BULAWAYO, April 22: Sanath Jayasuriya became Sri Lanka's highest run scorer in One-day Internationals and helped his side to a nine-wicket victory over weakened Zimbabwe here on Thursday.

Zimbabwe were dismissed for 136 after being put in to bat. Sri Lanka replied with a whirlwind for 139 for one in 20.5 overs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Veteran left-hander Jayasuriya, out for 31, had gone into his 315th one-dayer needing 28 to pass Aravinda de Silva's milestone of 9,284, scored in 308 matches.

Jayasuriya claimed the record in the ninth over of Sri Lanka's reply when he drove a delivery from medium pacer Douglas Hondo high over the cover boundary for six. The innings also put Jayasuriya in fifth place on the list of all-time run-scorers in One-day Internationals.

The foundations of the win were laid when left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas took four wickets in his opening spell on his way to final figures of four for 38. Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan mystified the lower order with four for 32.

Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu, who made a career-best 96 not out in the first match of the series on Tuesday, escaped being run out for nought and went on to top-score with 35. Saman Jayantha scored 74 not out off 64 balls with 12 fours and a six to marshall Sri Lanka's reply.

Zimbabwe were again fielding a highly inexperienced side after 15 white players made themselves unavailable as part of a selection-process battle with their board. They had put up an unexpectedly good display in the first game, scoring 211 for six before being edged out on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Taibu said on Thursday: "It was a different story today. Sri Lanka bowled very well early on, particularly Vaas and (Nuwan) Zoysa, and we didn't have any answers to them." Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu said: "We knew what to expect from the Zimbabweans this time and we did exactly what the doctor ordered." The next game is in Harare on Sunday.

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