Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997–98
International cricket tour
The Zimbabwe national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in January 1998 and played a two-match Test series against the Sri Lanka national cricket team followed by three Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). Sri Lanka won both Test matches to take the series 2–0. Sri Lanka were captained by Arjuna Ranatunga and Zimbabwe by Alistair Campbell. Sri Lanka won the LOI series 3-0.
Test series summary
1st Test
7–11 January 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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469/9d (154.3 overs) MS Atapattu 223 (448) AR Whittall 3/73 (30 overs) | 140 (85.4 overs) GJ Rennie 53 (219) SD Anurasiri 3/106 (61 overs) | |
10/2 (1.5 overs) MS Atapattu 6* (5) HH Streak 2/4 (1 overs) | 338 (f/o) (126.5 overs) MW Goodwin 70 (137) M Muralitharan 7/94 (42.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and MJ Kitchen (ENG) Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- MW Goodwin (ZIM) made his Test debut.
2nd Test
14–18 January 1998 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Saleem Badar (PAK) Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
ODI series summary
1st ODI
22 January 1998 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: PT Manuel (SL) and DN Pathirana (SL) Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- MW Goodwin (ZIM) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
24 January 1998 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: I Anandappa (SL) and WAU Wickramasinghe (SL) Player of the match: MW Goodwin (ZIM) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- DPMD Jayawardene (SL) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
26 January 1998 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: PT Manuel (SL) and TM Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- DA Gunawardene and MN Nawaz (both SL) made their ODI debuts.
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International cricket tours of Sri Lanka
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