# Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 1999–2000

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in November and December 1999 to play 3 Test matches and 5 ODIs.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe | Sri Lanka |
| Andy Flower (wk) (c) | Sanath Jayasuriya (c) | Andy Flower (wk) (c) | Sanath Jayasuriya (c) |
| Grant Flower | Marvan Atapattu | Alistair Campbell | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) |
| Gavin Rennie | Russel Arnold | Grant Flower | Marvan Atapattu |
| Murray Goodwin | Mahela Jayawardene | Trevor Madondo | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Neil Johnson | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Murray Goodwin | Russel Arnold |
| Alistair Campbell | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) | Gavin Rennie | Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Guy Whittall | Indika de Saram | Guy Whittall | Upul Chandana |
| Gary Brent | Chaminda Vaas | Gary Brent | Chaminda Vaas |
| Bryan Strang | Indika Gallage | Andy Whittall | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Andy Whittall | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | Henry Olonga | Pramodya Wickramasinghe |
| Henry Olonga | Muttiah Muralitharan | Pommie Mbangwa | Sajeewa de Silva |
| Trevor Gripper | Nuwan Zoysa | John Rennie | Ravindra Pushpakumara |
| Everton Matambanadzo | Ravindra Pushpakumara | Stuart Carlisle | Indika de Saram |
| Craig Wishart | | Eddo Brandes | Indika Gallage |
| Ray Price | | Bryan Strang | |
| Eddo Brandes | | | |

## Tour matches
### Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI v Sri Lankans

* 7,8,9 November 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Charles Coventry (ZIM) & Jeff Fenwick (ZIM)
* Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI, who chose to bat

### Zimbabwe Cricket Academy v Sri Lankans

* 12,13 November 1999 Scorecard
* Sri Lankans won by an innings and 132 runs Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe Umpires: Ronald Strang (ZIM) & Justice Tapfumaneyi (ZIM)
* Sri Lankans, who chose to bat

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 18–22 November 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Eddie Nicholls (WIN) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu
* Sri Lanka, who chose to field
* There was no play on the fifth day.
* Indika de Saram, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Indika Gallage (Sri Lanka); Gary Brent (Zimbabwe) made their Test debuts.

### 2nd Test

* 26–30 November 1999 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
* Sri Lanka, who chose to field
* Nuwan Zoysa (SL) became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in their first three balls of a Test.

### 3rd Test

* 4–8 December 1999 Scorecard
* Match drawn Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) & Srinivas Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Russel Arnold & Andy Flower
* Sri Lanka, who chose to field
* There was no play on the fourth day.
* Ray Price (Zim) played his first Test

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 11 December 1999 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 284/9 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 65/1 (14.5 overs) |
| Russel Arnold 56 (53) Gary Brent 4/53 (10 overs) | | Grant Flower 30 (44) Sajeewa de Silva 1/28 (7 overs) |
* No result Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Graeme Evans (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan
* Rain interrupted after 14.5 overs in Zimbabwe innings. After several inspections the Umpires abandoned the match.
* Zimbabwe, who chose to field

### 2nd ODI

* 12 December 1999 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 213 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 200 (49.1 overs) |
| Russel Arnold 103 (121) Guy Whittall 4/34 (10 overs) | | Alistair Campbell 56 (104) Sanath Jayasuriya 4/41 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 13 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Russel Arnold
* Zimbabwe, who chose to field

### 3rd ODI

* 15 December 1999 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 248/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 150 (37 overs) |
| Marvan Atapattu 69 (107) Henry Olonga 4/51 (10 overs) | | Grant Flower 47 (59) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/16 (7 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 98 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Graeme Evans (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Upul Chandana
* Zimbabwe, who chose to field

### 4th ODI

* 18 December 1999 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 260/4 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 262/4 (44.4 overs) |
| Stuart Carlisle 121 (138) Chaminda Vaas 1/44 (10 overs) | | Romesh Kaluwitharana 99 (86) John Rennie 2/36 (8 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ahmed Esat (ZIM) & Russell Tiffin (ZIM) Player of the match: Stuart Carlisle
* Zimbabwe, who chose to bat

### 5th ODI

* 19 December 1999 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 202 (48.2 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 206/4 (46.2 overs) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan 53 (73) Guy Whittall 3/37 (8 overs) | | Grant Flower 52 (71) Upul Chandana 1/33 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) & Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Guy Whittall
* Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
* Indika Gallage made his ODI debut.