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1996 Cricket World Cup
1995-96 season
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - 9th Match, Group A
Wednesday February 21, 1996 (50-over match)
Venue : Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets (with 13 overs remaining)


Zimbabwe innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andy Flower run out
8 
18 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Grant Flower run out
15 
32 
0 
0
46.88 
»
 Guy Whittall c ST Jayasuriya b Muralitharan
35 
64 
5 
0
54.69 
»
 Alistair Campbell c Muralitharan b Vaas
75 
102 
8 
0
73.53 
»
 Andy Waller b ST Jayasuriya
19 
36 
1 
0
52.78 
»
 Craig Evans Not Out
39 
34 
5 
0
114.71 
»
 Heath Streak c de Silva b Vaas
15 
13 
0 
0
115.38 
»
 Paul Strang Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 1, LB 16, W 4, N 1
22
Total : (6 wickets in 50.0 overs)
228
 RR : 4.56

did not bat: Charlie Lock, Eddo Brandes, Stephen Peall

Fall of wickets : 1-19 (Flower), 2-51 (GW Flower), 3-92 (Whittall), 4-160 (Waller), 5-194 (Campbell), 6-227 (Streak)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chaminda Vaas
10
0 
30 
2
3.00
0
0
»
 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
8
0 
36 
0
4.50
0
0
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga
2
0 
14 
0
7.00
0
0
»
 Kumar Dharmasena
10
1 
50 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Muttiah Muralitharan
10
0 
37 
1
3.70
0
0
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya
10
0 
44 
1
4.40
0
0

Sri Lanka innings
(Target: 229 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya b Streak
6 
11 
1 
0
54.55 
»
 Romesh Kaluwitharana c Peall b Streak
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Asanka Gurusinha run out
87 
100 
5 
6
87.00 
»
 Aravinda de Silva lbw b Streak
91 
86 
10 
2
105.81 
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga Not Out
13 
11 
1 
0
118.18 
»
 Hashan Tillakaratne Not Out
7 
16 
1 
0
43.75 
Extras LB 5, W 17, N 3
25
Total : (4 wickets in 37.0 overs)
229
 RR : 6.19

did not bat: Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Kaluwitharana), 2-23 (Jayasuriya), 3-195 (Gurusinha), 4-209 (de Silva)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Heath Streak
10
0 
60 
3
6.00
2
12
»
 Charlie Lock
4
0 
17 
0
4.25
0
4
»
 Eddo Brandes
8
0 
35 
0
4.38
1
1
»
 Stephen Peall
3
0 
23 
0
7.67
0
0
»
 Paul Strang
5
0 
43 
0
8.60
0
0
»
 Guy Whittall
2
0 
20 
0
10.00
0
0
»
 Grant Flower
5
1 
26 
0
5.20
0
0

Match details
Points: Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0
Man of the Match: PA de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : RS Dunne (New Zealand) and Mahboob Shah (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: Farid Malik (United Arab Emirates)
Referee : Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pakistan)

Teams:
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk), Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga (Capt.), Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan
Zimbabwe Andy Flower (Capt. & wk), Grant Flower, Guy Whittall, Alistair Campbell, Andy Waller, Craig Evans, Heath Streak, Paul Strang, Charlie Lock, Eddo Brandes, Stephen Peall
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