Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I Highlights 2025

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00:00first ball of this third and final t20 international and that was rapid is flown its way to third and

00:19is spoken about that angle from which you need to cite that ball almost from in front of the

00:23umpire space once here at least a couple oh it's gone through problems in the outfield continue for

00:37the visitors cut away using the pace and it goes to the boundary that's how he plays he flashes hard

00:48and trusts that the ball will go with that pace offered by the bowler oh wow that is a cleanest

00:58hit I've seen in this t20 series that is a shot and a half oh again I call this again a shot of

01:09authority standing tall you play anything past the bowler you mean business gone straight to mid wicket

01:19chamira can do nothing wrong he's got that nice tag on his jersey I'm here to get wickets amazing

01:28Dushmanta chamira you cannot hit him out of the attack you cannot keep him out of the game he continues

01:36with that length but he bowls it straight up in the previous over you mentioned Bennett liking to go

01:42slightly leg sidish to free his arms he goes at him there's not enough room to swing his hands

01:49Kusal Pereira accepts that gleefully he was put down there yesterday by Asalanka today Kusal Pereira hangs

01:57on to it 13 of 8 for Bennett 26 for 1 let's race away gone to the boundary it's a good ball that ends up as a four

02:09cuts right through him and beats the keeper as well you just tend to see that Sean Williams gets into

02:19that position when a ball is coming round the wicket or left arm over again what's going on that's so

02:28frustrating for the bowler two boundaries of that inside edge 41 for one after four I told you he'll

02:40be more than happy to deal with spin rather than pace gets a proper shot going making room and playing

02:45inside out do faster fuller the 50s on the board the sweep shots also being pulled out

02:55pushes the core it's gone very quickly off the outside edge and down for four hit like a rocket Sean

03:11Williams isn't just the orthodox sweep and the slog sweep he can play down towards long off and out

03:21Patirana takes the catch the mantha takes the wicket and Williams has to go

03:29there's unhappy with himself but what he's done is he's a given this is about when innings a good

03:37momentum his men and had some glorious cricket shots looking to get it a little bit straighter than that

03:50I think Zimbabwe lose their second wicket and it's Sean Williams 23 from me just 11 65 for two

04:04six what a hit short boundary or not on the leg side that would have been a six on any ground anywhere in

04:17the world that will be a comfortable two in fact it's gone all the way for four beating backward point

04:30an important boundary to end the over and a really profitable over for Zimbabwe 13 from it 85 for two

04:36over extra cover and it might have gone all the way for six no it's signal as a four but it's still a

04:46really good over nine runs from it it's wicked that's a very very good shot you might feel it's an edge

04:54but it's not he's just allowed the ball to come to close to him again take outside air is that we go

05:02but the runner has space it's being used against him at the moment two boundaries of two deliveries

05:08well you choose that line and you end up paying for it just like that

05:17he waited on that maybe Fernando got a little too predictable with those slow ones ends the over with the

05:28boundary one one seven foot two but they haven't had yet reverse picked up and gone short third comes

05:36into play the plan has worked the frustration to try and get that ball to the boundary has ended up in

05:43losing his wicket outstanding cricket from the Sri Lankans it all goes back to the field that they've had

05:51set and the channel that he's been bowling it's forced second rather to look for that boundary and play a

05:58shot out of character very very good always a pleasure when a plan comes together God for 28 Raza 121 for 3

06:11leg side clearly no chance for the field red long on that's gone into the stands there gone that's

06:26exactly what you don't want when two set batters go he's beating them in flight and a bit of turn

06:31there Marumani just went with that wild swing of the bat that is in a very important wicket at where

06:39the game is right now Sri Lanka will be over the moon because now they literally have two brand new

06:51batters at the crease Marumani looking to get to the pitch of the ball doesn't get anywhere near it

06:56they are nowhere near getting back into his ground good work from wicket keeper Kusal Mendes

07:08so an entertaining innings comes to an end from Tadiwa Nashi Marumani he goes for 51 it's about way 134 for

07:18four for four oh he's picked that up going after Patirana that's a brave shot one bounce for four

07:28feet out of the way oh wow look at that long boundary

07:36Musakeva no respect at all for Patirana 150 is on the board

07:41again that looks straight that looks straight he was going across his stumps Benro Fernando goes in at

07:52the stumps just sort of feel that he's like he was done just enough damage for Zimbabwe here

08:00he runs scored quickly that's a legitimate delivery Benro Fernando but the most important thing he's

08:09gotten it's straight and he's got the length right and uh he's sick he was plumb LBW

08:1718 from 11 exciting one six in that innings 161 for five Tony Monyonga on strike full toss and he's hit

08:29it hard hit it hard for four that's a good start for Monyonga

08:33goes down for the second time down the ground that's why you need Berl on strike right now

08:43Chameera ball goes at the stumps he keeps picking up wickets Dushmanta Chameera

08:51that's a big one it's rainbow he's gotten it right again has Dushmanta Chameera he's gotten the ball full

09:05and into the line of the stumps taking away his towards the offside which is the shorter boundary

09:12as Ryan Bill faces it that's why he backed away looking to get that shorter boundary and Chameera

09:20says no way Ryan Bill's gone for 26 from 14 strike rate 186 175 for six and batting he's going to have

09:30to back really well just like how Zimbabwe are doing vacant areas Monyonga ends Chameera's spell with the

09:39boundary in front that's an easy decision Matisha Patirana gets his first

09:48very difficult to pick a bowler who has the sort of bowling action that Patirana has

09:55if you've never seen him before

10:00he just sort of appears when he's halfway down the wicket

10:04and that's uh the way brad evans has played this one suggests he had no idea where this one was

10:11and Patirana gets the ball full and straight and quick

10:17brad evans has gone for two 185 for seven

10:20patirana no that's better get off strike maybe try and get two he'll come back oh no he doesn't

10:28he's holding down the river

10:32Maposa will walk back i think he had the correct idea in trying to get to the non-strikers in and

10:38get Monyonga on strike

10:42Kamil Mishara the fielder in the deep manages to catch it and get get it to Kusal Mendes

10:49i think he's done just enough to make up for a drop

10:51chance but uh Kusal Mendes as well look how well he's moved this is not over nowhere near the stumps

10:59and the decision we're gonna see here is that uh to not end up my poor size run out

11:08that's the one run to his name 187 for seven

11:13oh hit hard hit straight it's four zimbabwe get themselves into the 190s

11:23probably the best shot garawa has played hitting mati chapati runner down the ground for four

11:34just adds the psychological impact of chasing a score above 190.

11:43thanks

11:57sri lankan bowlers they've been put to the sword patirana one for 40 binro fernando one for 48

12:03chameera as always the best of the lot for sri lanka two for 33 along with dushan him on the three for 38

12:10but runs bleeding all over but what will encourage sri lanka is marumani thought

12:16this score is a pass score for this pitch this is what sri lanka need 192 runs from 120 balls

12:22that's a steep target at 9.6 runs in over well a few minutes to get your thoughts together and catch

12:28your breath we'll be back shortly with sri lanka's chase here we go

12:44lovely shot through extra cover chase is on for tony munyonga and he's not going to get there

12:51that's exactly what i was talking about earlier in the over that little bit of width

12:59and what it means is padam nasanka has finished the over strongly now

13:03and as a result clever batting by mendes uses the pace uses that little bit of width and steers it

13:15away for four oh that's a great pickup for six exploiting the shorter boundary

13:24and follows it up with four through extra cover it was upish wasn't all that far away from munyonga

13:37and there again just a couple of bounces

13:44great improvisation from mendes moving inside the line ramping it over short fine leg

13:54that looks like it's going to be six indeed it is straight into the sri lanka fans brings up the half

14:00century

14:05really poor bowling

14:10in the air chance here will take some catching but you've got sikandar raza

14:15doesn't drop many the captain takes the catch and gets that partnership out of here

14:20hit the deck got big on mendes

14:29this is what can happen

14:31the last door of the power play sri lanka now looking

14:34to maximize the runs when the field restrictions are on

14:42i've zimbabwe thought that that was a nick in the previous over

14:48well they're not going to mind it now the very next ball he's faced is out

14:51that's massive a massive bluff cosal mendes was going really well he's got 30 58 for one

15:01beats the fielder short boundary four runs to end the over power play is done

15:06nicely played towards us right under us beats the fielder there that's what's required

15:17oh he's got it first ball could this be the changing moment of the game

15:22the captain has got rid of the man who was proving to be danger for them

15:30can you believe it

15:33patum nisanka

15:36a bottom edge but the ball skidded through it wasn't all that short but patum nisanka is a

15:41very good judge of length

15:48that's his strength

15:53oh he can't do no wrong he just can't do no wrong seconder raza

16:01massive blow nisanka 33 76 for two sri lanka

16:07oh the keepers missed it marumani just right between his legs that'll be going for

16:15four wide to five whites get earlier third highest power play here in harare and that's

16:21the boundary to start the over so that's one way of tackling raza just to put him off a little bit of

16:26his leg cut away boundary to start off the over

16:37cut away again this time might have gone all the way for six

16:46it'll end with another boundary

16:47timely over for sri lanka expensive for zimbabwe 17 from it one one eight for two

16:59oh that struck really nicely and this goes for six

17:06oh he's seen him coming brian bennett and he's almost undone him it's just the thick edge

17:13but insult to injury because of the boundary

17:18it's gone up in the air and is it going to go all the way for six yes it is

17:27how well has he timed that ball this man is a quality player

17:33again he's toying with the fielders

17:45six what a wonderful clean strike that was

17:52over backward points when younger there and it's gone for four more

17:56it'll be four more almost took the shins off blessing musurbani there drilled back down the ground

18:07five of them there he picks that up no one there that's it one bounce for four sri lanka are home

18:16they were nervy they huffed and puffed but a dominant performance with the bat

18:26here to seal the series they win the series 2-1

18:39you

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