Zimbabwe: b Mendis

Zimbabwe batsmen looked like novices against A Mendis,who also bowled two maidens. Zimbabwes slide began in Mendis first over: Vusi Sibanda played down the wrong line and was clean bowled and captain Brendan Taylor was smartly stumped by Sangakkara next ball. In his next over,Ajantha bowled Hamilton Masakadza for 20 before Jeevan made it 5-58 by removing Craig Ervine and Malcolm Waller from the other end. Ajantha returned to clean up the tail by again claiming two wickets in one over. Lasith Malinga finished off Zimbabwe when Chris Mpofu became the fourth batsmen to be dismissed without scoring.

two Solid platforms

Earlier,Sangakkara put on 94 runs for the fourth wicket with Jeevan after Taylor won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat. Dilshan and debutant Dilshan Munaweera 17 laid a solid platform of 54 for the opening wicket.

Sangakkara lifted the tempo with his aggressive running between the wickets with Mendis before he was run out in the last over.

Brief scores: SL 182/4 K Sangakkara 44,J Mendis 43; G Cremer 1/27 beat Zim 100 all out H Masakadza 20; A Mendis 6/8,J Mendis 3/24 by 82 runs