Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02

Zimbabwean cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02

	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Dates	21 December 2001 – 15 January 2002
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya (295)	Trevor Gripper (167)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (30)	Heath Streak (7)
Player of the series	Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

The Zimbabwean cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 21 December 2001 to 15 January 2002. The tour consisted of three Tests. Si Lanka won the Test series 3–0.

Squads

Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe

Tour match

Three day:Tour Match:Sri Lanka Board XI v Zimbabweans

21 – 23 December
Scorecard

Zimbabwean	v	Sri Lanka Board XI
319/6d (90 overs) Trevor Gripper 101 (166) Dinusha Fernando 3/47 (15 overs)		269/4d (93 overs) Gayan Wijekoon 103 (212) Henry Olonga 2/52 (20 overs)
169/5d (51 overs) Gavin Rennie 68 (137) Ravindra Pushpakumara 2/38 (12 overs)		223/5 (41.2 overs) Chamara Silva 123 (118) Henry Olonga 2/60 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka Board XI won by 5 wickets
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)

Sri Lanka Board XI, who chose to field

Test series

1st Test

27 – 31 December
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Zimbabwe
586/6d (161 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 128 (186) Heath Streak 3/113 (34 overs)		184 (79.5 overs) Andy Flower 42 (122) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/53 (26 overs)
		236 (101.2 overs) (f/o) Travis Friend 44 (142) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/35 (36 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 166 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Riazuddin (Pak)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
Rain interrupted play on Day 4 and play commenced at 4.10pm and was scheduled to end at 6.30pm.
Day 1, play abandoned at 4:49pm due to bad weather.

2nd Test

4 – 7 January
Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	Sri Lanka
236 (97 overs) Grant Flower 72 (184) Muttiah Muralitharan 9/51 (40 overs)		505 (148.5 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 139 (212) Travis Friend 3/97 (26 overs)
175 (72.4 overs) Gavin Rennie 68 (134) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/64 (26.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 94 runs
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

12 – 15 January
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Zimbabwe
418 (158.4 overs) Upul Chandana 92 (167) Dougie Marillier 4/101 (34.4 overs)		236 (134.3 overs) Trevor Gripper 83 (249) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/43 (29 overs)
212/2d (76 overs) Marvan Atapattu 100* (126) Travis Friend 1/39 (7 overs)		79 (43.3 overs) Stuart Carlisle 28 (78) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/24 (16 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 315 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Innings	Average	High Score	100	50
1	295	Sanath Jayasuriya	4	73.75	139	1	1
2	255	Kumar Sangakkara	4	63.75	128	1	1
3	216	Thilan Samaraweera	3	108.00	123*
4	184	Marvan Atapattu	4	61.33	100*
5	167	Mahela Jayawardena	4	55.66	76	0	2
5	167	Trevor Gripper	6	27.83	83	0	1
Last Updated: 1 August 2022

Most wickets

Rank	Wickets	Player	Innings	BBI	BBM	Average	Economy	5w	10w
1	30	Muttiah Muralitharan	6	9/51	13/115	9.80	1.44	2	1
2	9	Sanath Jayasuriya	6	5/43	9/74	14.44	1.91	1	0
3	8	Chaminda Vaas		2/17	3/93	35.62	2.66	0
4	7	Charitha Buddhika		4/27	4/40	22.71	2.89
4	7	Heath Streak	4	3/113	3/113	43.28	2.75
Last Updated: 1 August 2022

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v t e International cricket in 2001–02
Preceding season: International cricket in 2001
September 2001	Asian Test Challenge South Africa in Zimbabwe
October 2001	England in Zimbabwe Standard Bank Triangular Tournament New Zealand in Australia Khaleej Times Trophy
November 2001	West Indies in Sri Lanka Zimbabwe in Bangladesh England in India
December 2001	South Africa in Australia Bangladesh in New Zealand LG Abans Triangular Series Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka
January 2002	England women in India Pakistan in Bangladesh Australia Tri-Nation Series Kenya in Sri Lanka Pakistan women in Sri Lanka West Indies against Pakistan in UAE
February 2002	Zimbabwe in India New Zealand in Australia Australia in South Africa New Zealand women in Australia
March 2002	Australia women in New Zealand India women in South Africa India in South Africa
April 2002	Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2002