Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Harare Sports Club, Harare, November 20 2008, Final Scorecard
November 21st, 2008 Posted in One Day Match, Scorecard
Muttiah Muralitharan is the Man of the Match for his figures of 4/14 from 4 overs.
A rather soporific chase from the Sri Lankans but an expected result. Zimbabwe were involved in one of the most remarkable collapses, losing 7 wickets in 4 overs for only 3 runs, thanks to Murali and Mendis. Sri Lanka lost Tharanga early but Udawatte and Sangakkara put on a big partnership to rule out any chance of an upset.
| Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| H Masakadza | run out (Tharanga) | 15 | 52 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 46.87 | ||
| V Sibanda | c Kapugedera b Kulasekara | 9 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 37.50 | ||
| CJ Chibhabha | c Kulasekara b Maharoof | 25 | 63 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 | ||
| T Taibu | not out | 36 | 88 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 62.06 | ||
| S Matsikenyeri | b Muralitharan | 21 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 105.00 | ||
| E Chigumbura | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| T Maruma | c Kapugedera b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| P Utseya | lbw b Mendis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| RW Price | st |
0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| T Mupariwa | c Tharanga b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| CB Mpofu | b Mendis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, w 13) | 21 | |||||||
| Total | (all out; 31 overs) | 127 | (4.09 runs per over) | ||||||
| Fall of wickets1-28 (Sibanda, 7.5 ov), 2-40 (Masakadza, 10.6 ov), 3-83 (Chibhabha, 21.1 ov), 4-124 (Matsikenyeri, 27.1 ov), 5-124 (Chigumbura, 27.2 ov), 6-124 (Maruma, 27.6 ov), 7-125 (Utseya, 28.2 ov), 8-125 (Price, 28.6 ov), 9-126 (Mupariwa, 29.5 ov), 10-127 (Mpofu, 30.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O |
M | R | W | Econ | ||
| MF Maharoof | 8 |
0 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 | (11w) | |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 7 |
1 | 25 | 1 | 3.57 | ||
| T Thushara | 6 |
0 | 28 | 0 | 4.66 | (2w) | |
| BAW Mendis | 6 |
0 | 26 | 3 | 4.33 | ||
| M Muralitharan | 4 |
1 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| Sri Lanka innings (target: 128 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| WU Tharanga | run out (Mpofu) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| ML Udawatte | c Matsikenyeri b Chigumbura | 38 | 65 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 82.60 | ||
| KC Sangakkara | not out | 46 | 148 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 48.42 | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene | b Price | 15 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 46.87 | ||
| CK Kapugedera | c Chibhabha b Price | 16 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 106.66 | ||
| J Mubarak | not out | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 12) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 33.2 overs) | 130 | (3.90 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat MF Maharoof, T Thushara, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan, KMDN Kulasekara |
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Tharanga, 0.3 ov), 2-57 (Udawatte, 12.4 ov), 3-95 (Jayawardene, 24.3 ov), 4-122 (Kapugedera, 30.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O |
M | R | W | Econ | ||
| CB Mpofu | 8 |
1 | 28 | 0 | 3.50 | (3w) | |
| T Mupariwa | 7 |
0 | 28 | 0 | 4.00 | (5w) | |
| E Chigumbura | 5 |
0 | 19 | 1 | 3.80 | ||
| RW Price | 7 |
1 | 24 | 2 | 3.42 | (2w) | |
| P Utseya | 6.2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4.42 | (1w) |
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Series Sri Lanka led the 5-match series 1-0
Player of the match M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and KC Barbour
TV umpire O Chirombe
Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa)