Zimbabwe choke again to gift Sri Lanka whitewash
Sri Lanka completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe with a 19-run victory in the fifth and final ODI at Harare Sports Club, but, not for the first time in the last week, Zimbabwe threw away a gilt-edged chance of winning within sight of the finishing line. Given a little more experience and common sense, Zimbabwe could actually have won two, if not three, of the matches, but when you average only 128 an innings, it is always going to be an uphill battle.
At the start of the 41st over, they needed 23 to win with four wickets in hand, with Keith Dabengwa and Prosper Utseya, who had added 72 for the seventh wicket, well set. Even though they held all the cards, in this series the Zimbabwe batting has been brittle, and today was to be no exception as they lost their last four wickets for three runs.
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