Singer-Akai Cup 1996/97
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
| 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 |
