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- Updated: October 30, 2016
Stumps Zimbabwe 88 for 1 (Mawoyo 41*, Masakadza 33*) trail Sri Lanka 537 (Tharanga 110*, Perera 110, Cremer 4-142) by 449 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball details
For a brief period on the second morning, Zimbabwe made run-scoring look strenuous. For the rest of the day, Sri Lanka’s batsmen enjoyed a placid Harare surface and a tiring bowling attack to pile on 537. Upul Tharanga, displaying admirable patience, reaped the most rewards on the second day to score to his second Test ton, an unbeaten 110.
In reply, Zimbabwe’s batsmen had to survive a tricky 23 overs before stumps. They were positive from the outset, particularly against Rangana Herath, and finished the second day at 88 for 1. The batsmen regularly shimmied down the track and opted to sweep even if they misread the length.
There wasn’t much turn for either Herath or Dilruwan Perera; most deliveries skidded on with the arm. One such delivery from Herath rapped opener Brian Chari on the pad in front of leg. Umpire Simon Fry raised the finger but it seemed the ball may have been heading down leg with the angle. Hamilton Masakadza was dropped at first slip by Dimuth Karunaratne off Suranga Lakmal in the seventh over, a relatively simple chance at shoulder height. Subsequently, Tino Mawoyo and Masakadza …
