Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    2.3 Chameera strikes! Good length and straight, Bennett goes hard again, but this time the bat handle twists in his hands and he can only shank this straight the Kusal Perera at short midwicket, who takes it comfortably at head height 26/1
    14.3 Marumani finds himself in no man's land! Looks to use his feet, but gets nowhere near the pitch of the ball and ends up having a wild hack. Kusal behind the stumps whips off the bails in a flash as Marumani goes for a 44-ball 51. 134/4
    6.5 Holes out at long-off! Looks to come down the track and go against the spin, but just ends up slicing this. Not as straight as he wanted, and it ends up going straight to the man at long-off 65/2
    12.5 And the plan has worked! Sri Lanka set a field protecting the boundaries at square and in front of square on the offside, and then Hemantha kept pestering that line wide of off. Raza eventually tried to do something different, going for the reverse sweep over backward point, but only ends up top edging it to short third. Hemantha is absolutely chuffed! 121/3
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    15
    27
    1
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    173.33
    18.1 Yorker on the money! Burl has backed away looking for the short boundary on the offside, but this yorker is just too good as it crashes into the base of middle stump 175/6
    17.1 This time the finger does go up! Binura goes full and straight, Musekiwa has shuffled across his stumps but missed this completely as it's struck him plumb in front of middle. Perhaps a question about whether this pitched outside leg stump, but it looked good on first glance 161/5
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    9
    17
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    144.44
    19.1 Easiest call the umpire is likely to make today! Very full, very straight, and VERY quick. Some reverse as well I think, as this hit Evans low on the front pad. Finger goes up swiftly 185/7
    19.5 good length on off, runs it down behind point, but what's happened here? Maposa wants the second to get Munyonga back on strike but it's never on and he's turned back. The throw isn't the greatest, but a smart piece of work from Kusal sees him collect ball well and flick it towards the stumps. Zimbabwe lose their 8th! 187/8
    not out
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    400
    Extras
    12 (lb 4, nb 1, w 7)
    TOTAL
    191/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.55)
    Did not bat: B Muzarabani
    Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Brian Bennett, 2.3 ov), 2-65 (Sean Williams, 6.5 ov), 3-121 (Sikandar Raza, 12.5 ov), 4-134 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 14.3 ov), 5-161 (Tashinga Musekiwa, 17.1 ov), 6-175 (Ryan Burl, 18.1 ov), 7-185 (Brad Evans, 19.1 ov), 8-187 (Tinotenda Maposa, 19.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    M Pathirana404011075100
    B Fernando404811286231
    PVD Chameera403328.2594010
    KIC Asalanka301906.3372010
    MADI Hemantha403839.572220
    MD Shanaka1090911000

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

13.30 start, First Session 13.30-15.00, Interval 15.00-15.20, Second Session 15.20-16.50

Match days

7 September 2025 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st58BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd18P NissankaK Mishara
3rd117MDKJ PereraK Mishara