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Wed, 11 Sep - Sat, 14 Sep 1996 - 00:00 – 1st Test • R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
Sri Lanka
349/10 (20.00)
Zimbabwe
350/5 (20.00) & 127/10 (73.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Craig Wishart
2
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Asanka Gurusinha
1
Romesh Kaluwitharana
1
Best Average
Jayantha Silva
5.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
8.714285
Heath Streak
18.000000
Kumar Dharmasena
21.000000
Paul Strang
21.200000
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
5
Paul Strang
5
Chaminda Vaas
4
Jayantha Silva
4
Best Economy
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.250000
Aravinda de Silva
0.500000
Jayantha Silva
1.047904
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.376975
Asanka Gurusinha
1.400000
Most Runs Conceed
Chaminda Vaas
107
Paul Strang
106
Muttiah Muralitharan
61
Henry Olonga
57
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
7
Jayantha Silva
7
Paul Strang
5
Chaminda Vaas
4
Heath Streak
3
Most Runs Conceed
Heath Streak
54
Guy Whittall
43
Kumar Dharmasena
42
Best Bowling Fig
Heath Streak
3
Henry Olonga
2
Kumar Dharmasena
1
Most Not Outs
Heath Streak
2
Kumar Dharmasena
1
Highest Score
Arjuna Ranatunga
75
Romesh Kaluwitharana
71
Asanka Gurusinha
52
Craig Wishart
51
Kumar Dharmasena
42
Best Economy
Kumar Dharmasena
1.826086
Heath Streak
2.700000
Best Strike Rate
Jayantha Silva
28.6286
Muttiah Muralitharan
37.9714
Heath Streak
40
Most Runs
Arjuna Ranatunga
75
Romesh Kaluwitharana
71
Craig Wishart
54
Asanka Gurusinha
52
Guy Whittall
52
Best Strike Rate
Paul Strang
41.16
Henry Olonga
51
Chaminda Vaas
51
Kumar Dharmasena
69
Best Averages
Arjuna Ranatunga
75.000000
Romesh Kaluwitharana
71.000000
Asanka Gurusinha
52.000000
Aravinda de Silva
35.000000
Chaminda Vaas
34.000000
Most Fours
Romesh Kaluwitharana
10
Arjuna Ranatunga
7
Aravinda de Silva
6
Asanka Gurusinha
6
Guy Whittall
5
Most Wickets
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Henry Olonga
2
Most Fours
Kumar Dharmasena
4
Chaminda Vaas
2
Alistair Campbell
2
Paul Strang
2
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Craig Wishart
2
Craig Evans
1
Best Strike Rate
Aravinda de Silva
0.795454
Chaminda Vaas
0.708333
Roshan Mahanama
0.666666
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.625000
Romesh Kaluwitharana
0.577235
Kumar Dharmasena
0.538461
Paul Strang
0.437500
Best Average
Chaminda Vaas
26.750000
Henry Olonga
28.500000
Most Runs
Kumar Dharmasena
42
Alistair Campbell
38
Aravinda de Silva
35
Most Ducks
Andy Flower
2
Grant Flower
2
Henry Olonga
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Jayantha Silva
1
Best Averages
Craig Wishart
27.000000
Guy Whittall
26.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Paul Strang
106
Chaminda Vaas
73
Henry Olonga
57
Heath Streak
54
Guy Whittall
43
Andy Whittall
40
Muttiah Muralitharan
33
Highest Score
Guy Whittall
39
Aravinda de Silva
35
Most sixes
Chaminda Vaas
1
Romesh Kaluwitharana
1
Craig Wishart
1
Most Fours
Mark Dekker
1
Most Balls Faced
Guy Whittall
211
Craig Wishart
187
Alistair Campbell
142
Asanka Gurusinha
139
Romesh Kaluwitharana
123
Arjuna Ranatunga
120
Mark Dekker
100