Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stuart Matsikenyeri	c DPMD Jayawardene b Zoysa	10	58	94	1	0	17.24
Brendan Taylor	c & b Maharoof	19	49	70	3	0	38.77
Dion Ebrahim	lbw b Zoysa	1	10	13	0	0	10.00
Tatenda Taibu (c)†	c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralidaran	40	108	128	5	0	37.03
Elton Chigumbura	c Muralidaran b Zoysa	14	18	25	3	0	77.77
Alester Maregwede	lbw b Muralidaran	0	17	17	0	0	0.00
Mluleki Nkala	lbw b Muralidaran	2	20	22	0	0	10.00
Prosper Utseya	b Muralidaran	45	57	85	5	1	78.94
Blessing Mahwire	b Muralidaran	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Douglas Hondo	b Muralidaran	19	51	74	2	0	37.25
Tinashe Panyangara	not out	32	44	45	3	1	72.72
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 7)	17
Total	71.2 Ov (RR: 2.78, 291 Mins)	199
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Brendan Taylor, 15.5 ov), 2-32 (Dion Ebrahim, 18.3 ov), 3-35 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 20.2 ov), 4-57 (Elton Chigumbura, 26.4 ov), 5-69 (Alester Maregwede, 31.4 ov), 6-85 (Mluleki Nkala, 37.4 ov), 7-118 (Tatenda Taibu, 51.3 ov), 8-118 (Blessing Mahwire, 51.6 ov), 9-149 (Prosper Utseya, 59.2 ov), 10-199 (Douglas Hondo, 71.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	19	6	39	0	2.05	93	3	0	0	1
Nuwan Zoysa	17	6	53	3	3.11	85	10	0	0	2
18.3 to DD Ebrahim, . 32/2 20.2 to S Matsikenyeri, . 35/3 26.4 to E Chigumbura, . 57/4
Farveez Maharoof	10	3	45	1	4.50	43	5	0	0	4
15.5 to BRM Taylor, . 30/1
Muthiah Muralidaran	24.2	10	45	6	1.84	124	2	2	0	0
31.4 to A Maregwede, . 69/5 37.4 to ML Nkala, . 85/6 51.3 to T Taibu, . 118/7 51.6 to NB Mahwire, . 118/8 59.2 to P Utseya, . 149/9 71.2 to DT Hondo, . 199/10
Sanath Jayasuriya	1	0	7	0	7.00	3	1	0	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu (c)	b Hondo	170	253	333	21	0	67.19
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Hondo b Taibu	157	147	228	19	3	106.80
Kumar Sangakkara	c Taibu b Matsikenyeri	11	26	38	2	0	42.30
Mahela Jayawardene	c Utseya b Chigumbura	37	52	52	5	0	71.15
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Utseya b Mahwire	10	33	69	1	0	30.30
Thilan Samaraweera	c †Taibu b Panyangara	6	17	21	1	0	35.29
Prasanna Jayawardene †	b Panyangara	4	4	4	0	0	100.00
Chaminda Vaas	c Matsikenyeri b Mahwire	28	67	-	5	0	41.79
Farveez Maharoof	lbw b Mahwire	40	75	94	6	0	53.33
Nuwan Zoysa	not out	28	54	-	4	0	51.85
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Maregwede b Panyangara	26	29	41	2	1	89.65
Extras	(b 2, lb 13, nb 6, w 3)	24
Total	125.1 Ov (RR: 4.32)	541
Fall of wickets: 1-281 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 53.3 ov), 2-312 (Kumar Sangakkara, 62.4 ov), 3-369 (Mahela Jayawardene, 77.2 ov), 4-387 (Marvan Atapattu, 80.4 ov), 5-399 (Thilan Samaraweera, 85.1 ov), 6-403 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 85.5 ov), 7-414 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 91.1 ov), 8-457 (Chaminda Vaas, 107.2 ov), 9-496 (Farveez Maharoof, 115.3 ov), 10-541 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 125.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Douglas Hondo	27	6	103	1	3.81	124	15	1	0	4
80.4 to MS Atapattu, . 387/4
Tinashe Panyangara	26.1	2	101	3	3.85	107	10	0	0	0
85.1 to TT Samaraweera, . 399/5 85.5 to HAPW Jayawardene, . 403/6 125.1 to M Muralidaran, . 541/10
Blessing Mahwire	18	1	97	3	5.38	76	13	0	2	2
91.1 to TM Dilshan, . 414/7 107.2 to WPUJC Vaas, . 457/8 115.3 to MF Maharoof, . 496/9
Mluleki Nkala	7	1	41	0	5.85	28	6	1	1	0
Prosper Utseya	12	2	55	0	4.58	46	6	1	0	0
Stuart Matsikenyeri	15	2	58	1	3.86	55	5	1	0	0
62.4 to KC Sangakkara, . 312/2
Tatenda Taibu	8	1	27	1	3.37	38	5	0	0	0
53.3 to ST Jayasuriya, . 281/1
Elton Chigumbura	12	2	44	1	3.66	48	6	0	0	0
77.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, . 369/3

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stuart Matsikenyeri	c DPMD Jayawardene b Zoysa	11	12	14	2	0	91.66
Brendan Taylor	c Muralidaran b Vaas	4	19	29	0	0	21.05
Dion Ebrahim	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Zoysa	2	8	11	0	0	25.00
Tatenda Taibu (c)†	lbw b Zoysa	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Elton Chigumbura	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Zoysa	0	7	15	0	0	0.00
Alester Maregwede	c & b Muralidaran	22	41	71	3	0	53.65
Mluleki Nkala	c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralidaran	24	50	54	2	0	48.00
Prosper Utseya	b Maharoof	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Blessing Mahwire	c DPMD Jayawardene b Zoysa	2	9	18	0	0	22.22
Douglas Hondo	not out	15	26	37	2	0	57.69
Tinashe Panyangara	c DPMD Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	18	15	23	2	1	120.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	32 Ov (RR: 3.18)	102
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 3.3 ov), 2-15 (Dion Ebrahim, 5.5 ov), 3-17 (Brendan Taylor, 6.4 ov), 4-17 (Tatenda Taibu, 7.5 ov), 5-18 (Elton Chigumbura, 9.5 ov), 6-63 (Mluleki Nkala, 22.6 ov), 7-64 (Prosper Utseya, 23.5 ov), 8-64 (Alester Maregwede, 24.1 ov), 9-72 (Blessing Mahwire, 26.4 ov), 10-102 (Tinashe Panyangara, 31.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	8	2	24	1	3.00	40	4	0	0	0
6.4 to BRM Taylor, . 17/3
Nuwan Zoysa	9.5	2	20	5	2.03	50	2	0	0	0
3.3 to S Matsikenyeri, . 13/1 5.5 to DD Ebrahim, . 15/2 7.5 to T Taibu, . 17/4 9.5 to E Chigumbura, . 18/5 26.4 to NB Mahwire, . 72/9
Muthiah Muralidaran	9.1	1	37	2	4.03	36	3	1	0	0
22.6 to ML Nkala, . 63/6 24.1 to A Maregwede, . 64/8
Farveez Maharoof	4	0	18	1	4.50	16	2	0	0	2
23.5 to P Utseya, . 64/7
Sanath Jayasuriya	1	0	1	1	1.00	5	0	0	0	0
31.6 to T Panyangara, . 102/10

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Thu, 06 May - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 67/0 (Marvan Atapattu 21*, Sanath Jayasuriya 43*, 16 ov)

Fri, 07 May - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 456/7 (Chaminda Vaas 28*, Farveez Maharoof 16*, 106 ov)

Sat, 08 May - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 102 (32 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Zimbabwe innings
T Taibu becomes the youngest ever Test captain
50 runs in 114 minutes off 151 balls including 7x4
Lunch 57/4 after 26.4 overs
100 in 195 minutes off 286 balls including 12x4
Tea 145/8 after 58 overs
150 in 250 minutes off 367 balls including 19x4, 1x6
50 partnership in 45 minutes off 72 balls (Hondo 19, Panyangara 32)
M Muralitharan equals the world test wickets record with 519
Sri Lanka innings
50 in 55 minutes off 76 balls including 7x4
50 partnership (Atapattu 19, Jayasuriya 30)

Day 2

100 in 100 minutes off 141 balls including 15x4
100 partnership (Atapattau 42, Jayasuriya 55)
ST Jayasuriya 50 in 98 minutes off 56 balls including 7x4
MS Atapattu 50 in 126 minutes off 102 balls including 8x4
150 in 147 minutes off 198 balls including 21x4 and 1x6
ST Jayasuriya 100 in 90 balls in 155 minutes including 13x4 and 2x6
200 in 170 minutes off 236 balls including 28x4 and 2x6
200 partnership (Atapattu 87, Jayasuriya 108)
MS Atapattu 100 in 191 minutes off 153 balls including 14x4
Lunch 230/0 in 44 overs
Maregwede takes over the gloves for Zimbabwe after the Lunch break
ST Jayasuriya 150 in 220 minutes off 139 balls including 18x4 and 3x6
250 in 212 minutes off 298 balls including 32x4 and 2x6
250 partnership (Atapattu 106, Jayasuriya 134)
300 in 257 minutes off 362 balls including 38x4 and 3x6
350 in 302 minutes off 431 balls including 44x4 and 3x6
Tea 354/2 off 75 overs
Taibu retakes the keepers gloves after the Tea break
MS Atapattu 150 in 313 minutes off 237 balls including 19x4
50 partnership in 51 minutes off 86 balls (Atapattu 20, DPMD Jayawardene 33)
New ball taken after 80 overs
400 in 359 minutes off 515 balls including 49x4 and 3x6
450 in 431 minutes off 617 balls including 55x4 and 3x6
Sri Lanka 500 in 116.1 overs (Zoysa 11*, Muralitharan 5*)

Day 3

Zimbabwe 2nd innings
Zimbabwe 50 in 17.2 overs (Maregwede 11*, Nkala 22*)
Zimbabwe 100 in 30.5 overs (Hondo 14*, Panyangara 18*)

Match Details

Harare Sports Club
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe
Season	2004
Player Of The Match	Muthiah Muralidaran
Series result	Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1698
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Farveez Maharoof Alester Maregwede Brendan Taylor Elton Chigumbura Prosper Utseya Tinashe Panyangara
Umpires	Billy Bowden Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Russell Tiffin
Match Referee	Mike Procter

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Zimbabwe Innings

Player Name		R	B
S Matsikenyeri	caught	11	12
BRM Taylor	caught	4	19
DD Ebrahim	caught	2	8
T Taibu	lbw	0	6
E Chigumbura	caught	0	7
A Maregwede	caught	22	41
ML Nkala	caught	24	50
P Utseya	bowled	0	1
NB Mahwire	caught	2	9
DT Hondo	not out	15	26
T Panyangara	caught	18	15
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)
Total	102(10 wkts; 32 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	8	2	24	1	3
DNT Zoysa	9.5	2	20	5	2.03
M Muralidaran	9.1	1	37	2	4.03
MF Maharoof	4	0	18	1	4.5 (2 nb)
ST Jayasuriya	1	0	1	1	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	9	Stuart Matsikenyeri	Brendan Taylor
2nd	2	Dion Ebrahim	Brendan Taylor
3rd	2	Tatenda Taibu	Brendan Taylor
4th	0	Tatenda Taibu	Elton Chigumbura
5th	1	Alester Maregwede	Elton Chigumbura
6th	45	Mluleki Nkala	Alester Maregwede
7th	1	Alester Maregwede	Prosper Utseya
8th	0	Alester Maregwede	Blessing Mahwire
9th	8	Douglas Hondo	Blessing Mahwire
10th	30	Douglas Hondo	Tinashe Panyangara

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