Welcome to the highlights of Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - The 5th match of the 1996 Singer World Series quadrangular One-Day International cricket tournament between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe was played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on September 03, 1996.
Match Overview:
A masterclass unbeaten 127 by Aravinda de Silva guided Sri Lanka convincing four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe, despite Craig Evans' career-best 96* in the fifth match of a Singer World Series.
Match Stats:
- Aravinda de Silva's unbeaten 127 was his second highest score for Sri Lanka in one-day international and the highest-score by an Sri Lankan batsman against Zimbabwe in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 119 held by Roshan Mahanama at Harare in 1994.
- Aravinda de Silva became the second Sri Lankan batsman to scored two centuries in ODIs after Roshan Mahanama's two hundreds.
- Aravinda de Silva became the first Sri Lankan batsman to scored six centuries in ODI cricket history.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe scored 227-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by Craig Evans cracked a career-best unbeaten 96 off 105-balls including 6-fours & 3-sixes.
Alistair Campbell struck 54 off 94-balls including 3-fours, Paul Strang cracked a 24 off 33-balls included three-fours and Guy Whittall scored a unbeaten 15 off 28-balls contained a boundary.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Ravindra Pushpakumara captured two-wickets, Arjuna Ranatunga, Pramodya Wickramasinghe and Muttiah Muralitharan each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka chase down the target of 228 for 4 in 47 overs with top scorer by Aravinda de Silva cracked a unbeaten 127 off 123-balls - which was his 6th ODI hundred and his second century against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
Hashan Tillakaratne cracked a unbeaten 34 off 64-balls including two boundaries, Arjuna Ranatunga hit 20 off 24-balls included 4-fours and Asanka Gurusinha scored 15 off consuming 47-balls without a boundary.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Henry Olonga took 2-wickets and Debutant Andy Whittal - who took one-wicket on his debut ODI match.
Aravinda de Silva named Player of the match for his match-winning masterclass unbeaten 127-runs knocked off facing 123-balls including 13-fours & a six.
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