19/01Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Jan 19-23 2020
Sri Lanka won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews
Angelo MathewsSri Lanka
19/01Result
1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Jan 19-23 2020
Sri Lanka won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews
Angelo MathewsSri Lanka

END OF OVER:
148 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | ZIM: 358/10

  • Donald Tiripano44 (103b)
  • Suranga Lakmal27-10-53-3
  • Kasun Rajitha29-9-55-0

3.50pm Quite fittingly, it is Lakmal who wraps up Zimbabwe's innings. He bowled a fine spell on the second morning before finding a strong ally in Embuldeniya. Zimbabwe have lost their last seven wickets for 111 runs. Be back shortly for Sri Lanka's reply.

147.6
W
Lakmal to Nyauchi, OUT, dug in short and on off, Nyauchi backs away once again and fences it straight to Sandakan at backward point. SL dismiss Zimbabwe for 358 after lunch on the second day

VM Nyauchi c sub (PADLR Sandakan) b Lakmal 11 (29b 1x4 0x6) SR: 37.93

karan: "Ireland competed strongly against England and Pakistan. Afghanistan beat Bangladesh. And now Zimbabwe giving a strong statement to Sri Lanka and beating Bangladesh in their last series and making Sri Lanka chase 380+something. All of it more than what West Indies or Bangladesh have offered so far. It's high time the World TEST Championship does something to include them. A 7-5 promotion-relegation could solve this but I doubt the lower boards will agree to it."

147.5
4
Lakmal to Nyauchi, FOUR, Nyauchi ventures outside leg once again, Lakmal now follows him with a lifter, he jabs and outside-edges it past second slip to the third-man boundary
147.4
1
Lakmal to Tiripano, 1 run, back of a length and outside off, punched with an open face to deep point
147.3
2
Lakmal to Tiripano, 2 runs, full and angling into middle stump, flicked away to the left of deep square leg for a couple
147.2
0
Lakmal to Tiripano, no run, short and hits the splice, jabbed away towards the covers off the back foot

Trevor: "You can see how much Zimbabwe is trying to restart their Test cricket. Whatever their strategy is you can clearly see the team sat down and agreed on a workplan to be excuted. Everyone right down the order is playing to plan. With other Zim teams, once you got to the tail it was over. I love the effort being invested here."

147.1
0
Lakmal to Tiripano, no run, full and holds its line outside off, ignored by Tiripano

END OF OVER:
147 | 2 Runs | ZIM: 351/9

  • Victor Nyauchi7 (27b)
  • Donald Tiripano41 (99b)
  • Kasun Rajitha29-9-55-0
  • Suranga Lakmal26-10-46-2
146.6
0
Rajitha to Nyauchi, no run, Nyauchi steps away outside leg once again, Rajitha chases him with another short ball. The batsman sways his upper body out of the way
146.5
0
Rajitha to Nyauchi, no run, the short-ball attack continues, Nyauchi backs away and belatedly drops his hands
146.4
0
Rajitha to Nyauchi, no run, lifter outside off, fended off and he has hurt his thumb in the process. Nyauchi needs some attention from the physio
146.3
2
Rajitha to Nyauchi, 2 runs, full on the pads, clipped around the corner for a double
146.2
0
Rajitha to Nyauchi, no run, back of a length and on middle, opens the face and defends

karan: "Say whatever you want about this strategy. Zimbabwe have taken 5 SESSIONS out of this match with their single innings out of the total 15. And THEY'RE STILL BATTING!! Will take a mighty effort for thr Lankans to get a result. Though a Zimbabwe collapse in the 2nd innings could undo all this."

146.1
0
Rajitha to Nyauchi, no run, shortish and angling into leg stump, blocked back to the bowler

Welcome back for the post-tea session. Rajitha will resume proceedings

END OF OVER:
146 | (maiden) | ZIM: 349/9

  • Donald Tiripano41 (99b)
  • Victor Nyauchi5 (21b)
  • Suranga Lakmal26-10-46-2
  • Lasith Embuldeniya42-12-114-5

3.17pm That's tea for Day 2. Another session that belongs to Sri Lanka, no doubt, but the last two partnerships have done well to take Zimbabwe to what they can consider a score they could compete with. Tiripano has carried on from where Sikandar Raza left off. Catch us with the post-tea session in just a bit from now.

145.6
0
Lakmal to Tiripano, no run, length, nips back in and he blocks this well
145.5
0
Lakmal to Tiripano, no run, nips back in and hits him on the pads, but impact outside the line. A fair amount of bounce on that too
145.4
0
Lakmal to Tiripano, no run, fuller, straighter, and he blocks this, moving forward to transfer his weight on to front foot

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