de Silva and Gurusinha's 172-run partnership is SL's highest for the 3rd wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 150 between de Silva and Hashan Tillakaratne

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Scorecard summary

Zimbabwe • 228/6(50 overs)

Alistair Campbell

75 (102)

Chaminda Vaas

2/30 (10)

Craig Evans

39* (34)

Muthiah Muralidaran

1/37 (10)

Sri Lanka • 229/4(37 overs)

91 (86)

3/60 (10)

87 (100)

0/17 (4)

Match details

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	Wills World Cup
Season	1995/96
Player Of The Match	Aravinda de Silva
Match number	ODI no. 1055
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	Mahboob Shah Steve Dunne
TV Umpire	Farid Malik
Match Referee	Nasim-ul-Ghani
Points	Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	bowled	6	11
RS Kaluwitharana	caught	0	1
AP Gurusinha	run out	87	100
PA de Silva	lbw	91	86
A Ranatunga	not out	13	11
HP Tillakaratne	not out	7	16
Extras	(lb 5, nb 3, w 17)
Total	229(4 wkts; 37 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	10	0	60	3	6 (2 nb)
ACI Lock	4	0	17	0	4.25
EA Brandes	8	0	35	0	4.37 (1 nb)
SG Peall	3	0	23	0	7.66
PA Strang	5	0	43	0	8.6
GJ Whittall	2	0	20	0	10
GW Flower	5	1	26	0	5.2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Sanath Jayasuriya	Romesh Kaluwitharana
2nd	18	Asanka Gurusinha	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	172	Aravinda de Silva	Asanka Gurusinha
4th	14	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva
5th	20	Arjuna Ranatunga	Hashan Tillakaratne

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Group A

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	5	5	0	10	1.607
AUS	5	3	2	6	0.903
IND	5	3	2	6	0.452
WI	5	2	3	4	-0.134
ZIM	5	1	4	2	-0.939
KENYA	5	1	4	2	-1.007

Group B

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SA	5	5	0	10	2.043
PAK	5	4	1	8	0.961
NZ	5	3	2	6	0.552
ENG	5	2	3	4	0.079
UAE	5	1	4	2	-1.830
NED	5	0	5	0	-1.923

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