Full Scorecard of Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test 1997/98 - Score Report

result

2nd Test, Colombo, Jan 14 - 18 1998, Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

251 & 299

Sri Lanka

(113.5 ov, target 326)225 & 326/5

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

player of the match

Aravinda de Silva

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gavin Rennie	c †Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	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 (Muralitharan)	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 Muralitharan	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	4s	6s	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
Muttiah Muralitharan	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

Muttiah Muralitharan	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	-	-	-	-	-	0.00

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 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 9-225 (Ravindra Pushpakumara)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Heath Streak	15	5	28	2	1.86	-	-	-	0
Pommie Mbangwa	16	4	61	2	3.81	-	-	-	0
Guy Whittall	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	-	-	1
Paul Strang	19.5	2	77	4	3.88	-	-	-	0
Andy Whittall	20	6	30	1	1.50	-	-	-	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 Muralitharan	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 Muralitharan	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 Muralitharan	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	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ravindra Pushpakumara	17	2	54	1	3.17	-	-	-	1	1
Aravinda de Silva	23	4	61	2	2.65	-	-	-	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	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 (target: 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, Muttiah Muralitharan, 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	4s	6s
Heath Streak	25	6	84	4	3.36	-	-	-
Pommie Mbangwa	14	5	34	1	2.42	-	-	-
Guy Whittall	7	1	12	0	1.71	-	-	-
Paul Strang	24	4	75	0	3.12	-	-	-
Andy Whittall	43	10	93	0	2.16	-	-	-
Murray Goodwin	0.5	0	4	0	4.80	-	-	-

MATCH DETAILS

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Series	Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Aravinda de Silva
Player Of The Series	Muttiah Muralitharan
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1395
Match days	day(5-day match)
Umpires	K.T.Francis Saleem Badar
TV Umpire	Ignatius Anandappa
Match Referee	Raman Subba Row

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 NOTES

Day 1

The high heat and humidity forced drinks to be taken every 45 minutes

Day 2

WPUJC Vaas was unable to bat in Sri Lanka's first innings, or take any further part in the match, due to measles.

Day 3

GJ Whittall was Muralitharan's 150th Test wicket in his 36th Test - the first Sri Lankan bowler to reach this milestone.

Day 4

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

Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	68	111
MS Atapattu	caught	0	7
RS Mahanama	lbw	0	9
PA de Silva	not out	143	310
HP Tillakaratne	lbw	0	2
RS Kaluwitharana	caught	4	11
A Ranatunga	not out	87	232
Extras	(b 11, lb 13)
Total	326(5 wkts; 113.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	25	6	84	4	3.36
M Mbangwa	14	5	34	1	2.42
GJ Whittall	7	1	12	0	1.71
PA Strang	24	4	75	0	3.12
AR Whittall	43	10	93	0	2.16
MW Goodwin	0.5	0	4	0	4.8

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	1	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	9	Roshan Mahanama	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	105	Aravinda de Silva	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	0	Aravinda de Silva	Hashan Tillakaratne
5th	22	Aravinda de Silva	Romesh Kaluwitharana
6th	189	Arjuna Ranatunga	Aravinda de Silva