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Kulasekara, Mendis demolish Zimbabwe

A fine display from Ed Rainsford and a disciplined performance from the spinners helped Zimbabwe restrict Sri Lanka to 210 in the second match of the Tri-Nation Tournament in Bangladesh

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AD Mathews
AD Mathews
52(96) 1x4 - 2x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 14 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 0 7 3 4 3 20 15
WU Tharanga
WU Tharanga
43(56) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
0 4 12 6 3 0 4 14

Best performances - Bowlers

KMDN Kulasekara
KMDN Kulasekara
O7
M2
R13
W3
Eco1.85
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
BAW Mendis
O5.2
M0
R15
W3
Eco2.81
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45

Match days

12 January 2009 (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0

Sri Lanka storm home by 130 runs. Quite a walkover really after Zimbabwe wobbled to Kulasekara early on. Some of the indiscreet shots gave the impression that they had given up already.

Mendis beat Ajit Agarkar's record for the fastest to 50 ODI wickets. Agarkar did it in 23 games but Mendis managed it in just 19. And he has an average of 10.

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Sld, from United States: "Another typical outing by Zimbabwe and clinical thrashing by Sri Lanka. Well at least you guys get to enjoy the rest of the day and I can go to sleep early."

Utseya: "We didn't put up a fight. No excuses for the way we played. The bowling has been good. The batsmen should apply themselves a bit more."

Jayawardene: "The toss does play a crucial part for the 9am start. Angelo, Mubarak and Tharanga guided us through the difficult period. The wicket surprises us everyday. It played differently in the morning. "

Angelo Mathews is the Man of the Match: He says: "When I went out to bat the wicket was doing a bit. I've played on these types of wickets of before. I'm thankful to the seniors."

So Sri Lanka have gained a bonus point. Zimbabwe have four and Bangladesh will be under immense pressure to beat Sri Lanka convincingly on Wednesday to give themselves a shot at the final. That's it from us. Do join us on the 14th for the final league game. Cheers!

28.2
W
Mendis to Mupariwa, OUT, it's all over, Mupariwa gets on his knee early to slog him away but he fails to get the desired elevation and finds Tharanga at deep midwicket, easy take and Zimbabwe are bowled out for less than 100 for the 4th time against Sri Lanka

T Mupariwa c Tharanga b Mendis 0 (11m 9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

28.1
0
Mendis to Mupariwa, no run, comes on straight, he defends it away

END OF OVER:
28 | (wicket maiden) | ZIM: 80/9 (131 runs required from 22 overs, RR: 2.85, RRR: 5.95)

  • Ed Rainsford0 (1b)
  • Tawanda Mupariwa0 (7b)
  • Muthiah Muralidaran3-1-4-2
  • Ajantha Mendis5-0-15-2
27.6
0
Muralidaran to Rainsford, no run, drifts in to the right-hander and he blocks it away off the meat of the bat
27.5
W
Muralidaran to Chigumbura, OUT, comes round the wicket and delivers the doosra, the turn beats the outside edge and he lunges forward but fails to drag his foot back in time, Sangakkara is sharp enough to whip off the bails in a flash

E Chigumbura st †Sangakkara b Muralidaran 6 (24m 25b 0x4 0x6) SR: 24.00

27.4
0
Muralidaran to Chigumbura, no run, flights it on middle and leg, he thrusts forward and defends
27.3
0
Muralidaran to Chigumbura, no run, flights it on the pads and he works it to midwicket

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15H MasakadzaV Sibanda
2nd1H MasakadzaS Matsikenyeri
3rd11T TaibuS Matsikenyeri
4th20S MatsikenyeriSC Williams
5th6S MatsikenyeriP Utseya
6th17KM DabengwaP Utseya
7th3KM DabengwaE Chigumbura
8th5RW PriceE Chigumbura
9th2T MupariwaE Chigumbura
10th0T MupariwaEC Rainsford