Published: Jul 17, 2017, 09:21 AM (IST)
Edited: Jul 17, 2017, 09:21 AM (IST)
With the game still wide open, the tough contest between both the sides continue, as hosts Sri Lanka take on visitors Zimbabwe on day 4 of the one-off Test at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday. The live cricket streaming of the match will be available on Sony LIV, while the live telecast of the match is available on Ten 3 and Ten 1 HD. Zimbabwe are currently into the second innings as they comfortably lead by 262 runs with four wickets in hand. It has so far been a phenomenal performance from the Zimbabweans. Sri Lanka too have shown great resilience as they aim to win this one-off tie. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe 2017, one-off Test at Colombo
Sikandar Raza hit a gritty 97 not out to help Zimbabwe recover from a top-order collapse and stretch their second innings lead over Sri Lanka to 262 in the one-off Test on Sunday. The visitors were 252 for six at stumps on day three, with Raza and Malcolm Waller (57) putting on an unbeaten 107-run stand for the seventh-wicket at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium. Raza lifted Zimbabwe from a precarious 23-4, followed by 59-5, after Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath rattled the visitors’ batting with four early wickets. Herath, who got three wickets before the lunch break, bowled Sean Williams for 22 in the second session as Zimbabwe teetered dangerously close to losing their 10-run advantage. Raza, Zimbabwe tail snowball 262-run lead against SL at stumps, Day 3 of Colombo Test
It was then that Raza put together 86 runs with Peter Moor (40) for the sixth wicket to turn the tables on Sri Lanka. Moor fell to paceman Lahiru Kumara. Raza, who registered his fifth Test fifty, used the sweep shot to great effect against the spinners as he found another partner in Waller to thwart the Sri Lankan bowling attack.
