The lonely spectator

Jul 06, 2017

Police protection... for empty seats?•AFP

Tarisai Musakanda, picked for the first time on tour, gutsed it out to make 48 off 57 balls•AFP

Wanindu Hasaranga, for the second ODI in a row, picked up two wickets in two balls •AFP

But the risks he kept taking caught up with him. Nevertheless, Zimbabwe made 47 runs off the last four overs to finish on 310 for 8•AFP

The two Sri lanka openers put on a 229-run stand for the opening wicket•AFP

Solomon Mire could have used a little shielding early on as he played across the line of the full ball to be lbw for 13•AFP

But it was Hamilton Masakadza who did most of the early running. He had 50 of Zimbabwe's 75 runs in the 15th over•AFP

One of them was Masakadza, after he had made his fifth ODI hundred. Sri Lanka's spin strangle was working. •AFP

Niroshan Dickwella's strength is playing square of the wicket on both sides - and he was given every opportunity to show it off•AFP

Dickwella finished with 102 off 116•AFP

Lakshan Sandakan gave a good account of himself despite bowling into the wind •AFP

Sean Williams made 43 off 47 balls, playing a few unorthodox shots•AFP

Danushka Gunathilaka, meanwhile, had fun freeing his arms and smashing through the line of the ball•AFP

Gunathilaka collected 116 off 111 and Sri Lanka waltzed to victory with eight wickets and 16 balls to spare•AFP