Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2004

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April and May 2004 to play 2 Test matches and 5 Limited Overs Internationals.[1] The next time Zimbabwe played Sri Lanka in a Test match was in October 2016.[2]

Sri Lankans in Zimbabwe 2004
 
  Zimbabwe Sri Lanka
Dates 20 April 2004 – 17 May 2004
Captains Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu
Mahela Jayawardene (4th ODI)
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Dion Ebrahim (115) Marvan Atapattu (419)
Most wickets Tinashe Panyangara (4) Muttiah Muralitharan (14)
Player of the series Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
One Day International series
Results Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Tatenda Taibu (169) Kumar Sangakkara (136)
Most wickets Tawanda Mupariwa (4) Muttiah Muralitharan (10)
Player of the series Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe)

Squads
ZimbabweSri Lanka
Tatenda Taibu (c; wk)Marvan Atapattu (c)
Dion EbrahimPrasanna Jayawardene (wk)
Elton ChigumburaMahela Jayawardene
Douglas HondoKumar Sangakkara
Blessing MahwireSanath Jayasuriya
Alester MaregwedeTillakaratne Dilshan
Stuart MatsikenyeriThilan Samaraweera
Tawanda MupariwaDinusha Fernando
Mluleki NkalaChaminda Vaas
Tinashe PanyangaraMuttiah Muralitharan
Brendan TaylorUpul Chandana
Prosper UtseyaIan Daniel
Mark VermeulenRangana Herath
Thilina Kandamby
Farveez Maharoof
Nuwan Zoysa
Russel Arnold

ODI series

1st ODI
20 April
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
211/6 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
144/4 (27 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 96 (151)
Nuwan Zoysa 3/21 (7 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 73 (72)
Douglas Hondo 2/34 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 12 runs (D/L method)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe)

2nd ODI
22 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
136 (36.4overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
139/1 (20.5 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 35 (57)
Chaminda Vaas 4/38 (10 overs)
Saman Jayantha 74 (64)
Tinashe Panyangara 1/40 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) and Ian Howell (SA)
Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI
25 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
35 (18 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
40/1 (9.2 overs)
Dion Ebrahim 7 (10)
Chaminda Vaas 4/11 (9 overs)
Saman Jayantha 28* (26)
Douglas Hondo 1/11 (5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chaminda Vaas took 300 wickets in ODI
  • Zimbabwe's score of 35 was the lowest ever score in ODIs till 12 February 2020. USA scored 35 against Nepal in 12 overs and hence tied the record with Zimbabwe [3]

Test series

1st Test
6–8 May
Scorecard
v
199 (71.2 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 40 (108)
Muttiah Muralitharan 6/45 (24.2 overs)
541 (125.1 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 170 (253)
Blessing Mahwire 3/97 (18 overs)
102 (32 overs)
Mluleki Nkala 24 (50)
Nuwan Zoysa 5/20 (9.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 240 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

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2nd Test
14–17 May
Scorecard
v
228 (75 overs)
Dion Ebrahim 70 (112)
Chaminda Vaas 3/41 (19 overs)
713/3d (165.3 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 270 (365)
Mluleki Nkala 1/111 (32 overs)
231 (75.1 overs)
Dion Ebrahim 42 (103)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/79 (28.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 254 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

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References
  1. CricketArchive – tour itinerary. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  2. "Herath set for captaincy debut in Zimbabwe's 100th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283987.html
  4. CricketArchive – 1st Test scorecard. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
  5. CricketArchive – 2nd Test scorecard. Retrieved on 14 December 2010.
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