Wills World Cup 1995/96
Group A: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
| Toss | Zimbabwe, who chose to bat | Tournament | Wills World Cup 1995/96 |
| Umpires
|
RS Dunne and Mahboob Shah | Match Date | 21 Feb 1996 |
| Match Referee | Nasim-Ul-Ghani | Ground | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Colombo |
| TV Umpire | Farid Malik | ||
| Player of Match | Aravinda De Silva (Sri Lanka) |
Zimbabwe Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Flower * | run out Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| 2 | Grant Flower | run out Sanath Jayasuriya | 15 | 58 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 46.88 |
| 3 | Guy Whittall | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 35 | 74 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 54.69 |
| 4 | Alistair Campbell | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Chaminda Vaas | 75 | 125 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 73.53 |
| 5 | Andy Waller | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 55 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 52.78 |
| 6 | Craig Evans | not out | 39 | 45 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 114.71 |
| 7 | Heath Streak | c Aravinda de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 15 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 115.38 |
| 8 | Paul Strang | not out | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Charlie Lock | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Eddo Brandes | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Stephen Peall | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | b 1, lb 16, w 4, nb 1 | 22 | ||||||
| Total | 6 wickets; 50.0 overs; | 228 | 4.56 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-19 ( Andy Flower, 0.0 ) ; 2-51 ( Grant Flower, 0.0 ) ; 3-92 ( Guy Whittall, 0.0 ) ; 4-160 ( Andy Waller, 0.0 ) ; 5-194 ( Alistair Campbell, 0.0 ) ; 6-227 ( Heath Streak, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10.0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 8.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga * | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10.0 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10.0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanath Jayasuriya | b Heath Streak | 6 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
| 2 | Romesh Kaluwitharana † | c Stephen Peall b Heath Streak | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 87 | 144 | 100 | 5 | 6 | 87.00 |
| 4 | Aravinda de Silva | lbw Heath Streak | 91 | 137 | 86 | 10 | 2 | 105.81 |
| 5 | Arjuna Ranatunga * | not out | 13 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 118.18 |
| 6 | Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 |
| 7 | Roshan Mahanama | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Chaminda Vaas | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Kumar Dharmasena | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 5, w 17, nb 3 | 25 | ||||||
| Total | 4 wickets; 37.0 overs; | 229 | 6.19 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-5 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.0 ) ; 2-23 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.0 ) ; 3-195 ( Asanka Gurusinha, 0.0 ) ; 4-209 ( Aravinda de Silva, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Streak | 10.0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Charlie Lock | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Eddo Brandes | 8.0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stephen Peall | 3.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Strang | 5.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Whittall | 2.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Flower | 5.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
