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f42332 t1333	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka 1996 (1st Test)
Venue	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th September 1996 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
Umpires	SA Bucknor, BC Cooray
Third umpire	KT Francis
Referee	JR Reid
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 290/7 (Dharmasena 16, Vaas 3)
Close of play day 2	Zimbabwe (1) 105/6 (Wishart 31, Evans 0)
Close of play day 3	Zimbabwe (2) 20/0 (GW Flower 13, Dekker 6)
Man of the Match	A Ranatunga

Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	lbw b Streak	4	6	4	1	-
ST Jayasuriya	c Evans b Olonga	0	1	6	-	-
AP Gurusinha	c Olonga b Strang	52	139	197	6	-
PA de Silva	b Strang	35	44	53	6	-
HP Tillakaratne	c A Flower b Olonga	20	86	101	2	-
*A Ranatunga	lbw b Streak	75	120	192	7	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c and b Streak	71	123	155	10	1
HDPK Dharmasena	not out	42	78	99	4	-
WPUJC Vaas	b Strang	34	48	88	2	1
M Muralitharan	b Strang	0	1	5	-	-
KJ Silva	c and b Strang	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	349
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Mahanama), 2-4 (Jayasuriya), 3-53 (de Silva), 4-105 (Tillakaratne), 5-128 (Gurusinha), 6-270 (Ranatunga), 7-271 (Kaluwitharana), 8-345 (Vaas), 9-349 (Muralitharan), 10-349 (KJ Silva)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Streak	20	6	54	3	-	-
Olonga	17	3	57	2	-	-
GJ Whittall	12	1	43	0	-	-
Strang	34.3	3	106	5	-	-
AR Whittall	13	3	40	0	-	-
Evans	6	0	27	0	-	-
GW Flower	4	1	16	0	-	-

Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Flower	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	1	1	-	-
MH Dekker	lbw b Vaas	10	40	70	-	-
*ADR Campbell	c Mahanama b Vaas	12	16	19	2	-
+A Flower	c Ranatunga b Dharmasena	2	14	23	-	-
GJ Whittall	lbw b KJ Silva	39	125	153	4	-
CB Wishart	c Vaas b KJ Silva	51	167	205	2	1
HK Olonga	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	1	10	10	-	-
CN Evans	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	9	17	20	1	-
PA Strang	b Muralitharan	6	14	17	1	-
AR Whittall	c Dharmasena b KJ Silva	1	30	47	-	-
HH Streak	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (GW Flower), 2-15 (Campbell), 3-21 (A Flower), 4-45 (Dekker), 5-103 (GJ Whittall), 6-105 (Olonga), 7-123 (Evans), 8-138 (Strang), 9-145 (Wishart), 10-145 (AR Whittall)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	22	3	73	4	-	-
Gurusinha	3	1	3	0	2	-
Dharmasena	9	3	23	1	-	-
Muralitharan	24	9	28	2	-	4
KJ Silva	14.4	9	10	3	-	-

Zimbabwe second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Flower	b Muralitharan	27	86	112	1	-
MH Dekker	c Jayasuriya b Dharmasena	20	60	58	1	-
CB Wishart	b KJ Silva	3	20	21	-	-
*ADR Campbell	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	26	126	133	-	-
+A Flower	c Mahanama b Muralitharan	0	1	1	-	-
GJ Whittall	c Mahanama b KJ Silva	13	86	93	1	-
CN Evans	lbw b KJ Silva	1	8	6	-	-
PA Strang	c Vaas b Muralitharan	8	18	23	1	-
HK Olonga	c Mahanama b KJ Silva	0	3	2	-	-
AR Whittall	b Muralitharan	11	29	30	1	-
HH Streak	not out	3	9	15	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(all out, 73.3 overs)	127
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Dekker), 2-42 (Wishart), 3-65 (GW Flower), 4-65 (A Flower), 5-98 (Campbell), 6-99 (Evans), 7-102 (GJ Whittall), 8-102 (Olonga), 9-113 (Strang), 10-127 (AR Whittall, 73.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	12	1	34	0	-	-
Gurusinha	2	0	4	0	1	-
de Silva	2	1	1	0	-	-
Dharmasena	14	7	19	1	-	-
KJ Silva	19	12	25	4	-	1
Muralitharan	20.3	4	33	5	-	3
Jayasuriya	4	3	1	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> HP Tillakaratne (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 19
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed 3500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 29
--> A Ranatunga (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 59
--> WPUJC Vaas (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 9
--> GJ Whittall (1) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 18
--> CB Wishart (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 24
--> CN Evans made his debut in Test Matches
--> AR Whittall made his debut in Test Matches
--> PA Strang achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed M Muralitharan in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 3-65)
--> KJ Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed CB Wishart in the Zimbabwe first innings (previous best was 1-120)
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 50 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed ADR Campbell, his 2nd wicket in the Zimbabwe first innings
--> KJ Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed HK Olonga in the Zimbabwe second innings (previous best was 3-10)
--> M Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Zimbabwe second innings (previous best was 5-64)
--> M Muralitharan reached 250 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed AR Whittall, his 5th wicket in the Zimbabwe second innings

102 minutes play possible in 3rd session only due to rain.
Morning session was washed out by rain.