Kaluwitharana stars for Lanka
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HARARE, DECEMBER 18: Sri Lanka made short work of reaching 261 runs to win the fourth of five One-Day Internationals against Zimbabwe today and take the series 3-0, with one more match to be played on Sunday.

Romesh Kaluwitharana hit a faultless 99 (86b, 1x6, 11x4), to help Lanka achieve what should have been a difficult target, with six wickets and 32 balls to spare. He put on 144 for the third wicket with Mahela Jayawardena (63 in 82 balls).

Earlier Zimbabwe's Stuart Carlisle scored a century (121: 138b, 4x6, 8x4) in his side's best total of the series after captain Andy Flower won the toss and decided to bat.

Scoreboard
Zimbabwe: Alistair Campbell c sub (Silva) b Chandana 43, Grant Flower c Arnold b Vaas 7, Stuart Carlisle not out 121, Murray Goodwin b Jayasuriya 26, Andy Flower c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe 53. Extras (lb 8, w 2): 10. Total (for 4 wickets): 260
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-79, 3-129, 4-260
Bowling: Vaas 10-0-44-1, Pushpakumara 8-1-37-0, Wickramasinghe8-0-30-1, Muralitharan 10-1-52-0, Chandana 5-0-25-1, Jayasuriya 7-0-46-1, Arnold 2-0-18-0
Sri Lanka: S Jayasuriya c G Rennie b J Rennie 8, R Kaluwitharana b Olonga 99, M Atapattu c Andy Flower b J Rennie 6, M Jayawardena c Andy Flower b Brandes 63, R Arnold not out 42, T Dilshan not out 20. Extras (lb-2, w-15, nb-7) 24. Total (for 4 wkts in 44.4 overs) 262.
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-44, 3-188, 4-213.
Bowling: Brandes 10-0-52-1, J Rennie 8-0-36-2, Brent 5.4-0-48-0, Whittall 3-0-34-0, Olonga 10-0-54-1, G Flower 6-0-27-0, Campbell 2-0-9-0.

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