Rookie, Janith Liyanage together with the bowlers assist Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 02 wickets in another rain interrupted match, to go 1 – 0 up in the 03 match series
Zimbabwe electing to bat, 208 all out – ( 44.4 Overs ) Skipper Craig Ervine 82 ( 1×6, 9×4, 102 balls ), Ryan Burl 31, Joylord Gumbie 30, Milton Shumba 26, Extras 17 – lost the last 06 wickets for the addition of 26 runs – first 10 overs : 50 / 1, 25 overs : 139 / 4, last 4.4 overs : 17 / 4 – Maheesh Theekshana 4 / 31, Dushmantha Chameera 2 / 44, Jeffrey Vandersay 2 / 47.
Sri Lanka in reply, 211 / 8 – ( 49 Overs ) Janith Liyanage 95 ( 2×6, 6×4, 127 balls ) – career best, maiden half century – Sahan Aarachchige 21, Jeffrey Vandersay 19no, Dushmantha Chameera 18no, Maheesh Theekshana 18 – recovered from 112 / 6 – Richard Ngarava 5 / 32 – career best, first ever 05 wicket haul – Sikandar Raza 2 / 32, Joylord Gumbie 03 victims.
Player of the Match : Janith Liyanage – Sri Lanka ( First Award )
Photos courtesy SLC Media