ZIM vs SL Live Score - Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe Live Score & Commentary

3rd T20I • Harare Sports Club • Harare

Zimbabwe

191/8 (20)

Sri Lanka

*0/0 (0)

Innings Break : SL elected to field

Info

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Date & Time

07 Sep, 05:00 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

3rd T20I,

Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Percival Sizara (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zeeland)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

Pitch Report

There are a lot of wide cracks in line with the stumps. There will be uneven bounce, varied pace. You got to know how much you need to score, assess conditions early and send the message to the dressing room. The other end of the pitch, it's more like subcontinent pitches. It has all the potential to tumble. It may not be easy to bat on, even 140 could be a challenging total.

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.17Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

124.21Avg SR

Weather Update

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

ZIM

2- 6

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Zimbabwe

Sri Lanka

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Brian Bennett

ZIM . BAT

100 Runs

2 Matches

Pathum Nissanka

SL . BAT

63 Runs

2 Matches

Kamindu Mendis

SL . BAT

41 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Dushmantha Chameera

SL . BOWL

6 Wkts

2 Matches

Sikandar Raza

ZIM . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Brad Evans

ZIM . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

ZIM

Info

Zimbabwe

191/8 (20)

Batters

Brian Bennett

162.50

c Perera b Chameera

Tadiwanashe Marumani

115.91

st Mendis b Hemantha

Sean Williams

209.09

c Pathirana b Hemantha

Sikandar Raza

(C)

155.56

c Perera b Hemantha

Ryan Burl

173.33

b Chameera

Tashinga Musekiwa

163.64

lbw b Fernando

Tony Munyonga

144.44

Not out

Brad Evans

66.67

lbw b Pathirana

Tinotenda Maposa

100.00

runout (Mendis / KMishara)

Richard Ngarava

400.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.55)

191/8

Yet to Bat

Blessing Muzarabani

Bowlers

EXT

10.00

12.00

8.25

6.33

9.50

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Brian Bennett

c Perera b Chameera

1-26

2.3

Sean Williams

c Pathirana b Hemantha

2-65

6.5

Sikandar Raza

c Perera b Hemantha

3-121

12.5

Tadiwanashe Marumani

st Mendis b Hemantha

4-134

14.3

Tashinga Musekiwa

lbw b Fernando

5-161

17.1

Ryan Burl

b Chameera

6-175

18.1

Brad Evans

lbw b Pathirana

7-185

19.1

Tinotenda Maposa

runout (Mendis / KMishara)

8-187

19.5

Sri Lanka

0/0 ()

Batters

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

( Ov, RR: 0)

0/0

Match Info

Date & Time

07 Sep, 05:00 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

3rd T20I,

Sri Lanka tour of Zimbabwe 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Forster Mutizwa (Zimbabwe), Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Percival Sizara (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe (New Zeeland)

Toss

Sri Lanka elected to bowl

1 0 2 2 2 1lb

Over 17

Runs: 8

W 4 1wd 0 1 6 nb 1

Over 18

Runs: 13

W 1 1wd 2 1 1 4

Over 19

Runs: 10

W 1 0 0 1W

Over 20

Runs: 2

All Overs

Commentary

Tadiwanashe Marumani: We had a blueprint. But honestly, I just gave myself some time (to assess). It was more about trusting myself out there. It's a par score, good pitch to bat on.

3:08 PM local time (6:38 PM IST): Zimbabwe score 191/8. Sri Lanka need 192 runs to win at 9.60 RPO.

Tadiwanashe Marumani 51 (44) | Sikandar Raza 28 (18)
Dushan Hemantha - 3/38 (4) | Dushmantha Chameera - 2/33 (4)

What a refreshingly good effort with the bat by Zimbabwe! Yes it was a decent pitch to bat on, as many might not have thought, but just the application right from the start to the end, holds this batting essay in real high regard!

Tadiwanashe Marumani, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa - all played their part with the bat. They chipped in with handy runs and most importantly, ran hard between the wickets. Quite a few runs were stolen from the visitors and there was an all-run four in there too!

Sri Lanka had their moments. But they let some of them slip. A dropped catch, some lapses in the ground fielding and of course, some not-so-good balls at different times in the innings! They seemed a bit surprised by the Zimbabwean batting too!

This is a good surface as we said, but under pressure, in a decider, it will take some chasing for the Lankan Lions! The 2nd innings is coming up shortly!

overs

191 /8 score

runs

Richard Ngarava *

4 (1)

Tony Munyonga

13 (9)

Matheesha Pathirana

1 /40

19.6 Matheesha Pathirana to Richard Ngarava, FOUR! Ends with a high! And it's a proper cricketing shot. It's not full enough from Pathirana, Ngarava drills it straight back past the bowler. Beats the fielder at long-on

Richard Ngarava batting at 10th position

You do get these moments at this stage of the innings, don't you? But now, the important question is, can Zimbabwe go past 190?

Tinotenda Maposa has been dismissed for 1 runs off 1 balls

19.5 Matheesha Pathirana to Tony Munyonga, poor cricket from Munyonga! Short of a length outside off, plays it with soft hands behind point. Maposa wants to come back for the second but Munyonga sends him back. You've got to run for everything at this point

This time, off-stump could have been flattened! But it's good bowling though.

19.4 Matheesha Pathirana to Tony Munyonga, full ball close to the off-stump. Swings hard but misses. It wasn't too wide of the off-stump

Could easily have taken leg-stump for a walk!

19.3 Matheesha Pathirana to Tony Munyonga, makes room but the bowler follows him with the yorker. Fails to make any contact

19.2 Matheesha Pathirana to Tinotenda Maposa, full ball on the stumps. Gets a thick inside edge behind square leg

Tinotenda Maposa batting at 9th position

You get these deliveries with bowlers who have a sling in their action. Some just skid on and if in line, tend to take wickets, just like here!

Brad Evans has been dismissed for 2 runs off 3 balls

19.1 Matheesha Pathirana to Brad Evans, OUT! He could have well walked for that! As plumb as it gets! Straight yorker, plays all around it and gets pinned right in front

Matheesha Pathirana [3.0-0-34-0] comes back into the attack.

Munyonga has made that shot he played in the last ball of the over, his own! But now, even 200 is on the cards. So, how do the batters approach these next six balls?

overs

185 /6 score

1wd

runs

Tony Munyonga *

12 (6)

Brad Evans

2 (2)

Dushmantha Chameera

2 /33

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