Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe to win tri-nation series
Published:Wednesday | June 9, 2010 | 1:48 PM
An unbeaten century by Tillakaratne Dilshan guided Sri Lanka to a crushing nine-wicket victory over hosts Zimbabwe in the final of the limited overs tri-nation series at Harare Sports Club today.
Dilshan, who looked in control from the start, scored 108 off 102 balls as he steered Sri Lanka to 203 for 1 in reply to Zimbabwe\'s 199 all out.
Dilshan build an opening stand of 160 with Upul Tharanga, who scored 72.
Tharanga\'s half century came off 79 balls and he had smashed eight boundaries before he was run out.
At that point, Sri Lanka\'s victory was inevitable and the Zimbabweans\' body language showed they had conceded the defeat against a side they beat by eight wickets in the final round-robin match.
Earlier, Sri Lanka\'s bowlers had dismissed Zimbabwe in 49 overs.
Seam bowler Dilhara Fernando caused most of the damage, finishing with figures of 3 for 36 in his nine overs, while Jeevan Mendis took 2 for 36.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu topscored for Zimbabwe with 71 from 93 balls.