Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe — Scorecard

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Sri Lanka

256/5

Zimbabwe

182/10

Sri Lanka won by 74 runs

ICC World Cup · 15 March 2003 · Buffalo Park, East London, East London

Innings 1

Sri Lanka

256/5

50.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu	not out	103	127	7	0	81.1
ST Jayasuriya	c T Taibu b HH Streak	22	44	2	0	50.0
DA Gunawardene	c & b DA Marillier	41	62	2	0	66.1
PA de Silva	c T Taibu b SM Ervine	25	31	2	0	80.7
KC Sangakkara	c GW Flower b HH Streak	35	25	4	0	140.0
RP Arnold	c GW Flower b DT Hondo	1	3	0	0	33.3
WPUJC Vaas	not out	11	8	1	0	137.5
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 15, nb 0, p 0)		18
Total		256/5 (50.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 41-1 (ST Jayasuriya, 12.2) · 124-2 (DA Gunawardene, 30.2) · 175-3 (PA de Silva, 40.2) · 227-4 (KC Sangakkara, 46.4) · 233-5 (RP Arnold, 47.4)

Partnerships

1stMS Atapattu & ST Jayasuriya41 (74) · RR 3.32
2ndMS Atapattu & DA Gunawardene83 (108) · RR 4.61
3rdMS Atapattu & PA de Silva51 (60) · RR 5.10
4thMS Atapattu & KC Sangakkara52 (38) · RR 8.21
5thMS Atapattu & RP Arnold6 (6) · RR 6.00
6thMS Atapattu & WPUJC VaasNB23 (14) · RR 9.86

Boundary Breakdown

MS Atapattu103 · 27% bdy
DA Gunawardene41 · 20% bdy
KC Sangakkara35 · 46% bdy
PA de Silva25 · 32% bdy
ST Jayasuriya22 · 36% bdy
WPUJC Vaas11 · 36% bdy
RP Arnold1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	10.0	40	2	4.00
AM Blignaut	8.0	40	0	5.00
TJ Friend	2.0	13	0	6.50
DT Hondo	5.0	36	1	7.20
GW Flower	10.0	44	0	4.40
DA Marillier	10.0	43	1	4.30
S Matsikenyeri	2.0	13	0	6.50
SM Ervine	3.0	24	1	8.00

Innings 2

Zimbabwe

182/10

41.5 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CB Wishart	b ST Jayasuriya	43	71	4	0	60.6
DA Marillier	c ST Jayasuriya b PW Gunaratne	19	14	2	0	135.7
TJ Friend	b PW Gunaratne	21	20	4	0	105.0
A Flower	lbw b PA de Silva	38	51	1	0	74.5
GW Flower	c & b ST Jayasuriya	31	52	4	0	59.6
T Taibu	b M Muralitharan	2	10	0	0	20.0
AM Blignaut	c PA de Silva b CRD Fernando	1	5	0	0	20.0
SM Ervine	b WPUJC Vaas	12	19	1	0	63.2
HH Streak	c MS Atapattu b ST Jayasuriya	2	7	0	0	28.6
S Matsikenyeri	not out	1	3	0	0	33.3
DT Hondo	b WPUJC Vaas	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 4, nb 3, p 0)		12
Total		182/10 (41.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 36-1 (DA Marillier, 5.2) · 68-2 (TJ Friend, 11.3) · 111-3 (CB Wishart, 21.3) · 140-4 (A Flower, 28.3) · 150-5 (T Taibu, 32.1) · 151-6 (AM Blignaut, 33.2) · 178-7 (SM Ervine, 39.2) · 181-8 (HH Streak, 40.4) · 181-9 (GW Flower, 41.0) · 182-10 (DT Hondo, 41.5)

Partnerships

1stCB Wishart & DA Marillier36 (32) · RR 6.75
2ndCB Wishart & TJ Friend32 (37) · RR 5.19
3rdCB Wishart & A Flower43 (60) · RR 4.30
4thGW Flower & A Flower29 (42) · RR 4.14
5thGW Flower & T Taibu10 (22) · RR 2.73
6thGW Flower & AM Blignaut1 (7) · RR 0.86
7thGW Flower & SM Ervine27 (36) · RR 4.50
8thGW Flower & HH Streak3 (8) · RR 2.25
9thGW Flower & S Matsikenyeri0 (2) · RR 0.00
10thDT Hondo & S Matsikenyeri1 (5) · RR 1.20

Boundary Breakdown

CB Wishart43 · 37% bdy
A Flower38 · 11% bdy
GW Flower31 · 52% bdy
TJ Friend21 · 76% bdy
DA Marillier19 · 42% bdy
SM Ervine12 · 33% bdy
T Taibu2 · 0% bdy
HH Streak2 · 0% bdy
AM Blignaut1 · 0% bdy
S Matsikenyeri1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	9.5	0	46	2	4.68
PW Gunaratne	7.0	0	33	2	4.71
PA de Silva	9.0	1	36	1	4.00
M Muralitharan	7.0	0	22	1	3.14
ST Jayasuriya	6.0	0	30	3	5.00
CRD Fernando	3.0	0	10	1	3.33

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

MS Atapattu & KC Sangakkara put on 52 runs from 38 balls at 8.21 run rate for the 4th wicket.

Sri Lanka innings

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Sharpest wicket cluster

3 wickets in 7 balls — DT Hondo fell at 182/10 (41.5 ov).

Zimbabwe innings

Turning over

Over 41: ST Jayasuriya took 2 wickets 2 runs.

Zimbabwe innings

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Ball-by-ball replay

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

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Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–10) · Middle (11–40) · Death (41–50)

Sri Lanka

256/5 (50.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

29/0· RR 2.90

BatMS Atapattu14 (27)BowlHH Streak0/10 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

145/2· RR 4.83

BatMS Atapattu64 (77)BowlHH Streak1/12 (3.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

82/3· RR 8.20

BatKC Sangakkara35 (25)BowlDT Hondo1/23 (3.0)

Zimbabwe

182/10 (41.5)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

61/1· RR 6.10

BatCB Wishart24 (34)BowlPW Gunaratne1/21 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

118/6· RR 3.93

BatA Flower38 (51)BowlWPUJC Vaas1/5 (4.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

3/3· RR 1.64

BatHH Streak1 (3)BowlST Jayasuriya2/2 (1.0)

Commentary567 balls

End of over 42
··1·W
Zimbabwe 182/10
42.5
WPUJC Vaas to DT Hondo, OUT! Bowled.
42.4
WPUJC Vaas to DT Hondo, no run.
42.3
WPUJC Vaas to S Matsikenyeri, 1 run.
42.2
WPUJC Vaas to S Matsikenyeri, no run.
42.1
WPUJC Vaas to S Matsikenyeri, no run.
End of over 41
11·W·W
Zimbabwe 181/9
41.6
ST Jayasuriya to GW Flower, OUT! Caught and bowled.
41.5
ST Jayasuriya to GW Flower, no run.
41.4
ST Jayasuriya to HH Streak, OUT! Caught by MS Atapattu.
41.3
ST Jayasuriya to HH Streak, no run.
41.2
ST Jayasuriya to GW Flower, 1 run.
41.1
ST Jayasuriya to HH Streak, 1 run.
End of over 40
·W···1
Zimbabwe 179/7
40.6
WPUJC Vaas to HH Streak, 1 run.
40.5
WPUJC Vaas to HH Streak, no run.
40.4
WPUJC Vaas to HH Streak, no run.
40.3
WPUJC Vaas to HH Streak, no run.
40.2
WPUJC Vaas to SM Ervine, OUT! Bowled.
40.1
WPUJC Vaas to SM Ervine, no run.
End of over 39
·1·4··
Zimbabwe 178/6
39.6
M Muralitharan to GW Flower, no run.
39.5
M Muralitharan to GW Flower, no run.
39.4
M Muralitharan to GW Flower, FOUR!
39.3
M Muralitharan to GW Flower, no run.
39.2
M Muralitharan to SM Ervine, 1 run.
39.1
M Muralitharan to SM Ervine, no run.
End of over 38
·12·14
Zimbabwe 173/6
38.6
CRD Fernando to GW Flower, FOUR!
38.5
CRD Fernando to SM Ervine, 1 run.