Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 4th ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Malinga to Craig Ervine, no run, defends a short of length delivery

Malinga to Craig Ervine, no run, Malinga trying. Zimbabwe trying harder. Throws hands at a widish ball that Malinga bowls and misses

Malinga to Craig Ervine, no run, left alone

Malinga to Craig Ervine, 2 runs, Malinga is running in to bowl like he would, with a camera following him through the side. "Get in the frame kind of run". Baywatch run on the beach side by Malinga. Slow and sensuous. Craig Ervine turns a couple to fine leg

Malinga to Sean Williams, 1 run, length ball jabbed to mid-wicket

Malinga to Mire, no run, short of a good length and well outside off, Mire stands tall and punches it off the back-foot, straight to the fielder at short extra-cover

Malinga to Mire, no run, tad fuller and in that channel outside off, Mire gets his bat in front of the pads and pushes it towards cover

Malinga to Mire, no run, back of a length and just outside off, Mire gets behind the line and defends

Malinga to Mire, 2 runs, short of a length and on Mire's pads, nudged away past the vacant mid-wicket region for a couple of runs

Malinga to Masakadza, 3 runs, runs are beginning to come for Zimbabwe, too straight from Malinga, ends up drifting onto Masakadza's pads, he plays with a straight bat and gets it wide of mid-wicket, the ball slows down near the ropes and the batsmen come back for the third run

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, that was close, Masakadza has struggled against Malinga today, he isn't reading the swing, was looking to work one that shaped away towards mid-wicket, closed the bat-face early, the leading edge popped up and just went wide of the diving fielder at cover, didn't carry through to the onrushing fielder at mid-off either

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, back of a length and just outside off, Masakadza checks his shot and pushes it back at the bowler

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, back of a length and on the stumps, Masakadza presses across and whips it straight to mid-on

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, nicely bowled by Malinga, on a good length and going away with the angle, Masakadza has a feel for it and misses, doesn't carry through to Dickwella

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, short and wide from Malinga, Masakadza went chasing after that and mistimes the back-foot punch to short extra-cover

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, short of a length and just outside off, Masakadza was playing from the crease and gets an inside edge onto the pads

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, fuller length delivery and swinging away from outside off, Masakadza gets behind the line and defends it towards the off-side

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, Malinga shortens his length and angles this one across the right-hander, left alone

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, on a good length and shaping away from Masakadza, he doesn't get fully forward as he defends from the crease

Malinga to Masakadza, no run, excellent start from Malinga, on a good length and a nice shape away from the right-hander, drew Masakadza into playing at that and beat him on the outside edge