Match : Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, last league game of Micromaxx cup triseries in Zimbabwe 2010.
Venue/Date : Harare sports club in Harare.. 7 June 2010.
Debut : none.
Toss : Zimbabwe, elected to field.
Result : Zimbabwe won by 8 wickets.
Man of the match : Brendan Taylor.
Umpires : Rudy Koertzen (South Africa) + Russel Tiffin (Zimbabwe).
Head to head : 45th Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe one day international match it was.. Zimbabwe recorded only their 7th win against Sri Lanka's 37 with 1 no result.
Sri Lanka : went off solidly with openers Dilshan and Tharanga scoring their half centuries and adding 122 for the first wicket but then, Zimbabwean spinners rattled visitor's middle order to finish them inside quota of 50 overs to a mediocre total.
Zimbabwe chase : lost in-form Hamilton Masakadza early but Brendan Taylor continued, adding 134 runs with Chima Chibhabha and then remaining unbeaten with a ton, adding another 92 runs with Tatenda Taibu and sealing a rare victory for Zimbabweans over Lankans.
Sri Lanka innings (invited in to bat) :-
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Upul Tharanga |
c Coventry |
b Cremer |
69 |
97 |
5 |
0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
st Taibu |
b Utseya |
79 |
66 |
9 |
2 |
| Dinesh Chandimal |
c Masakadza |
b Utseya |
6 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Chamara Kapugedera |
c & b |
b Masakadza |
12 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| Thilan Samarweera |
run out |
(Chigumbura) |
16 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
| Jeevan Mendis |
c Taylor |
b Cremer |
7 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne |
c Taylor |
b Mpofu |
15 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
| Thissera Perera |
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b Mpofu |
8 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| Suraj Randiv |
not out |
|
9 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| Thilan Thushara |
c Taylor |
b Price |
7 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
| Dilhara Fernando |
run out |
(Taibu) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras (9) |
lbyes=4, wides=5 |
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| Total = 236 allout in 47.5 overs. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdn |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Chris Mpofu |
9 |
1 |
32 |
2 |
1 wide |
| Elton Chigumbura |
4 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Chima Chibhabha |
4 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
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| Raymond Price |
9.5 |
1 |
42 |
1 |
3 wides |
| Prosper Utseya |
10 |
0 |
41 |
2 |
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| Graeme Cremer |
8 |
0 |
33 |
2 |
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| Hamilton Masakadza |
3 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
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Zimbabwe Innings (Target = 237 50 overs) :-
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Hamilton Masakadza |
c Chamdimal |
b Thushara |
3 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
| Brendan Taylor |
not out |
|
119 |
137 |
9 |
1 |
| Chima Chibhabha |
lbw |
b Dilshan |
58 |
81 |
4 |
1 |
| Tatenda Taibu |
not out |
|
42 |
55 |
0 |
1 |
| Charls Coventry |
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| Elton Chigumbura |
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| Craig Ervine |
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| Prosper Utseya |
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| Graeme Cremer |
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| Chris Mpofu |
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| Raymond Price |
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| Extras (18) |
wides=11, lbye=6, no ball=1 |
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| Total = 240 for 2 wickets in 47.5 overs.. won by 8 wickets. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdn |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Thilan Thushara |
9.5 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
6 wides |
| Dilhara Fernando |
9 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
1 no ball |
| Thissera Perera |
2 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
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| Suraj Randiv |
9 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
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| Jeewan Mendis |
8 |
0 |
42 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
8 |
0 |
35 |
1 |
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| Chamara Kapugedera |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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