Sri_Lankan_cricket_team_in_Zimbabwe_in_1999-00
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in November and December 1999 to play 3 Test matches and 5 ODIs.[1]
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| Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000 | |||
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| Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 7 November 1999 – 7 December 1999 | ||
| Captains | Andy Flower | Sanath Jayasuriya | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Andy Flower (388) | Marvan Atapattu (265) | |
| Most wickets | Chaminda Vaas (14) | Henry Olonga (9) | |
| Player of the series | Andy Flower | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Alistair Campbell (195) | Russel Arnold (277) | |
| Most wickets | Guy Whittall (10) | Upul Chandana (7) | |
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Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI v Sri Lankans
Zimbabwe Cricket Academy v Sri Lankans
12,13 November 1999 Scorecard |
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Sri Lankans won by an innings and 132 runs Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe Umpires: Ronald Strang (ZIM) & Justice Tapfumaneyi (ZIM) |
- Sri Lankans, who chose to bat
1st Test
18–22 November 1999 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to field
- There was no play on the fifth day.
- Indika de Saram, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Indika Gallage (Sri Lanka); Gary Brent (Zimbabwe) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
26–30 November 1999 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to field
- Nuwan Zoysa (SL) became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in their first three balls of a Test.[2]
3rd Test
4–8 December 1999 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) & Srinivas Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Russel Arnold & Andy Flower |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to field
- There was no play on the fourth day.
- Ray Price (Zim) played his first Test
1st ODI
11 December 1999 Scorecard |
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No result Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Graeme Evans (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan |
- Rain interrupted after 14.5 overs in Zimbabwe innings. After several inspections the Umpires abandoned the match.
- Zimbabwe, who chose to field
2nd ODI
12 December 1999 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 13 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Russel Arnold |
- Zimbabwe, who chose to field
3rd ODI
15 December 1999 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 98 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Graeme Evans (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Upul Chandana |
- Zimbabwe, who chose to field
4th ODI
18 December 1999 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ahmed Esat (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Stuart Carlisle |
- Zimbabwe, who chose to bat
5th ODI
19 December 1999 Scorecard |
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Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Guy Whittall |
- Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
- Indika Gallage made his ODI debut.
- CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
- "Second Test Match, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 1999-2000". Wisden. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2017.