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| Venue | Buffalo Park, East London on 15th March 2003 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Sri Lanka won by 74 runs |
| Points | Sri Lanka 4; Zimbabwe 0 |
| Umpires | BG Jerling, RE Koertzen |
| TV umpire | S Venkataraghavan |
| Referee | CH Lloyd |
| Scorer | K Wakeford |
| Player of the Match | MS Atapattu |
| Articles | Statistical highlights of Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe 15th March 2003 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MS Atapattu | not out | 103 | 127 | 207 | 7 | - | 81.10 |
| *ST Jayasuriya | c Taibu b Streak | 22 | 44 | 54 | 2 | - | 50.00 |
| DA Gunawardene | c and b Marillier | 41 | 62 | 70 | 2 | - | 66.13 |
| PA de Silva | c Taibu b Ervine | 25 | 31 | 34 | 2 | - | 80.65 |
| +KC Sangakkara | c GW Flower b Streak | 35 | 25 | 32 | 4 | - | 140.00 |
| RP Arnold | c GW Flower b Hondo | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 33.33 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | 137.50 |
| HP Tillakaratne | did not bat | ||||||
| M Muralitharan | did not bat | ||||||
| CRD Fernando | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Gunaratne | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 15 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 208 minutes, 50 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Jayasuriya, 12.2 ov), 2-124 (Gunawardene, 30.2 ov), 3-175 (de Silva, 40.2 ov), 4-227 (Sangakkara, 46.4 ov), 5-233 (Arnold, 47.4 ov) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Streak | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.00 |
| Blignaut | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4 | - | - | 5.00 |
| Friend | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.50 |
| Hondo | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | - | 30.00 | 7.20 |
| GW Flower | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.40 |
| Marillier | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 4.30 |
| Matsikenyeri | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.50 |
| Ervine | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | - | 18.00 | 8.00 |
| Zimbabwe innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CB Wishart | b Jayasuriya | 43 | 71 | 84 | 4 | - | 60.56 |
| DA Marillier | c Jayasuriya b Gunaratne | 19 | 14 | 24 | 2 | - | 135.71 |
| TJ Friend | b Gunaratne | 21 | 20 | 23 | 4 | - | 105.00 |
| A Flower | lbw b de Silva | 38 | 51 | 63 | 1 | - | 74.51 |
| GW Flower | c and b Jayasuriya | 31 | 52 | 85 | 4 | - | 59.62 |
| +T Taibu | b Muralitharan | 2 | 10 | 16 | - | - | 20.00 |
| AM Blignaut | c de Silva b Fernando | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 20.00 |
| SM Ervine | b Vaas | 12 | 19 | 26 | 1 | - | 63.16 |
| *HH Streak | c Atapattu b Jayasuriya | 2 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 28.57 |
| S Matsikenyeri | not out | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - | 33.33 |
| DT Hondo | b Vaas | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (5 lb, 3 nb, 4 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 172 minutes, 41.5 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Marillier, 5.2 ov), 2-68 (Friend, 11.3 ov), 3-111 (Wishart, 21.3 ov), 4-140 (A Flower, 28.3 ov), 5-150 (Taibu, 32.1 ov), 6-151 (Blignaut, 33.2 ov), 7-178 (Ervine, 39.2 ov), 8-181 (Streak, 40.4 ov), 9-181 (GW Flower, 40.6 ov), 10-182 (Hondo, 41.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Vaas | 9.5 | 0 | 46 | 2 | - | 3 | 29.50 | 4.68 |
| Gunaratne | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 4.71 |
| de Silva | 9 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | - | 54.00 | 4.00 |
| Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 3.14 |
| Jayasuriya | 6 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 1 | - | 12.00 | 5.00 |
| Fernando | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 3.33 |