A back to the wall 95 by center request batsman Janith Liyanage assisted Sri Lanka with beating Zimbabwe by two wickets in the second ODI of the three-match series in Colombo on Monday. Pursuing 209 to win, Sri Lanka battled as left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava grieved the batsmen with additional skip. Ngarava guaranteed the initial four Sri Lankan wickets, and got a fifth when he excused Maheesh Theekshana in his last finished. Sri Lanka were 112, yet a 56-run represent the seventh wicket among Theekshana and Liyanage began the retaliate. Ngarava got done with five for 32, his profession best figures and Sri Lanka began to breath more straightforward when he finished his 10 overs.
Liyanage, attempting to stay aware of the expected rate, endeavored to clear mid-off, however didn’t get the rise required and was excused five runs shy of his hundred.
Liyanage was drafted into the Sri Lankan side for this series after his productive structure in homegrown cricket.
His 95 fell off 127 conveyances with six fours and two sixes. “I needed get to the hundred yet was disheartened,” he said.
At the point when Liyanage was excused, Sri Lanka required 37 runs with two wickets close by.
Jeffrey Vandersay (19) and Dushmantha Chameera (18) knocked off the objective, adding a whole 39 runs for the 10th wicket.
Over an hour’s play was lost because of downpour during the Sri Lankan innings, yet the game went on without the overs being diminished.
Turn bowler Sikandar Raza upheld up Ngarava, guaranteeing two for 32 in his 10 overs, however there was insufficient help from the other bowlers.
Zimbabwe had picked to bat subsequent to winning the throw, with captain Craig Ervine top scoring with 82 runs.
A one-gave plunging get by Sadeera Samarawickrama at additional cover excused Ervine, and soon Zimbabwe were battling.
From 182 for four, Zimbabwe fell to be 209 hard and fast, losing the last six wickets for 26 runs.
Theekshana got four wickets, while Chameera and Vandersay guaranteed two wickets each.
Ervine considered it a “very much battled game” and was “pleased” of his bowlers. “We have another game and we want to take a gander at figuring out the series,” he said.
Sri Lanka lead the three-match series 1-0. The main game on Saturday was cleaned out and nasty weather conditions could play spoilsport once more.
The last game is on Thursday at a similar scene.
