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Test # 1395
Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka, 1997-98, 2nd Test
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
14,15,16,17,18 January 1998 (5-day match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Series: Sri Lanka wins the 2-Test series 2-0

Toss: Zimbabwe
Umpires: KT Francis and Saleem Badar (Pak)
TV Umpire: I Anandappa
Match Referee: R Subba Row (Eng)
Man of the Match: PA de Silva
Man of the Series: M Muralitharan

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Zimbabwe 251/9 (AR Whittall 1*, Mbangwa 0*; 90 overs)
  • Day 2: Zimbabwe 251, Sri Lanka 225, Zimbabwe 24/1 (GW Flower 10*, AR Whittall 0*; 10 overs)
  • Day 3: Zimbabwe 241/6 (A Flower 61*, Wishart 14*; 104 overs)
  • Day 4: Zimbabwe 299, Sri Lanka 209/5 (de Silva 87*, Ranatunga 29*; 64 overs)
    Zimbabwe 1st innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    GJ Rennie             c Kaluwitharana    b Muralitharan        50 137 103  6 0
    GW Flower                                b Pushpakumara        41  77  56  8 0
    MW Goodwin                               b Anurasiri           73 202 128  9 0
    GJ Whittall           run out (Muralitharan)                   11  38  32  1 0
    +A Flower                            c & b Anurasiri            8  48  37  0 0
    *ADR Campbell         c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                44 129 109  7 0
    CB Wishart            lbw                b Muralitharan         2  16  14  0 0
    PA Strang             c Pushpakumara     b Anurasiri            5  20  18  0 0
    HH Streak                                b Vaas                 3  38  33  0 0
    AR Whittall           not out                                   1  16  16  0 0
    M Mbangwa             lbw                b Pushpakumara         0  12   9  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, w 1, nb 9)                        13
    Total                 (all out, 90.2 overs)                   251
    
    FoW: 1-70 (GW Flower), 2-110 (Rennie), 3-144 (GJ Whittall),
         4-174 (A Flower), 5-201 (Goodwin), 6-206 (Wishart),
         7-223 (Strang), 8-240 (Streak), 9-249 (Campbell),
         10-251 (Mbangwa).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        12      1     35      2 (4nb)
    Pushpakumara                12.2    2     43      2 (1w,1nb)
    de Silva                     7      1     33      0
    Muralitharan                32     10     72      2 (4nb)
    Anurasiri                   27      7     65      3
    
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    ST Jayasuriya         c GJ Whittall      b Streak               5  29  20  0 0
    MS Atapattu           c A Flower         b Strang              48 134  79  9 0
    RS Mahanama                              b Mbangwa              8  43  30  1 0
    PA de Silva                          c & b Streak              27  38  28  4 1
    *A Ranatunga          c Streak           b Strang              52 202 143  6 0
    HP Tillakaratne       c Rennie           b AR Whittall          7  81  54  0 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     c A Flower         b Strang              51  71  47 12 0
    SD Anurasiri          not out                                   3  42  25  0 0
    M Muralitharan        c A Flower         b Mbangwa             11   6   7  1 1
    KR Pushpakumara                          b Strang               1   4   6  0 0
    WPUJC Vaas            absent ill                                -
    Extras                (lb 11, w 1)                             12
    Total                 (all out, 73.5 overs)                   225
    
    FoW: 1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-43 (Mahanama), 3-91 (de Silva),
         4-91 (Atapattu), 5-130 (Tillakaratne), 6-198 (Kaluwitharana),
         7-213 (Ranatunga), 8-224 (Muralitharan), 9-225 (Pushpakumara).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Streak                      15      5     28      2
    Mbangwa                     16      4     61      2
    GJ Whittall                  3      0     18      0 (w1)
    Strang                      19.5    2     77      4
    AR Whittall                 20      6     30      1
    
    Zimbabwe 2nd innings                                            R   M   B  4 6
    GJ Rennie             c Kaluwitharana    b de Silva            12  25  20  3 0
    GW Flower                                b Jayasuriya          52 173 127  4 0
    AR Whittall           c Tillakaratne     b de Silva             2  31  17  0 0
    MW Goodwin                               b Jayasuriya          39  96  88  5 0
    GJ Whittall           c sub (DPMD Jayawardene) b Muralitharan  17  42  31  2 0
    +A Flower             not out                                 105 337 238 10 1
    *ADR Campbell         c Kaluwitharana    b Anurasiri           37 152 104  5 0
    CB Wishart            c Kaluwitharana    b Pushpakumara        18 125  94  1 0
    PA Strang                                b Muralitharan         3  23  18  0 0
    HH Streak             run out (Kaluwitharana)                   1   3   6  0 0
    M Mbangwa             c de Silva         b Muralitharan         4  20  17  1 0
    Extras                (lb 6, w 1, nb 2)                         9
    Total                 (all out, 125.5 overs)                  299
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Rennie), 2-34 (AR Whittall), 3-104 (Goodwin),
         4-117 (GW Flower), 5-128 (GJ Whittall), 6-204 (Campbell),
         7-267 (Wishart), 8-284 (Strang), 9-286 (Streak),
         10-299 (Mbangwa).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Pushpakumara                17      2     54      1 (1w,1nb)
    de Silva                    23      4     61      2
    Muralitharan                37.5    9     73      3 (2nb)
    Anurasiri                   19      7     41      1
    Jayasuriya                  29      9     64      2
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 326 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    ST Jayasuriya         c A Flower         b Streak              68 168 111  8 2
    MS Atapattu           c A Flower         b Streak               0  12   7  0 0
    RS Mahanama           lbw                b Mbangwa              0  17   9  0 0
    PA de Silva           not out                                 143 460 310 16 2
    HP Tillakaratne       lbw                b Streak               0   2   2  0 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     c Campbell         b Streak               4  27  11  1 0
    *A Ranatunga          not out                                  87 303 232 12 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 13)                            24
    Total                 (5 wickets, 113.5 overs)                326
    
    DNB: WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, KR Pushpakumara, SD Anurasiri.
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Atapattu), 2-10 (Mahanama), 3-115 (Jayasuriya),
         4-115 (Tillakaratne), 5-137 (Kaluwitharana).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Streak                      25      6     84      4
    Mbangwa                     14      5     34      1
    GJ Whittall                  7      1     12      0
    Strang                      24      4     75      0
    AR Whittall                 43     10     93      0
    Goodwin                      0.5    0      4      0
    

      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.




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    Team Pages: Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe.

    Ground Page: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

    Zimbabwe Player Pages: GJ Rennie, GW Flower, MW Goodwin, GJ Whittall, A Flower, ADR Campbell, CB Wishart, PA Strang, HH Streak, AR Whittall, M Mbangwa.

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, MS Atapattu, RS Mahanama, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, RS Kaluwitharana, SD Anurasiri, M Muralitharan, KR Pushpakumara, WPUJC Vaas.

    Match Officials' Pages: KT Francis, Saleem Badar, I Anandappa, R Subba Row.

    Thanks: Nanda
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