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<i>The ODI match of the Zimbabwe tour of Sri Lanka, 2022 played yesterday at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele, In which Sri Lanka won the match by 5 wickets.
Zimbabwe batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very brilliantly, Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Regis Chakabva came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 80 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 80 runs in 14.4 over, Takudzwanashe Kaitano dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 42 runs with the help of 7 boundaries in 50 balls, next batsman Craig Ervine came to bat, and he good strike rotate with Regis Chakabva, the second wicket has gone for 110 runs in the last ball of the 20th over, Craig Ervine dismissed just for 9 runs in 20 balls, next batsman Sean Williams came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 50 runs with Regis Chakabva, the third wicket has gone for 160 runs in 29.1 over, Regis Chakabva was dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 72 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 81 balls, followed by Wesley Madhevere came to bat, and he good strike rotated with Sean Williams, the fourth wicket has gone for 202 runs in 37.5 over, Wesley Madhevere was dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 25 balls, next batsmanSikandar Raza came to bat, and he also good strike rotate with Sean Williams, the fifth wicket has gone for 248 runs in 44.1 over, Sikandar Raza dismissed after scoring 18 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Ryan Burl came to bat, and dismissed just for 4 runs in 4 balls as the sixth wicket in 44.5 over, the team score was 252 runs, followed by Wellington Masakadza came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 6 runs in 7 balls as the seventh wicket in 47.2 over, the team score was 269 runs, next batsman Blessing Muzarabani came to bat, after a few moments the eight wickets has also gone for 285 runs in the first ball of the final over, Sean Williams was dismissed after playing a very brilliant century inning of 100 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 9 boundaries in just 87 balls, next batsman Tendai Chatara came to bat, after few moments the 9th wicket has also gone for 286 runs in fouth ball of the final over, and he also dismissed just for 3 runs in 6 balls as Blessing Muzarabani dismissed just for 3 runs in 6 balls, followed by Richard Ngarava came to bat, and he remains unbeaten after playing a brilliant quick inning of 10 runs with the help of 1 six and boundary in just 2 balls, and Tendai Chatara also remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, Zimbabwe batted first after winning the toss scored 296 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in stipulated 50 overs, and set a target of 297 runs for Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan bowler Chamika Karunaratne took 3 wickets for 69 runs, Jeffrey Vandersay took 2 wickets for 44 runs, Nuwan Pradeep took 2 wickets for 54 runs, and Kamindu Mendis got 1 wicket.
Sri Lanka chased the target of 297 runs very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the third ball of the 49th over and won the match by 5 wickets. Sri Lanka also started the inning very brilliantly, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis came to bat and gave a brilliant start with partnership of 40 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 40 runs in 6.4 over, Kusal Mendis dismissed after scoring 26 runs in 24 balls, next batsman Kamindu Mendis came to bat, and handled the inning with Pathum Nissanka, the second wicket has gone for 81 runs in last ball of the 14th over, Kamindu Mendis dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 24 balls, next batsman Dinesh Chandimal came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 66 runs with Pathum Nissanka, the third wicket has gone for 147 runs, Pathum Nissanka dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 75 runs with the helo of 10 boundaries in 71 balls, followed by Charith Asalanka came to bat, handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 129 runs with Dinesh Chandimal for fourth wicket, the fourth wicket has gone for 276 runs in 45.5 over, Dinesh Chandimal dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in 91 balls, followed by Dasun Shanaka came to bat, and he good strike rotate with Charith Asalanka, the fifth wicket has gone for 292 runs in last ball of the 48th over, Charith Asalanka dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 71 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 68 balls, next batsman Chamika Karunaratne came to bat, and he he remains unbetaen for 5 runs in 2 balls and took the match to the victory with Dasun Shanaka, and Dasun Shanaka also played an unbeaten victory inning of 10 runs in 12 balls. In this way, Dasun Shanaka chasing 298 runs achieved the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets 48.3 over and won the match by 5 wickets.
Zimbabwe bowler Richard Ngarava performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 56 runs, Blessing Muzarabani and Sikandar Raza got 1-1 wicket.
Sri Lankan batsman Dinesh Chandimal was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 75 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in 91 balls.</i>
[reference](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/zimbabwe-in-sri-lanka-2021-22-1294726/sri-lanka-vs-zimbabwe-1st-odi-1294969/match-report)
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