27/01Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Jan 27-31 2020
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Sikandar Raza
Sikandar RazaZimbabwe
27/01Result
2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Jan 27-31 2020
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Sikandar Raza
Sikandar RazaZimbabwe

11.45am So, 54 runs this morning at the loss of four wickets. Mutombodzi and the lower order showed great fight despite losing their wickets to some soft dismissals. Embuldeniya picked up three of those four wickets. Karunaratne has asked for a light roller. The Sri Lanka openers, Karunaratne himself and Oshada Fernando, should be walking in soon. The Zimbabwe players are already in the middle.

115.3
W
Embuldeniya to Nyauchi, OUT, a brilliant one-handed catch from Dhananjaya. Was a length ball outside off, Nyauchi pushes at it, gets an outside edge low to the right of first slip where Dhananjaya shows great reflexes

VM Nyauchi c de Silva b Embuldeniya 6 (14m 10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 60.00

115.2
0
Embuldeniya to Nyauchi, no run, fuller this time, just around off. Nyauchi was playing back to it. Spins past the bat
115.1
0
Embuldeniya to Nyauchi, no run, length ball outside off, turn and bounce. Left alone

END OF OVER:
115 | 5 Runs | ZIM: 406/9

  • Carl Mumba11 (19b)
  • Victor Nyauchi6 (7b)
  • Lahiru Kumara20-5-60-1
  • Lasith Embuldeniya42-8-182-3

Simba: "While their aggressive plan worked for most sessions of yesterday, it was import for the team to understand that they were in a commanding position with barely 15 overs to close of play. It was important to just be patient during that period and see through the day. Today the captain could have carried on from yesterday had he slowed down. I am happy captain Williams mentioned this in a press conference yesterday, it seems he saw what i saw. It seems he has a mentality to improve."

114.6
0
Kumara to Mumba, no run, another yorker, on the leg stump. Mumba brings his bat in front of it
114.5
1
Kumara to Nyauchi, 1 run, short of length outside off, Nyauchi backs away and smashes it towards point where Dhananjaya dives to his left but fails to hold on
114.4
0
Kumara to Nyauchi, no run, a yorker from Kumara but Nyauchi does well to get his bat down on it, especially after being pinged on the helmet last time
114.3
0
Kumara to Nyauchi, no run, hit on the grill as he looks to duck under. Was a short one from Kumara, angling in towards Nyauchi but doesn't bounce much. Aleem Dar calls the physio on the field. And he looks fine and is ready to resume
114.2
0
Kumara to Nyauchi, no run, fuller around off, mistimes the drive towards extra cover
114.1
4
Kumara to Nyauchi, FOUR, fuller on the pads and swiped away towards deep square leg, four more to the total. Embuldeniya puts in the chase but is a distant second

Kumara

END OF OVER:
114 | 4 Runs | ZIM: 401/9

  • Carl Mumba11 (18b)
  • Victor Nyauchi1 (2b)
  • Lasith Embuldeniya42-8-182-3
  • Dhananjaya de Silva17-1-71-3
113.6
4
Embuldeniya to Mumba, FOUR, a touch straighter this time and Mumba connects the sweep, finds the boundary at vacant deep square leg area. 400 comes up for Zimbabwe
113.5
0
Embuldeniya to Mumba, no run, fuller around off, goes for the sweep but misses. An appeal for lbw but he's struck outside the line of the off stump
113.4
0
Embuldeniya to Mumba, no run, length ball on the stumps, plays in front of the pad and blocks
113.3
0
Embuldeniya to Mumba, no run, fuller around off, lunges forward and blocks
113.2
0
Embuldeniya to Mumba, no run, length ball around off, defends it towards the off side
113.1
0
Embuldeniya to Mumba, no run, fuller on the stumps, pushes it towards mid-on, Nyauchi wants a single but his partner is unmoved. Retraces his steps in time

END OF OVER:
113 | 3 Runs | ZIM: 397/9

  • Carl Mumba7 (12b)
  • Victor Nyauchi1 (2b)
  • Dhananjaya de Silva17-1-71-3
  • Lasith Embuldeniya41-8-178-3

tichaona maphos: "NOw they risk not even getting 400..when 450 plus was in reach only 1 session ago. Tino should have been allowed to play his bat- he was good for 50 if not 100..now a collapse at the end"

112.6
1
de Silva to Mumba, 1 run, pitched up and this time he gets a single, works it towards long-on
112.5
0
de Silva to Mumba, no run, fuller on the stumps, pushes it towards short midwicket
112.4
1
de Silva to Nyauchi, 1 run, length outside off, opens the face of the bat this time to work it behind point, Mumba is looking for a non-existent second run but realises his mistake just in time
112.3
0
de Silva to Nyauchi, no run, length ball outside off, a touch quicker. Nyauchi was stuck on the back foot, looks to defend but ends up playing inside the line of the ball

Victor Nyauchi

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2nd81BOP FernandoBKG Mendis
3rd33AD MathewsBKG Mendis
4th64LD ChandimalBKG Mendis