Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
30 October 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, EA Nicholls
Third Umpire: G Sharp
Match Referee: DT Lindsay
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 79 runs
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Travis Friend b Heath Streak | 25 | 21 | 27 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Heath Streak | 14 | 23 | 58 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | c Grant Flower b Gary Brent | 9 | 18 | 22 | - | - | |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Trevor Gripper b Dougie Marillier | 63 | 78 | 111 | 6 | - | |
| 5. Russel Arnold | c Gary Brent b Heath Streak | 55 | 77 | 82 | 4 | - | |
| +6. Kumar Sangakkara | b Gary Brent | 35 | 50 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| 7. Kumar Dharmasena | st Andy Flower b Dougie Marillier | 8 | 18 | 18 | - | - | |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Grant Flower > ) | 13 | 13 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Dulip Liyanage | c Andy Flower b Heath Streak | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Grant Flower b Gary Brent | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11. Charitha Buddhika | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-41 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-59 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-62 (Avishka Gunawardene), 4-173 (Russel Arnold), 5-199 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-223 (Kumar Dharmasena), 7-235 (Kumar Sangakkara), 8-242 (Dulip Liyanage), 9-249 (Muttiah Muralitharan), 250 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 12w, 7nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs, 201 mins) 250 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 10 | 0 | 59 | 4 | (5w,5nb) |
| Travis Friend | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Gary Brent | 7.4 | 0 | 32 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dougie Marillier | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Brian Murphy | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mluleki Nkala | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Grant Flower | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Gripper | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Grant Flower | b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| 2. Trevor Gripper | c Russel Arnold b Dulip Liyanage | 26 | 60 | 77 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Stuart Carlisle | run out (Marvan Atapattu > Dulip Liyanage) | 37 | 44 | 70 | 5 | - | |
| +4. Andy Flower | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena | 13 | 23 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Dion Ebrahim | st Kumar Sangakkara b Kumar Dharmasena | 14 | 29 | 37 | - | - | |
| 6. Dougie Marillier | not out | 52 | 68 | 75 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7. Heath Streak | st Kumar Sangakkara b Kumar Dharmasena | 5 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| 8. Mluleki Nkala | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 5 | 21 | 15 | - | - | |
| 9. Gary Brent | c Charitha Buddhika b Russel Arnold | 8 | 29 | 24 | - | - | |
| 10. Travis Friend | not out | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| *11. Brian Murphy |
| FOW | 1-5 (Grant Flower), 2-66 (Trevor Gripper), 3-66 (Stuart Carlisle), 4-93 (Andy Flower), 5-99 (Dion Ebrahim), 6-111 (Heath Streak), 7-125 (Mluleki Nkala), 8-149 (Gary Brent). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 182 mins) 171 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 2 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Charitha Buddhika | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Dulip Liyanage | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 26 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardene, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Kumar Sangakkara, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Dulip Liyanage, Muttiah Muralitharan, Charitha Buddhika
Zimbabwe: Grant Flower, Trevor Gripper, Stuart Carlisle, Andy Flower, Dion Ebrahim, Dougie Marillier, Heath Streak, Mluleki Nkala, Gary Brent, Travis Friend, Brian Murphy
