Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20 | |||
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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]
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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]
19–23 January 2020
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Dimuth Karunaratne 10* (13) |
27–31 January 2020
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Rank | Runs | Player | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 | |
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1 | 277 | Angelo Mathews | 3 | 138.50 | 200* | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 218 | Kusal Mendis | 3 | 109.00 | 116* | 1 | 1 | |
3 | 217 | Sean Williams | 4 | 72.33 | 107 | |||
4 | 188 | Brendon Taylor | 47.00 | 67 | 0 | 2 | ||
5 | 164 | Sikandar Raza | 41.00 | 72 | 1 | |||
Last Updated: 1 February 2020 |
Rank | Wickets | Player | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | 5w |
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1 | 13 | Lasith Embuldeniya | 4 | 5/114 | 34.69 | 3.45 | 1 |
2 | 11 | Sikandar Raza | 3 | 7/113 | 21.63 | 2.61 | 1 |
3 | 10 | Suranga Lakmal | 4 | 4/27 | 15.10 | 1.73 | 0 |
4 | 7 | Lahiru Kumara | 3/32 | 30.28 | 2.65 | ||
5 | 5 | Victor Nyauchi | 3/69 | 31.60 | 2.32 | ||
Last Updated: 1 February 2020 |
West Indies cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019-20