Zimbabwe aim for winning start

Harare: Hosts Zimbabwe take on visitors Sri Lanka, in the first match of the tri-nation series, involving fellow visitors West Indies, at the Harare Sports Club on Monday.

Zimbabwe, who are just coming off a pathetic Test series against Sri Lanka, will have a lot on them as they aim to make a turnaround in the shorter version of the game, and with the ODIs being a different ball game, as well as being played at their home venue, it just might work in the favour of the hosts.

However, considering Sri Lanka’s form, following the Test series win over the hosts, they would definitely be carrying the winning momentum forward in the ODIs as well, and would be an uphill task for the hosts to give them a stern challenge.

Speaking on the Zimbabwe squad for the tri-series, Graeme Cremer is all set to lead the hosts, while Carl Mumba and Tarisai Musakanda are the couple of new faces, and rookies in the side, who have earned their maiden call up in the Zimbabwean ODI side, while familiar names in the form of Brian Chari, Tinashe Panyangara and Chris Mpofu retain their spot in the side.

As for the touring Sri Lankan side, Upul Tharanga has been named the skipper of the side, with regular skipper Angelo Mathews being ruled out of the series due to injury. Rangana Herath led the side in the two-Test series retiring from the ODIs in 2015.

Kusal Perera is the vice-captain of the side, while the side includes few big names in the form of Kusal Mendis, Shehan Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dasun Shanaka, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, and many more.

Teams from

Zimbabwe: Graeme Cremer (c), Brian Chari, Tarisai Musakanda, Carl Mumba, Chris Mpofu, Hamilton Masakadza, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Peter Moor (wk), Donald Tiripano, Tinashe Panyangara, Sikandar Raza, Tendai Chisoro, Elton Chigumbura.

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga (c), Dhananjaya De Silva, Kusal Janith Perera (wk), Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, Shehan Jayasuriya, Asela Gunaratne, Sachith Pathirana, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dasun Shanaka, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Lakshan Sandakan, Jeffrey Vandersay.

Match facts
Monday 14-November 2016
Start time: 09:00 local (07:00 GMT)

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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