Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

P Nissanka
122(136) 16x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 32 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
3 5 19 18 32 13 8 24
BJ Curran
79(95) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
7 6 0 17 29 12 5 3

Best performances - Bowlers

PVD Chameera
O10
M0
R52
W3
Eco5.2
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
R Ngarava
R Ngarava
O9
M0
R53
W2
Eco5.88
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

9.30 start, First Session 9.30-13.00, Interval 13.00-13.30, Second Session 13.30-17.00

Match days

31 August 2025 (50-over match)

ODI debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Fidel Fernando

That's it from us. Sri Lanka have the trophy in their hands and are celebrating. Thanks for joining us for this two-match series. That's it from Madushka and me. We'll catch you for the T20s later this week.

Charith Asalanka: It's a pleasure to have a win in Zimbabwe. Both teams fought hard. I just told the team to do the basics right. I wanted to see a big hundred and Pathum did that. Young players are doing a good job for the team. I asked the batter to play with less risk and to run hard. Thanks to the Sri Lanka fans who came.

Nissanka is indeed Player of the Match and Player of the Sries: "It's been a little while since I've been among the runs in ODIs, so I'm glad I was able to score some here. I wanted to do well for the team and I trusted myself. It was tougher to bat in the powerplay and the Zimbabwe bowlers bowled well."

Sean Williams: "The series could have gone differently. It could have been 1-1. Today we missed an opportunity to be more aggressive against the offie in the middle overs. The small chances make a bit difference at the end of the day."

Prakash: "POTM and POTS for Nissanka - no doubts there, surely?" Top-scored in both matches too.

Zimbabwe competed hard in both matches and will rue the little moments where they could have made a big difference. Dropping Nissanka on 78 in this match may have been one of those.

In the end, Sri Lanka had too much quality in that top order. Nissanka is having a rich year, and his 122 off 136 was the driving force behind this chase. Asalanka played another gem from No. 5, hitting 71 off 61. It got hairier than it needed to be perhaps, but Sri Lanka largely managed this chase nicely.

Zimbabwe had some bright spots, though. Sikander Raza's star continues to burn bright, with the bat especially, Ben Curran may be a player to watch in the future. And the Muzarabani-Ngarava partnership looks strong.

49.3
1
Muzarabani to PHKD Mendis, 1 run, short one into the body, Kamindu gets up with the bounce, rolls his fingers over the pull shot, and puts it into space behind square on the legside. It's a comfortable single, and all they need to sweep this series 2-0.

Scores tied.

49.2
1
Muzarabani to Liyanage, 1 run, length ball, slower one again, very wide of off. Liyanage reaches out and gets a toe-end to it. Cover makes a diving stop but can't prevent a single
49.1
0
Muzarabani to Liyanage, no run, slower ball I think, dug into the pitch, short of a length and outside off. Batter swipes at it and misses

END OF OVER:
49 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 276/5 (2 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.63, RRR: 2.00)

  • Kamindu Mendis4 (1b)
  • Janith Liyanage18 (14b)
  • Richard Ngarava9-0-53-2
  • Blessing Muzarabani8-0-52-0
48.6
4
Ngarava to PHKD Mendis, FOUR, reverse lapped for four! Kamindu saw the short fine was in the circle, and suspected Ngarava would bowl full. He set up for the shot and got a thick inside edge, which went between his legs and whizzed past short fine. Sri Lanka will feel much better about the final over with that boundary

Kamindu Mendis is the new batter

48.5
W
Ngarava to Asalanka, OUT, he's holed out to deep midwicket running in. This was another slower ball, into the body, which Asalanka tried to bash over cow corner - one of his favoured shots. Badly mis-hits it though, and the advancing fielder takes the catch on the edge of the circle

KIC Asalanka c Bennett b Ngarava 71 (61b 7x4 0x6) SR: 116.39

48.4
4
Ngarava to Asalanka, FOUR, valiant dive in the deep but he can't hold on to this catch! He ran in initially as this toe-ended shot off a shortish ball came towards him. Realised late that he had to run backwards instead, and couldn't quite go there. The ball skips away for four

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st48P NissankaMNK Fernando
2nd20BKG MendisP Nissanka
3rd78S SamarawickramaP Nissanka
4th90KIC AsalankaP Nissanka
5th36J LiyanageKIC Asalanka
6th6J LiyanagePHKD Mendis