Sri Lanka Defeat Zimbabwe by Six Wickets in Tri-series Final

Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in the final of the tri-nations One Day International (ODI) series at the Queens Sports Club here on Sunday.

Chasing 160, Sri Lanka started off on a bad note by losing their opener in the very first over of the innings.

Dhananjaya de Silva was sent back to the pavilion by Brian Vitori with just one run on the board which came through a wide.

Kusal Perera (14) and Niroshan Dickwella (16) also failed to step up to the occasion and were sent back by Vitori — the scoreboard read 42/3 in seven overs after Dickwella fell.

Kusal Mendis (57) and Upul Tharanga (57 not out) then forged a 75-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Mendis was dismissed by Graeme Cremer in the 28th over.

Sri Lanka 166 for 4 (Tharanga 57*, Mendis 57, Vitori 3-52) beat Zimbabwe160 (Musakanda 36, Williams 35, Gunaratne 3-10, Vandersay 3-50) by six wickets