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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

251 & 299

(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

Zimbabwe 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

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	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	WD	NB
Heath Streak	15	5	28	2	1.86	-	0	0
Pommie Mbangwa	16	4	61	2	3.81	-	0	0
Guy Whittall	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	1	0
Paul Strang	19.5	2	77	4	3.88	-	0	0
Andy Whittall	20	6	30	1	1.50	-	0	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	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	WD	NB
Heath Streak	25	6	84	4	3.36	-	0	0
Pommie Mbangwa	14	5	34	1	2.42	-	0	0
Guy Whittall	7	1	12	0	1.71	-	0	0
Paul Strang	24	4	75	0	3.12	-	0	0
Andy Whittall	43	10	93	0	2.16	-	0	0
Murray Goodwin	0.5	0	4	0	4.80	-	0	0

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Close of Play

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

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

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

Match Details

GroundSinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

TossZimbabwe, elected to bat first

Series

Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

Player Of The Match

Aravinda de Silva

Player Of The Series

Muthiah Muralidaran

Series resultSri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 1395

Match daysday (5-day match)

Umpires

TV Umpire

Ignatius Anandappa

Match Referee

Raman Subba Row

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