f57957 t2263	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka 2017 (Only Test)
Venue	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th July 2017 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
Umpires	IJ Gould (England), NJ Llong (England)
TV umpire	C Shamshuddin (India)
Referee	BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire	REJ Martinesz
Close of play day 1	Zimbabwe (1) 344/8 (Ervine 151*, Tiripano 24*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 293/7 (Gunaratne 24*, Herath 5*; 83 overs)
Close of play day 3	Zimbabwe (2) 252/6 (Sikandar Raza 97*, Waller 57*; 68 overs)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 170/3 (Mendis 60*, Mathews 17*; 48 overs)
Player of the Match	DAS Gunaratne

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Zimbabwe first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
H Masakadza	c Mendis b Herath	19	40	53	2	-	31
+RW Chakabva	b Herath	12	23	35	-	-	16
TK Musakanda	c Dickwella b Kumara	6	12	26	1	-	9
CR Ervine	c Perera b Kumara	160	256	347	13	1	155
SC Williams	c Gunaratne b Perera	22	26	31	4	-	18
Sikandar Raza	lbw b Herath	36	47	78	2	1	27
PJ Moor	c Kumara b Gunaratne	19	42	49	-	1	30
MN Waller	b Herath	36	39	50	4	-	21
*AG Cremer	b Gunaratne	13	33	44	1	-	24
DT Tiripano	c Karunaratne b Herath	27	54	75	4	-	41
CB Mpofu	not out	0	1	5	-	-	1
Extras	(5 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 401 minutes, 94.4 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Chakabva, 7.3 ov), 2-38 (Masakadza, 11.5 ov), 3-38 (Musakanda, 12.4 ov), 4-70 (Williams, 20.5 ov), 5-154 (Sikandar Raza, 39.5 ov), 6-195 (Moor, 51.6 ov), 7-260 (Waller, 63.2 ov), 8-282 (Cremer, 73.5 ov), 9-356 (Tiripano, 93.5 ov), 10-356 (Ervine, 94.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lakmal	14	1	58	0	-	-	55	6	-
Kumara	17.4	2	68	2	1	-	68	8	-
Herath	32	4	116	5	-	-	128	9	2
Perera	24	0	86	1	-	1	91	6	1
Gunaratne	7	0	28	2	-	4	29	2	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
FDM Karunaratne	c Masakadza b Tiripano	25	66	89	1	-	46
WU Tharanga	run out (Tiripano)	71	107	129	10	1	72
BKG Mendis	c Chakabva b Cremer	11	15	26	1	-	7
*LD Chandimal	c Chakabva b Cremer	55	100	116	6	-	65
AD Mathews	c Masakadza b Williams	41	104	144	2	-	74
+DPDN Dickwella	b Cremer	6	13	16	-	-	9
MDK Perera	run out (Musakanda->Waller->Chakabva)	33	43	60	2	2	29
DAS Gunaratne	b Cremer	45	110	126	3	-	76
HMRKB Herath	st Chakabva b Williams	22	30	46	2	-	17
RAS Lakmal	c and b Cremer	14	20	16	2	-	12
CBRLS Kumara	not out	1	10	25	-	-	9
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 401 minutes, 102.3 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-84 (Karunaratne, 24.2 ov), 2-107 (Mendis, 29.4 ov), 3-116 (Tharanga, 32.1 ov), 4-212 (Chandimal, 60.3 ov), 5-226 (Dickwella, 64.4 ov), 6-238 (Mathews, 69.4 ov), 7-274 (Perera, 79.1 ov), 8-322 (Herath, 91.5 ov), 9-343 (Lakmal, 96.5 ov), 10-346 (Gunaratne, 102.3 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Mpofu	11	2	41	0	1	-	47	6	-
Tiripano	10	1	38	1	-	-	40	6	-
Sikandar Raza	18	2	60	0	-	-	73	2	2
Cremer	39.3	4	125	5	-	1	151	11	-
Waller	1	0	2	0	-	-	4	-	-
Williams	23	3	62	2	-	2	98	4	1

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Zimbabwe second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
H Masakadza	lbw b Herath	7	17	32	1	-	14
+RW Chakabva	b Herath	6	12	11	1	-	9
TK Musakanda	c Karunaratne b Herath	0	9	9	-	-	9
CR Ervine	c Karunaratne b Perera	5	11	15	1	-	9
SC Williams	b Herath	22	37	38	1	-	21
Sikandar Raza	b Herath	127	205	342	9	1	123
PJ Moor	c sub (MD Gunathilleke) b Kumara	40	89	111	3	-	64
MN Waller	c Tharanga b Perera	68	98	163	8	-	58
*AG Cremer	c Karunaratne b Herath	48	94	129	5	-	67
DT Tiripano	lbw b Perera	19	55	73	2	-	43
CB Mpofu	not out	9	17	23	-	1	13
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 1 nb, 7 w)	26
Total	(all out, 477 minutes, 107.1 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Chakabva, 3.1 ov), 2-16 (Musakanda, 5.4 ov), 3-17 (Masakadza, 7.2 ov), 4-23 (Ervine, 8.3 ov), 5-59 (Williams, 17.3 ov), 6-145 (Moor, 41.1 ov), 7-289 (Waller, 76.6 ov), 8-306 (Sikandar Raza, 83.2 ov), 9-361 (Tiripano, 102.2 ov), 10-377 (Cremer, 107.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lakmal	14	0	43	0	-	-	57	4	-
Herath	39.1	5	133	6	-	-	160	14	2
Perera	30	2	95	3	-	-	116	6	-
Kumara	20	3	72	1	3	1	84	6	-
Mendis	4	0	16	0	-	-	12	1	-

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
FDM Karunaratne	b Williams	49	84	113	1	-	44
WU Tharanga	c Moor b Cremer	27	69	59	4	-	54
BKG Mendis	c Williams b Cremer	66	101	141	6	-	58
*LD Chandimal	c Masakadza b Cremer	15	17	20	2	-	9
AD Mathews	c and b Cremer	25	73	95	1	1	58
+DPDN Dickwella	c Chakabva b Williams	81	118	151	6	-	62
DAS Gunaratne	not out	80	151	210	6	-	95
MDK Perera	not out	29	76	87	4	-	61
HMRKB Herath	did not bat
RAS Lakmal	did not bat
CBRLS Kumara	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 2 w)	19
Total	(6 wickets, 441 minutes, 114.5 overs)	391
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Tharanga, 19.2 ov), 2-108 (Karunaratne, 32.1 ov), 3-133 (Chandimal, 37.1 ov), 4-178 (Mendis, 53.3 ov), 5-203 (Mathews, 61.4 ov), 6-324 (Dickwella, 92.4 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sikandar Raza	13	1	58	0	-	-	45	7	-
Williams	43.5	2	146	2	2	-	162	10	-
Cremer	48	6	150	4	-	-	190	12	1
Waller	4	0	10	0	-	-	14	-	-
Mpofu	6	3	10	0	-	-	30	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Zimbabwe (1) 96/4 (Ervine 19*, Sikandar Raza 17*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Zimbabwe (1) 213/6 (Ervine 84*, Waller 13*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 77/0 (Karunaratne 23*, Tharanga 53*; 23 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 184/3 (Chandimal 44*, Mathews 16*; 52 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Zimbabwe (2) 23/4 (Williams 1*; 8.3 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Zimbabwe (2) 126/5 (Sikandar Raza 45*, Moor 30*; 35 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Zimbabwe (2) 340/8 (Cremer 35*, Tiripano 8*; 94 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 56/0 (Karunaratne 29*, Tharanga 27*; 18 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 270/5 (Dickwella 56*, Gunaratne 26*; 79 overs)
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 50 in 16.6 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 100 in 28.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 150 in 38.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 200 in 53.1 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 250 in 60.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 300 in 76.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe first innings: 350 in 91.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 12.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 27.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 42.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 55.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 73.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 300 in 85.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 100 in 28.2 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 150 in 42.5 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 200 in 53.2 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 250 in 67.4 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 300 in 80.3 overs
--> Zimbabwe second innings: 350 in 97.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 15.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 30.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 41.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 60.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 250 in 71.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 300 in 85.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 350 in 98.4 overs
--> TK Musakanda made his debut in Test matches
--> CR Ervine (1) 50 in 78 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> CR Ervine (1) 100 in 146 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> CR Ervine (1) passed his previous highest score of 146 in Test matches
--> CR Ervine (1) 150 in 236 balls with 13 fours and 1 six
--> CR Ervine (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 156
--> WU Tharanga (1) 50 in 64 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> LD Chandimal (1) 50 in 84 balls with 6 fours
--> AD Mathews (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 30
--> MDK Perera (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 26
--> Sikandar Raza (2) 50 in 62 balls with 4 fours
--> Sikandar Raza (2) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
--> Sikandar Raza (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> Sikandar Raza (2) 100 in 160 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> Sikandar Raza (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 75
--> MN Waller (2) 50 in 54 balls with 8 fours
--> MN Waller (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 28
--> BKG Mendis (2) 50 in 69 balls with 5 fours
--> DPDN Dickwella (2) 50 in 69 balls with 5 fours
--> DPDN Dickwella (2) passed his previous highest score of 75 in Test matches
--> DAS Gunaratne (2) 50 in 94 balls with 4 fours
--> TK Musakanda made his debut for Zimbabwe in First-Class matches
--> TK Musakanda made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CR Ervine made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CR Ervine made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> SC Williams made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> SC Williams made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> CB Mpofu made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CB Mpofu made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> AG Cremer made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> AG Cremer made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> MN Waller made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> MN Waller made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> RW Chakabva made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RW Chakabva made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> Sikandar Raza made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> Sikandar Raza made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> PJ Moor made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> PJ Moor made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> DT Tiripano made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> DT Tiripano made his debut in Sri Lanka in Test matches
--> AG Cremer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DAS Gunaratne in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 4-4)
--> AG Cremer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Sri Lanka first innings
--> CR Ervine (27) and Sikandar Raza (24) added 50 in 76 balls for the Zimbabwe 5th wicket in the first innings
--> CR Ervine (20) and MN Waller (30) added 50 in 45 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the first innings
--> CR Ervine (30) and DT Tiripano (18) added 50 in 73 balls for the Zimbabwe 9th wicket in the first innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (13) and WU Tharanga (37) added 50 in 76 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the first innings
--> LD Chandimal (34) and AD Mathews (13) added 50 in 93 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings
--> Sikandar Raza (20) and PJ Moor (26) added 50 in 83 balls for the Zimbabwe 6th wicket in the second innings
--> Sikandar Raza (15) and MN Waller (30) added 50 in 70 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the second innings
--> Sikandar Raza (39) and MN Waller (55) added 100 in 152 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the second innings
--> AG Cremer (32) and DT Tiripano (14) added 50 in 101 balls for the Zimbabwe 9th wicket in the second innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (26) and WU Tharanga (24) added 50 in 93 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the second innings
--> FDM Karunaratne (18) and BKG Mendis (30) added 50 in 76 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> DPDN Dickwella (27) and DAS Gunaratne (22) added 50 in 62 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
--> DPDN Dickwella (50) and DAS Gunaratne (42) added 100 in 146 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
--> DAS Gunaratne (25) and MDK Perera (18) added 50 in 107 balls for the Sri Lanka 7th wicket in the second innings

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Over 3.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - H Masakadza (decision upheld)
Over 12.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - TK Musakanda (decision overturned)
Over 39.5: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - Sikandar Raza (decision upheld)
Over 84.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - CR Ervine (decision upheld)
Over 14.3: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - WU Tharanga (decision upheld)
Over 70.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - DAS Gunaratne (decision upheld)
Over 91.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - HMRKB Herath (decision overturned)
Over 7.2: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - H Masakadza (decision upheld)
Over 73.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - MN Waller (decision upheld)
Over 103.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - CB Mpofu (decision upheld)
Over 111.2: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - MDK Perera (decision upheld)
Over 111.4: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - MDK Perera (decision upheld)
CR Ervine (27) and Sikandar Raza (24) added 50 in 76 balls for the Zimbabwe 5th wicket in the first innings
CR Ervine (20) and MN Waller (30) added 50 in 45 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the first innings
CR Ervine (30) and DT Tiripano (18) added 50 in 73 balls for the Zimbabwe 9th wicket in the first innings
FDM Karunaratne (13) and WU Tharanga (37) added 50 in 76 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the first innings
LD Chandimal (34) and AD Mathews (13) added 50 in 93 balls for the Sri Lanka 4th wicket in the first innings
Sikandar Raza (20) and PJ Moor (26) added 50 in 83 balls for the Zimbabwe 6th wicket in the second innings
Sikandar Raza (15) and MN Waller (30) added 50 in 70 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the second innings
Sikandar Raza (39) and MN Waller (55) added 100 in 152 balls for the Zimbabwe 7th wicket in the second innings
AG Cremer (32) and DT Tiripano (14) added 50 in 101 balls for the Zimbabwe 9th wicket in the second innings
FDM Karunaratne (26) and WU Tharanga (24) added 50 in 93 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the second innings
FDM Karunaratne (18) and BKG Mendis (30) added 50 in 76 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the second innings
DPDN Dickwella (27) and DAS Gunaratne (22) added 50 in 62 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
DPDN Dickwella (50) and DAS Gunaratne (42) added 100 in 146 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the second innings
DAS Gunaratne (25) and MDK Perera (18) added 50 in 107 balls for the Sri Lanka 7th wicket in the second innings