Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in November and December 1999 to play 3 Test matches and 5 ODIs.[1]

Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000
 
  Zimbabwe Sri Lanka
Dates 7 November 1999 – 7 December 1999
Captains Andy Flower Sanath Jayasuriya
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs Andy Flower (388) Marvan Atapattu (265)
Most wickets Chaminda Vaas (14) Henry Olonga (9)
Player of the series Andy Flower
One Day International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 3–1
Most runs Alistair Campbell (195) Russel Arnold (277)
Most wickets Guy Whittall (10) Upul Chandana (7)

Squads

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Tests ODIs
  Zimbabwe   Sri Lanka   Zimbabwe   Sri Lanka
Andy Flower (wk) (c) Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Andy Flower (wk) (c) Sanath Jayasuriya (c)
Grant Flower Marvan Atapattu Alistair Campbell Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
Gavin Rennie Russel Arnold Grant Flower Marvan Atapattu
Murray Goodwin Mahela Jayawardene Trevor Madondo Mahela Jayawardene
Neil Johnson Tillakaratne Dilshan Murray Goodwin Russel Arnold
Alistair Campbell Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) Gavin Rennie Tillakaratne Dilshan
Guy Whittall Indika de Saram Guy Whittall Upul Chandana
Gary Brent Chaminda Vaas Gary Brent Chaminda Vaas
Bryan Strang Indika Gallage Andy Whittall Muttiah Muralitharan
Andy Whittall Pramodya Wickramasinghe Henry Olonga Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Henry Olonga Muttiah Muralitharan Pommie Mbangwa Sajeewa de Silva
Trevor Gripper Nuwan Zoysa John Rennie Ravindra Pushpakumara
Everton Matambanadzo Ravindra Pushpakumara Stuart Carlisle Indika de Saram
Craig Wishart Eddo Brandes Indika Gallage
Ray Price Bryan Strang
Eddo Brandes

Tour matches

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Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI v Sri Lankans

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7,8,9 November 1999
Scorecard
  Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI
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325 (89.3 overs)
Gavin Rennie 127
Indika Gallage 6/60 (17 overs)
438 (127.1 overs)
Russel Arnold 75
Andy Whittall 6/151 (43 overs)
Match drawn
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Charles Coventry (ZIM) & Jeff Fenwick (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI, who chose to bat

Zimbabwe Cricket Academy v Sri Lankans

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12,13 November 1999
Scorecard
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  Zimbabwe Cricket Academy
302 (101.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 50
Gary Brent 6/84 (30.3 overs)
126 (48.5 overs)
Greg Lamb 29
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/24 (10.5 overs)
44(f/o) (27.2 overs)
David Mutendera 13
Muttiah Muralitharan 2.5 (5.2 overs)
Sri Lankans won by an innings and 132 runs
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Umpires: Ronald Strang (ZIM) & Justice Tapfumaneyi (ZIM)
  • Sri Lankans, who chose to bat

Test series

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1st Test

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18–22 November 1999
Scorecard
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286 (96.2 overs)
Andy Flower 86 (200)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 6/60 (21.2 overs)
428 (147 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 216 (437)
Henry Olonga 4/103 (32 overs)
136/3 (49 overs)
Neil Johnson 52 (106)
Chaminda Vaas 2/27 (13 overs)
Match drawn
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Eddie Nicholls (WIN)
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu

2nd Test

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26–30 November 1999
Scorecard
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174 (95.5 overs)
Andy Flower 74 (227)
Nuwan Zoysa 3/22 (13 overs)
432 (149.3 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 163 (343)
Bryan Strang 2/70 (37 overs)
292 (134.4 overs)
Andy Flower 129 (304)
Sanath Jayasuriya 4/40 (12.4 overs)
38/4 (15.2 overs)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 14 (20)
Gary Brent 3/21 (7.2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)

3rd Test

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4–8 December 1999
Scorecard
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218 (98.4 overs)
Neil Johnson 70 (149)
Ravindra Pushpakumara 5/56 (25 overs)
231 (88.4 overs)
Russel Arnold 104 (243)
Eddo Brandes 3/45 (17 overs)
197/7 (109 overs)
Andy Flower 70 (257)
Chaminda Vaas 3/48 (22 overs)
36/1 (9 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 16 (33)
Eddo Brandes 1/20 (4 overs)
Match drawn
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) & Srinivas Venkataraghavan (IND)
Player of the match: Russel Arnold & Andy Flower
  • Sri Lanka, who chose to field
  • There was no play on the fourth day.
  • Ray Price (Zim) played his first Test

ODI series

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1st ODI

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11 December 1999
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
284/9 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
65/1 (14.5 overs)
Russel Arnold 56 (53)
Gary Brent 4/53 (10 overs)
Grant Flower 30 (44)
Sajeewa de Silva 1/28 (7 overs)
No result
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Graeme Evans (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan
  • Rain interrupted after 14.5 overs in Zimbabwe innings. After several inspections the Umpires abandoned the match.
  • Zimbabwe, who chose to field

2nd ODI

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12 December 1999
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
213 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
200 (49.1 overs)
Russel Arnold 103 (121)
Guy Whittall 4/34 (10 overs)
Alistair Campbell 56 (104)
Sanath Jayasuriya 4/41 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 13 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Russel Arnold
  • Zimbabwe, who chose to field

3rd ODI

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15 December 1999
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
248/7 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
150 (37 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 69 (107)
Henry Olonga 4/51 (10 overs)
Grant Flower 47 (59)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/16 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 98 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Graeme Evans (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM)
Player of the match: Upul Chandana
  • Zimbabwe, who chose to field

4th ODI

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18 December 1999
Scorecard
  Zimbabwe
260/4 (50 overs)
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  Sri Lanka
262/4 (44.4 overs)
Stuart Carlisle 121 (138)
Chaminda Vaas 1/44 (10 overs)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 99 (86)
John Rennie 2/36 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ahmed Esat (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Stuart Carlisle
  • Zimbabwe, who chose to bat

5th ODI

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19 December 1999
Scorecard
  Sri Lanka
202 (48.2 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
206/4 (46.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (73)
Guy Whittall 3/37 (8 overs)
Grant Flower 52 (71)
Upul Chandana 1/33 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM)
Player of the match: Guy Whittall

References

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  1. ^ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Second Test Match, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 1999-2000". Wisden. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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