SL vs ZIM Full Scorecard, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe Updates

1st ODI • Harare Sports Club • Harare

Sri Lanka

298/6 (50)

Zimbabwe

291/8 (50)

SL won by 7 runs

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Date & Time

29 Aug, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

1st ODI,

Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Richard Kettleborough (England), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bowl

Pitch Report

The pitch at the Harare Sports Club is warmer than what was seen during the New Zealand and South Africa series. The surface has little grass, and its dry appearance suggests it will play differently from before. Fast bowlers will need to get early wickets, as the ball is not expected to do much for long due to the warmth and minimal grass. There are visible cracks on the surface that may widen, bringing the spinners into play as the game progresses. With an average first innings score of around 220, a total of 260 would be a good score.

1st Innings

234Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

81.32Avg SR

2nd Innings

198Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

79.92Avg SR

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Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

4- 6

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka

Player of the Match Dilshan Madushanka

4/62

ZIM

Info

Sri Lanka

298/6 (50)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

82.61

c (sub Madande) b Muzarabani

Nishan Madushka

0.00

c Raza b Ngarava

Kusal Mendis

60.32

c Madhevere b Williams

Sadeera Samarawickrama

87.50

lbw b Raza

Charith Asalanka

(C)

66.67

c Raza b Gwandu

Janith Liyanage

148.94

Not out

Kamindu Mendis

158.33

b Ngarava

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.96)

298/6

Did not Bat

Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka

Bowlers

EXT

Richard Ngarava

7.4

4.43

Blessing Muzarabani

6.50

Trevor Gwandu

6.2

9.63

Brad Evans

5.70

Sikandar Raza

4.80

Sean Williams

4.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Nishan Madushka

c Raza b Ngarava

1-9

4.6

Kusal Mendis

c Madhevere b Williams

2-109

26.2

Pathum Nissanka

c (sub Madande) b Muzarabani

3-139

32.4

Sadeera Samarawickrama

lbw b Raza

4-161

35.6

Charith Asalanka

c Raza b Gwandu

5-161

36.1

Kamindu Mendis

b Ngarava

6-298

49.6

Zimbabwe

291/8 (50)

Batters

Brian Bennett

0.00

c Samarawickrama b Fernando

Ben Curran

77.78

c Chameera b Fernando

Brendan Taylor

0.00

c Mendis b Fernando

Sean Williams

(C)

105.56

c Fernando b Mendis

Sikandar Raza

105.75

b Madushanka

Wesley Madhevere

80.00

c Liyanage b Madushanka

Tony Munyonga

82.69

Not out

Brad Evans

0.00

c Fernando b Madushanka

Richard Ngarava

0.00

b Madushanka

Blessing Muzarabani

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 16)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.82)

291/8

Did not Bat

Trevor Gwandu

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

6.20

4.80

4.70

7.00

11.00

6.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Brian Bennett

c Samarawickrama b Fernando

1-0

0.1

Brendan Taylor

c Mendis b Fernando

2-0

0.4

Sean Williams

c Fernando b Mendis

3-118

22.2

Ben Curran

c Chameera b Fernando

4-140

25.5

Wesley Madhevere

c Liyanage b Madushanka

5-161

29.6

Sikandar Raza

b Madushanka

6-289

49.1

Brad Evans

c Fernando b Madushanka

7-289

49.2

Richard Ngarava

b Madushanka

8-289

49.3

Match Info

Date & Time

29 Aug, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

1st ODI,

Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Richard Kettleborough (England), Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Toss

Zimbabwe elected to bowl

0 1 3 2 1 2

Over 47

Runs: 9

1 0 0 1 4 1

Over 48

Runs: 7

4 1 0 1 1 0

Over 49

Runs: 7

W W W 1 0 1

Over 50

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Dilshan Madushanka

4/62

Commentary

That was an amazing game of ODI cricket, certainly a great advertisement of the format and the quality and entertainment it can provide. Sri Lanka come up on the right side of the result and take a 1-0 lead in this short 2-match series. The second and final one will be played at the same venue after a day's gap. Make sure you join us then, for now this is Sourabh Agrawal signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta and the entire team. Cheers!

Charith Asalanka (Sri Lanka captain): "It was an amazing game of cricket. Fought till the end. At the end, Dilshan was amazing. That is the lineup when we go forward, when we play another all-rounder we can have a lack of batting but our 3 all-rounders can give us bowling. That was impressive (partnership between Liyanage and Kamindu). The top-order set up the base but we were in trouble once I got out, they played really well."

Dilshan Madushanka (Player of the Match, 4/61 in 10 overs): "I was playing after a while, and so, I am more than happy to perform like this! We had a plan as to how to execute the deliveries in the slog overs and gladly, things worked out well!"

Sean Williams (Zimbabwe captain): "The power play was unbelievable for us, but towards the back-end of our bowling innings we could have been better. The two opening bowlers are just tremendous, the youngsters too must be learning from them! We lost two quick wickets up front which didn't help, but then Ben Curran and I decided to dig in deep. Ben was striking the ball better at the time, and we hung in there. Tony Munyonga's character off the field shows just how well he can handle those tough situations, but they nailed those yorkers really well."

5:57 PM local time (9:27 PM IST): It is time for the post-match presentation!

5:48 PM Local Time, 9:18 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Sri Lanka (298/6) defeat Zimbabwe (291/8) by 7 runs

Pathum Nissanka 76(92) | Dilshan Madushanka 4/62(10)
Sikandar Raza 92(87) | Richard Ngarava 2/34(7.4)

So near yet so far for the hosts, a heart-breaking loss inflicted upon Zimbabwe. They should have been the winners with a couple of overs to go in the match, even with one over left but the man of the moment Dilshan Madushanka produced a final over to remember.

BANG, BANG and BANG off the first three balls as he claimed his first ODI hat-trick becoming the 8th Sri Lankan ever to do so and sealed the game for the visitors then and there.

The top and the tail was where it went horribly wrong for Zimbabwe in the run-chase - 4 runs for 5 wickets in the first and the last over combined of this run chase and you're not winning a 299 chase regardless of how well you play between those too incidents.

Asitha Fernando, it was at the top, with a double-wicket over to start and then Dilshan Madushanka to hit the final nails in the coffin.

Nonetheless though, it was a remarkable effort from Zimbabwe to take this so close and get themselves in a position where they should have been the winners. First up, it was a 118-run partnership for the third wicket between Ben Curran and skipper Sean Williams who scored 70 and 58 respectively.

Both fell in quick succession and at the wrong time as Zimbabwe went from 118/2 to 161/5 inside 7 overs to be in a spot of bother again. Once again though, there was a big rescue act from Zimbabwe's poster boy Sikandar Raza and Tony Munyonga. Both of them stuck it out with their team in trouble and dug deep to build a partnership. They stayed in touch with the required rate and never let it out of sight.

They started hitting the big shots and ran hard too using the big outfield in Harare. The crowd was right behind them and it was all looking like leading towards a win for the home side. But then, Dilshan Madushanka flipped the script and delivered some heroics. Raza was dismissed on 91 as the partnership ended on 128 and the tailenders did not help themselves as they fell to the left-armer. Eventually, Munyonga could not hit the boundaries too with 2 balls remaining and Sri Lanka got home by 7 runs.

overs

291 /8 score

runs

Tony Munyonga *

43 (52)

Blessing Muzarabani

1 (1)

Dilshan Madushanka

4 /62

49.6 Dilshan Madushanka to Tony Munyonga, SRI LANKA PULL OFF A THRILLING WIN! DILSHAN MADUSHANKA HAS BOWLED A TERRIFIC LAST OVER UNDER PRESSURE! ZIMBABWE WILL FEEL THAT THEY LET THIS ONE SLIP. Full and going across the right-hander. Sliced high up in the air from the heavy swing of the bat. The ball went over mid-off of course, but for only a run.

49.5 Dilshan Madushanka to Tony Munyonga, MADUSHANKA GETS A DOT BALL IN, AGAIN! Full and slanting across the right-hander. The big swing of the blade through the line ends up as a play and a miss!

This has to go the boundary for Zimbabwe, as simple as that.

49.4 Dilshan Madushanka to Blessing Muzarabani, full on off-stump. Muzarabani stands deep in the crease, clears the front leg and hoicks along the ground to long-on for a single.

We still have game here, folks! 10 needed off 3 with number 10 on strike.

Blessing Muzarabani batting at 10th position

ODI hat-trick number 11 for Sri Lanka, most by any nation in the world.

Richard Ngarava has been dismissed for 0 runs off 1 balls

49.3 Dilshan Madushanka to Richard Ngarava, hat-trick ball, AND THE HAT-TRICK IS COMPLETE! Went length and went straight. Ngarava went for the big shot across the line and missed. The ball did not miss clattering into the stumps though and make a mess of them!

Hat-trick ball with 10 needed off 4

Richard Ngarava batting at 9th position

WOW! The day has turned on its head for Madushanka. He has got another and it is a golden duck for Evans who goes trying to play the same shot that Raza perished on.

Brad Evans has been dismissed for 0 runs off 1 balls

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