Singer-Akai Cup 1996/97

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe  |  Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets

Match Details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Tournament Singer-Akai Cup 1996/97
Umpires
DB Cowie and RS Dunne Match Date 03 Apr 1997
Match Referee Hanumant Singh Ground Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
TV Umpire CJ Mitchley    
Player of Match Aravinda De Silva (Sri Lanka)    

Zimbabwe Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Grant Flower b Nuwan Zoysa 12 0 27 2 0 44.44
2 Craig Wishart run out Roshan Mahanama 32 0 36 4 0 88.89
3 Alistair Campbell * lbw Chaminda Vaas 2 0 8 0 0 25.00
4 Dirk Viljoen st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena 17 0 52 2 0 32.69
5 Andy Flower † b Muttiah Muralitharan 38 0 61 1 0 62.30
6 Stuart Carlisle c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan 6 0 23 0 0 26.09
7 Paul Strang b Chaminda Vaas 38 0 52 2 0 73.08
8 Heath Streak run out Marvan Atapattu 11 0 24 0 0 45.83
9 Eddo Brandes not out 10 0 7 0 1 142.86
10 Andrew Whittall c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas 4 0 8 0 0 50.00
11 Everton Matambanadzo not out 0 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extra b 3, lb 7, w 4, nb 3 17
Total 9 wickets; 50.0 overs; 187 3.74 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-31 ( Grant Flower, 0.0 ) ;   2-34 ( Alistair Campbell, 0.0 ) ;   3-65 ( Craig Wishart, 0.0 ) ;   4-77 ( Dirk Viljoen, 0.0 ) ;   5-100 ( Stuart Carlisle, 0.0 ) ;   6-139 ( Andy Flower, 0.0 ) ;   7-169 ( Heath Streak, 0.0 ) ;   8-180 ( Paul Strang, 0.0 ) ;   9-186 ( Andrew Whittall, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Chaminda Vaas 10.0 2 25 3 0 0
Nuwan Zoysa 10.0 0 46 1 2 1
Muttiah Muralitharan 10.0 1 39 2 0 2
Aravinda de Silva 10.0 0 34 0 1 0
Kumar Dharmasena 10.0 0 33 1 1 0

Sri Lanka Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Sanath Jayasuriya c Craig Wishart b Paul Strang 56 0 74 7 1 75.68
2 Romesh Kaluwitharana † c Craig Wishart b Eddo Brandes 0 0 3 0 0 0.00
3 Marvan Atapattu not out 52 0 120 2 1 43.33
4 Aravinda de Silva c Paul Strang b Grant Flower 60 0 81 9 0 74.07
5 Arjuna Ranatunga * not out 0 0 0 0 0
6 Roshan Mahanama Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hashan Tillakaratne Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Kumar Dharmasena Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chaminda Vaas Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Nuwan Zoysa Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Muttiah Muralitharan Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 6, lb 3, w 11 20
Total 3 wickets; 45.4 overs; 188 4.12 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-1 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.0 ) ;   2-80 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.0 ) ;   3-187 ( Aravinda de Silva, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Eddo Brandes 7.0 0 33 1 0 0
Everton Matambanadzo 7.0 0 38 0 4 2
Andrew Whittall 10.0 0 30 0 5 0
Heath Streak 7.0 1 22 0 0 0
Paul Strang 10.0 0 41 1 0 0
Grant Flower 4.4 0 15 1 0 0