- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras20 (lb 7, w 13)TOTAL227/5 (50 Overs, RR: 4.54)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Grant Flower), 2-48 (Paul Strang), 3-48 (Andy Flower), 4-66 (Craig Wishart), 5-180 (Alistair Campbell)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GP Wickramasinghe 9 1 33 1 3.66 0 0 KR Pushpakumara 6 0 27 2 4.5 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 1 36 1 3.6 0 0 A Ranatunga 5 0 22 1 4.4 0 0 UDU Chandana 10 0 48 0 4.8 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 1 54 0 5.4 0 0
03/09Result
5th Match, Singer World Series at Colombo, Sep 3 1996
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
227/5 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
228/4 (47/50 ov)
Player of the Match
03/09Result
5th Match, Singer World Series at Colombo, Sep 3 1996
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
227/5 -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
228/4 (47/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras15 (b 1, lb 2, nb 4, w 8)TOTAL228/4 (47 Overs, RR: 4.85)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-25 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-100 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-129 (Arjuna Ranatunga)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB HH Streak 8 0 24 0 3 0 0 HK Olonga 6 0 47 2 7.83 0 0 GJ Whittall 5 0 26 0 5.2 0 0 AR Whittall 10 1 30 1 3 0 0 PA Strang 10 0 50 0 5 0 0 ADR Campbell 4 0 24 0 6 0 0 GW Flower 1 0 10 0 10 0 0 CN Evans 3 0 14 0 4.66 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
3 September 1996 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0
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