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Batting first, Zimbabwe went all to pieces against Sri Lanka 'A', collapsing to 146 all out with only 3 batsmen (Taylor, Taibu and Dabengwa) making double-figures. Rangana Herath did most of the damage, with an impressive haul of 4/19, and Sri Lanka were left with simple target to chase.

They didn't get off to the best of starts, though, with Udawatte falling before a run had been scored and Perera departing with the score on 2/26 - both removed by Gary Brent, who was the best of the Zimbabweans on the day with 2/24 - but that was the end of the wicket-taking. From there, Dilshan (78*) and Warnapura (56*) again dominated the match and took Sri Lanka past the winning line with 20 overs to spare.

Very, very disappointing that Zimbabwe still haven't sorted out their batting frailities - sometimes they fire and do a good job, but far too often they just capitulate almost en masse, as happened here. If Zim are to have any hope of competing at Test level, that's going to have to be sorted soon.

Zimbabwe Select 146 (48.3 overs; Dabengwa 45, Herath 4/19), Sri Lanka 'A' 150/5 (29.2 overs; Dilshan 78*, Brent 2/24). Sri Lanka 'A' win by 8 wickets, win series 2-0 with 1 to play.
Next matches: 3rd 'A' ODI in Harare, and Zimbabwe Provinces against Easterns in Bulawayo. Both matches begin on Thursday (1st November). Full scorecard for this match below the cut.

Zimbabwe Select XI innings
V Sibanda	b Amerasinghe	                3
BRM Taylor	c Perera b Amerasinghe	        29
CJ Chibhabha	c Dilshan b Amerasinghe	        4
T Taibu	c Dilshan b Herath	                37
S Matsikenyeri	c Kandamby b Prasad	        1
KM Dabengwa	run out (Udawatte)	        45
E Chigumbura	b Herath	                7
P Utseya	c Perera b Kulasekara	        3
GB Brent	lbw b Herath	                6
AG Cremer	lbw b Herath	                0
T Mupariwa	not out	                        7
    Extras	(w 3, nb 1)	                4
    Total	(all out; 48.3 overs)	        146

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sibanda, 3.1 ov), 2-13 (Chibhabha, 5.1 ov), 
3-70 (Taylor, 15.3 ov), 4-71 (Matsikenyeri, 16.2 ov), 
5-86 (Taibu, 22.1 ov), 6-100 (Chigumbura, 27.5 ov), 
7-114 (Utseya, 34.2 ov), 8-132 (Brent, 42.2 ov), 
9-132 (Cremer, 42.4 ov), 10-146 (Dabengwa, 48.3 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
KMDN Kulasekara	9.3	1	31	1	3.26	(1w)
MKD Amerasinghe	10	0	41	3	4.10	(1nb, 2w)
KTGD Prasad	9	1	27	1	3.00	
MDK Perera	10	0	28	0	2.80	
HMRKB Herath	10	0	19	4	1.90	


Sri Lanka A innings
ML Udawatte	c Taibu b Brent	                0
MDK Perera	lbw b Brent	                8
BSM Warnapura	not out	                        56
TM Dilshan	not out	                        78
    Extras	(w 7, nb 1)	                8
    Total	(2 wickets; 29.2 overs)	        150

Did not bat: JK Silva, SHT Kandamby, KTGD Prasad, HMRKB Herath, 
KMDN Kulasekara, MKDI Amerasinghe, CK Kapugedera 

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Udawatte, 0.5 ov), 2-26 (Perera, 8.5 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
GB Brent	8	1	24	2	3.00	(4w)
T Mupariwa	10	0	52	0	5.20	(1nb)
CJ Chibhabha	4	0	23	0	5.75	
P Utseya	3	0	24	0	8.00	(2w)
AG Cremer	4.2	0	27	0	6.23	(1w)