Zimbabwe hit back

Much will depend tomorrow on Russel Arnold, who was at the crease for all but the first hour and he will resume on 65.

SCOREBOARD :

Zimbabwe 1st innings, overnight 178-8: C Wishart lbw Vaas 1, G Flower c Dilshan b Pushpakumara 13, M Goodwin b Pushpakumara 11, N Johnson lbw Wickramasinghe 70, A Flower c Arnold b Vaas 14, A Campbell lbw Pushpakumara 9, G Whittall c Arnold b Pushpakumara 37, R Price lbw Pushpakumara 2, E Brandes b Vaas 9, B Strang c Atapattu b Vaas 28, H Olonga not out 3; Extras lb4, nb17 21. Total: 218.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-24, 3-33, 4-68, 5-83, 6-143, 7-174, 8-175,9-196.
Bowling: Vaas 29.4-10-56-4, Pushpakumara 25-5-56-5, Wickramasinghe 16-6-41-1, Muralitharan 24-6-51-0, Jayasuriya 4-1-10-0.

Sri Lanka 1st innings: M Atapattu c Johnson b Olonga 0, R Arnold batting 65, M Jayawardena c Goodwin b Brandes 2, S Jayasuriya c A Flower b Brandes 4, T Dilshan c A Flower b Strang 37, R Kaluwitharana c A Flower b Whittall 7, I de Seram c G Flower b Whittall 38, C Vaas c Campbell b Brandes 0, R Pushpakumara batting 0; Extras lb1, nb4, w1 6. Total for 7 wickets 159.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-29, 4-82, 5-90, 6-158, 7-159.
Bowling: Olonga 16-2-32-1, Brandes 10-2-39-3, Strang 19-7-50-1, Whittall 14-7-30-2, Price 7-3-17-0.