Zimbabwe stage fight back

Neil Johnson was caught in the gully by Marvan Atapattu off Nuwan Zoysa in the eighth over when he had added only eight runs to his overnight score.

But when Andy Flower joined Murray Goodwin, the two Zimbabweans settled down into a pattern of stubborn resistance. They defended well, taking the odd single off Muttiah Muralitharan and the occasional fours off the seamers.

Scoreboard

Zimbabwe 1st innings: 174.

Sri Lanka 1st innings: 432.

Zimbabwe 2nd innings, overnight 34-3: G Flower c Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 13, T Gripper c Arnold b Vaas 4, M Goodwin batting 23, E Matambanadzo run out 0, N Johnson c Atapattu b Zoysa 14, A Flower batting 22. Extras 9lb, 1w: 10.

Total for 4 wkts 86.

Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-28, 3-28, 4-51.

Bowling: Vaas 17-3-31-1, Zoysa 9-2-17-1, Wickramasinghe 12-5-16-0, Muralitharan 10-5-13-1.