Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Ngarava to Kamindu Mendis, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! Ngarava nails the yorker, Mendis flicks and misses. Loses his balance a bit as well in the process. The ball crashes into the middle-stump. Kamindu Mendis b Ngarava 57(36) [4s-4 6s-2]

Ngarava to Janith Liyanage, SIX, very full, Liyanage generates power from his bottom hand. Gets under it and lofts it over long-on

Trevor Gwandu to Janith Liyanage, FOUR, almost an action replay of the previous delivery. Another slower delivery on a short of length, Liyanage has ample time on the back foot to punch it aerially over extra cover. 23 runs off the over

Trevor Gwandu to Janith Liyanage, FOUR, pace off, Liyanage waits on the back foot to thump it over mid-off

Trevor Gwandu to Janith Liyanage, FOUR, dropped! Off-speed delivery outside off, Liyanage upper-cuts to deep backward point. Ben Curran runs in and makes a mess of it. Got into a pretty good position but failed to hold onto it. To make matters worse for Zimbabwe, the ball goes on to hit the rope

Trevor Gwandu to Kamindu Mendis, 1 run, fifty for Kamindu Mendis off just 30 balls! Shortish ball and Mendis hammers the pull to deep midwicket

Trevor Gwandu to Kamindu Mendis, SIX, hit-me ball from Gwandu. Fullish ball down leg, Mendis stays inside the line to swing it over fine leg for a maximum

Trevor Gwandu to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, slow, short and wide outside off, Mendis jumps and flays it over cover with a superb cut shot. The boundary brings up the century partnership

Muzarabani to Janith Liyanage, SIX, overpitched, Liyanage clears his front leg and tonks it over long-on. With mid-off and mid-on inside the circle, that's the wrong length to be bowling

Brad Evans to Kamindu Mendis, SIX, Evans misses his yorker, ends up bowling in the hitting arc and gets punished. Mendis shuffles to get under it and swings his bat to thump it over long-on

Muzarabani to Janith Liyanage, SIX, full and in the slot, Liyanage gets under it and hoists it over long-on for a massive six. Lands on the roof

Muzarabani to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, dug in short, Mendis picks the length early and pulls it superbly behind square on the leg-side. There's a man in the deep but he can only watch the ball go into the fence

Brad Evans to Janith Liyanage, FOUR, shortish ball, Liyanage makes room and cuts it over point

Trevor Gwandu to Janith Liyanage, FOUR, shortish outside off, Liyanage waits and cuts hard. Uppish but in the gap behind square on the off-side

Ngarava to Janith Liyanage, 2 runs, length ball wide of off, slapped wide of mid-off

Brad Evans to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, short and wide, cut hard in front of square on the off-side. The deep point fielder runs across and dives to his left but ends up diving over the ball. Boundary to start the over

Raza to Janith Liyanage, FOUR, gets under the tossed up delivery and spanks it over mid-off. That was hit well and over the top. The man at mid-off was inside the circle

Trevor Gwandu to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR, short, wide, Kamindu Mendis got on top of the bounce and pulled it wide of deep square for a four

Trevor Gwandu to Asalanka, out Caught by Raza!! Another one falls. Huge wicket as the skipper goes. Back of a length, outside off, the ball holds on to the batter who flays that away and finds the man at point. He failed to keep it down and that plotted his downfall. Back-to-back wickets for the hosts and they are back in this. That was shaping away, outside off, Asalanka tried to put it away but just couldn't time it. Asalanka c Raza b Trevor Gwandu 6(9)

Raza to Samarawickrama, out Lbw!! Samarawickrama is gone. That was a brave shot. Was on the sticks, flatter one, Samarawickrama looked to slog sweep it but missed the line of the delivery. Was hit on the pads and that was going on to hit the sticks. Raza finally gets a wicket. He has been very provbing today. Samarawickrama was batting well but against the run of play has to depart. Samarawickrama lbw b Raza 35(40) [4s-5]

Raza to Samarawickrama, FOUR, waits on it, uses the pace on the delivery and opens the face of the bat to run it down wide of short third man for a four

Trevor Gwandu to Samarawickrama, FOUR, on a length, outside off, Samarawickrama plays it away from his body and gets it down to deep third man for a four. Was an educated edge

Trevor Gwandu to Asalanka, 1 run, fuller length delivery, on the pads, clipped uppishly and landed short of the man at mid-wicket. The fielder fumbled and allowed the single

Raza to Samarawickrama, 2 runs, top-edge on the sweep, Blessing at short fine gets an outstretched right hand to it as the ball slipped out. They get a brace

Muzarabani to Nissanka, out Caught by (sub)Madande!! The third umpire had a couple of looks before deeming it out. That was a wide one, slower outside off and Nissanka looked to drive it and reached for it. The ball went off the edge and the keeper dived forward to take it by getting his gloves under it. Muzarabani gets his first wicket. That was a well disguised slower ball and has gotten the rewards. Nissanka c (sub)Madande b Muzarabani 76(92) [4s-12]

Muzarabani to Nissanka, FOUR, short, wide, Nissanka gets on top of the bounce and slashes it wide of the man at point for a four. That was well wide outside off and Nissanka used the room on offer

Muzarabani to Nissanka, FOUR, short ball, angled in, sat up, Nissanka pounced on it and by pulling the ball wide of the man at deep mid. That was well timed and placed

Williams to Samarawickrama, FOUR, short, wide, Samarawickrama hangs back and slaps the ball wide of deep cover fielder for a four. That was well done by the batter as he went back to use the depth of the crease

Raza to Samarawickrama, FOUR, quicker, flatter, lot of room outside off and dabbed wide of the man at short third man for a four. Easy pickings for the batter

Williams to Samarawickrama, FOUR, flatter one, outside off, Samarawickrama looks to push at it and gets an edge for the ball to run away past slip

Williams to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Madhevere!! Leading edge and has been taken at cover. The fielder ran back, dived and has been taken really well by the man from cover. Kusal Mendis wanted to work that away on to the on-side and got a fat leading edge. The fielder circled under a bit and managed to grab it well. Kusal Mendis c Madhevere b Williams 38(63) [4s-3]

Raza to Nissanka, FOUR, short, wide, slashed down and well wide of the deep cover fielder for a four. That was well hit and the partnership is now 100 runs. Nissanka put that away with elan

Williams to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, angled in, on to the pads, Kusal Mendis stays back and nudges it wide of short fine for a single

Brad Evans to Nissanka, FOUR, and four. The man at long leg slips and lets it go past him. That was a length delivery and angled in, Nissanka got on top of the bounce and pulled it wide of long leg

Brad Evans to Nissanka, FOUR, short, wide, Nissanka goes hard on that and chops it wide of the man at point for a four. That was hit well and wide of the fielder at deep third also. Fifty for Nissanka

Raza to Nissanka, FOUR, on the pads, angled down, Nissanka sits down and paddles it fine for a four. The man at short fine had no chance to mop it up as he played it well wide of him

Brad Evans to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, has Blessing managed to stop it with a slide? Good effort after it was glanced fine by the batter. The fielder put in the slide and dive. But the ball seems to be in touch with his body when his legs were on the cushion. Four added

Brad Evans to Nissanka, FOUR, fuller length delivery, outside off, Nissanka gets forward and punches the ball wide of cover for a four. That was so well timed and placed by Nissanka

Trevor Gwandu to Nissanka, FOUR, and almost beheaded the batter at the bowler's end. Was dug in short, Nissanka stayed back and slapped the pull back at Kusal Mendis. The batter ducked and let it go pass mid-on for a four

Brad Evans to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, slightly shorter and Mendis turns it to square leg

Brad Evans to Kusal Mendis, leg byes, FOUR, straying onto the pads, Mendis is late on the flick/glance, the ball brushes his pad and runs down to fine leg for four leg-byes

Ngarava to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, back of a length, keeps a shade low as well and Mendis has manages to pull it away. Got into a bit of a tangle but he's put it into the gap through midwicket

Muzarabani to Nissanka, FOUR, back-to-back fours to end the first powerplay. Short of length marginally outside off, superb hands from Nissanka who jumps back to cut it well in front of square. In the gap through extra cover

Muzarabani to Nissanka, FOUR, short of length outside off, Nissanka jumps and times his punch well on this occasion. Finds the gap between backward point and cover-point

Ngarava to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, slightly short and Mendis pulls hard into the gap through midwicket. The timing is good as well and the ball bullets away to the fence

Ngarava to Nishan Madushka, out Caught by Raza!! Edged and gone! 13-ball duck for Nishan Madushka. He succumbs to the pressure. Itching to get off the mark, Madushka throws his arms at this short of length ball outside off. Hint of inward movement off the deck and all he manages is an outside edge. Raza times his jump perfectly to his left at first slip to pouch it with both hands. Sharp catch and Zimbabwe get the early breakthrough. Wicket-maiden! Nishan Madushka c Raza b Ngarava 0(13)

Muzarabani to Nissanka, FOUR, width offered, punished. Nissanka throws his arms and flays this short of length ball outside off up and over backward point

Ngarava to Nissanka, FOUR, length ball wider outside off, Nissanka throws his hands at it and the ball flies over the slips before quickly reaching the third man fence