COLOMBO: Star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga registered fifth-best bowling figures in Men’s ODIs and powered Sri Lanka to thwart Zimbabwe by eight wickets and seal the three-match series 2-0.
Opting to bat first in a rain-affected fixture, Zimbabwe were rattled by Hasaranga, who returned with 7/19 in 5.5 overs, the fifth-best bowling figures in the history of Men’s ODIs.
His ruthless bowling resulted in Zimbabwe bundling out for a meagre 96 in 22.5 overs.
The match was reduced to 27 overs per side due to a rain interruption. Consequently, two bowlers were restricted to six overs each, and the rest to five overs.
Zimbabwe openers Takudzwanashe Kaitano and Joylord Gumbie provided a steady start as the visitors, after eight overs, were 41/0.
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Hasaranga came on as the fifth bowler for Sri Lanka in the ninth over of Zimbabwe’s innings and took just six deliveries to send Kaitano back to the dugout, who scored 17 off 24 deliveries.
He then triggered a 10-ball sequence where he claimed three more wickets — Gumbie (29), Craig Ervine (0) and Milton Shumba (2) — at the cost of just four runs.
At one stage, Hasaranga’s figures read 4.5-1-8-5, but a no-ball went for two runs before Luke Jongwe hit a six to dent his figures.
Consequently, skipper Kusal Mendis sent Wanindu Hasaranga off the attack but he soon returned to claim two more wickets and finished with figures of 5.5-1-19-7, the fifth-best bowling figures in the men’s ODIs.
Best figures in men’s ODI history
8-19 – Chaminda Vaas vs Zimbabwe, 2001/02
7-12 – Shahid Afridi vs West Indies, 2013
7-15 – Glenn McGrath vs Namibia, 2003 (World Cup)
7-18 – Rashid Khan vs West Indies, 2017
7-19 – Wanindu Hasaranga vs Zimbabwe, 2023/24
Set to chase a modest 97, Sri Lanka comfortably chased it down for the loss of just two wickets with 62 balls to spare.
Kusal Mendis played a captain’s knock in the run chase, top-scoring with an unbeaten 66 off 51 deliveries, hitting nine boundaries and a six.
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