Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe 2017: One-off Test, Day 2 – Statistical Highlights

Zimbabwe will fancy their chance on day 3 after reducing Sri Lanka to 293/7 in good batting conditions after the home side had an 84-run opening stand. Captain Graeme Cremer played a crucial role in his team’s success on the 2nd day after they added only 12 runs to their overnight score before getting bowled out. Upul Tharanga and Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal scored fifties while Cremer picked up 3 wickets.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the day’s play.

2 – Dinesh Chandimal is only the 2nd player since 1999 to hit the first ball he faced as a Test captain for a boundary. Daren Ganga also hit a boundary on the very first ball he faced as Test captain.

3 – Chandimal became the 3rd Sri Lankan captain to score a fifty in his captaincy debut after Somachandra de Silva and Tillakaratne Dilshan. Somachandra scored in his 2nd innings of the Test while Dilshan scored in his maiden innings.

30 – Number of 5-wicket hauls for Rangana Herath in Tests; the 5th most by any player. He went past Glenn McGrath who has taken 29 five-fers.

55 – Chandimal’s 55 is the highest score for a Sri Lankan in his maiden Test as captain. Somachandra scored 52 against New Zealand in 1983 while Dilshan scored 50 vs England in 2011.

142 – Lowest first innings lead Sri Lanka has taken in the seven Tests they have played against Zimbabwe since 2000. They still trail by 63 runs with only 3 wickets in hand.

160 – Craig Ervine’s 160 is the 11th highest individual score by a Zimbabwe player in Test cricket and the 3rd highest outside Zimbabwe. This is also the highest score since Brendon Taylor’s 171 in 2013 against Bangladesh at Harare.

333 – Last time a non-Asian batsman before Ervine scored 160 or more in Tests in Sri Lanka was Chris Gayle in 2010 when he scored 333.

356 – Zimbabwe’s total of 356 in the first innings is their highest total in Test cricket in Sri Lanka. The previous highest was 338 in 1998 at Kandy.