tillakaratne 197/8
HH Streak	not out	36	90	84	4	0	42.85

GB Brent	c Jayasuriya b Zoysa	7	51	47	0	0	14.89
100.5 caught Jayasuriya 235/9
HK Olonga	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
101.2 caught †Sangakkara 236/10
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 9)	20

Total	(all out; 101.2 overs; 396 mins)	236	(2.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-40 (Masakadza, 12.5 ov), 2-58 (Gripper, 18.1 ov), 3-93 (Carlisle, 41.1 ov), 4-105 (Rennie, 43.1 ov), 5-127 (A Flower, 52.6 ov), 6-145 (Friend, 65.5 ov), 7-165 (GW Flower, 76.2 ov), 8-197 (Wishart, 85.4 ov), 9-235 (Brent, 100.5 ov), 10-236 (Olonga, 101.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	21.2	6	76	1	3.56	(2nb)
101.2 to Olonga, caught †Sangakkara 236/10
DNT Zoysa	15	4	34	2	2.26	(2nb)
52.6 to A Flower, lbw 127/5 100.5 to Brent, caught Jayasuriya 235/9
TCB Fernando	15	3	48	2	3.20	(1nb)
41.1 to Carlisle, caught †Sangakkara 93/3 43.1 to Rennie, caught Jayawardene 105/4
M Muralitharan	36	17	35	4	0.97
12.5 to Masakadza, caught Atapattu 40/1 18.1 to Gripper, caught †Sangakkara 58/2 65.5 to Friend, bowled 145/6 76.2 to GW Flower, caught Tillakaratne 165/7
ST Jayasuriya	7	3	22	0	3.14

TT Samaraweera	7	2	10	1	1.42	(4nb)
85.4 to Wishart, caught Tillakaratne 197/8

Match details

Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to field
Series Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0

Player of the match KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Umpires PT Manuel and Riazuddin (Pakistan)
TV umpire TH Wijewardene
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Close of play
Thu, 27 Dec	- day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 211/3 (KC Sangakkara 62, RP Arnold 4, 73.2 ov)
Fri, 28 Dec	- day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 14/1 (TR Gripper 4, SV Carlisle 6, 8 ov)
Sat, 29 Dec	- day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 64/2 (SV Carlisle 22, TJ Friend 0, 25 ov)
Sun, 30 Dec	- rest day
Mon, 31 Dec	- day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 236 (101.2 ov) - end of match

Match notes

General
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Zimbabwe 100 runs in 2nd innings 42.3 overs, 179 mins (Friend 22*, Rennie 2*)
Lunch: Zimbabwe 127/5 in 225 mins from 55 overs (Friend 36*, GW Flower 0*)
Zimbabwe 150 runs in 2nd innings 69.2 overs, 275 mins (GW Flower 14*, Wishart 2*)
Play stoped due to Rain 2.56pm
Play commenced at 4.10pm and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm
Zimbabwe 200 runs in 2nd innings 86.2 overs, 344 mins (Streak 15*, Brent 0*)
Taka a 2nd new ball after 97 overs, 216/8 (Streak 21*, Brent 6*)