Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

T Musekiwa
21(14) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
4 2 0 2 11 1 1 0
RP Burl
RP Burl
20(22) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 7 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
8 0 0 5 3 1 0 3

Best performances - Bowlers

Sikandar Raza
Sikandar Raza
O4
M0
R11
W3
Eco2.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
B Evans
B Evans
O2.4
M0
R15
W3
Eco5.62
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Commentator: Fidel Fernando

That's all from us folks. We'll have the report for you in a bit. Madushka Balasuriya will have tomorrow's decider for you. Till then, take it easy.

Sikandar Raza is player of the match: The good thing about playing good cricket is that cricket rewards you back. We have been playing good cricket. We were a bit upset with the losses because we got close in the previous three games. But we weren't panicking. Hopefully this win will give us belief. The good thing is this environment is that we believe in the players' abilities. Anyone can have a bad day [as Blessing did in the previous game] but he came back today. We've got to be even better tomorrow. We deserve to win a series because we've been playing quality cricket.

Charith Asalanka: "We lost too many wickets in the powerplay. That's not the start we wanted. When I went to bat I thought it was a 130-140 pitch. In this format 80 is not enough."

Zimbabwe's batting was nothing to write home about, especially as Chameera went on the hunt. But they did enough. Sri Lanka never quite got to the stage where they were favourites to defend their exceedingly low score.

Dr Brix is getting emotional, and fair enough: "This win is a triumph of grit and patienceproof that 'slow and steady wins the race.' For Zimbabwe and its people, it's a moment of pride and joy, showing that 'every cloud has a silver lining."

This is Zimbabwe's first win over a full member side this year. Sri Lanka fielded and inexperienced top order, and ended up suffering one of their worst T20I collapses ever to register their second-lowest total ever. Sikandar Raza was the best of Zimabbwe's bowlers, but Brad Evans and Blessing Muzarabani were also excellent, with Ngarava and Sean Williams also playing their part.

14.2
4
Hemantha to Musekiwa, FOUR, thumped over mid on for four. Shortish outside off, and Musekiwa stayed in his crease to bash it
14.1
4
Hemantha to Musekiwa, FOUR, full delivery on the stumps, driven to long on. End of another good over from Chameera - his last.

DanielAlexander: "Sri Lanka will be pleased with their bowling going into the Asia Cup, especially with Wanindu returning. However, the batting is a concern, only the openers are scoring."

END OF OVER:
14 | 5 Runs | ZIM: 76/5 (5 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.42, RRR: 0.83)

  • Tashinga Musekiwa13 (12b)
  • Ryan Burl20 (22b)
  • Dushmantha Chameera4-0-19-3
  • Dushan Hemantha3-0-15-0
13.6
1
Chameera to Musekiwa, 1 run,
13.5
0
Chameera to Musekiwa, no run, short one outside off again, Musekiwa has no interest in playing that.
13.4
0
Chameera to Musekiwa, no run, short one, just outside off, doesn't get especially high but Musekiwa ducks under it
13.3
2
Chameera to Musekiwa, 2 runs, yorker, on the stumps, but nicely clipped off the inside half of the bat and sent down to deep fine

Zimbabwe 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20T MarumaniBJ Bennett
2nd0SC WilliamsBJ Bennett
3rd7Sikandar RazaBJ Bennett
4th26RP BurlBJ Bennett
5th8RP BurlT Munyonga
6th23RP BurlT Musekiwa