Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April and May 2004 to play 2 Test matches and 5 Limited Overs Internationals.[1] The next time Zimbabwe played Sri Lanka in a Test match was in October 2016.[2]
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Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 20 April 2004 – 17 May 2004 | ||
Captains | Tatenda Taibu |
Marvan Atapattu Mahela Jayawardene (4th ODI) | |
Test series | |||
Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
Most runs | Dion Ebrahim (115) | Marvan Atapattu (419) | |
Most wickets | Tinashe Panyangara (4) | Muttiah Muralitharan (14) | |
Player of the series | Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
Most runs | Tatenda Taibu (169) | Kumar Sangakkara (136) | |
Most wickets | Tawanda Mupariwa (4) | Muttiah Muralitharan (10) | |
Player of the series | Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe) |
Squads
ODI series
1st ODI
20 April 2004 Scorecard |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Sri Lankan innings reduced to 33 overs. Target 173.
- Sri Lankan innings further reduced to 27 overs. When play was halted Sri Lanka needed to have scored 133 runs to win.
- E Chigumbura, T Panyangara, BRM Taylor and P Utseya (all ZIM) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
25 April 2004 Scorecard |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- HMRKB Herath and MF Maharoof (both SL) made their ODI debuts.
- Chaminda Vaas took 300 wickets in ODIs.
- Zimbabwe's score of 35 was the lowest ever score in ODIs till 12 February 2020. USA scored 35 against Nepal in 12 overs and hence tied the record with Zimbabwe.[3]
4th ODI
27 April 2004 Scorecard |
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- SHT Kandamby (SL) and T Mupariwa (ZIM) made their ODI debuts.
5th ODI
Test series
1st Test
6–8 May Scorecard |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Test debuts: Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura, Prosper Utseya, Alester Maregwede, Tinashe Panyangara (all Zimbabwe), Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka)
2nd Test
14–17 May Scorecard |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
- Tawanda Mupariwa (Zimbabwe) made his Test debut.
References
- CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
- "Herath set for captaincy debut in Zimbabwe's 100th Test". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- "Records | One-Day Internationals | Team records | Lowest innings totals". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- CricketArchive – 1st Test scorecard Cricketarchive.com, Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
- CricketArchive – 2nd Test scorecard Cricketarchive.com, Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
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