Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02

Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02
 
  Sri Lanka Zimbabwe
Dates 21 December 2001 – 15 January 2002
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Sanath Jayasuriya (295) Trevor Gripper (167)
Most wickets Muttiah Muralitharan (30) Heath Streak (7)
Player of the series Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

The Zimbabwean cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 21 December 2001 to 15 January 2002. The tour consisted of three Tests. Si Lanka won the Test series 3–0.

Squads

 Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe

Tour match

Three day:Tour Match:Sri Lanka Board XI v Zimbabweans

21 – 23 December
Scorecard
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Sri Lanka Board XI
319/6d (90 overs)
Trevor Gripper 101 (166)
Dinusha Fernando 3/47 (15 overs)
269/4d (93 overs)
Gayan Wijekoon 103 (212)
Henry Olonga 2/52 (20 overs)
169/5d (51 overs)
Gavin Rennie 68 (137)
Ravindra Pushpakumara 2/38 (12 overs)
223/5 (41.2 overs)
Chamara Silva 123 (118)
Henry Olonga 2/60 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka Board XI won by 5 wickets
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
  • Sri Lanka Board XI, who chose to field

Test series

1st Test

27 – 31 December
Scorecard
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586/6d (161 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 128 (186)
Heath Streak 3/113 (34 overs)
184 (79.5 overs)
Andy Flower 42 (122)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/53 (26 overs)
236 (101.2 overs) (f/o)
Travis Friend 44 (142)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/35 (36 overs)
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 166 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Riazuddin (Pak)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain interrupted play on Day 4 and play commenced at 4.10pm and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm.
  • Day 1, play abandoned at 4:49pm due to bad weather.

2nd Test

4 – 7 January
Scorecard
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236 (97 overs)
Grant Flower 72 (184)
Muttiah Muralitharan 9/51 (40 overs)
505 (148.5 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 139 (212)
Travis Friend 3/97 (26 overs)
175 (72.4 overs)
Gavin Rennie 68 (134)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/64 (26.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 94 runs
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

12 – 15 January
Scorecard
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418 (158.4 overs)
Upul Chandana 92 (167)
Dougie Marillier 4/101 (34.4 overs)
236 (134.3 overs)
Trevor Gripper 83 (249)
Sanath Jayasuriya 5/43 (29 overs)
212/2d (76 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 100* (126)
Travis Friend 1/39 (7 overs)
79 (43.3 overs)
Stuart Carlisle 28 (78)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/24 (16 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 315 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Rank Runs Player Teams Innings Average High Score 100 50
1 295 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 4 73.75 139 1 1
2 255 Kumar Sangakkara 4 63.75 128
3 216 Thilan Samaraweera 3 108.00 123*
4 184 Marvan Atapattu 4 61.33 100*
5 167 Mahela Jayawardena 55.66 76 0 2
Trevor Gripper Zimbabwe 6 27.83 83 1
Last Updated: 1 August 2022

Most wickets

Rank Wickets Player Teams Innings BBI BBM Average Economy 5w 10w
1 30 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 6 9/51 13/115 9.80 1.44 2 1
2 9 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 6 5/43 9/74 14.44 1.91 1 0
3 8 Chaminda Vaas 2/17 3/93 35.62 2.66 0
4 7 Charitha Buddhika 4/27 4/40 22.71 2.89
Heath Streak Zimbabwe 4 3/113 3/113 43.28 2.75
Last Updated: 1 August 2022


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