Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1994–95

Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1994–95
	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka
Dates	11 October 1994 – 6 November 1994
Captains	Andy Flower	Arjuna Ranatunga
Test series
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Dave Houghton (466)	Sanjeeva Ranatunga (273)
Most wickets	Heath Streak (13)	Chaminda Vaas (10)
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Andy Flower (145)	Roshan Mahanama (267)
Most wickets	Guy Whittall (6)	Chaminda Vaas (9)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Zimbabwe for a three-match Test series and a three-match One Day International (ODI) series between 11 October 1994 and 6 November 1994. The Test series, which was the first played between the two teams,^[1] was drawn 0–0^[2] and the ODI series was won 2–1 by Sri Lanka.^[3]

Test series

1st Test

11–13, 15–16 October 1994 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Zimbabwe
383 (179.5 overs) Asanka Gurusinha 128 (461) Guy Whittall 4/70 (33 overs)		319/8 (123 overs) Dave Houghton 58 (181) Chaminda Vaas 4/74 (37 overs)

Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Lloyd Barker (Win) and Ian Robinson (Zim)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Days three and four were interrupted by rain, day five was a washout.

2nd Test

20–24 October 1994 Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	Sri Lanka
462/9 dec (188.3 overs) Dave Houghton 266 (541) Chaminda Vaas 4/85 (44.3 overs)		218 (126.1 overs) Asanka Gurusinha 63 (263) Malcolm Jarvis 3/30 (34 overs)
		193/4 (f/o) (115 overs) Sanjeeva Ranatunga 100* (352) Malcolm Jarvis 1/24 (24 overs)

Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

26–28, 30–31 October 1994 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Zimbabwe
402 (162 overs) Hashan Tillakaratne 116 (287) Heath Streak 4/97 (38 overs)		375 (150.4 overs) Dave Houghton 142 (268) Ravindra Pushpakumara 7/116 (35.4 overs)
89/3 (24 overs) Aravinda de Silva 41* (32) David Brain 2/48 (11 overs)

Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kantilal Kanjee (Zim) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Paul Strang (Zim) made his Test debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

3 November 1994 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  256/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 200 (48.1 overs)
Roshan Mahanama 119* (142) Guy Whittall 3/58 (10 overs)		Andy Flower 61 (81) Chaminda Vaas 4/20 (9.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 56 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Quintin Goosen (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Roshan Mahanama (Sri)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Gary Martin (Zim) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

5 November 1994 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  290/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 288/8 (50 overs)
Alistair Campbell 131* (115) Chaminda Vaas 3/59 (10 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 108 (149) Heath Streak 4/44 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 2 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Quintin Goosen (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

6 November 1994 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  296/4 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 105 (48.1 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 107* (100) David Brain 3/67 (10 overs)		Wayne James 29 (62) Ravindra Pushpakumara 3/25 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 191 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Nigel Fleming (Zim) and Kantilal Kanjee (Zim) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (Sri)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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