Dickwella, Gunathilaka drive Sri Lanka to 300-6
HAMBANTOTA, A record double-century mount between openers Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka guided Sri Lanka to 300-6 in a fourth one-day general opposite Zimbabwe in Hambantota on Saturday.
Dickwella (116) and Gunathilaka (87) put together 209 runs after a hosts inaugurated to bat initial — apropos a initial span in ODI story to measure back-to-back double century partnerships.
The maladroit batting twin had put on a 229-run match-winning mount in a prior ODI on Thursday during a same venue.
While Dickwella strike his second unbroken century with a autocratic 116, Gunathilaka missed out on what could have been his second ODI ton after being bowled for 87.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Dickwella, who scored 102 on Thursday during a same venue, played a studious 118-ball hit laced with 8 bounds before being trapped lbw.
Zimbabwe off-spinner Malcolm Waller got a dual cherished wickets in unbroken overs to lift things behind for a visitors.
Paceman Chris Mpofu also got dual wickets to clap a Sri Lankan middle-order as a hosts slipped from 216-1 to 263-5.
Skipper Angelo Mathews afterwards carried a sum with his 40-ball 42, with assistance from Wanindu Hasaranga (19 not out) during their 37-run partnership for a seventh wicket.
The hosts, already heading Zimbabwe 2-1, are looking to take an irrefutable lead in a five-match series.
-AFP
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