Sri Lankan national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2004 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Zimbabwe in the 2004 season took place from April 20 to May 17, 2004. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004 international cricket season and included two tests and five ODIs . Sri Lanka won the Test Series 2–0 and the ODI Series 5–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1999/2000 season in Zimbabwe . Several Zimbabwean players have been suspended after opposing the removal of captain Heath Streak and conditions in the association. Marvan Atapattu took over the role of Sri Lankan test captain after Hashan Tillakaratne resigned.

Stages

Bulawayo Harare

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on March 5, 2004.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	9,000	2. test; 1st & 2nd ODI
Harare Sports Club	Harare	10,000	1st test; 3rd to 5th ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its ODI roster on April 7th and its test roster on April 29, 2004. Zimbabwe named its ODI roster on April 15th and its test roster on May 4th, 2004.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
Tatenda Taibu ( K & wk ) Elton Chigumbura Dion Ebrahim Douglas Hondo Blessing Mahwire Alester Maregwede Stuart Matsikenyeri Tawanda Mupariwa Mluleki Nkala Tinashe Panyangara Brendan Taylor Prosper Utseya Mark Vermeulen	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Farveez Maharoof Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Tatenda Taibu ( K & wk ) Elton Chigumbura Dion Ebrahim Douglas Hondo Alester Maregwede Stuart Matsikenyeri Tawanda Mupariwa Mluleki Nkala Tinashe Panyangara Visimuzi Sibanda Brendan Taylor Prosper Utseya	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Mahela Jayawardene ( UK ) Russell Arnold Upul Chandana Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Saman Jayantha Sanath Jayasuriya Thilina Kandamby Nuwan Kulasekara Farveez Maharoof Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa

Tour matches

May 1-3 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe A 294 (78.3) & 306-8d (81)	-	Sri Lankans 461 (96.1)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Bulawayo

April 20 scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 211-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 144-4 (27/27)
		Sri Lanka wins with 12 runs ( D / L method )

Second ODI in Bulawayo

April 22nd scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 136 (36.4)	-	Sri Lanka 139 (20.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

Third ODI in Harare

April 25 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 35 (18)	-	Sri Lanka 40-1 (9.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

Fourth ODI in Harare

April 27 scorecard	Harare	Sri Lanka 223-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 151 (43.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 72 runs

Fifth ODI in Harare

April 29 scorecard	Harare	Sri Lanka 246-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 221-9 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 25 runs

Testing

First test in Harare

May 6-8 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 199 (71.2) & 102 (32)	-	Sri Lanka 541 (125.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with one innings and 240 runs

The Zimbabwean bowler Blessing Mahwire was reported to the world association because of possible illegal technology.

Second test in Bulawayo

May 14th - 17th Scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 228 (75) & 231 (75.1)	-	Sri Lanka 713-3d (165.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with one innings and 254 runs

The technique of the Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan caused a stir after a technique called Doosra was classified as illegal by the world association. As a result, the Zimbabwean player Dion Ebrahim was banned from playing a game after he disrespectfully commented on Muralitharan's technique. The Australian Prime Minister John Howard also commented on this, which meant that Muralitharan did not travel to Australia for the following tour .

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	2	2	419	209.50	249	2	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	2	281	140.50	270	1	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	2	2	205	102.50	157	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	2	137	137.00	100 *	1	0
Dion Ebrahim	Zimbabwe	2	4th	115	28.75	70	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	83.4	14th	15.64	6/45	1	0
Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka	2	53.5	11	13.63	5/20	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	64	6th	26.16	3/41	0	0
Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	2	36	4th	39.25	2/62	0	0
Tinashe Panyangara	Zimbabwe	2	51.1	4th	55.25	3/101	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Tatenda Taibu	Zimbabwe	5	5	169	42.25	96 *	0	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	4th	2	136	136.00	73 *	0	2
Saman Jayantha	Sri Lanka	4th	4th	133	66.50	74 *	0	1
Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	5	5	118	23.60	74	0	1
Dion Ebrahim	Zimbabwe	5	5	92	23.00	50 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	28.4	10	10.20	5/23	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	29	9	8.88	4/11	0	0
Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	3	19.4	5	16.60	3/3	0	0
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	4th	32	5	27.20	2/23	0	0
Tawanda Mupariwa	Zimbabwe	2	20th	4th	22.00	2/44	0	0
Tinashe Panyangara	Zimbabwe	5	33.2	4th	43.00	1/22	0	0
Douglas Hondo	Zimbabwe	5	37	4th	45.00	2/34	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Marvan Atapattu
ODI	Tatenda Taibu

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Tatenda Taibu
2. ODI	Chaminda Vaas
3. ODI	Chaminda Vaas
4. ODI	Upul Chandana
5. ODI	Russell Arnold
1st test	Muttiah Muralitharan
2nd test	Kumar Sangakkara

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Up to 12 Zimbabwe players 'sacked' ( English ) Cricinfo. April 10, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
2. ↑ Zimbabwe players' cry for help ( English ) Cricinfo. April 14, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
3. ↑ Charlie Austin: Atapattu takes over from Tillakaratne ( English ) Cricinfo. April 1, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
4. ↑ Sri Lanka agree to Zimbabwe tour ( English ) Cricinfo. March 5, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
5. ↑ Sri Lanka name three uncapped players ( English ) Cricinfo. April 7, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
6. ↑ Charlie Austin: Arnold, Jayantha and Kulasekera to return home ( English ) Cricinfo. April 29, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
7. ↑ Zimbabwe name weakened squad ( English ) Cricinfo. April 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Rebels to boycott Test ( English ) Cricinfo. May 4, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
9. ↑ Mahwire reported for suspect action ( English ) Cricinfo. May 10, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
10. ↑ Murali was told not to bowl doosra: ICC ( English ) Cricinfo. May 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
11. ↑ Ebrahim lands one-match ban ( English ) Cricinfo. May 16, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
12. ↑ Sri Lankan board will allow Murali to skip tour to Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. April 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
14. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
15. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2004 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
16. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2004 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 4, 2017.