Batsman Craig Ervine hit a quickfire 69 to help Zimbabwe pull off a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the rain-shortened fourth one-day international and level the five-match series at 2-2 in Hambantota on Saturday.
Sri Lanka scored 300 for six wickets in their stipulated 50 overs with Dickwella scoring a century. Chasing a revised target of 219 in 31 overs, Zimbabwe rode on Ervine's 55-ball unbeaten knock to win with 10 balls to spare at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium.
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ahmed kashif saeed
Jul 08, 2017 06:53pm
Defeating the former world champion by two times on their soil is a great achievement by team like Zimbabwe.
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Jaredlee67
Jul 08, 2017 08:50pm
I hope Zimbabwe be given test status. They seem to be better than Bangladesh when the latter received test status.
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Ahamd
Jul 08, 2017 09:40pm
@Jaredlee67 You are not following Cricket. There were 10 test playing nations including ZIM and now 2 new members are also added(IRE and AFG).
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Nauman
Jul 09, 2017 01:19am
@Jaredlee67 Zim is a full member of ICC and plays lmternational test matches. In fact they will play a test match against SL after the ODIs.
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The Khan
Jul 09, 2017 07:17am
Bangladeshi team is short temper like its prime minister, Zimbabwe is a matured team and should be given test status taken back from BDS
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The Khan
Jul 09, 2017 07:19am
The prime minister of Bangladesh is investing the tax payers money in VA through her son in law by buying properties
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ripan
Jul 09, 2017 10:47am
Zimbabwe doing good is a great news for cricket,better team than the likes of Bangladesh and has less fanatic fans
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
Jul 09, 2017 03:52pm
No problem Sri Lanka. Winning and losing is part of the game. Keep it up and hang on tough. Strive hard to improve next time.
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AM
Jul 09, 2017 08:23pm
Zimbabwe is doing better. All the best for them for series win.
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