Zimbabwean national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2001/02 season

The tour of the Zimbabwean national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2001/02 season took place from December 1, 2001 to January 16, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included three test matches . Sri Lanka won the test series 3-0.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament together with the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1999/2000 season in Zimbabwe .

Stages

Colombo (SSC) bile Kandy

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and were announced on October 25, 2001.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	1st test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	3rd test
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000	2nd test

Squad

Sri Lanka named its squad on December 23, 2001.

test
Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Dilhara Fernando Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Hashan Tilla caratne Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Stuart Carlisle ( K ) Gary Brent Dion Ebrahim Andy Flower ( wk ) Grant Flower Travis Friend Trevor Gripper Doug Marillier Hamilton Masakadza Henry Olonga Gavin Rennie Heath Streak Craig Wishart

Tour matches

December 1st scorecard	Moratuwa	Zimbabweans 186 (46.2)	-	Sri Lanka Board XI 189-4 (36.1)
		Sri Lanka Board XI wins with 6 wickets

December 3rd scorecard	Colombo	Zimbabweans 196-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka A 198-6 (46.2)
		Sri Lanka A wins with 4 wickets

21-23 December scorecard	Colombo	Zimbabweans 319-6d (90) & 169-5d (51)	-	Sri Lanka Board XI 269-4d (93) & 223-5 (41.2)
		Sri Lanka Board XI wins with 5 wickets

Test matches

First test in Colombo (SSC)

27.-31. December scorecard	Colombo	Sri Lanka 586-6d (161)	-	Zimbabwe 184 (79.5) & 236 (101.2) (f / o)
		Sri Lanka wins with one innings and 166 runs

Second test in Kandy

4th-7th January scorecard	Kandy	Zimbabwe 236 (97) & 175 (72.4)	-	Sri Lanka 505 (148.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with one innings and 94 runs

Third test in bile

12-15 January scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 418 (158.4) & 212-2d (41)	-	Zimbabwe 236 (134.3) & 79 (43.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 315 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	3	4th	295	73.75	139	1	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	4th	255	63.75	128	1	1
Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	3	3	216	108.00	123 *	1	1
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	3	4th	184	61.33	100 *	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	4th	167	55.66	76	0	2
Trevor Gripper	Zimbabwe	3	6th	167	27.83	83	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	203.1	30th	9.80	9/51	2	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	3	68	9	14.44	5/43	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	106.5	8th	35.62	2/17	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	3	54.5	7th	22.71	4/27	0	0
Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	3	109.5	7th	43.28	3/113	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Muttiah Muralitharan

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Kumar Sangakkara
2nd test	Muttiah Muralitharan
3rd test	Sanath Jayasuriya

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Revised Itinerary for West Indies, Triangular and ( English ) Cricinfo. October 25, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
2. ↑ Charlie Austin: Sri Lankan selectors pick two uncapped players in Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2016.