Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20 explained

Series Name:Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2019–20
Team1 Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Team1 Name:Zimbabwe
Team2 Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
Team2 Name:Sri Lanka
From Date:19
To Date:31 January 2020
Team1 Captain:Sean Williams
Team2 Captain:Dimuth Karunaratne
No Of Tests:2
Team1 Tests Won:0
Team2 Tests Won:1
Team1 Tests Most Runs:Sean Williams (217)
Team2 Tests Most Runs:Angelo Mathews (277)
Team1 Tests Most Wickets:Sikandar Raza (11)
Team2 Tests Most Wickets:Lasith Embuldeniya (13)
Player Of Test Series:Angelo Mathews (SL)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Zimbabwe in January 2020 to play two Test matches.[1] [2] It was the first tour of Zimbabwe since the International Cricket Council (ICC) lifted its suspension on Zimbabwe Cricket, due to government interference, in October 2019.[3] Zimbabwe last played Test cricket in November 2018, in a two-match series against Bangladesh.[4] [5] The two teams last played a Test match against each other in July 2017, with Sri Lanka winning by four wickets.[6] Zimbabwe have never beaten Sri Lanka in a Test match.[7] Zimbabwe last played a home Test match in November 2017, against the West Indies.[8]

In December 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the tour would take place following their tour of India.[9] [10] In January 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the tour schedule.[11] Zimbabwe Cricket also named Sean Williams as their new Test captain,[12] replacing Hamilton Masakadza who took up the role of Director of Cricket.[13]

Ten days before the first Test, Zimbabwe Cricket named a provisional squad of twenty-five players for the tour.[14] On 15 January 2020, Zimbabwe named their final squad for the tour, which included five players uncapped at Test level.[15] Three of those five cricketers made their debut in the opening day of the first Test of the series,[16] with Brian Mudzinganyama making his Test debut on day four, as a concussion substitute.[17] Mudzinganyama became the first cricketer to make his Test debut as a substitute.[18] Sri Lanka won the match by ten wickets,[19] to take a 1–0 lead in the series.[20] The second Test finished in a draw, therefore Sri Lanka won the series.[21]

Squads

Tinotenda Mutombodzi was added to Zimbabwe's squad for the second Test as a replacement to Kyle Jarvis, who was ruled out due to an injury.[24]

Test series

2nd Test

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced . International Cricket Council . 11 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Men's Future Tours Programme . 11 January 2019 . International Cricket Council.
  3. Web site: 'Further sanctions would have been disastrous' - Zimbabwe Cricket chairman . ESPN Cricinfo . 19 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Zimbabwe: Chevrons Set to Bounce Back . The Herald . 4 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput confirms two-match Test series at home against Sri Lanka this month . First Post . 8 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two-Test series in January . International Cricket Council . 8 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Chatara ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests with bicep injury . International Cricket Council . 15 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Fixtures for Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe announced . The Papare . 8 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Sri Lanka Cricket confirms tour of Zimbabwe . The Papare . 28 December 2019.
  10. Web site: Sri Lanka confirm cricket tour of Zimbabwe . New Zimbabwe . 28 December 2019.
  11. Web site: Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two Tests in January . ESPN Cricinfo . 8 January 2020.
  12. Web site: Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two Test matches in January . The Cricketer . 8 January 2019.
  13. Web site: Cricket-Zimbabwe to host Sri Lanka for two tests in hastily arranged tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20200108102103/https://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4N29D1ZL . dead . 8 January 2020 . Reuters . 8 January 2019.
  14. Web site: Domestic first-class tournament stalls in Zimbabwe . ESPN Cricinfo . 9 January 2020.
  15. Web site: No PJ Moor, Ryan Burl as Sean Williams captains Zimbabwe . ESPN Cricinfo . 15 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Sri Lanka toil hard on batting-friendly Harare wicket . The Papare . 20 January 2020.
  17. Web site: Mudzinganyama replaces Kasuza as concussion substitute . Cricbuzz . 22 January 2020.
  18. Web site: Does Jason Gillespie have the lowest average of any Test double-centurion? . ESPN Cricinfo . 28 January 2020.
  19. Web site: Kumara blows away Zimbawean tail; Sri Lanka win by 10 wickets . The Papare . 24 January 2020.
  20. Web site: Sri Lanka break through Chakabva resistance to take series lead . International Cricket Council . 24 January 2020.
  21. Web site: Kusal Mendis century guides Sri Lanka to safety and series win . International Cricket Council . 31 January 2020.
  22. Web site: Chatara ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests . Cricbuzz . 15 January 2020.
  23. Web site: Kusal out, Lakmal in – Sri Lanka squad for Zimbabwe tour 2020 . The Papare . 14 January 2020.
  24. Web site: Sri Lanka riding on Lahiru Kumara's promise while Zimbabwe lose Kyle Jarvis to injury . ESPN Cricinfo . 27 January 2020.

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