Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI at Harare, , Nov 22 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
2nd ODI, Harare, November 22, 2008, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe
(17.4/50 ov, T:68) 68/1

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 194 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
4/15
ajantha-mendis
New
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Full commentary

Sri Lanka have completed a clinical nine-wicket win here. Zimbabwe have only themselves to blame for their appalling batting display, and will hope to come back strongly in the next match.

Prosper Utseya: "We wanted to bat first after we batted well in the first 15 overs of the previous game. We need to do our homework, and we hope for a better performance in the next game"

Mahela Jayawardene: "This was a much improved performance from our last game and it was good to see our fast bowlers coming to the party this time."

Ajantha Mendis is the Man of the Match for his haul of 4 for 15.

That's it folks! Thanks for joining us today and lets all hope for a more exciting fixture on the 24th when these two teams meet again. Until then, it's goodbye from Siddhartha Talya on the commentary and Chaminda D'Silva on the scoring desk. Adios!

17.4
4
Mpofu to Upul Tharanga, FOUR runs

That's it! it's all over! that was full on leg stump, whipped away off the pads wide of mid wicket, and Sri Lanka have won this game comprehensively

just one run needed now

17.3
1
Mpofu to Sangakkara, 1 run

full on middle and leg, pushed wide of mid on for a quick single

17.2
4
Mpofu to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

shot! that was short of a length outside off, Sangakkara steps down the track and swats that wide of the bowler to the long off boundary

17.1
4
Mpofu to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

short outside off, Sangakkara wants to finish this off early, tries to cut it over point, gets an outside edge wide of third man for a boundary

It's started raining in Harare now. What a twist to the tale

end of over 176 runs
SL: 58/1CRR: 3.41 RRR: 0.30
Upul Tharanga25 (56b 2x4)
Kumar Sangakkara19 (22b 3x4)
Elton Chigumbura 5-0-25-0
Prosper Utseya 2-0-4-0
16.6
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, no run

full on middle and off, tries to drive it down towards mid on, gets an inside edge onto his pads

16.5
1
Chigumbura to Sangakkara, 1 run
16.4
1
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, 1 run

back of a length outside leg stump, flicked away to fine leg

16.3
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, no run

pitched short of a good length outside leg stump, walks across to glance it towards fine leg, clips the pads on the way to the keeper

16.2
4
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, FOUR runs

shot! that was full, just slightly outside the off stump, Tharanga plants his foot forward and drives that beautifully wide of a diving mid off for a boundary

16.1
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, no run

good length outside off and swinging away, left alone

The Sri Lankan innings set to resume

end of over 162 runs
SL: 52/1CRR: 3.25 RRR: 0.47
Kumar Sangakkara18 (21b 3x4)
Upul Tharanga20 (51b 1x4)
Prosper Utseya 2-0-4-0
Elton Chigumbura 4-0-19-0

And that's lunch.

Sri Lanka set for a resounding win here, but they'll have to wait a little over 40 minutes to resume their innings and knock off the remaining 16 runs

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15.6
Utseya to Sangakkara, no run

tossed up on the off stump and spinning away, left alone.

15.5
1
Utseya to Upul Tharanga, 1 run

flighted outside off, pushed between cover and point for a single

15.4
1
Utseya to Sangakkara, 1 run

flighted on middle and off, driven down the ground to long on

15.3
Utseya to Sangakkara, no run

tossed up on off and spins away, Sangakkara gets forward to defend but that just about escapes the outside edge

15.2
Utseya to Sangakkara, no run

flighted on middle and off, defended back to the bowler

15.1
Utseya to Sangakkara, no run

tossed up outside off, pitches on a full length, driven to cover

end of over 153 runs
SL: 50/1CRR: 3.33 RRR: 0.51
Upul Tharanga19 (50b 1x4)
Kumar Sangakkara17 (16b 3x4)
Elton Chigumbura 4-0-19-0
Prosper Utseya 1-0-2-0
14.6
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, no run

short of a good length outside off, shoulders arms

14.5
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, no run

good length outside off, left alone this time

14.4
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, no run

beaten! good length bowled at a good pace outside off, swung away after pitching, tries to defend, but didn't anticipate the swing there

14.3
2
Chigumbura to Upul Tharanga, 2 runs

full on the pads, drives it wide of mid on for a couple

14.2
1
Chigumbura to Sangakkara, 1 run

short of a length outside off, guided wide of a diving gully, who gets his fingers to it, for a single to third man

14.1
Chigumbura to Sangakkara, no run

short of a good length outside off, left alone to the keeper