- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.6 Chipped in the air, this time into the lap of short midwicket. Just short of a good length and outside off, the ball sticks in the pitch a touch and foils Hamilton's attempt to pull it over midwicket. He simply lobs a catch. Soft as wax, much-needed breakthrough for SL, who are sweating over the fitness of Pradeep 44/113.3 this is a proper bouncer, aimed at the armpit. Thisara has three wickets in three overs. He springs a surprise on the batsman, who is in no position to hook it away. Instead, Mire gloves a catch behind to Dickwella 56/311.4 Ervine slumps to his knees after a loose, loose shot. He chases after this full ball wide outside off and aims to drive this on the up with no feet. He sends an outside edge to wide slip. Tharanga secures his second catch. Good, low take 49/237.4 Thisara bounces out Taylor. Chest-high short ball on the off stump, cramps the batsman for room and rushes him into a hook shot. Taylor can only top-edge it to long leg. Fourth wicket for Thisara 171/716.4 square leg has taken a blinder. Kusal Mendis has plucked one out of nowhere. This was the fielder's wicket. And it's the in-form Raza. Sees the length which is full and rightly decides to sweep. Does so uppishly and really it should have gone over Mendis. But he thought otherwise. Flings himself up with his back arched and snaffles it with both hands with very little time to react 73/428.6 Umpire Masudur Rahman, on debut, raises his finger and gives Waller out caught behind. Full and drifting away outside off - possibly a googly - Waller dares to slog-sweep across the line and against the break. He can only under-edge it behind to Dickwella 139/529.4 Horrible mix-up, and Moor is run out without even facing a ball! Short of a length and cramps Taylor for room, tucked away to deep backward square leg. The throw from the deep isn't really accurate but Dickwella collects it and swipes the bails off quickly to catch Moor short despite a full-stretch dive. The keeper capitalised on the mix-up 140/643.2 leg-stump uprooted. Cremer's gone.The last recognised batsman. A back of a length delivery, and some seam movement and probably some reverse swing as it cuts in sharply to get past the inside edge 198/941.3 in-drifter that flattens off-stump. Scrambled-seam fullish delivery well outside off. Jarvis is pushing forward without any movement of the feet. Has to bend forward substantially and the ball cuts back in to hit the stumps. No position to play that 191/843.6 and now the middle stump has been pegged back. Cross-seamer again. On a length and coming on straight. No feet movement, big gap between bat and pad, and it's all enough for the ball to sneak through 198/10Extras23 (lb 8, w 15)TOTAL198 all out (44 Overs, RR: 4.5)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Hamilton Masakadza, 9.6 ov), 2-49 (Craig Ervine, 11.4 ov), 3-56 (Solomon Mire, 13.3 ov), 4-73 (Sikandar Raza, 16.4 ov), 5-139 (Malcolm Waller, 28.6 ov), 6-140 (Peter Moor, 29.4 ov), 7-171 (Brendan Taylor, 37.4 ov), 8-191 (Kyle Jarvis, 41.3 ov), 9-198 (Graeme Cremer, 43.2 ov), 10-198 (Blessing Muzarabani, 43.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB RAS Lakmal 7 0 23 0 3.28 26 2 0 0 0 N Pradeep 8 2 28 3 3.50 38 4 0 2 0 NLTC Perera 8 0 33 4 4.12 33 4 0 2 0 A Dananjaya 10 0 45 0 4.50 29 3 0 2 0 PADLR Sandakan 10 0 57 2 5.70 26 5 0 5 0 DAS Gunaratne 1 0 4 0 4.00 2 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR21.5 Murray, the sub keeper, snaps up the outside edge. Good length and angling away wide outside off, Kusal Perera has a lazy waft at it a long way away from the body and nicks it behind. No fifty for him and his fitness is under the cloud as well 103/29.1 oh my, that's some terrible shot selection. Tries to cut from right in front of the stumps. It has cut in from a back of a length and come in so sharply that it almost took the glove. Inside edge and onto the stumps 33/123.6 Kusal Mendis shuffles a fair way across off stump and exposes the leg stump. He grants Muzarabani free access to hit the leg stump. The bowler sends the leg stump cartwheeling. The batsman aimed to clip it away to the leg side but made no contact. No fifty for Mendis as well. Both set batsmen are gone 110/325.3 slashes at a short and wide delivery and hang on, he's got a clear edge here. Oh, dear! Sri Lanka making this way harder for themselves. It was turning out to be a cruise. This was really not a delivery that deserved a wicket 117/434.4 Murray takes a stunner. Gunaratne pays the price for shuffling across and then trying to slap it. Cramped himself up and gets an edge. Murray flings himself to his right and grabs an aerial catch 145/5Extras7 (lb 3, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL202/5 (44.5 Overs, RR: 4.5)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Upul Tharanga, 9.1 ov), 2-103 (Kusal Perera, 21.5 ov), 3-110 (Kusal Mendis, 23.6 ov), 4-117 (Niroshan Dickwella, 25.3 ov), 5-145 (Asela Gunaratne, 34.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KM Jarvis 9 0 34 1 3.77 29 2 0 2 0 TL Chatara 9.5 1 40 1 4.06 38 2 2 1 0 B Muzarabani 10 0 52 3 5.20 30 5 1 0 1 Sikandar Raza 7 0 44 0 6.28 14 5 0 0 0 AG Cremer 9 0 29 0 3.22 32 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
12:00 start, First Session 12.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-16.15, Second Session 16.15-19.45
Match days
21 January 2018 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 4, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 143 runs, 6 wickets)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 64/3 in 15.0 overs (BRM Taylor 3, Sikandar Raza 5)
- Over 17.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - MN Waller (Upheld)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 22.3 overs (135 balls), Extras 17
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (BRM Taylor 30, MN Waller 16, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe - 145/6 in 31.0 overs (BRM Taylor 47, AG Cremer 2)
- BRM Taylor: 50 off 63 balls (6 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (193 balls), Extras 20
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 11 runs, 3 wickets)
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 198/10 in 44.0 overs (TL Chatara 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- RC Murray kept wickets for BRM Taylor from over no 6. First instance of a sub keeper in international cricket after the rule changes.
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 133 runs, 4 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 12.1 overs (74 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 72/1 in 15.5 overs (MDKJ Perera 39, BKG Mendis 13)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (MDKJ Perera 28, BKG Mendis 21, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 21.1 overs (128 balls), Extras 3
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 132/4 in 32.0 overs (LD Chandimal 14, DAS Gunaratne 5)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 35.6 overs (217 balls), Extras 5
- Over 38.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - Masudur Rahman, Batsman - LD Chandimal (Struck down)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 0 wicket)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (LD Chandimal 15, NLTC Perera 33, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 44.5 overs (270 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
All Match NewsChandimal wants more from his batsmen
Sri Lanka's stand-in captain was pleased to take points from the game, but felt his side could have taken the bonus point too if only his batsmen did not waste the starts they got
Thisara Perera's all-round brilliance keeps Sri Lanka alive
The allrounder followed figures of 4 for 33 - his best since 2012 - with an unbeaten 39 off 26 balls to give Sri Lanka their first points in the tri-series
Ervine credits Vikings for Raza's hot streak
Sri Lanka must contend with Sikandar Raza's contentment in Bangladesh conditions after his success in the BPL
Bruised Sri Lanka battle to stay alive
Sri Lanka's dire start to the new year has made Zimbabwe unlikely favourites, and another defeat will see Dinesh Chandimal's team crash out of the tri-series