Final-over Hat-trick Helps Sri Lanka Beat Zimbabwe

First one-day international, Harare

Sri Lanka 298-6 (50 overs): Nissanka 76 (92); Ngarava 2-34

Zimbabwe 291-8 (50 overs): Raza 92 (87); Madushanka 4-62

Sri Lanka won by 7 runs

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Dilshan Madushanka took a hat-trick successful nan last complete of nan lucifer to guarantee Sri Lanka hit Zimbabwe by 7 runs successful nan first one-day world successful Harare.

With nan hosts needing 10 runs from their past six balls and nan crippled successful nan balance, nan seamer bowled Sikandar Raza for 92, had Brad Evans caught past collapsed nan stumps of Richard Ngarava.

The 24-year-old conceded conscionable 2 singles from his last 3 deliveries, arsenic Zimbabwe fell short of their target of 299 connected 291-8.

Madushanka, who vanished pinch figures of 4-62, becomes nan eighth Sri Lanka bowler to return a hat-trick successful ODIs.

Raza had looked group to thrust his broadside to victory, helping them retrieve from 161-5 aft 30 overs via a 128-run business pinch Tony Munyonga (43 not out).

It was nan 2nd rebuild of nan innings aft Asitha Fernando, who took 3-50, had dismissed Brian Bennett and Brendan Taylor earlier Zimbabwe had scored a run, pinch Ben Curran (70) and skipper Sean Williams (57) putting connected 118 for nan 3rd wicket.

Sri Lanka's innings besides featured 2 period partnerships, pinch Pathum Nissanka (76) and Kusal Mendis (38) scoring precisely 100 successful a third-wicket pairing.

The visitors past slipped to 161-5 arsenic Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka were dismissed by successive deliveries, but Janith Liyanage (70 not out) and Kamindu Mendis (57) hammered 137 from nan past 14 overs.

Mendis was bowled by Ngarava's last shot of nan innings, but Madushanka's heroics ensured Sri Lanka's people of 298-6 was somewhat excessively overmuch for Zimbabwe to chase.

The visitors spell 1-0 up successful nan three-match series, pinch a T20 bid of nan aforesaid magnitude to follow.