ZIM vs SL Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

4th ODI • Bulawayo

ZIM

165 (32.2)

169/1 (33.1)

SL won by 9 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

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Table

Venue Details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

PitchSpinning Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

250Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

198Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

ZIM

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

5- 5

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

283

Average Score

165

408/6

Highest Score

269/4

214/7

Lowest Score

76/10

Player of the Match Maheesh Theekshana

4/25

Player of the Series Sean Williams

ZIM

Info

Zimbabwe

165/10 (32.2)

Batters

Joylord Gumbie

0.00

c Nissanka b Madushanka

Craig Ervine

107.69

c Mendis b Madushanka

Wesley Madhevere

20.00

c Shanaka b Madushanka

Sean Williams

98.25

b Theekshana

Sikandar Raza

60.78

c Madushanka b Shanaka

Ryan Burl

106.67

b Theekshana

Luke Jongwe

83.33

lbw b Theekshana

Wellington Masakadza

23.53

Not out

Brad Evans

87.50

lbw b Pathirana

Richard Ngarava

0.00

b Pathirana

Blessing Muzarabani

0.00

b Theekshana

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 2, W: 15)

TOTAL

(32.2 Ov, RR: 5.1)

165/10

Bowlers

EXT

Dilshan Madushanka

3.00

Dasun Shanaka

6.00

Maheesh Theekshana

8.2

3.00

Matheesha Pathirana

6.00

Wanindu Hasaranga

5.43

Dhananjaya de Silva

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Joylord Gumbie

c Nissanka b Madushanka

1-2

0.5

Wesley Madhevere

c Shanaka b Madushanka

2-8

2.1

Craig Ervine

c Mendis b Madushanka

3-30

6.1

Sikandar Raza

c Madushanka b Shanaka

4-98

19.4

Sean Williams

b Theekshana

5-127

22.5

Ryan Burl

b Theekshana

6-130

24.4

Luke Jongwe

lbw b Theekshana

7-144

28.1

Brad Evans

lbw b Pathirana

8-164

31.2

Richard Ngarava

b Pathirana

9-164

31.5

Blessing Muzarabani

b Theekshana

10-165

32.2

Sri Lanka

169/1 (33.1)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

101

102

99.02

Not out

Dimuth Karunaratne

53.57

c Evans b Ngarava

Kusal Mendis

59.52

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(33.1 Ov, RR: 5.1)

169/1

Did not Bat

Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowlers

EXT

Richard Ngarava

5.00

Blessing Muzarabani

3.50

Brad Evans

7.00

Sikandar Raza

3.86

Ryan Burl

7.50

Wellington Masakadza

5.1

5.61

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dimuth Karunaratne

c Evans b Ngarava

1-103

19.5

Match Info

Date & Time

02 Jul, 12:30 PM IST

Venue

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

Match

4th ODI,

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Leslie Reifer(West Indies), Roly Black(Ireland), Allahudien Paleker(South Africa, TV)

Referee

Muhammad Javed(Pakistan)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

1 0 0 1 1 0

Over 31

Runs: 3

1 0 1 0 4 1

Over 32

Runs: 7

0 0 0 1 0 0

Over 33

Runs: 1

1wd 4

Over 34

Runs: 5

All Overs

Player of the Match Maheesh Theekshana

4/25

Player of the Series Sean Williams

Commentary

That's all from us for now. But don't go anywhere. The second Ashes Test at Lord's is gearing up for a dramatic finish. You can follow the game right here! This is Karthik Raj and Bala signing off. Good-bye!

Well, then. Sri Lanka seal the World Cup spot by extending their unbeaten run in the tournament. They have been top notch throughout the qualifiers and definitely deserve to be the first team to book the spot.

The net run rate has taken a pounding for Zimbabwe after this defeat. The game against Scotland is going to be virtual semifinal now.

Dasun Shanaka (captain, Sri Lanka): Coming for qualifiers, we knew it was always tough. If we go through process, we believed that we are going to qualify. Credit to the other teams, they have played some good cricket and some teams gave us good challenge, but we came out better side. He (Dilshan Madushanka)has been outstanding. These bunch of players, they have got their own skills. They utilize the conditions, that is important. Knowing our strengths in batting and bowling is important. That is what has brought us success. We play one step at a time, every game, we don't take it easy. We want to play as hard as we can. West Indies game, we won't take nicely. We want to prove that we are the better team. It's a big achievement. But you know what we have done in the past. We have won it in 1996, and were runners up in 2011. It's much needed for Sri Lanka to be appearing in the big stage. The pressure begins in the big stage. World Cup is the main focus and the main target for us.

Craig Ervine (captain, Zimbabwe): I thought it was challenging batting first. A couple of soft dismissals early on. Losing three wickets early put us on the back foot. He (Maheesh Theekshana) is a veteran, done it on numerous occasions. The partnership between Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza seemed to be getting us back, but he came back and destroyed our middle order. We couldn't recover from there. I don't think we need to prepare any different (for the game against Scotland). We have played some very good cricket, but SL was better than us today.

Maheesh Theekshana (Player of the Match): We had some good plans. After the first ten overs, we didn't execute the plans well. I had a chat with Dasun and made changes some changes in the field-set. Because we lost Lahiru, I knew I was going to bowl well with the new ball. Sikandar and Seal were batting brilliantly in that period, I knew we needed a wicket. Think I executed the plan and did well. Knew that we had to win all the games in this tournament. We still have two games left and have to win those too!

Sri Lanka 169/1 (33.1 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 101*(102) | Dimuth Karunaratne 30(56)
Richard Ngarava 1/35 (7)

It was a cakewalk for Sri Lanka in the end. The bowlers had done all what was necessary in the first half of the game, dismissing the opposition for just 165 runs. The target was not going to be a challenging one, given that the track did not have a lot to offer for the bowlers.

Openers Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne took their time at the start, trying to ensure that they don't lose early wickets. That was the only way Zimbabwe might have made their way back into this game. Karunaratne played cautiously as his partner kept finding boundaries at the other end. It became even more easy once the shine was a bit off.

Richard Ngarava created a chance early in the innings when Karunaratne clipped one straight into the hands of Bradley Evans at mid-wicket, but he failed to hold on. There wasn't much on offer after that. The ball hardly went past the edge and both batters seemed comfortable. It took a short ball from Ngarava in the 20th over of the innings to induce a false shot from Karunaratne which found the fielder at fineleg. The pair had put on 103 runs by then.

Nissanka continued to find the boundary regularly ensuring that the bowlers were never allowed to dominate the proceedings. He scored freely and reached his second ODI century off just 102 deliveries. Kusal Mendis gave him good support after the dismissal of his opening partner.

Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani bowled with a lot of heart but failed to make much happen. There wasn't a lot happening for the spinners as well, but Sikandar Raza did his job as usual, keeping the scoring rate down and conceding less than 4 runs an over.

Sri Lanka win by 9 wickets with 16.5 overs remaining!

Sri Lanka win! And Pathum Nissanka gets his HUNDRED! Second century for him in ODI cricket!

33.1 Wellington Masakadza to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! NISSANKA GETS HIS HUNDRED AND SRI LANKA WIN! Full-toss bowled wide of off, Nissanka drags the slog-sweep over mid-wicket for a boundary. With this, Sri Lanka seal their place in the 2023 World Cup in India!

33.1 Wellington Masakadza to Pathum Nissanka, short and outside the tramline, WIDE called!

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