Fixture 15 Mar at 08:00 AM  • East London
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe  • 8th Super (day)  • ICC World Cup 2003
  • Sri Lanka SL
  • 256 / 5 ( 50 Ovs )
  • Zimbabwe ZIM
  • 182 / 10 ( 41.5 Ovs )
  • Sri Lanka won by 74 runs
    • Dot Ball
    Target 257
    Recent Balls
    • W0100W0W01
    41.5
    W
    Vaas to Hondo
    Bowled'm!!! All over! Fires it in full, a good yorker does the trick.
    41.4
    0
    Vaas to Hondo
    angling away from Hondo, has a go at it, beaten
    41.3
    1
    Vaas to Stuart
    gets off the mark, tucks the ball towards the on side, hares down the pitch for a quick single Number 11 batsman, Douglas Hondo to take strike
    41.2
    0
    Vaas to Stuart
    beaten outside the off
    41.1
    0
    Vaas to Stuart
    big and loud appeal for lbw, silly appealing too, ball pitched outside the line of leg
    40.6
    W
    Jayasuriya to Flower
    Got'm!!! Good return catch! Flower charges down the track - hits the ball in the air just to the left of Jayasuriya, the Sri Lankan skipper takes a tumbling catch to his left, ninth wicket down.
    40.5
    0
    Jayasuriya to Flower
    loud appeal for lbw, not out
    40.4
    W
    Jayasuriya to Streak
    Gone! This is game-set-match for Sri Lanka, dances down the track and lofts it towards long-on, Atapattu charges in from the ropes, takes a good catch.
    40.3
    0
    Jayasuriya to Streak
    goes for the big sweep, trying to sweep from outside the off, beaten
    40.2
    1
    Jayasuriya to Flower
    nicely worked away towards mid-wicket
    40.1
    1
    Jayasuriya to Streak
    tucked away behind square
    39.6
    1
    Vaas to Streak
    gets off the mark, driving it straight past the stumps, not enough power in the shot to take it to the ropes.
    39.5
    0
    Vaas to Streak
    angling away from the batsman, Streak tried his best to get an edge on it, through to the keepe
    39.4
    0
    Vaas to Streak
    defended
    39.3
    0
    Vaas to Streak
    this one is angled away, keeps too low, Sangakkara does well to stop it
    39.2
    W
    Vaas to Ervine
    Bowled'm!!! Plays a careless shot, across the line, makes no contact with the ball, and Ervine hears the rattling sound of stumps being hit.
    39.1
    0
    Vaas to Ervine
    gets right behind the line and defends
    38.6
    0
    Murali to Flower
    leans forward and defends
    38.5
    0
    Murali to Flower
    this time goes for the conventional sweep, does not connect as well as the reverse!
    38.4
    4
    Murali to Flower
    Shot! This is a tremendous reverse swipe! Playing against the big turn that Muralitharan gets, it went straight out off the middle of the bat, four!

    Match Info

    MATCH SL Vs ZIM
    DATE 15 Mar, 2003
    TIME 08:00 AM UTC | 10:00 AM LOCAL
    VENUE Buffalo Park, East London
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Brian Jerling
    REFEREE Rudi Koertzen

    Sri Lanka (Batting) : 256/5 (50 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    MS Atapattu
    not out
    		103 127 7 0 81.1
    ST Jayasuriya
    c †Taibu b Streak
    		 22 44 2 0 50
    DA Gunawardene
    c & b Marillier
    		 41 62 2 0 66.12
    PA de Silva
    c †Taibu b Ervine
    		 25 31 2 0 80.64
    KC Sangakkara
    c GW Flower b Streak
    		 35 25 4 0 140
    RP Arnold
    c GW Flower b Hondo
    		 1 3 0 0 33.33
    WPUJC Vaas
    not out
    		11 8 1 0 137.5
    HP Tillakaratne
    M Muralidaran
    CRD Fernando
    PW Gunaratne
    Total 256/5 (50 Ovs)      Extras: 18      ( b 0 , lb 3 , w 15 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 ST Jayasuriya
    c †Taibu b Streak
    		 41 12.2
    2 DA Gunawardene
    c & b Marillier
    		 124 30.2
    3 PA de Silva
    c †Taibu b Ervine
    		 175 40.2
    4 KC Sangakkara
    c GW Flower b Streak
    		 227 46.4
    5 RP Arnold
    c GW Flower b Hondo
    		 233 47.4

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    HH Streak 10 0 40 2 0 0 4
    AM Blignaut 8 0 40 0 4 0 5
    TJ Friend 2 0 13 0 1 0 6.5
    DT Hondo 5 0 36 1 2 0 7.2
    GW Flower 10 0 44 0 1 0 4.4
    DA Marillier 10 0 43 1 0 0 4.3
    S Matsikenyeri 2 0 13 0 1 0 6.5
    SM Ervine 3 0 24 1 2 0 8

    Zimbabwe (Batting) : 182/10 (41.5 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    CB Wishart
    b Jayasuriya
    		 43 71 4 0 60.56
    DA Marillier
    c Jayasuriya b Gunaratne
    		 19 14 2 0 135.71
    TJ Friend
    b Gunaratne
    		 21 20 4 0 105
    A Flower
    lbw b de Silva
    		 38 51 1 0 74.5
    GW Flower
    c & b Jayasuriya
    		 31 52 4 0 59.61
    T Taibu
    b Muralidaran
    		 2 10 0 0 20
    AM Blignaut
    c de Silva b Fernando
    		 1 5 0 0 20
    SM Ervine
    b Vaas
    		 12 19 1 0 63.15
    HH Streak
    c Atapattu b Jayasuriya
    		 2 7 0 0 28.57
    S Matsikenyeri
    not out
    		1 3 0 0 33.33
    DT Hondo
    b Vaas
    		 0 2 0 0 0
    Total 182/10 (41.5 Ovs)      Extras: 12      ( b 0 , lb 5 , w 4 , nb 3 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 DA Marillier
    c Jayasuriya b Gunaratne
    		 36 5.2
    2 TJ Friend
    b Gunaratne
    		 68 11.3
    3 CB Wishart
    b Jayasuriya
    		 111 21.3
    4 A Flower
    lbw b de Silva
    		 140 28.3
    5 T Taibu
    b Muralidaran
    		 150 32.1
    6 AM Blignaut
    c de Silva b Fernando
    		 151 33.2
    7 SM Ervine
    b Vaas
    		 178 39.2
    8 HH Streak
    c Atapattu b Jayasuriya
    		 181 40.4
    9 GW Flower
    c & b Jayasuriya
    		 181 40.6
    10 DT Hondo
    b Vaas
    		 182 41.5

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    WPUJC Vaas 9.5 0 46 2 0 3 4.67
    PW Gunaratne 7 0 33 2 0 0 4.71
    PA de Silva 9 1 36 1 1 0 4
    M Muralidaran 7 0 22 1 0 0 3.14
    ST Jayasuriya 6 0 30 3 1 0 5
    CRD Fernando 3 0 10 1 0 0 3.33

    Sri Lanka Partnerships

    MS Atapattu
    15 (27)     		40 (71)
    12.2 Ovs     		ST Jayasuriya
    22 (44)
    MS Atapattu
    38 (46)     		83 (108)
    18 Ovs     		DA Gunawardene
    41 (62)
    PA de Silva
    25 (31)     		51 (60)
    10 Ovs     		MS Atapattu
    25 (29)
    MS Atapattu
    12 (13)     		52 (38)
    6.2 Ovs     		KC Sangakkara
    35 (25)
    MS Atapattu
    1 (1)     		2 (4)
    1 Ovs     		RP Arnold
    1 (3)
    MS Atapattu
    7 (6)     		23 (14)
    2.2 Ovs     		WPUJC Vaas
    11 (8)

    Zimbabwe Partnerships

    CB Wishart
    9 (13)     		29 (27)
    5.2 Ovs     		DA Marillier
    19 (14)
    CB Wishart
    10 (18)     		32 (38)
    6.1 Ovs     		TJ Friend
    21 (20)
    A Flower
    23 (27)     		43 (60)
    10 Ovs     		CB Wishart
    18 (33)
    A Flower
    15 (24)     		29 (42)
    7 Ovs     		GW Flower
    11 (18)
    GW Flower
    8 (12)     		10 (22)
    3.4 Ovs     		T Taibu
    2 (10)
    GW Flower
    0 (2)     		1 (7)
    1.1 Ovs     		AM Blignaut
    1 (5)
    GW Flower
    11 (17)     		27 (36)
    6 Ovs     		SM Ervine
    12 (19)
    GW Flower
    1 (1)     		3 (8)
    1.2 Ovs     		HH Streak
    2 (7)
    GW Flower
    0 (2)     		0 (2)
    0.2 Ovs     		S Matsikenyeri
    0 (0)
    DT Hondo
    0 (2)     		1 (5)
    0.5 Ovs     		S Matsikenyeri
    1 (3)

    Sri Lanka (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Heath Streak
    0 0 1 1 0 1     		3 0 6 3 0 3
    2 Andy Blignaut
    		3 0 12 6 0 3
    3 Heath Streak
    		1 0 18 7 0 2.33
    4 Andy Blignaut
    		9 0 24 16 0 4
    5 Heath Streak
    		3 0 30 19 0 3.8
    6 Andy Blignaut
    		1 0 36 20 0 3.33
    7 Heath Streak
    		2 0 42 22 0 3.14
    8 Andy Blignaut
    		3 0 48 25 0 3.12
    9 Heath Streak
    		1 0 54 26 0 2.88
    10 Andy Blignaut
    		3 0 60 29 0 2.9
    11 Heath Streak
    		7 0 66 36 0 3.27
    12 Andy Blignaut
    		4 0 72 40 0 3.33
    13 Heath Streak
    		3 1 78 43 1 3.3
    14 Andy Blignaut
    		7 0 84 50 1 3.57
    15 Heath Streak
    		2 0 90 52 1 3.46
    16 Travis Friend
    		6 0 96 58 1 3.62
    17 Douglas Hondo
    		3 0 102 61 1 3.58
    18 Travis Friend
    		8 0 108 69 1 3.83
    19 Douglas Hondo
    		10 0 114 79 1 4.15
    20 Grant Flower
    		5 0 120 84 1 4.2
    21 Dougie Marillier
    		4 0 126 88 1 4.19
    22 Grant Flower
    		7 0 132 95 1 4.31
    23 Dougie Marillier
    		3 0 138 98 1 4.26
    24 Grant Flower
    		4 0 144 102 1 4.25
    25 Dougie Marillier
    		3 0 150 105 1 4.2
    26 Grant Flower
    		3 0 156 108 1 4.15
    27 Dougie Marillier
    		8 0 162 116 1 4.29
    28 Grant Flower
    		3 0 168 119 1 4.25
    29 Dougie Marillier
    		3 0 174 122 1 4.2
    30 Grant Flower
    		2 0 180 124 1 4.13
    31 Dougie Marillier
    		1 1 186 125 2 4.03
    32 Grant Flower
    		4 0 192 129 2 4.03
    33 Dougie Marillier
    		4 0 198 133 2 4.03
    34 Grant Flower
    		5 0 204 138 2 4.05
    35 Dougie Marillier
    		2 0 210 140 2 4
    36 Grant Flower
    		8 0 216 148 2 4.11
    37 Dougie Marillier
    		7 0 222 155 2 4.18
    38 Grant Flower
    		3 0 228 158 2 4.15
    39 Dougie Marillier
    		8 0 234 166 2 4.25
    40 Stuart Matsikenyeri
    		8 0 240 174 2 4.35
    41 Sean Ervine
    		4 1 246 178 3 4.34
    42 Stuart Matsikenyeri
    		5 0 252 183 3 4.35
    43 Sean Ervine
    		9 0 258 192 3 4.46
    44 Andy Blignaut
    		10 0 264 202 3 4.59
    45 Sean Ervine
    		12 0 270 214 3 4.75
    46 Douglas Hondo
    		8 0 276 222 3 4.82
    47 Heath Streak
    		9 1 282 231 4 4.91
    48 Douglas Hondo
    		3 1 288 234 5 4.87
    49 Heath Streak
    		10 0 294 244 5 4.97
    50 Douglas Hondo
    		12 0 300 256 5 5.12

    Zimbabwe (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Chaminda Vaas
    0 4 0 0 1 0 2     		7 0 6 7 0 7
    2 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		9 0 12 16 0 8
    3 Chaminda Vaas
    		10 0 18 26 0 8.66
    4 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		7 0 24 33 0 8.25
    5 Chaminda Vaas
    		3 0 30 36 0 7.2
    6 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		1 1 36 37 1 6.16
    7 Chaminda Vaas
    		9 0 42 46 1 6.57
    8 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		2 0 48 48 1 6
    9 Chaminda Vaas
    		11 0 54 59 1 6.55
    10 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		2 0 60 61 1 6.1
    11 Aravinda de Silva
    		3 0 66 64 1 5.81
    12 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		6 1 72 70 2 5.83
    13 Aravinda de Silva
    		4 0 78 74 2 5.69
    14 Pulasthi Gunaratne
    		7 0 84 81 2 5.78
    15 Aravinda de Silva
    		7 0 90 88 2 5.86
    16 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		3 0 96 91 2 5.68
    17 Aravinda de Silva
    		5 0 102 96 2 5.64
    18 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		6 0 108 102 2 5.66
    19 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		2 0 114 104 2 5.47
    20 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		4 0 120 108 2 5.4
    21 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		3 0 126 111 2 5.28
    22 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		5 1 132 116 3 5.27
    23 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		3 0 138 119 3 5.17
    24 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		7 0 144 126 3 5.25
    25 Aravinda de Silva
    		3 0 150 129 3 5.16
    26 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		6 0 156 135 3 5.19
    27 Aravinda de Silva
    		4 0 162 139 3 5.14
    28 Chaminda Vaas
    		1 0 168 140 3 5
    29 Aravinda de Silva
    		0 1 174 140 4 4.82
    30 Chaminda Vaas
    		1 0 180 141 4 4.7
    31 Aravinda de Silva
    		7 0 186 148 4 4.77
    32 Chaminda Vaas
    		2 0 192 150 4 4.68
    33 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		1 1 198 151 5 4.57
    34 Dilhara Fernando
    		1 1 204 152 6 4.47
    35 Aravinda de Silva
    		6 0 210 158 6 4.51
    36 Dilhara Fernando
    		1 0 216 159 6 4.41
    37 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		5 0 222 164 6 4.43
    38 Dilhara Fernando
    		9 0 228 173 6 4.55
    39 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		5 0 234 178 6 4.56
    40 Chaminda Vaas
    		1 1 240 179 7 4.47
    41 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		2 2 246 181 9 4.41
    42 Chaminda Vaas
    		1 1 246 182 10 4.43
    0
    Sixes
    34
    Fours
    15
    Wickets
    266
    Sixes
    1793
    Fours
    689
    Wickets
    54
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    KENYA 5 3 0 2 14 0.354
    SL 5 2 0 3 11.5 -0.844
    NZ 5 1 0 4 8 -0.896
    ZIM 5 0 0 5 3.5 -1.254

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