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

ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA Played at Harare Sports Club, November 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 1999. Sri Lanka won by six wickets. ZIMBABWE 1 G.W.Flower b Muralitharan 19 c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 13 2 T.R.Gripper lbw b Zoysa 0 c Arnold b Vaas 4 3 M.W.Goodwin c Kaluwitharana b Zoysa 0 run out 48 4 N.C.Johnson lbw b Zoysa 0 (5) c Atapattu b Zoysa 14 5 *†A.Flower lbw b Vaas 74 (6) c Atapattu b Jayasuriya 129 6 A.D.R.Campbell lbw b Wickramasinghe 36 (7) lbw b Muralitharan 5 7 G.J.Whittall b Muralitharan 1 (8) not out 53 8 G.B.Brent c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 3 (9) lbw b Jayasuriya 0 9 B.C.Strang c Dilshan b Vaas 4 (10) c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 3 10 H.K.Olonga not out 10 (11) lbw b Jayasuriya 0 11 E.Z.Matambanadzo c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 6 (4) run out 0 Extras b 2, lb 8, nb 11 21 b 3, lb 15, nb 5 23 —— —— 174 292 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-0 (3), 3-0 (4), 4-53 (1), 5-133 (6), 6-134 (7), 7-152 (8), 8-153 (5), 9-161 (9), 10-174 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-28 (1), 3-28 (4), 4-51 (5), 5-152 (3), 6-159 (7), 7-284 (6), 8-284 (9), 9-292 (10), 10-292 (11) SRI LANKA 1 M.S.Atapattu run out (Johnson/Campbell) 37 run out (Johnson/Campbell) 6 2 *S.T.Jayasuriya c A.Flower b Olonga 6 c Gripper b Brent 7 3 R.P.Arnold c Campbell b Strang 49 c A.Flower b Brent 1 4 D.P.M.D.Jayawardene c A.Flower b Strang 91 not out 6 5 T.M.Dilshan not out 163 lbw b Brent 0 6 †R.S.Kaluwitharana run out (Olonga) 19 not out 14 7 S.I.deSaram c Goodwin b Matambanadzo 17 8 W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Gripper b Matambanadzo 5 9 G.P.Wickramasinghe c A.Flower b Whittall 7 10 M.Muralitharan c G.W.Flower b Olonga 5 11 D.N.T.Zoysa c Gripper b G.W.Flower 5 Extras b 1, lb 10, w 7, nb 10 28 lb 1, w 2, nb 1 4 —— —— 432 (4 wickets) 38 FoW (1): 1-17 (2), 2-97 (1), 3-105 (3), 4-283 (4), 5-323 (6), 6-371 (7), 7-381 (8), 8-403 (9), 9-408 (10), 10-432 (11) FoW (2): 1-10 (1), 2-15 (2), 3-19 (3), 4-20 (5) Sri Lanka Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 27 8 50 3 4nb 35 7 78 1 1nb Zoysa 13 4 22 3 11 2 24 1 Wickramasinghe 18 7 31 1 1nb 28 10 51 0 1nb Muralitharan 29.5 11 44 3 6nb 43 15 71 2 3nb Jayasuriya 3 1 7 0 12.4 3 40 4 Arnold 5 2 10 0 1 0 3 0 Jayawardene (7) 4 2 7 0 Zimbabwe Bowling O M R W O M R W Olonga 30 5 88 2 2w,1nb 5 1 14 0 1nb Brent 22 4 68 0 2w 7.2 3 21 3 2w Matambanadzo 31 6 95 2 1w,5nb Strang 37 13 70 2 (3) 3 1 2 0 Gripper 1 0 6 0 Whittall 19 2 60 1 2w,4nb G.W.Flower 9.3 2 34 1 Umpires: S.A.Bucknor and R.B.Tiffin. Third umpire: I.D.Robinson. Toss: Sri Lanka Referee: J.L.Hendriks. Close of Play: 1st day: Zimbabwe (1) 163-9 (Olonga 4*, Matambanadzo 2*, 90 overs); 2nd day: Sri Lanka (1) 236-3 (Jayawardene 71*, Dilshan 57*, 82 overs); 3rd day: Zimbabwe (2) 34-3 (Goodwin 6*, Johnson 5*, 20 overs); 4th day: Zimbabwe (2) 235-6 (A.Flower 107*, Whittall 27*, 101 overs). Man of the match: T.M.Dilshan. T.M.Dilshan’s 163 took 343 balls in 479 minutes and included 18 fours. A.Flower’s 129 took 304 balls in 422 minutes and included 8 fours. D.N.T.Zoysa took a hat-trick in the Zimbabwe first innings (Gripper, Goodwin, Johnson - his first three balls of the match in the second over of the innings). 28