Zimbabwe First-Class Matches 1997/98-2005/06

ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA Played at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, November 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 1999. Match drawn. ZIMBABWE 1 G.W.Flower c Arnold b Wickramasinghe 17 c Dilshan b Muralitharan 48 2 G.J.Rennie lbw b Wickramasinghe 16 c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 2 3 M.W.Goodwin c Arnold b Wickramasinghe 61 c Dilshan b Vaas 2 4 N.C.Johnson c Arnold b Vaas 17 not out 52 5 *†A.Flower c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe 86 not out 15 6 A.D.R.Campbell run out (Dilshan) 0 7 G.J.Whittall run out (Kaluwitharana) 11 8 G.B.Brent c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 0 9 B.C.Strang c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 41 10 A.R.Whittall c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 8 11 H.K.Olonga not out 1 Extras lb 5, nb 23 28 b 1, lb 4, nb 12 17 —— —— 286 (3 wickets) 136 FoW (1): 1-37 (1), 2-38 (2), 3-68 (4), 4-167 (3), 5-167 (6), 6-212 (7), 7-214 (8), 8-250 (5), 9-275 (10), 10-286 (9) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-27 (3), 3-72 (1) SRI LANKA 1 M.S.Atapattu not out 216 2 *S.T.Jayasuriya lbw b A.R.Whittall 49 3 R.P.Arnold c A.Flower b Olonga 7 4 D.P.M.D.Jayawardene lbw b Brent 17 5 T.M.Dilshan lbw b Olonga 9 6 †R.S.Kaluwitharana c A.Flower b Olonga 30 7 S.I.deSaram c A.Flower b Brent 39 8 W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Campbell b Strang 9 9 I.S.Gallage c G.W.Flower b Strang 3 10 G.P.Wickramasinghe c A.Flower b Strang 13 11 M.Muralitharan c G.W.Flower b Olonga 6 Extras b 12, lb 11, w 1, nb 6 30 —— 428 FoW (1): 1-85 (2), 2-98 (3), 3-141 (4), 4-159 (5), 5-238 (6), 6-345 (7), 7-372 (8), 8-390 (9), 9-417 (10), 10-428 (11) Sri Lanka Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 28 3 88 1 10nb 13 4 27 2 2nb Gallage 14 1 53 0 5nb 11 4 24 0 3nb Wickramasinghe 21.2 6 60 6 3nb 8 1 20 0 1nb Muralitharan 20 3 61 1 5nb 14 3 50 1 6nb Arnold 6 3 8 0 2 0 9 0 Jayasuriya 7 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 Zimbabwe Bowling O M R W Olonga 32 6 103 4 1w,2nb Strang 30 9 91 3 3nb Brent 32 12 55 2 A.R.Whittall 35 6 105 1 1nb G.J.Whittall 14 3 48 0 G.W.Flower 4 2 3 0 Umpires: K.C.Barbour and E.A.Nicholls. Third umpire: I.D.Robinson. Toss: Sri Lanka Referee: J.L.Hendriks. Close of Play: 1st day: Zimbabwe (1) 256-8 (Strang 21*, A.R.Whittall 0*, 87 overs); 2nd day: Sri Lanka (1) 232-4 (Atapattu 109*, Kaluwitharana 27*, 78 overs); 3rd day: Sri Lanka (1) 358-6 (Atapattu 178*, Vaas 6*, 121.2 overs); 4th day: Zimbabwe (2) 136-3 (Johnson 52*, A.Flower 15*, 49 overs). Man of the match: M.S.Atapattu. There was no play on the final day. M.S.Atapattu’s 216 took 437 balls in 627 minutes and included 24 fours. 27