Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
3 April 1997
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: DB Cowie, RS Dunne
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Grant Flower | b Nuwan Zoysa | 12 | 27 | - | 2 | - | |
| 2. Craig Wishart | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 32 | 36 | - | 4 | - | |
| *3. Alistair Campbell | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | |
| 4. Dirk Viljoen | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena | 17 | 52 | - | 2 | - | |
| +5. Andy Flower | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 38 | 61 | - | 1 | - | |
| 6. Stuart Carlisle | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 23 | - | - | - | |
| 7. Paul Strang | b Chaminda Vaas | 38 | 52 | - | 2 | - | |
| 8. Heath Streak | run out (Marvan Atapattu > ) | 11 | 24 | - | - | - | |
| 9. Eddo Brandes | not out | 10 | 7 | - | - | 1 | |
| 10. Andrew Whittall | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | |
| 11. Everton Matambanadzo | not out | 0 | 4 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-31 (Grant Flower), 2-34 (Alistair Campbell), 3-65 (Craig Wishart), 4-77 (Dirk Viljoen), 5-100 (Stuart Carlisle), 6-139 (Andy Flower), 7-169 (Heath Streak), 8-180 (Paul Strang), 9-186 (Andrew Whittall). |
| Extras | 3b, 7lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 187 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 2 | 25 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Craig Wishart b Paul Strang | 56 | 74 | - | 7 | 1 | |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Craig Wishart b Eddo Brandes | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 52 | 120 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Paul Strang b Grant Flower | 60 | 81 | - | 9 | - | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | |||||||
| 7. Hashan Tillakaratne | |||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | |||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | |||||||
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | |||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-1 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-80 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-187 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 6b, 3lb, 11w, 0nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 45.4 ovs) 188 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Eddo Brandes | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Everton Matambanadzo | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (4w,2nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (5w,0nb) |
| Heath Streak | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 4.4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Roshan Mahanama, Hashan Tillakaratne, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Muttiah Muralitharan
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower, Craig Wishart, Alistair Campbell, Dirk Viljoen, Andy Flower, Stuart Carlisle, Paul Strang, Heath Streak, Eddo Brandes, Andrew Whittall, Everton Matambanadzo
