Sri Lankan national cricket team
The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, (; ) nicknamed The Lions, represents Sri Lanka in men's international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test cricket, Test, One-Day International (ODI) and T ...
toured
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
from October to November 2016. The tour was originally scheduled to consist of a two
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, three
One Day International
One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four yea ...
s (ODIs) and a single
Twenty20 international
Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...
(T20I),
but in September 2016 the one-day matches were replaced by a
triangular series featuring
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
, Sri Lanka and the
West Indies
The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...
and that the tour of Zimbabwe would be reduced to just the two Test matches.
Sri Lanka won the series 2–0.
Sri Lanka last played Zimbabwe in a Test match
in 2004.
The first Test of the series was the 100th Test match played by Zimbabwe.
The second Test of the series used the
Decision Review System
The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with the t ...
.
This was the first time the technology was used in a game in Zimbabwe, having previously been unavailable due to cost.
Squads
Angelo Mathews
Angelo Davis Mathews (; ; born 2 June 1987) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the national cricket team in all formats. Mathews plays all formats for Sri Lanka. Mathews was a member of the team that won the 2014 I ...
was ruled out of the tour due to injury and was replaced as captain by
Rangana Herath
Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath (; ; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all forms of cricket game and a former Test cricket captain for Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the ...
.
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
2016 in Sri Lankan cricket
2016 in Zimbabwean cricket
Sri Lankan cricket tours of Zimbabwe
International cricket competitions in 2016–17
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