Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1982–83

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The Sri Lankan national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in October 1982 and played two first-class matches against the Zimbabwean national cricket team before Zimbabwe was elevated to Test status. In addition, the teams played a two-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). Sri Lanka were captained by Duleep Mendis and Zimbabwe by John Traicos.[1]

Limited overs series[edit]

1st Limited Overs Match
30 October 1982
(50-over match)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
196/6 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
197/7 (45.5 overs)
Kevin Curran 59
Rumesh Ratnayake 2/38 (10 overs)
Duleep Mendis 53
Vince Hogg 2/29 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Player of the match: Kevin Curran (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe elected to bat first
2nd Limited Overs Match
31 October 1982
(50-over match)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
161 (49 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
162/4 (43 overs)
Duncan Fletcher 60*
Vinothen John 3/22 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Player of the match: Duncan Fletcher (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe elected to field first

4-day match series[edit]

1st match[edit]

5–8 November 1982
(4-day match)
Scorecard
v
416 (131 overs)
Andy Pycroft 128 (249)
Rumesh Ratnayake 4/79 (29 overs)
335 (100.4 overs)
Roy Dias 85 (96)
Peter Rawson 6/82 (27.4 overs)
221/6d (59.5 overs)
Andy Pycroft 81 (100)
Vinothen John 2/29 (8 overs)
126/2 (44 overs)
Roy Dias 61 (80)
Peter Rawson 1/11 (9 overs)
Match drawn
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Patrick Latham
Player of the match: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe elected to bat first

2nd match[edit]

12–14 November 1982
(4-day match)
Scorecard
v
365 (105.3 overs)
Andy Pycroft 96 (187)
Somachandra De Silva 4/145 (35 overs)
104 (29.1 overs)
Ravi Ratnayeke 20 (20)
Kevin Curran 4/24 (7.1 overs)
221 (77.2 overs)
Duleep Mendis 67 (87)
Vince Hogg 6/26 (15 overs)
Zimbabwe won by an innings and 40 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
  • Zimbabwe elected to bat first

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe 1982". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2014.


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