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Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997–98

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TheZimbabwe national cricket teamtouredSri Lankain January 1998 and played a two-matchTest seriesagainst theSri Lanka national cricket teamfollowed by threeLimited Overs Internationals(LOI). Sri Lanka won both Test matches to take the series 2–0. Sri Lanka were captained byArjuna Ranatungaand Zimbabwe byAlistair Campbell.Sri Lanka won the LOI series 3-0.

Test series summary

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1st Test

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7–11 January 1998
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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469/9d(154.3 overs)
MS Atapattu223 (448)
AR Whittall3/73 (30 overs)
140 (85.4 overs)
GJ Rennie53 (219)
SD Anurasiri3/106 (61 overs)
10/2 (1.5 overs)
MS Atapattu6*(5)
HH Streak2/4 (1 overs)
338 (f/o) (126.5 overs)
MW Goodwin70 (137)
M Muralitharan7/94 (42.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Asgiriya Stadium,Kandy
Umpires:BC Cooray(SL) andMJ Kitchen(ENG)
Player of the match:M Muralitharan(SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • MW Goodwin(ZIM) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

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14–18 January 1998
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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251 (90.2 overs)
MW Goodwin73 (128)
SD Anurasiri3/65 (27 overs)
225 (73.5 overs)
A Ranatunga52 (143)
PA Strang4/77 (19.5 overs)
299 (125.5 overs)
A Flower105*(238)
M Muralitharan3/73 (37.5 overs)
326/5 (113.5 overs)
PA de Silva143*(310)
HH Streak4/84 (25 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground,Colombo
Umpires:KT Francis(SL) andSaleem Badar(PAK)
Player of the match:PA de Silva(SL)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series summary

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1st ODI

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22 January 1998
Scorecard
Zimbabwe
207 (48.4 overs)
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Sri Lanka
210/5 (45.2 overs)
GJ Whittall52 (70)
UDU Chandana4/31 (7.4 overs)
A Ranatunga58*(79)
PA Strang2/36 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground,Colombo
Umpires:PT Manuel(SL) andDN Pathirana(SL)
Player of the match:A Ranatunga(SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • MW Goodwin(ZIM) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

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24 January 1998
Scorecard
Zimbabwe
212/8 (50 overs)
v
Sri Lanka
213/5 (48.2 overs)
MW Goodwin111 (134)
UDU Chandana2/42 (9 overs)
RS Mahanama52 (71)
AR Whittall2/33 (8.2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo
Umpires:I Anandappa(SL) andWAU Wickramasinghe(SL)
Player of the match:MW Goodwin(ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • DPMD Jayawardene(SL) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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26 January 1998
Scorecard
Zimbabwe
281/6 (50 overs)
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Sri Lanka
286/6 (49 overs)
GW Flower112 (138)
HDPK Dharmasena3/47 (10 overs)
ST Jayasuriya102 (100)
GW Flower2/36 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground,Colombo
Umpires:PT Manuel(SL) andTM Samarasinghe(SL)
Player of the match:ST Jayasuriya(SL)
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