Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series

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Re: Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series

And again!!! Nuwan Kulasekara has done it for Sri Lanka, angled in towards middle after pitching on off stump, Utseya misses completely and is dead in front. Umpire has no doubt.

Utseya's gone for 31 and it's 8/133 now. This game is now wide open.
 
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Oh dear. Kulasekara's next ball is a full toss on middle which Mupariwa tries to put away but gets a leading edge to Mendis at mid-off.

9/133, Rainsford is the last man in for Zimbabwe. They still need 20 runs to win but they've taken the powerplay now.

Zimbabwe may have blown another opportunity, that's three in this series.
 
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All over. Zimbabwe have blew another golden opportunity to register a win against a much better side. Murali's last ball of the game is a wicket and it turns out to be the final ball bowled also. A great length ball, it spun in sharply, striking Price in line with the stumps and the umpire has little doubt. Price is out for three and Sri Lanka have pulled out another last gasp victory after Zimbabwe had them on the ropes.

Zimbabwe all out for 133, Sri Lanka win by 19 runs and Muralitharan finishes with 5/29. Kulasekara might be a little annoyed he didn't get a chance to have a crack at his hattrick. :p

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Re: Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series

Its really sad that Zim didn't won a single game eventhough they were close to winning..
 
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Muralitharan gets Man of the Match for his five wicket haul. If Kulasekara had have got his hattrick I dare say he would be Man of the Match.

Ajantha Mendis is Man of the Series for his 15 wickets in five games. A truly brilliant performance.

So, that's the end of this ODI tour which turned to be a lot better than what everyone thought it would be. Sri Lanka win the series 5-0 but they only dominated the first two games before the Zimbabweans made a game of it in the last three and could have won all three of them except for slip-ups at crucial points.

Sri Lanka head to Bangladesh now for a shortish tour which includes two tests and a brief tri-series including the Zimbabweans. For Zimbabwe, they have December off before heading to Bangladesh for the tri-series with Sri Lanka and then sticking around to play against Bangladesh in another 3 ODI's.

Should be good, join us then.
 
Re: Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe ODI Series

Disappointing for Zimbabwe not to win but at least they showed improvements throughout this series.

Hopefully the upcoming tri-series has more of the same to offer.
 
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