Karunaratne century takes lead close to 400

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Tea Sri Lanka 231 for 5 (De Silva 59*, Gunaratne 10* ) and 537 lead Zimbabwe 373 by 395 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Dimuth Karunaratne struck his second fifty-plus score of the match and his first Test century in a year to ratchet up Sri Lanka’s lead to 395 at tea. His 94-run stand for the fifth wicket with Dhananjaya de Silva, which came at 4.47 runs an over, countered debutant fast bowler Carl Mumba’s strikes and then helped Sri Lanka re-establish their dominance in Harare.

Chris Mpofu had Karunarate chipping a return catch for 110, 15 minutes before tea, but Sri Lanka, 5 for 0 overnight, headed to the break at 231 for 5 with an overall …

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