Monday 20 / May / 2024
Harare: Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath claimed five wickets as Sri Lanka took control of the second and final Test against Zimbabwe on day three on Tuesday.
The touring side reached the close on 102 for four in their second innings, a lead of 334 runs, after Herath, who opened the bowling, bagged his 27th test five-wicket haul with figures of 5-89.
Dimuth Karunaratne (54 not out) and Asela Gunaratne (six not out), who scored a maiden Test century in the first innings, will resume on Wednesday as Sri Lanka seek to set a massive target after bowling Zimbabwe out for 272.
Seamer Carl Mumba (3-31) was the pick of the home bowlers supported by leg-spinner Graeme Cremer (1-21).
Zimbabwe had resumed on the third morning on 126 for two, but lost regular wickets through the day.
Seamer Suranga Lakmal ended a 117-run third-wicket stand between Craig Ervine (64) and Brian Chari (80) as the former was caught at first slip by Karunaratne.
After Chari, who had posted his best test score, was bowled by Herath it became something of a procession for the home batsmen.
Only Sean Williams (58) offered any resistance before he was trapped lbw by spinner Dilruwan Perera (3-51).
Sri Lanka won the first Test by 225 runs.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st innings 504 (D. de Silva 127, A. Gunaratne 116, U. Tharanga 79)
Zimbabwe 1st innings:
T. Mawoyo lbw b Herath 3
B. Chari b Herath 80
H. Masakadza c D. de Silva b Herath 0
C. Ervine c Karunaratne b Lakmal 64
S. Williams lbw b D. Perera 58
M. Waller c K. Silva b Herath 18
P. Moor lbw b D. Perera 33
G. Cremer c Karunaratne b D. Perera 3
D. Tiripano c Herath b Lakmal 3
C. Mumba lbw b Herath 2
C. Mpofu not out 0
Extras (b-2, lb-6) 8
Total (all out, 82.1 overs) 272
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-17, 3-134, 4-173, 5-210, 6-253, 7-265, 8-268, 9-272, 10-272
Bowling: S. Lakmal 21.1-5-55-2, R. Herath 26-4-89-5, L. Kumara 14-0-60-0, D. Perera 18-2-51-3, A. Gunaratne 2-0-5-0, D. de Silva 1-0-4-0
Sri Lanka 2nd innings:
D. Karunaratne not out 54
K. Silva c Waller b Mumba 6
K. Mendis c Mpofu b Mumba 0
U. Tharanga lbw b Cremer 17
D. de Silva c Chari b Mumba 9
A. Gunaratne not out 6
Extras (b-6, lb-4) 10
Total (for 4 wickets, 40 overs) 102
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-16, 3-44, 4-84
To bat: K. Perera, D. Perera, R. Herath, S. Lakmal, L. Kumara
Bowling: C. Mpofu 9-2-17-0, C. Mumba 11-3-31-3, G. Cremer 8-1-21-1, D. Tiripano 6-3-4-0, S. Williams 5-0-16-0, B. Chari 1-0-3-0
Umpires: Simon Fry & Ian Gould
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus
Match referee: Chris Broad
