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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
21 February 1996
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: RS Dunne, Mahboob Shah
Third Umpire: Farid Malik
Match Referee: Nasim-ul-Ghani
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+1. Andy Flower | run out (Chaminda Vaas > ) | 8 | 18 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 2. Grant Flower | run out (Sanath Jayasuriya > ) | 15 | 32 | 58 | - | - |
| 3. Guy Whittall | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 35 | 64 | 74 | 5 | - |
| 4. Alistair Campbell | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Chaminda Vaas | 75 | 102 | 125 | 8 | - |
| 5. Andy Waller | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 36 | 55 | 1 | - |
| 6. Craig Evans | not out | 39 | 34 | 45 | 5 | - |
| 7. Heath Streak | c Aravinda de Silva b Chaminda Vaas | 15 | 13 | 17 | - | - |
| 8. Paul Strang | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Charlie Lock | ||||||
| 10. Eddo Brandes | ||||||
| 11. Stephen Peall |
| FOW | 1-19 (Andy Flower), 2-51 (Grant Flower), 3-92 (Guy Whittall), 4-160 (Andy Waller), 5-194 (Alistair Campbell), 6-227 (Heath Streak). |
| Extras | 1b, 16lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 1 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Heath Streak | 6 | 11 | 25 | 1 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Stephen Peall b Heath Streak | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 87 | 100 | 144 | 5 | 6 |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Heath Streak | 91 | 86 | 137 | 10 | 2 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 13 | 11 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | ||||||
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-5 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-23 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-195 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-209 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 17w, 3nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 37 ovs) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 10 | 0 | 60 | 3 | (12w,2nb) |
| Charlie Lock | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Eddo Brandes | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Stephen Peall | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 5 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Guy Whittall | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 5 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan