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Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Harare Sports Club, Harare, November 20 2008, Final Scorecard

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 Sangakkara b Mendis	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)

	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)

	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)

India vs England, 3rd ODI, Green Park, Kanpur, November 20, 2008 Final ScoreCard

India have won by 16 runs and lead the series 3-0. Harbhajan Singh is the Man of the Match for his spell of 3 for 31.

A smart move by Dhoni to take the powerplay when he did, ensuring India surged ahead of the D/L par score and won comfortably in the end. Both teams were neck-and-neck until the 36th over. Flintoff provided timely breakthroughs while Sehwag had steadied India after Gambhir and Raina fell cheaply. followed by useful contributions from Yuvraj and Dhoni in the end. England now need to win all of the remaining four games to clinch the series, a tough task.