Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Cricket Series 2008-09
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Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Cricket Series 2008-09
Sri Lanka will play 5 ODIs during the Zimbabwe tour starting November 12, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Thu 20, November 2008: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 1st ODI at Harare
- Sat 22, November 2008: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 2nd ODI at Harare
- Mon 24, November 2008: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 3rd ODI at Harare
- Fri 28, November 2008: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 4th ODI at Harare
- Sun 30, November 2008: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 5th ODI at Harare
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Cricket Series 2008-09
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Fifth ODI at Harare
ZIM v SL, 5th ODI, Harare: Sri Lanka sweeps cricket series (SL 5:0)
Nov 30, 2008
Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club at Harare Sunday, winning by just 19 runs after struggling to 152 all out having been put into bat.
Zimbabwe, whose spinners had given them a chance on a lifeless pitch at least to try to prevent the whitewash, replied with 133, hardly the stuff of hot batsmanship and indeed they lost their last four wickets for just three runs.
This narrow triumph followed two previous close calls, where Sri Lanka had won by two wickets and then by five runs.
The first two matches in the series had ended quickly for the Sri Lankans as they bundled out the home side for 67 and 124.
ZIM v SL, 5th ODI, Harare: Sri Lanka 152 all out (48.5 overs) beat Zimbabwe 133 all out (44.0 overs) by 19 runs
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Cricket Series 2008-09
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Fifth ODI at Harare
Scores
Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field
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152 all out (48.5 overs)
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133 all out (44.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tharanga | b Rainsford | 6 |
22 | 1 | 0 | |
| M Jayawardene | c Utseya | b Mupariwa | 0 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | c Taibu | b Matsikenyeri | 28 |
57 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapugedera | c Matsikenyeri | b Mupariwa | 4 |
20 | 0 | 0 |
| Kandamby | run out | 40 |
100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mubarak | c Matsikenyeri | b Dabengwa | 16 |
41 | 1 | 0 |
| Mathews | c Masakadza | b Rainsford | 31 |
30 | 0 | 1 |
| Kulasekara | b Price | 1 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Muralitharan | run out | 5 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mendis | not out | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| D Fernando | b Rainsford | 2 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 11w 6b 2lb | 19 | ||||
| Total | all out | 152 | (48.5 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Masakadza | c Mendis | b D Fernando | 7 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sibanda | lbw | b Muralitharan | 5 |
18 | 0 | 0 |
| Taibu | lbw | b D Fernando | 14 |
20 | 2 | 0 |
| Chibhabha | lbw | b Muralitharan | 1 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matsikenyeri | lbw | b Muralitharan | 4 |
6 | 1 | 0 |
| Chigumbura | b Muralitharan | 5 |
8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dabengwa | b Kulasekara | 39 |
90 | 1 | 1 | |
| Utseya | lbw | b Kulasekara | 31 |
100 | 0 | 0 |
| Price | lbw | b Muralitharan | 3 |
14 | 0 | 0 |
| Mupariwa | c Mendis | b Kulasekara | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainsford | not out | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 2nb 18w 4lb | 24 | ||||
| Total | all out | 133 | (44.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: Aleem Dar, R B Tiffin
Zimbabwe: Masakadza, Matsikenyeri, Sibanda, Chibhabha, Taibu (Wicket Keeper), Chigumbura, Dabengwa, Utseya (Captain), Price, Mupariwa, Rainsford
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Kandamby, Sangakkara (Wicket Keeper), M Jayawardene (Captain), Kapugedera, Mubarak, Kulasekara, Muralitharan, D Fernando, Mathews, Mendis