The Zimbabwe cricket team made their first tour of Sri Lanka in September 1996, playing two Test Matches. Sri Lanka won the Test series 2-0:
- 1st Test @ R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
- 2nd Test @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo – Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Test series
1st Test
| 11–14 September Scorecard |
Sri Lanka 
|
v |  Zimbabwe
|
| 349 (106.3 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 75 (192) Paul Strang 5/106 (34.3 overs) |
145 (72.4 overs) Craig Wishart 51 (205) Chaminda Vaas 4/73 (22 overs) | |
| 127 (73.3 overs) Grant Flower 27 (112) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/33 (20.3 overs) |
| Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and B. C. Cooray (SL) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Craig Evans and Guy Whittall (Zim) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
| 18–21 September Scorecard |
| Zimbabwe
|
v | Sri Lanka
|
| 141 (53.1 overs) Grant Flower 52 (180) Jayantha Silva 4/16 (10.1 overs) |
350/8d (133.5 overs) Hashan Tillakaratne 126* (326) Paul Strang 4/66 (38 overs) | |
| 235 (113.3 overs) Ali Shah 62 (268) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/94 (41 overs) |
30/0 (6.4 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 18* Paul Strang 0/13 (3 overs) |
| Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Cyril Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: Hashan Tillakaratne (SL) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat.
References
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