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

ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA Played at Harare Sports Club, December 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1999. Match drawn. ZIMBABWE 1 G.W.Flower c Dilshan b Pushpakumara 13 c Dilshan b Vaas 13 2 C.B.Wishart lbw b Vaas 1 b Vaas 9 3 M.W.Goodwin b Pushpakumara 11 c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 38 4 N.C.Johnson lbw b Wickramasinghe 70 c Dilshan b Wickramasinghe 9 5 *†A.Flower c Arnold b Vaas 14 not out 70 6 A.D.R.Campbell lbw b Pushpakumara 9 c Jayawardene b Vaas 27 7 G.J.Whittall c Arnold b Pushpakumara 37 c Arnold b Muralitharan 9 8 R.W.Price lbw b Pushpakumara 2 run out 4 9 E.A.Brandes b Vaas 9 not out 1 10 B.C.Strang c Atapattu b Vaas 28 11 H.K.Olonga not out 3 Extras lb 4, w 2, nb 15 21 b 3, lb 5, nb 9 17 —— —— 218 (7 wickets, declared) 197 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-24 (3), 3-33 (1), 4-67 (5), 5-82 (6), 6-143 (4), 7-174 (7), 8-175 (8), 9-196 (9), 10-218 (10) FoW (2): 1-14 (1), 2-28 (2), 3-51 (4), 4-93 (3), 5-151 (6), 6-174 (7), 7-184 (8) SRI LANKA 1 M.S.Atapattu c Johnson b Olonga 0 c A.Flower b Brandes 6 2 R.P.Arnold not out 104 (3) not out 14 3 D.P.M.D.Jayawardene c Goodwin b Brandes 2 4 *S.T.Jayasuriya c A.Flower b Brandes 4 (2) not out 16 5 T.M.Dilshan c A.Flower b Strang 37 6 †R.S.Kaluwitharana c A.Flower b Whittall 7 7 S.I.deSaram c G.W.Flower b Whittall 38 8 W.P.U.J.C.Vaas c Campbell b Brandes 0 9 K.R.Pushpakumara lbw b Strang 7 10 G.P.Wickramasinghe c A.Flower b Olonga 18 11 M.Muralitharan b Olonga 5 Extras lb 2, w 2, nb 5 9 —— —— 231 (1 wicket) 36 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-4 (3), 3-29 (4), 4-82 (5), 5-90 (6), 6-158 (7), 7-159 (8), 8-178 (9), 9-208 (10), 10-231 (11) FoW (2): 1-7 (1) Sri Lanka Bowling O M R W O M R W Vaas 29.4 10 56 4 4nb 22 5 48 3 Pushpakumara 25 5 56 5 7nb 21 5 39 0 3nb Wickramasinghe 16 6 41 1 21 6 30 1 1nb Muralitharan 24 6 51 0 5nb (5) 35 12 52 2 5nb Jayasuriya 4 1 10 0 (6) 8 4 8 0 Jayawardene (4) 2 0 12 0 Zimbabwe Bowling O M R W O M R W Olonga 22.4 2 54 3 2w 4 1 11 0 Brandes 17 5 45 3 1nb 4 0 20 1 Strang 24 8 71 2 2nb 1 0 5 0 Whittall 17 9 37 2 2nb Price 8 3 22 0 Umpires: I.D.Robinson and S.Venkataraghavan. Third umpire: G.R.Evans. Toss: Sri Lanka Referee: J.L.Hendriks. Close of Play: 1st day: Zimbabwe (1) 178-8 (Brandes 1*, Strang 3*, 88 overs); 2nd day: Sri Lanka (1) 159-7 (Arnold 65*, Pushpakumara 0*, 66 overs); 3rd day: Zimbabwe (2) 48-2 (Goodwin 15*, Johnson 9*, 23.4 overs); 4th day: No play. Man of the match: R.P.Arnold, A.Flower. R.P.Arnold’s 104 took 243 balls in 377 minutes and included 14 fours. 29