Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 9th Match at Colombo, Feb 21 1996 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
9th Match, Colombo (SSC), February 21, 1996, Wills World Cup
Zimbabwe  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out (Vaas) | 8 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |||
| run out (Jayasuriya) | 15 | 32 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 46.87 | |||
| c Jayasuriya b Muralidaran | 35 | 64 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 54.68 | |||
| c Muralidaran b Vaas | 75 | 102 | 125 | 8 | 0 | 73.52 | |||
| b Jayasuriya | 19 | 36 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 52.77 | |||
| not out | 39 | 34 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 114.70 | |||
| c de Silva b Vaas | 15 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 115.38 | |||
| not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 16, nb 1, w 4) | 22 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.56) | 228/6 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-19 (Andy Flower), 2-51 (Grant Flower), 3-92 (Guy Whittall), 4-160 (Andy Waller), 5-194 (Alistair Campbell), 6-227 (Heath Streak) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3.70 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka  (T: 229 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Streak | 6 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |||
| c Peall b Streak | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| run out | 87 | 100 | 144 | 5 | 6 | 87.00 | |||
| lbw b Streak | 91 | 86 | 137 | 10 | 2 | 105.81 | |||
| not out | 13 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 118.18 | |||
| not out | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 3, w 17) | 25 | |||||||
| Total | 37 Ov (RR: 6.18) | 229/4 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-23 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-195 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-209 (Aravinda de Silva) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 6.00 | - | 12 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | - | 4 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4.37 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 8.60 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | - | 0 | 0 |
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1st ever ODI by Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka.
AP Gurusinha and PA de Silva 172 for the 3rd wicket, record ODI partnership for any wicket for Sri Lanka (previous best: 170 for the 2nd wicket v India at Delhi 15th Sep 1982), highest partnership for any wicket in Sri Lanka (previous: 166 for the 2nd wicket, SL v NZ at Colombo (Khettarama Stadium)), 13th highest ever 3rd wicket partnership in ODIs for any country, 3rd highest 3rd wicket partnership in the World Cup.
AP Gurusinha 87 off 100 balls, 5x4, 6x6.
PA de Silva 91 off 86 balls, 10x4, 2x6, highest ever score for a Sri Lankan in the World Cup, highest ever for any player at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
Match Details
TossZimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series
Season1995/96
Player Of The Match
Match numberODI no. 1055
Match daysday (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0