Zimbabwe stuns Sri Lanka, clinches one-day series
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ZIMBABWE edged Sri Lanka by three wickets in the fifth one-day international yesterday to clinch its first overseas triumph in eight years.
Taking the series 3-2, the 11th-ranked Zimbabwe team also registered its first series win in the South Asian nation. Offspinner Sikandar Raza claimed three wickets in Hambantota to restrict the hosts to 203-8 after Zimbabwe elected to field first. He then anchored a tense chase with an unbeaten 27 as the visitors won with 71 balls to spare. Zimbabwe opener Hamilton Masakadza top-scored with 73 before rookie offspinner Akila Dananjaya struck back with four wickets to rattle the middle-order. Zimbabwe slipped from 137-1 to 175-7, but Raza and skipper Graeme Cremer hung on for an unbeaten 29-run stand as the perennial cricket underdog erupted in celebrations. Earlier, Danushka Gunathilaka (52) and Asela Gunaratne (59 not out) had steadied the hosts.
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