Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2008–09

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Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2008–09

	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Dates	13 November 2008 – 30 November 2008
Captains	Mahela Jayawardene	Prosper Utseya
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara 182 Jehan Mubarak 98 Upul Tharanga 78	Hamilton Masakadza 133 Tatenda Taibu 100 Keith Dabengwa 71
Most wickets	Ajantha Mendis 15 Muttiah Muralitharan 11 Nuwan Kulasekara & Thilan Thushara 6	Tawanda Mupariwa 10 Elton Chigumbura 7 Ray Price 4
Player of the series	Ajantha Mendis

It was the first international series for new Zimbabwe coach Walter Chawaguta.^[2]

ODI series

20 November
(scorecard)

Zimbabwe 127 (31 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 130/4 (33.2 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 36* (58) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/14 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 46* (95) Ray Price 2/24 (7 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets^[3]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Kevan Barbour (ZIM)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

22 November
(scorecard)

Zimbabwe 67 (31 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 68/1 (17.4 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 12 (38) Extras (lb 1, w 11) 12 Ajantha Mendis 4/15 (6 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 28 (25) Tawanda Mupariwa 1/18 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets^[4]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Kevan Barbour (ZIM)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis

24 November
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka 171/7 (28 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 166/7 (28 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 57 (59) Tawanda Mupariwa 4/39 (6 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 77 (71) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/20 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka by 5 runs^[5]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Hamilton Masakadza

28 November
(scorecard)

Zimbabwe 146 (46.3 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 150/8 (47.3 overs)
Keith Dabengwa 32 (59) Ajantha Mendis 6/29 (9 overs)		Jehan Mubarak 60* (98) Tawanda Mupariwa 3/34 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets^[6]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis

30 November
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka 152 (48.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 133 (44 overs)
Thilina Kandamby 40 (99) Ed Rainsford 3/22 (8.5 overs)		Keith Dabengwa 39 (91) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/29 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 19 runs^[7]
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Kevan Barbour & Russell Tiffin (both ZIM)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

12–15 November
(scorecard)

Zimbabwe Select XI	v	Sri Lankans
159 (53.3 overs) Elton Chigumbura 33 (103) Ajantha Mendis 4/59 (16.3 overs)		567/4d (151 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 174 (273) Prosper Utseya 3/133 (39 overs)
238/5 (61 overs) Hamilton Masakadza 72 (117) Ajantha Mendis 4/86 (24 overs)

match drawn^[8]
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Umpires: Owen Chirombe & Justice Tapfumaneyi (both ZIM)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan

^ CricketArchive – tour itinerary Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ Price, Steven (3 December 2008). "Chawaguta appears out of his depth". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
^ CricInfo – scorecard. Retrieved 14 December 2010.

v t e International cricket in 2008–09
Preceding season: International cricket in 2008
September 2008	Intercontinental Cup
October 2008	World Cricket League Division 4 Australia in India New Zealand in Bangladesh T20 Quadrangular Series Associates Tri-Series Kenya in South Africa West Indies women in Sri Lanka India women in Australia
November 2008	Bangladesh in South Africa West Indies against Pakistan in UAE England in India New Zealand in Australia (Test) Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe
December 2008	West Indies in New Zealand South Africa in Australia Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
January 2009	Bangladesh Tri-Series Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Sri Lanka in Pakistan England in West Indies World Cricket League Division 3 Zimbabwe in Kenya India in Sri Lanka
February 2009	New Zealand in Australia (ODI) Australia in South Africa India in New Zealand Bangladesh women's Tri-Nation Series
March 2009	Women's World Cup Final
Following season: International cricket in 2009

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