Overview
- Sri Lanka chased 278 to win the second ODI by five wickets with three balls remaining at Harare Sports Club.
- Pathum Nissanka scored 122 off 136 and was named Player of the Series, with captain Charith Asalanka adding 71.
- Zimbabwe posted 277/7 as Ben Curran made 79 and Sikandar Raza finished unbeaten on 59; Dushmantha Chameera led Sri Lanka’s attack with 3/52.
- The ICC fined Sri Lanka five percent of each player’s match fee in both ODIs for slow over-rates, with match referee Jeff Crowe issuing the sanctions and Charith Asalanka accepting the charges.
- The series began with a seven-run Sri Lanka win sealed by Dilshan Madushanka’s last-over hat-trick, and the tour now moves to three T20Is on September 3, 6 and 7 before the Asia Cup in the UAE.