Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
  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]

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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

Tests
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [22] Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  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

1st Test

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

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)

Statistics

Most runs

RankRunsPlayerInningsAverageHigh Score10050
1277 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Angelo Mathews 3138.50200*11
2218 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Kusal Mendis 3109.00116*11
3217 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Sean Williams 472.33107
4188 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Brendon Taylor 47.006702
5164 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Sikandar Raza 41.00721
Last Updated: 1 February 2020

Most wickets

RankWicketsPlayerInningsBestAverageEconomy5w
113 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lasith Embuldeniya 45/11434.693.451
211 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Sikandar Raza 37/11321.632.611
310 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Suranga Lakmal 44/2715.101.730
47 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Lahiru Kumara 3/3230.282.65
55 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Victor Nyauchi 3/6931.602.32
Last Updated: 1 February 2020

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