DHAKA, Jan 21: Thisara Perera starred with bat and ball as Sri Lanka ended their recent dismal run by beating Zimbabwe by five wickets in the tri-nation One-day International tournament her today.
Perera claimed four wickets to lead an inspired Sri Lankan bowling attack that limited Zimbabwe to 198 all out before his unbeaten 39 helped the islanders to chase down their target in 44.5 overs.
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Zimbabwe: H Masakadza c Tharanga b T Perera 20, S Mire c Dickwella b T Perera 21, C Ervine c Tharanga b T Perera 2, B Taylor c Tharanga b T Perera 58, S Raza c Mendis b Sandakan 9, M Waller c Dickwella b Sandakan 24, P Moor run out (Mendis/Dickwella) 0, G Cremer b Pradeep 34, K Jarvis b Pradeep 5, T Chatara not out 2, B Muzarabani b Pradeep 0. Extras: (lb8, w15) 23. Total: (all out in 44 overs) 198. Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-49, 3-56, 4-73, 5-139, 6-140, 7-171, 8-191, 9-198, 10-198. Bowling: Lakmal 7-0-23-0, Pradeep 8-2-28-3, T Perera 8- 0-33-4, Dananjaya 10-0-45-0, Sandakan 10-0-57-2, Gunaratne 1- 0-4-0.
Sri Lanka: K Perera c Sub b Muzarabani 49, U Tharanga b Chatara 17, K Mendis b Muzarabani 36, N Dickwella c Sub b Muzarabani 7, D Chandimal not out 38, A Gunaratne c sub b Jarvis 9, T Perera not out 39. Extras: (lb3, w3, nb1) 7. Total: (For 5 wickets in 44.5 overs) 202. Fall of wickets: 1-33 , 2-103 , 3-110, 4-117, 5-145. Bowling: Jarvis 9-0-34-1, Chatara 9.5-1-40-1, Muzarabani 10-0-52-3, Raza 7-0-44-0, Cremer 9-0-29-0. � AFP
