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Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20
 
  Zimbabwe Sri Lanka
Dates 19 – 31 January 2020
Captains Sean Williams Dimuth Karunaratne
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Sean Williams (217) Angelo Mathews (277)
Most wickets Sikandar Raza (11) Lasith Embuldeniya (13)
Player of the series Angelo Mathews (SL)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January 2020 to play two Test matches.[1][2] It was the first tour of Zimbabwe since the International Cricket Council (ICC) lifted its suspension on Zimbabwe Cricket, due to government interference, in October 2019.[3] Zimbabwe last played Test cricket in November 2018, in a two-match series against Bangladesh.[4][5] The two teams last played a Test match against each other in July 2017, with Sri Lanka winning by four wickets.[6] Zimbabwe have never beaten Sri Lanka in a Test match.[7] Zimbabwe last played a home Test match in November 2017, against the West Indies.[8]

In December 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the tour would take place following their tour of India.[9][10] In January 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the tour schedule.[11] Zimbabwe Cricket also named Sean Williams as their new Test captain,[12] replacing Hamilton Masakadza who took up the role of Director of Cricket.[13]

Ten days before the first Test, Zimbabwe Cricket named a provisional squad of twenty-five players for the tour.[14] On 15 January 2020, Zimbabwe named their final squad for the tour, which included five players uncapped at Test level.[15] Three of those five cricketers made their debut in the opening day of the first Test of the series,[16] with Brian Mudzinganyama making his Test debut on day four, as a concussion substitute.[17] Mudzinganyama became the first cricketer to make his Test debut as a substitute.[18] Sri Lanka won the match by ten wickets,[19] to take a 1–0 lead in the series.[20] The second Test finished in a draw, therefore Sri Lanka won the series.[21]

Squads

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Tests
 Zimbabwe[22]  Sri Lanka[23]

Tinotenda Mutombodzi was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the second Test as a replacement to Kyle Jarvis, who was ruled out due to an injury.[24]

Test series

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1st Test

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19–23 January 2020
Scorecard
v
358 (148 overs)
Craig Ervine 85 (187)
Lasith Embuldeniya 5/114 (42 overs)
515/9d (176.2 overs)
Angelo Mathews 200* (468)
Sikandar Raza 3/62 (16 overs)
170 (92 overs)
Sean Williams 39 (79)
Suranga Lakmal 4/27 (20 overs)
14/0 (3 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 10* (13)
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (SL)

2nd Test

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27–31 January 2020
Scorecard
v
406 (115.3 overs)
Sean Williams 107 (137)
Lasith Embuldeniya 4/182 (42.3 overs)
293 (119.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 64 (158)
Sikandar Raza 7/113 (43 overs)
247/7d (75 overs)
Brendan Taylor 67 (75)
Vishwa Fernando 2/43 (20 overs)
204/3 (87 overs)
Kusal Mendis 116* (233)
Carl Mumba 1/13 (4 overs)
Match drawn
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Sikandar Raza (Zim)

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ^ "'Further sanctions would have been disastrous' - Zimbabwe Cricket chairman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe: Chevrons Set to Bounce Back". The Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput confirms two-match Test series at home against Sri Lanka this month". First Post. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two-Test series in January". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Chatara ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests with bicep injury". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Fixtures for Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe announced". The Papare. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket confirms tour of Zimbabwe". The Papare. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka confirm cricket tour of Zimbabwe". New Zimbabwe. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two Tests in January". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two Test matches in January". The Cricketer. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Cricket-Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two tests in hastily arranged tour". Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Domestic first-class tournament stalls in Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  15. ^ "No PJ Moor, Ryan Burl as Sean Williams captains Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Sri Lanka toil hard on batting-friendly Harare wicket". The Papare. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Mudzinganyama replaces Kasuza as concussion substitute". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Does Jason Gillespie have the lowest average of any Test double-centurion?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Kumara blows away Zimbawean tail; Sri Lanka win by 10 wickets". The Papare. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Sri Lanka break through Chakabva resistance to take series lead". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Kusal Mendis century guides Sri Lanka to safety and series win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Chatara ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Kusal out, Lakmal in – Sri Lanka squad for Zimbabwe tour 2020". The Papare. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Sri Lanka riding on Lahiru Kumara's promise while Zimbabwe lose Kyle Jarvis to injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Angelo Mathews and Sean Williams in focus as Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka resume a strange rivalry". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Record-breaking Zimbabwe lay solid platform on opening day against Sri Lanka". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  27. ^ "Steady start for Sri Lanka after Embuldeniya five-for". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  28. ^ "Angelo Mathews' century takes Sri Lanka into lead". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  29. ^ "Mathews hits double-ton as tame draw looms". The Papare. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  30. ^ "Kevin Kasuza suffers delayed concussion, replaced by Mudzinganyama". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Timycen Maruma comes in as Kevin Kasuza's concussion replacement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  32. ^ "Sikander Raza seven-for leaves Sri Lanka in a spin". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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