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Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
24 January 1998
Toss: Zimbabwe (bat)
Umpires: I A, Ppa and WAU Wickremasinghe
Third Umpire: TM Samarasinghe
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Zimbabwe
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Grant Flower | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 51 | 75 | 95 | 2 | 1 |
| +2. Andy Flower | b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 3. Murray Goodwin | b Upul Chandana | 111 | 134 | 178 | 7 | - |
| 4. Guy Whittall | b Upul Chandana | 13 | 22 | 25 | - | - |
| *5. Alistair Campbell | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 27 | 26 | - | - |
| 6. Craig Wishart | run out (Upul Chandana > ) | 6 | 15 | 18 | - | - |
| 7. Paul Strang | c Roshan Mahanama b Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| 8. Heath Streak | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > Sanath Jayasuriya) | 4 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 9. John Rennie | not out | 4 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Andrew Whittall | ||||||
| 11. Pommie Mbangwa |
| FOW | 1-3 (Andy Flower), 2-108 (Grant Flower), 3-143 (Guy Whittall), 4-165 (Alistair Campbell), 5-187 (Craig Wishart), 6-203 (Paul Strang), 7-204 (Murray Goodwin), 8-212 (Heath Streak). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 212 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 53 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Heath Streak b Andrew Whittall | 50 | 62 | 82 | 4 | - |
| 2. Marvan Atapattu | c Paul Strang b Grant Flower | 45 | 80 | 116 | 2 | - |
| 3. Roshan Mahanama | run out | 52 | 71 | 106 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | st Andy Flower b Paul Strang | 3 | 11 | 10 | - | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c & b Andrew Whittall | 43 | 53 | 75 | 3 | - |
| +6. Romesh Kaluwitharana | not out | 8 | 12 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 7. Mahela Jayawardene | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Upul Chandana | ||||||
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Ravindra Pushpakumara |
| FOW | 1-76 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-118 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-127 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-194 (Roshan Mahanama), 5-212 (Arjuna Ranatunga). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 48.2 ovs) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Heath Streak | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| John Rennie | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andrew Whittall | 8.2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Pommie Mbangwa | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Strang | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Grant Flower | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alistair Campbell | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Mahela Jayawardene, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara