2016–17 Zimbabwe Tri-Series

Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series 2016–17
Zimbabwe Tri Series 2016 - Blue Mountain Achilleion Cup logo
Date14–27 November 2016
LocationZimbabwe
Result Sri Lanka won the series
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Kusal Mendis
Teams
 Zimbabwe  Sri Lanka  West Indies
Captains
Graeme Cremer Upul Tharanga Jason Holder
Most runs
Sikandar Raza (163) Niroshan Dickwella (179) Evin Lewis (202)
Most wickets
Sean Williams (4) Asela Gunaratne (8)
Nuwan Kulasekara (8)		 Jason Holder (9)
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The 2016–17 Zimbabwe Tri-Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in Zimbabwe in November 2016.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. The Sri Lankan team were originally scheduled to tour Zimbabwe for two Tests, three ODIs and one Twenty20 International (T20I). However, the ODIs and T20I were replaced by this tri-series.[1]

DRS technology was used for the first time in a limited-overs series in Zimbabwe.[3] This follows its use in the second Test in Zimbabwe's series against Sri Lanka that immediately preceded the tri-series.[3]

Sri Lanka won the tournament by beating Zimbabwe by 6 wickets in the final.[4]

Squads

 Zimbabwe[5]  Sri Lanka[6]  West Indies[7]

Shane Dowrich and Miguel Cummins were added to the West Indies' squad in place of Marlon Samuels and Alzarri Joseph.[8] Darren Bravo was dropped from the West Indies' squad after he posted a comment on Twitter that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) deemed to be "inappropriate and unacceptable".[9] He was replaced by Jason Mohammed.[9] Sunil Narine left the squad for personal reasons and was replaced by Devendra Bishoo.[9]

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  Sri Lanka 4 2 1 0 1 1 11 0.488
2  Zimbabwe 4 1 1 1 1 0 8 −1.020
3  West Indies 4 1 2 1 0 1 7 0.315
Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Qualified for the Final

Matches

1st ODI

14 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
154 (41.3 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
155/2 (24.3 overs)
Peter Moor 47 (52)
Asela Gunaratne 3/21 (6.3 overs)
Dhananjaya de Silva 78* (75)
Chamu Chibhabha 1/18 (2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Dhananjaya de Silva (SL)

2nd ODI

16 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
West Indies 
227 (49.2 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
165 (43.1 overs)
Jonathan Carter 54 (62)
Nuwan Kulasekara 2/37 (10 overs)
Sachith Pathirana 45 (40)
Shannon Gabriel 3/31 (8.1 overs)
West Indies won by 62 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Jason Holder (WI)

3rd ODI

19 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
257 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
257/8 (50 overs)
Craig Ervine 92 (100)
Carlos Brathwaite 4/48 (10 overs)
Shai Hope 101 (120)
Donald Tiripano 2/26 (6 overs)
Match tied
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Shai Hope (WI)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Russell Tiffin (Zim) stood in his 150th ODI as an umpire.[11]
  • Shai Hope (WI) scored his first century in ODIs.[12]
  • This was the 34th tied ODI match and the first tied ODI match between the two teams.[13]
  • Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 2.

4th ODI

21 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
55/2 (13.3 overs)
v
Craig Ervine 23* (30)
Nuwan Kulasekara 1/17 (5 overs)
No result
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Langton Rusere (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain stopped play in Zimbabwe's innings with no further play possible due to a wet outfield.[14]
  • Points: Zimbabwe 2, Sri Lanka 2.

5th ODI

23 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
330/7 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
329/9 (50 overs)
Kusal Mendis 94 (73)
Jason Holder 3/57 (10 overs)
Evin Lewis 148 (122)
Suranga Lakmal 2/67 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 1 run
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Kusal Mendis (SL)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Evin Lewis (WI) scored his first century in ODIs.[15]
  • Points: Sri Lanka 4, West Indies 0.

6th ODI

25 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
218/8 (49 overs)
v
 West Indies
124/5 (27.3 overs)
Sikandar Raza 76* (103)
Ashley Nurse 3/27 (10 overs)
Jonathan Carter 43* (56)
Sean Williams 2/18 (7 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 runs (DLS method)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Tendai Chisoro (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain stopped play in Zimbabwe's innings with one over being lost.
  • Rain stopped play in the West Indies' innings with no further play possible.
  • Tendai Chisoro and Sikandar Raza scored record ninth-wicket partnership of 91 not out for Zimbabwe in ODIs.[16]
  • Points: Zimbabwe 4, West Indies 0.

Final

27 November 2016
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
160 (36.3 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
166/4 (37.3 overs)
Tarisai Musakanda 36 (37)
Asela Gunaratne 3/10 (4.3 overs)
Kusal Mendis 57 (72)
Brian Vitori 3/52 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Kusal Mendis (SL)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Tarisai Musakanda (Zim) made his ODI debut.

References

  1. ^ a b "Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for Tests, WI for tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe to Host Sri Lanka, West Indies". Cric Total. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Zimbabwe Cricket set to embrace DRS". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Mendis, Tharanga steer Sri Lanka to title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Musakanda, Mumba among new faces in Zimbabwe's tri-series squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Tharanga named SL captain for tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Hope, Powell named in WI ODI squad for Zimbabwe tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. ^ "West Indies bring in Dowrich, leave out Samuels in updated squad". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Darren Bravo sent home from Zimbabwe tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka bowl, Mumba makes ODI debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Tiripano's last-over heroics hand Zimbabwe a tie". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Maiden century gives Hope little solace". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Zimbabwe earn tie with three-run last over". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Heavy rain, wet outfield forces abandonment". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Sri Lanka survive Lewis' 148 for thrilling win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Chisoro, Raza lead Zimbabwe into tri-series final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2016.


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