Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000
Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000 | |||
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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) |
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in November and December 1999 to play 3 Test matches and 5 ODIs.[1]
Squads
Tour matches
Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI v Sri Lankans
7,8,9 November 1999 Scorecard |
Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI | v | |
- Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI, who chose to bat
Zimbabwe Cricket Academy v Sri Lankans
12,13 November 1999 Scorecard |
v | Zimbabwe Cricket Academy | |
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
1st Test
18–22 November 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to field
- There was no play on the fifth day.
- Indika de Saram, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Indika Gallage (Sri Lanka); Gary Brent (Zimbabwe) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
26–30 November 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
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) |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to field
- Nuwan Zoysa (SL) became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in their first three balls of a Test.[2]
3rd Test
4–8 December 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
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
1st ODI
11 December 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
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
12 December 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
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
15 December 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
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
18 December 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
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
19 December 1999 Scorecard |
v | ||
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Guy Whittall |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
- Indika Gallage made his ODI debut.
References
- ^ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
- ^ "Second Test Match, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 1999-2000". Wisden. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
External links
- Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 1999/00, CricketArchive Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe 1999/00, Cricinfo
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