Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 1st Test at Colombo, Sep 11 1996 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Colombo (RPS), September 11 - 14, 1996, Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Streak | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| c Evans b Olonga | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Olonga b Strang | 52 | 139 | 197 | 6 | 0 | 37.41 | |||
| b Strang | 35 | 44 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 79.54 | |||
| c †A Flower b Olonga | 20 | 86 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 23.25 | |||
| lbw b Streak | 75 | 120 | 192 | 7 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| c & b Streak | 71 | 123 | 155 | 10 | 1 | 57.72 | |||
| not out | 42 | 78 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 53.84 | |||
| b Strang | 34 | 48 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 70.83 | |||
| b Strang | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c & b Strang | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 9, w 1) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 106.3 Ov (RR: 3.27) | 349 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-4 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-53 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-105 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-128 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-270 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-271 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 8-345 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-349 (Muthiah Muralidaran), 10-349 (Jayantha Silva) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 2.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 3 | 57 | 2 | 3.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3.58 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 34.3 | 3 | 106 | 5 | 3.07 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 3.07 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Vaas | 10 | 40 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c Mahanama b Vaas | 12 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| c Ranatunga b Dharmasena | 2 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| lbw b Silva | 39 | 125 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 31.20 | |||
| c Vaas b Silva | 51 | 167 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 30.53 | |||
| c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas | 9 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| c Dharmasena b Silva | 1 | 30 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | |||
| not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, nb 4, w 2) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 72.4 Ov (RR: 1.99) | 145 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Grant Flower), 2-15 (Alistair Campbell), 3-21 (Andy Flower), 4-45 (Mark Dekker), 5-103 (Guy Whittall), 6-105 (Henry Olonga), 7-123 (Craig Evans), 8-138 (Paul Strang), 9-145 (Craig Wishart), 10-145 (Andy Whittall) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 3.31 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 1.16 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 14.4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0.68 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe 2nd Innings (Following on)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Muralidaran | 27 | 86 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 31.39 | |||
| c Jayasuriya b Dharmasena | 20 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| b Silva | 3 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | |||
| c Mahanama b Muralidaran | 26 | 126 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 20.63 | |||
| c Mahanama b Muralidaran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Mahanama b Silva | 13 | 86 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 15.11 | |||
| lbw b Silva | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |||
| c Vaas b Muralidaran | 8 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |||
| c Mahanama b Silva | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 11 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 37.93 | |||
| not out | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 4, nb 4, w 1) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 73.3 Ov (RR: 1.72) | 127 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Mark Dekker), 2-42 (Craig Wishart), 3-65 (Grant Flower), 4-65 (Andy Flower), 5-98 (Alistair Campbell), 6-99 (Craig Evans), 7-102 (Guy Whittall), 8-102 (Henry Olonga), 9-113 (Paul Strang), 10-127 (Andy Whittall) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 2.83 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1.35 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1.31 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 20.3 | 4 | 33 | 5 | 1.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Wed, 11 Sep - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 290/7 (Kumar Dharmasena 16*, Chaminda Vaas 3*)
Thu, 12 Sep - day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 105/6 (Craig Wishart 31*, Craig Evans 0*)
Fri, 13 Sep - day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 20/0 (Grant Flower 13*, Mark Dekker 6*)
Sat, 14 Sep - day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 127 (73.3 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
- Morning session was washed out by rain.
- 127 is Zimbabwe's lowest total in test cricket.
- 6th 5 wicket haul for Muralitharan. His best bowling figure in Tests.
Match Details
| R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | |
| Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1996 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1333 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
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