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Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2008–09

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2008–09
 
  Sri Lanka Zimbabwe
Dates 13 November 2008 – 30 November 2008
Captains Mahela Jayawardene Prosper Utseya
One Day International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara 182
Jehan Mubarak 98
Upul Tharanga 78		 Hamilton Masakadza 133
Tatenda Taibu 100
Keith Dabengwa 71
Most wickets Ajantha Mendis 15
Muttiah Muralitharan 11
Nuwan Kulasekara &
Thilan Thushara 6		 Tawanda Mupariwa 10
Elton Chigumbura 7
Ray Price 4
Player of the series Ajantha Mendis

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in November 2008 to play 5 Limited Overs Internationals.[1]

It was the first international series for new Zimbabwe coach Walter Chawaguta.[2]

ODI series

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1st ODI

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20 November
(scorecard)
Zimbabwe 
127 (31 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
130/4 (33.2 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 36* (58)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/14 (4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 46* (95)
Ray Price 2/24 (7 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets[3]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Kevan Barbour (ZIM)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

2nd ODI

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22 November
(scorecard)
Zimbabwe 
67 (31 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
68/1 (17.4 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 12 (38)
Extras (lb 1, w 11) 12
Ajantha Mendis 4/15 (6 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 28 (25)
Tawanda Mupariwa 1/18 (6 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets[4]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Kevan Barbour (ZIM)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis

3rd ODI

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24 November
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka 
171/7 (28 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
166/7 (28 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 57 (59)
Tawanda Mupariwa 4/39 (6 overs)
 Sri Lanka by 5 runs[5]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza

4th ODI

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28 November
(scorecard)
Zimbabwe 
146 (46.3 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
150/8 (47.3 overs)
Keith Dabengwa 32 (59)
Ajantha Mendis 6/29 (9 overs)
Jehan Mubarak 60* (98)
Tawanda Mupariwa 3/34 (10 overs)
 Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets[6]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis

5th ODI

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30 November
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka 
152 (48.5 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
133 (44 overs)
Thilina Kandamby 40 (99)
Ed Rainsford 3/22 (8.5 overs)
Keith Dabengwa 39 (91)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/29 (10 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 19 runs[7]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Kevan Barbour & Russell Tiffin (both ZIM)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

Tour Matches

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First Class:TBC v Sri Lankans

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12–15 November
(scorecard)
 Zimbabwe Select XI
v
159 (53.3 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 33 (103)
Ajantha Mendis 4/59 (16.3 overs)
567/4d (151 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 174 (273)
Prosper Utseya 3/133 (39 overs)
238/5 (61 overs)
Hamilton Masakadza 72 (117)
Ajantha Mendis 4/86 (24 overs)
match drawn[8]
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Owen Chirombe & Justice Tapfumaneyi (both ZIM)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

References

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  1. ^ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  2. ^ Price, Steven (3 December 2008). "Chawaguta appears out of his depth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  5. ^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  6. ^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  7. ^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  8. ^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
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