Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 1996/1997, 1st test
Colombo (RPS), 11/09/1996 - 14/09/1996

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: SA Bucknor, BC Cooray
Result: Sri Lanka won by an inns & 77 runs

Sri Lanka
RS Mahanama           lbw                b Streak                 4
ST Jayasuriya         c Evans            b Olonga                 0
AP Gurusinha          c Olonga           b Strang                52
PA de Silva                              b Strang                35
HP Tillakaratne       c Flower           b Olonga                20
*A Ranatunga          lbw                b Streak                75
+RS Kaluwitharana                    c & b Streak                71
HDPK Dharmasena       not out                                    42
WPUJC Vaas                               b Strang                34
M Muralitharan                           b Strang                 0
KJ Silva                             c & b Strang                 0
Extras                b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 8                       16
Total                 all out                                   349

Fall Of Wickets
1-4 (Mahanama)                2-4 (Jayasuriya)              
3-53 (de Silva)               4-105 (Tillakaratne)          
5-128 (Gurusinha)             6-270 (Ranatunga)             
7-271 (Kaluwitharana)         8-345 (Vaas)                  
9-349 (Muralitharan)          10-349 (Silva)                

Bowling
Streak              20      6    54     3
Olonga              17      3    57     2
Whittall            12      1    43     0
Strang              34.3    3   106     5
Whittall            13      3    40     0
Evans                6      0    27     0
Flower               4      1    16     0

Zimbabwe
GW Flower             c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                   0
MH Dekker             lbw                b Vaas                  10
*ADR Campbell         c Mahanama         b Vaas                  12
+A Flower             c Ranatunga        b Dharmasena             2
GJ Whittall           lbw                b Silva                 39
CB Wishart            c Vaas             b Silva                 51
HK Olonga             c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan           1
CN Evans              c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                   9
PA Strang                                b Muralitharan           6
AR Whittall           c Dharmasena       b Silva                  1
HH Streak             not out                                     0
Extras                b 4, lb 4, w 2, nb 4                       14
Total                 all out                                   145

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Flower)                  2-15 (Campbell)               
3-21 (Dekker)                 4-45 (Flower)                 
5-103 (Whittall)              6-105 (Olonga)                
7-123 (Evans)                 8-138 (Strang)                
9-145 (Wishart)               10-145 (Whittall)             

Bowling
Vaas                22      3    73     4
Gurusinha            3      1     3     0
Dharmasena           9      3    23     1
Muralitharan        24      9    28     2
Silva               14.4    9    10     3

Zimbabwe
GW Flower                                b Muralitharan          27
MH Dekker             c Jayasuriya       b Dharmasena            20
CB Wishart                               b Silva                  3
*ADR Campbell         c Mahanama         b Muralitharan          26
+A Flower             c Mahanama         b Muralitharan           0
GJ Whittall           c Mahanama         b Silva                 13
CN Evans              lbw                b Silva                  1
PA Strang             c Vaas             b Muralitharan           8
HK Olonga             c Mahanama         b Silva                  0
AR Whittall                              b Muralitharan          11
HH Streak             not out                                     3
Extras                b 6, lb 4, w 1, nb 4                       15
Total                 all out                                   127

Fall Of Wickets
1-35 (Dekker)                 2-42 (Wishart)                
3-65 (Flower)                 4-65 (Flower)                 
5-98 (Campbell)               6-99 (Evans)                  
7-102 (Whittall)              8-102 (Olonga)                
9-113 (Strang)                10-127 (Whittall)             

Bowling
Vaas                12      1    34     0
Gurusinha            2      0     4     0
Dharmasena          14      7    19     1
Muralitharan        20.3    4    33     5
Silva               19     12    25     4
de Silva             2      1     1     0
Jayasuriya           4      3     1     0