Sri Lanka confirm draw and win series 1-0
Khan Mutasim Billah LifeEditor
Posted - 2020-02-01T11:18:52+06:00
Updated - 2020-02-01T11:24:44+06:00
Sri Lanka avoid defeat and draw with Zimbabwe in Harare in the second and final Test of the two-match Test series. Sri Lanka are able to draw largely with the help of a brilliant century by Kusal Mendis. As a result, Sri Lanka win the Test series by 1-0. They won the first Test by 10 wickets.
Zimbabwe set the target of 361 runs for Sri Lanka on the last day of the match. Dimuth Karunaratne's team started losing wickets at regular intervals from the beginning. However, Kusal Mendis saved the match by an unbeaten 116 runs.
At the end of the fifth day, the Lankans scored 204 runs for 3 wickets in 87 overs. The match ended in a draw as the time was up. Apart from Mendis, Oshada Fernando scored 47 runs, while Dimuth Karunaratne was dismissed for 12. Angelo Mathews went back for 13 runs.
was unbeaten on 13 runs.
took 1 wicket in this innings. Zimbabwe, in fact, relied on his all-round performance to win the test. In the first innings, he scored 72 runs in the bat and took 7 wickets.
In the second innings, he scored 34 runs. So at the end of the match, it was no surprise that Sikandar Raza won the Man of the Match award.
Zimbabwe went to bat after winning the toss at the Harare Sports Club ground in the second Test. They scored 406 runs with the help of the century from their captain Sean Williams. He scored 107 runs in the first innings. Sri Lanka were all out for 293 in reply.
Zimbabwe went on to bat in the second innings with 113 runs lead and declared the innings at 247 run. As a result, the target set up for Sri Lanka was 361 runs. Sri Lanka finished the last day with 204 runs for 3 wickets.
Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews was adjusted Man of the Series for his outstanding performance throughout the whole series. He scored a double-century in the first Test and a half-century in the second Test.
Scorecard:
Zimbabwe 1st innings
406/10 (115.3 overs)
Sean Williams 107 (137), Sikandar Raza 72 (99)
Lasith Embuldeniya 4/182, Dhananjaya de Silva 3/71
Sri Lanka 1st innings
293/10 (119.5 overs)
Angelo Mathews 64 (158), Oshada Fernando 44 (119)
Sikandar Raza 7/113, Donald Tripano 1/30
Zimbabwe 2nd innings
247/7d (75 Overs)
Brendon Taylor 67 (75), Sean Williams 53* (77)
Vishwa Fernando 2/43, Lasith Embuldeniya 2/81
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
204/3 (87 overs)
Kusal Mendis 116* (233), Oshada Fernando 47 (108)
Sikandar Raza 1/63, Carl Mumba 1/13
Toss:
Zimbabwe, elected to bat first
Result:
Match drawn
Series:
Sri Lanka win by 1-0
Player of the Match:
Sikandar Raza
Player of the Series:
Angelo Mathews