Ranatunga and Romesh Kaluwitharana's 142-run partnership is SL's highest for the 6th wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 138 between Duleep Mendis and Amal Silva

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Sri Lanka • 349/10(106.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

75 (120)

5/106 (34.3)

71 (123)

3/54 (20)

Zimbabwe • 145/10(72.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

51 (167)

4/73 (22)

39 (125)

3/10 (14.4)

Zimbabwe • 127/10(73.3 overs)

2nd INNINGS

27 (86)

5/33 (20.3)

26 (126)

4/25 (19)

Match details

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1996
Player Of The Match	Arjuna Ranatunga
Series result	Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1333
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Andy Whittall Craig Evans
Umpires	B.C. Cooray Steve Bucknor
TV Umpire	K.T.Francis
Match Referee	John Reid

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Zimbabwe Innings

Player Name		R	B
GW Flower	bowled	27	86
MH Dekker	caught	20	60
CB Wishart	bowled	3	20
ADR Campbell	caught	26	126
A Flower	caught	0	1
GJ Whittall	caught	13	86
CN Evans	lbw	1	8
PA Strang	caught	8	18
HK Olonga	caught	0	3
AR Whittall	bowled	11	29
HH Streak	not out	3	9
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 4, w 1)
Total	127(10 wkts; 73.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	12	1	34	0	2.83
AP Gurusinha	2	0	4	0	2
PA de Silva	2	1	1	0	0.5
HDPK Dharmasena	14	7	19	1	1.35
KJ Silva	19	12	25	4	1.31 (1 nb)
M Muralidaran	20.3	4	33	5	1.6 (3 nb)
ST Jayasuriya	4	3	1	0	0.25

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	35	Grant Flower	Mark Dekker
2nd	7	Grant Flower	Craig Wishart
3rd	23	Alistair Campbell	Grant Flower
4th	0	Alistair Campbell	Andy Flower
5th	33	Alistair Campbell	Guy Whittall
6th	1	Craig Evans	Guy Whittall
7th	3	Guy Whittall	Paul Strang
8th	0	Paul Strang	Henry Olonga
9th	11	Paul Strang	Andy Whittall
10th	14	Heath Streak	Andy Whittall

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