Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025

Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025
	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka
Dates	29 August – 7 September 2025
Captains	Sean Williams (ODIs) Sikandar Raza (T20Is)	Charith Asalanka
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Sikandar Raza (151)	Pathum Nissanka (198)
Most wickets	Richard Ngarava (4)	Asitha Fernando (5) Dilshan Madushanka (5)
Player of the series	Pathum Nissanka (SL)
Twenty20 International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Brian Bennett (113)	Pathum Nissanka (96)
Most wickets	Brad Evans (5) Sikandar Raza (5)	Dushmantha Chameera (8)
Player of the series	Dushmantha Chameera (SL)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Zimbabwe in August and September 2025 to play the Zimbabwe cricket team. ^{[1] [2]} The tour consisted of two One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) matches. ^[3] All the matches were played at the Harare Sports Club. ^[4] The T20I series formed part of Zimbabwe's preparation ahead of the 2025 Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final tournament. ^[5] In June 2025, the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour as a part of the 2025 home international season. ^[6]

Squads

Zimbabwe		Sri Lanka
ODIs [7]	T20Is [8]	ODIs [9]	T20Is [10]
Sean Williams (c) Craig Ervine (c) Brian Bennett Johnathan Campbell Ben Curran Brad Evans Trevor Gwandu Wessly Madhevere Clive Madande (wk) Ernest Masuku Tony Munyonga Blessing Muzarabani Richard Ngarava Newman Nyamhuri Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor (wk)	Sikandar Raza (c) Brian Bennett Ryan Burl Brad Evans Trevor Gwandu Clive Madande (wk) Tinotenda Maposa Tadiwanashe Marumani Wellington Masakadza Tony Munyonga Tashinga Musekiwa Blessing Muzarabani Dion Myers Richard Ngarava Brendan Taylor (wk) Sean Williams	Charith Asalanka (c) Dushmantha Chameera Asitha Fernando Nuwanidu Fernando Janith Liyanage Dilshan Madushanka Nishan Madushka (wk) Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis (wk) Pathum Nissanka Milan Rathnayake Pavan Rathnayake Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk) Maheesh Theekshana Jeffrey Vandersay Dunith Wellalage	Charith Asalanka (c) Dushmantha Chameera Binura Fernando Nuwanidu Fernando Vishen Halambage Dushan Hemantha Chamika Karunaratne Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis (wk) Kamil Mishara Pathum Nissanka Matheesha Pathirana Kusal Perera (wk) Dasun Shanaka Maheesh Theekshana Nuwan Thushara Dunith Wellalage

On 29 August, Craig Ervine was ruled out of the ODI series due to a calf injury. Sean Williams was named the captain for the ODI series. ^{[11] [12]}

ODI series

1st ODI

29 August 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   298/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 291/8 (50 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 76 (92) Richard Ngarava 2/34 (7.4 overs)		Sikandar Raza 92 (87) Dilshan Madushanka 4/62 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Dilshan Madushanka (SL)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Dilshan Madushanka (SL) took his first hat-trick in ODIs. ^[13]

2nd ODI

31 August 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   277/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 278/5 (49.3 overs)
Ben Curran 79 (95) Dushmantha Chameera 3/52 (10 overs)		Pathum Nissanka 122 (136) Richard Ngarava 2/53 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Pathum Nissanka (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Ernest Masuku (Zim) made his ODI debut.
• Brendan Taylor (Zim) scored his 10,000th run in international cricket. ^{[14] [15]}

T20I series

1st T20I

3 September 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   175/7 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 177/6 (19.1 overs)
Brian Bennett 81 (57) Dushmantha Chameera 3/30 (4 overs)		Pathum Nissanka 55 (32) Richard Ngarava 2/19 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Kamindu Mendis (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Dushan Hemantha (SL) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

6 September 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   80 (17.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 84/5 (14.2 overs)
Kamil Mishara 20 (20) Brad Evans 3/15 (2.4 overs)		Tashinga Musekiwa 21* (14) Dushmantha Chameera 3/19 (4 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Sikandar Raza (Zim)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

7 September 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   191/8 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 193/2 (17.4 overs)
Tadiwanashe Marumani 51 (44) Dushan Hemantha 3/38 (4 overs)		Kamil Mishara 73* (43) Brad Evans 1/28 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Forster Mutizwa (Zim) Player of the match: Kamil Mishara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Sri Lanka to tour Zimbabwe for white-ball series". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
2. "Zimbabwe to host SL for multi-format white-ball tour in late August". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
3. "Zimbabwe to welcome Sri Lanka for ODI and T20I series". The Times of India . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
4. "Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for white-ball series". Cricbuzz . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
5. "Zimbabwe to Host Sri Lanka for White-Ball Series Starting August 29 Ahead of T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifiers". Cricxtasy. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
6. "Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for limited-overs series". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "Zimbabwe name squad for ODI series against Sri Lanka". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
8. "Zimbabwe announce squad for T20I series against Sri Lanka". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 2 September 2025.
9. "Star all-rounder misses out as Sri Lanka name squad for Zimbabwe ODIs". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 21 August 2025.
10. "Key all-rounder missing in Sri Lanka T20I squad for Zimbabwe". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 28 August 2025.
11. "Ervine ruled out of Sri Lanka ODI series with calf injury". Zimbabwe Cricket . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
12. "Zimbabwe skipper ruled out of Sri Lanka series". International Cricket Council . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
13. "ZIM vs SL: Madushanka becomes eighth Sri Lankan to pick ODI hat-trick". Sportstar . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
14. "Returning Brendan Taylor achieves massive record for Zimbabwe during 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka". India TV. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
15. "Brendan becomes 3rd Zimbabwe batter to complete 10,000 international runs". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 September 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo