gone! Murali takes five, his 10th five-wicket haul, that was quicker through the air, pitched on a good length outside off and spun in sharply, Price came forward to defend but failed to make contact, was struck on the pads and in line with middle and the umpire didn't take too long to raise his finger
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI at Harare, Nov 30 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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5th ODI, Harare, November 30, 2008, Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe
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end of over 44Wicket maiden
ZIM: 133/10CRR: 3.02 • RRR: 3.33
Ed Rainsford0 (0b)
Muthiah Muralidaran 10-2-29-5
Nuwan Kulasekara 9-2-14-3
Sri Lanka claim the series 5-0, but the series was not as one-sided as the scoreline suggests. Zimbabwe were completely outplayed in the first two games, but failed to build on a winning position of 134 for 1 in the third, where they fell short by just five runs. They gave the visitors a run for their money in the fourth game as well, losing by just two wickets. They looked down and out at 58 for 6, but Utseya and Dabengwa added 72 for the seventh wicket to take Zimbabwe within 23 runs of victory. Kulasekara, though, struck back with two quick wickets against the run of play to snatch the game from the hosts.
Zimbabwe will be ruing not being able to finish off games after getting into a winning position. They lost their last four wickets for three runs.
Prosper Utseya: "We competed very well but are disappointed to have failed to finish it off in the last three games."
Mahela Jayawardene: "We knew these matches were not going to be high scoring but our bowlers delivered when we needed it the most. We are a little disappointed with our batting over the last two matches and probably fell about 3- to 40 runs short today. However, we came back splendidly to win this one."
Mutthiah Muralitharan is the Man of the Match for his 5 for 29.
Ajantha Mendis is the Man of the Series for his 15 wickets in five games.
Well, that's all we have from here folks, Thanks for tuning into out coverage for all these five games. It's been a pleasure bringing you all the action and we appreciate you e-mailing us your comments. On behalf of everyone here at Cricinfo, goodbye!
43.6
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Murali to Price, OUT
Ray Price lbw b Muralidaran 3 (14b 0x4 0x6 19m) SR: 21.42
43.5
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Murali to Price, no run
doosra, bowled outside off from round the wicket, Price didn't pick it
43.4
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Murali to Price, no run
tossed up on the off stump, defended on the off side
A slip and a forward short leg in place
43.3
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Murali to Price, no run
short outside off, going the other way, guided to short third man
43.2
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Murali to Price, no run
flighted on the off stump, defended yet again
43.1
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Murali to Price, no run
flighted on the off stump, defended to the leg side
20 needed off 42 with just one wicket left. Zimbabwe have now taken their batting powerplay. Murali to bowl and Rainsford is the new batsman
end of over 431 run • 2 wickets
ZIM: 133/9CRR: 3.09 • RRR: 2.85
Ray Price3 (8b)
Nuwan Kulasekara 9-2-14-3
Muthiah Muralidaran 9-1-29-4
Zimbabwe have squandered yet another winning position here
42.6
W
Kulasekara to Mupariwa, OUT
gone! full toss on middle, tries to drive it wide of mid-on, gets a leading edge straight to mid-off where Mendis takes a comfortable catch
Tawanda Mupariwa c Mendis b Kulasekara 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0
Could that be the decisive blow? Kulasekara has bowled superbly in this spell, removing the two batsmen who had resisted the Sri Lankan bowling so well to take their team on the verge on the upset.
42.5
W
Kulasekara to Utseya, OUT
gone! good length on the off stump and angling in towards middle, gets forward to defend, misses, and is struck in line with middle and off, that looked out and the umpire had no doubt
Prosper Utseya lbw b Kulasekara 31 (99b 0x4 0x6 124m) SR: 31.31
42.4
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Kulasekara to Utseya, no run
yorker on the off stump, gets his bat down just in time to dig it out to the off side
42.3
1
Kulasekara to Price, 1 run
short outside off, pulled away to deep square leg
42.2
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Kulasekara to Price, no run
full toss on middle, driven back firmly onto the stumps at the non-strikers end, a touch unfortunate there, he timed that really well
42.1
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Kulasekara to Price, no run
good length outside off, defended off the front foot
end of over 421 run
ZIM: 132/7CRR: 3.14 • RRR: 2.62
Prosper Utseya31 (97b)
Ray Price2 (5b)
Muthiah Muralidaran 9-1-29-4
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-2-13-1
41.6
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Murali to Utseya, no run
doosra, that pitched on middle and spun away, didn't pick it, was beaten as the ball spun away from him
41.5
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Murali to Utseya, no run
flat on middle and leg, turned to short fine leg
41.4
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Murali to Utseya, no run
short outside off, pushed to point
41.3
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Murali to Utseya, no run
flighted outside off, defended on the front foot
41.2
1
Murali to Price, 1 run
flighted outside off, driven towards extra cover for a single. Price is off strike now
41.1
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Murali to Price, no run
flat outside off, defended on the front foot
Murali back into the attack. He's got two more overs left. A slip and a silly point in place
end of over 411 run • 1 wicket
ZIM: 131/7CRR: 3.19 • RRR: 2.44
Prosper Utseya31 (93b)
Ray Price1 (3b)
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-2-13-1
Dilhara Fernando 9-0-33-2
40.6
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Kulasekara to Utseya, no run
slower ball bowled short outside off, tries to pull it away towards square leg, misses
Utseya, the key man now.
40.5
1
Kulasekara to Price, 1 run
good length outside off, run down to third man for a single
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