| Match : | ICC Cricket World Cup - 26th Match, Group A |
| Ground : | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
| Toss : | Zim won toss, elected to Bowl |
| Match Refree : | BC Broad (England) |
| Umpires : | M Erasmus (South Africa),NJ Llong (England),AL Hill (New Zealand) |
| Match Status : | SL won by 139 runs |
Batting - Sri Lanka
| Batting | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) |
| Upul Tharanga | C chigumbura B mpofu | 134 | 141 | 17 | 0 | 95.04 |
| T M Dilshan | C panyangara B utseya | 144 | 131 | 16 | 1 | 109.92 |
| Thissara Perera | C chigumbura B price | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| M Jayawardene | C chakabva B mpofu | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 |
| K Sangakkara | Not Out | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 157.14 |
| AD Mathews | C chigumbura B mpofu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Silva | C panyangara B mpofu | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200 |
| T T Samaraweera | Not Out | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.29 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M Muralitharan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lasith Malinga | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Extras:(b 2, lb 3, w 9, nb 1) | 15 | | | | | |
| Total:( 6 wkts, 50 overs) | 327 | Run Rate: 6.52 | ||||
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Bowling – Zimbabwe
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | N | Wd | Econ. |
| C Mpofu | 7 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8.86 |
| T Panyangara | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.5 |
| R W Price | 9 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.11 |
| E Chigumbura | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| P Utseya | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| A Cremer | 7 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Greg Lamb | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.38 |
Batting – Zimbabwe
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| Batting | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) |
| B Taylor | C jayawardene B mathews | 80 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 111.11 |
| RW Chakabva | B muralitharan | 35 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 57.38 |
| T Taibu | C sangakkara B mathews | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| P Utseya | Stumped sangakkara B dilshan | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Craig Ervine | LBW dilshan | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 80.95 |
| E Chigumbura | C perera B muralitharan | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Greg Lamb | C jayawardene B dilshan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A Cremer | Not Out | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 51.85 |
| R W Price | C samaraweera B perera | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 73.33 |
| T Panyangara | LBW dilshan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Mpofu | B muralitharan | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Extras:(b 2, lb 2, w 12, nb 0) | 16 | | | | | |
| Total:( 10 wkts, 39 overs) | 188 | Run Rate: 4.82 | ||||
| Fall of Wickets : | 116/1(RW Chakabva), 125/2(T Taibu), 132/3(B Taylor), 150/4(P Utseya), 156/5(Craig Ervine), 156/6(Greg Lamb), 165/7(E Chigumbura), 185/8(R W Price), 185/9(T Panyangara), 188/10(C Mpofu) |
Bowling - Sri Lanka
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | N | Wd | Econ. |
| Lasith Malinga | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.38 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.12 |
| Thissara Perera | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| M Muralitharan | 9 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 |
| AD Mathews | 5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| T M Dilshan | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
