But after the tourists opted not to enforce the follow-on, fast bowler Carl Mumba picked up three wickets to reduce Sri Lanka to 84 for four. Although Herath had come into the series with 26 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket, he had never played against Zimbabwe in a 17-year career. On Tuesday he joined countryman Muttiah Muralitharan and South Africa's Dale Steyn among an elite group of bowlers with five-wicket hauls against all of the other nine Test-playing nations. "If you take my career until 2009, I had only taken about 40 wickets with no five-wicket hauls," said Herath. Sri Lanka then tumbled to 44 for three in their second innings, as Zimbabwe's bowlers were rewarded for greater consistency.

Source: dna November 08, 2016 18:30 UTC