Welcome to the highlights of Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 3rd ODI - 1998 Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka 3-match ODI series - The third and final One-Day International cricket match between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe was played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on January 26, 1998.
Match Overview:
Sanath Jayasuriya marked his debut as captain with a century and A maiden half-century by Mahela Jayawardene leads to Sri Lanka convincing four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe, despite a brilliant maiden century by Grant Flower and clinch the their historic first-ever 3-0 whitewash in the third & final ODI.
Match Stats:
- This is the first time Sri Lanka have whitewashed their oppositions in a bilateral three-match series in one-day internationals.
- This is the fourth time Zimbabwe have suffered a clean sweep in a bilateral three-match series in one-day internationals.
- Sanath Jayasuriya captained Sri Lanka for the first time in his 150th match. He became the tenth player to captain for Sri Lanka in a ODI.
- Grant Flower became the fourth Zimbabwe batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Andy Flower, Alistair Campbell and Murray Goodwin.
- Grant Flower's 112 was the fourth highest score for Zimbabwe in one-day international and the third highest-score by an Zimbabwe batsman Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- Grant Flower became the fifth Zimbabwe batsman to score a hundred in ODIs.
- Sanath Jayasuriya became the third Sri Lankan batsman to score a century against Zimbabwe in ODIs after Roshan Mahanama (2) and Aravinda de Silva (2).
- Sanath Jayasuriya's 102 was his seventh highest score for Sri Lanka in one-day international and the fifth highest-score by an Sri Lankan batsman against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
- Sanath Jayasuriya became the second Sri Lankan batsman to scored seven centuries in ODIs after Aravinda de Silva's 10-hundreds.
- This is the seventh instance of both team No.1 position batsmen (Grant Flower's 112 and Sanath Jayasuriya's 102) had scored centuries in the same match in one-day internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Zimbabwe scored 281-6 in 50 overs with top scorer by Grant Flower cracked a 112 off 138-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including 9-fours.
Andy Flower struck 68 off 70-balls Including 5-fours, Craig Wishart cracked a 45 off 54-balls included 8-fours and Murray Goodwin scored 18 off 24-balls contained a boundary.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Kumar Dharmasena picked up 3-wickets for 47-runs in 10-overs, Ruwan Kalpage, Upul Chandana and Sanath Jayasuriya each took one-wickets.
Sri Lanka chase down the target of 282, finishing at 286 for 6 in 49 overs with top scorer by Sanath Jayasuriya struck 102 off 100-balls - which was his 7th ODI hundred and his first century against Zimbabwe in ODIs.
Mahela Jayawardene cracked a 74 off 78-balls including 4-fours, Ruwan Kalpage scored 37 off 47-balls included a boundary and Upul Chandana hit a unbeaten 14 off 5-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 280.
Zimbabwe best bowler by Grant Flower captured two-wickets, Guy Whittall, Andy Whittall and Paul Strang each took one-wickets.
Sanath Jayasuriya named Player of the match for his match-winning captain innings of 102-runs knocked off facing 100-balls including 13-fours & a six.
Sanath Jayasuriya earned player of the series for contributing 199 runs with average of 66.33 in the three-match series.
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