Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 1st Match at Hambantota, 18 Sep, 2012

Toss: Zimbabwe,who choose to field first
Sri Lanka won by 82 runs
W
Zimbabwe,who choose to field first
Zimbabwe 100/10 in 17.3 Overs
Current Run rate: 5.71

Sri Lanka 182/4 (20)

Player of the Match: BAW Mendis
Batsman
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
S/R
Mat
Runs
HS
Avg
7
4
0
0
175
11
8
7*
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Bowler
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wkts
Econ
Mat
Wkts
BBI
Avg
2.3
0
19
1
7.6
84
107
5/6
20.79
4
0
24
3
6
22
12
3/24
20.75
Recent Overs:
1
1
2
1
1+1wd
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W
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W
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4
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2
W
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6
W
Current Partnership: 0 runs, 0.2 overs, RR: 0 (BMAJ Mendis, NLTC Perera )
Last Wicket:

Over 18.0  

Over 17.3 SL Malinga bowls a pitched up delivery to C Mpofu, CAUGHT, Mpofu backs away and to his shock comes a slower ball out of nowhere and he tamely scoops it straight into the hands of mid off! That's the end of the opening match, Sri Lanka defeat Zimbabwe by 82 runs!
Over 17.2 SL Malinga bowls a pitched up delivery to Brian Vitori, 7 runs, backs away and drives it sweetly to deep extra covers and steals a third run. Oh my god, there is a run out attempted at the bowling end and the ball races away to the long off boundary!!
Over 17.1 SL Malinga bowls a pitched up delivery to Brian Vitori, beaten, no runs, makes room and gets beaten outside off.
End of Over 17  
Over 16.6 BMAJ Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to C Mpofu, no runs, just manages to block it infront of leg.
Over 16.5 BMAJ Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to AG Cremer, CLEAN BOWLED, Cremer is foxed completely and gets bowled through the gate!
Over 16.4 BMAJ Mendis bowls it flat in the air to AG Cremer, 2 runs, goes back and flicks the googly through mid wicket and steals a second run.
Over 16.3 BMAJ Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to AG Cremer, no runs, drives it back to the bowler.
Over 16.2 BMAJ Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to AG Cremer, beaten, no runs, bends down for a slog sweep and gets beaten by a turning leg break.
Over 16.1 BMAJ Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to AG Cremer, bends down and sweeps the full toss in the air over wide mid wicket for a Boundary.
Over 15.6 BAW Mendis bowls a quicker delivery to Brian Vitori, no runs, bends down for a sweep and gets hit on the pad outside leg. End of Ajantha magic for the evening!
Over 15.5 BAW Mendis bowls a quicker arm ball to Brian Vitori, no runs, goes back and defends the low ball to the off side.
Over 15.4 BAW Mendis bowls it flat in the air to KM Jarvis, OUT LBW, Jarvis goes back and misses a googly which stays low to strike the pad plumb infront of middle for an lbw!
Over 15.3 BAW Mendis bowls a quicker delivery to KM Jarvis, no runs, drives it to short covers.
Over 15.2 BAW Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to KM Jarvis, no runs, drives it straight to covers.
Over 15.1 BAW Mendis bowls a quicker delivery to P Utseya, CAUGHT, Utseya drives hard at a carrom ball and gets a thick edge which is nicely caught by Mahela at slip. Ajantha picks up five wickets with that!
End of Over 15  
Over 14.6 BMAJ Mendis bowls a skidding flipper to AG Cremer, no runs, goes back and cuts it to cover point.
Over 14.5 BMAJ Mendis bowls a skidding flipper to AG Cremer, no runs, goes back and cuts it to point.
Over 14.5 BMAJ Mendis bowls a flighted delivery to P Utseya, 2 wides, misses his flick to a googly down the legside and Sanga fumbles to leak a bye.
Over 14.4 BMAJ Mendis bowls it flat in the air to AG Cremer, 1 run, flicks the near yorker past mid wicket for one.