Sri Lankan national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2008-09 season
The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to Zimbabwe in the 2008-09 season took place from November 13th to 30th, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008-09 international cricket season and included five ODIs . Sri Lanka won the ODI series 5-0.
prehistory
Both teams previously competed in a four-nation tournament in Canada . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2004 season in Zimbabwe .
Stadion
Venue of the tour |
The following stadium has been selected for the series.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harare Sports Club | Harare | 10,000 | 1st - 5th ODI |
Squad
Sri Lanka named its roster on October 23, 2008. Zimbabwe named its roster on November 19, 2008.
| ODI | |
|---|---|
 Zimbabwe
|
 Sri Lanka
|
Tour matches
| November 12-15 Scorecard |
Bulawayo |
Zimbabwe Select XI 159 (53.3) & 238-5 (61) |
- |
Sri Lankans 567-4d (151) |
| draw | ||||
| November 17th scorecard |
Bulawayo |
Sri Lankans 235 (48.1) |
- | Zimbabwe A |
| No result | ||||
One-Day Internationals in Harare
First ODI
| November 20 scorecard |
Harare |
Zimbabwe 127 (31) |
- |
Sri Lanka 130-4 (33.2) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets | ||||
Second ODI
| November 22nd scorecard |
Harare |
Zimbabwe 67 (31) |
- |
Sri Lanka 68-1 (17.4) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets | ||||
Third ODI
| November 24th scorecard |
Harare |
Sri Lanka 171-7 (28/28) |
- |
Zimbabwe 166-7 (28/28) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 5 runs | ||||
Fourth ODI
| November 28 scorecard |
Harare |
Zimbabwe 146 (46.3) |
- |
Sri Lanka 150-8 (47.3) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 2 wickets | ||||
Fifth ODI
| November 30th scorecard |
Harare |
Sri Lanka 152 (48.5) |
- |
Zimbabwe 133 (44) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 19 runs | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 5 | 182 | 60.66 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
| Hamilton Masakadza |
Zimbabwe
|
5 | 5 | 133 | 26.60 | 77 | 0 | 1 |
| Tatenda Taibu |
Zimbabwe
|
5 | 5 | 100 | 25.00 | 36 * | 0 | 0 |
| Jehan Mubarak |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 4th | 98 | 49.00 | 60 * | 0 | 1 |
| Upul Tharanga |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 5 | 78 | 19.50 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Ajantha Mendis |
Sri Lanka
|
5 | 36 | 15th | 8.60 | 6/29 | 1 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 23 | 11 | 5.81 | 5/29 | 1 | 0 |
| Tawanda Mupariwa |
Zimbabwe
|
5 | 36 | 10 | 13.60 | 4/39 | 0 | 0 |
| Elton Chigumbura |
Zimbabwe
|
5 | 25.3 | 7th | 19.00 | 3/35 | 0 | 0 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 29 | 6th | 13.50 | 3/14 | 0 | 0 |
| Thilan Thushara |
Sri Lanka
|
4th | 26.3 | 6th | 14.83 | 2/13 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| ODI |
Ajantha Mendis
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1. ODI |
Muttiah Muralitharan
|
| 2. ODI |
Ajantha Mendis
|
| 3. ODI |
Hamilton Masakadza
|
| 4. ODI |
Ajantha Mendis
|
| 5. ODI |
Muttiah Muralitharan
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Mathews earns maiden call-up for Zimbabwe tour ( English ) Cricinfo. October 23, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ↑ Zimbabwe braced for rare home series ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 27, 2016.