Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2008–09

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in November 2008 to play 5 Limited Overs Internationals.^[1]

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

1st ODI

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

2nd ODI

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

3rd ODI

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

4th ODI

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

5th ODI

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

Tour Matches

First Class:TBC v Sri Lankans

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