Overview
- Sri Lanka posted 298-6 and restricted Zimbabwe to 291-8, with Dilshan Madushanka taking 4/62 and earning Player of the Match.
- Zimbabwe needed 10 off the final over before Madushanka dismissed Sikandar Raza on 92, then Brad Evans and Richard Ngarava in successive balls to complete the hat-trick.
- The hosts recovered from 0-2 through a 118-run stand between Ben Curran (70) and stand-in captain Sean Williams (57).
- Janith Liyanage (70*) and Kamindu Mendis (57) added 137 for the sixth wicket to rescue Sri Lanka from 161-5.
- Craig Ervine was sidelined with a calf injury as Williams led Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka now lead the two-match series 1-0 with the decider on Sunday before T20Is.