SHARJAH. United Arab Emirates. Apr 3: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the opening match of the Siiarjah Cup cricket tournament today, reports Reuter.

SCOREBOARD

Scoreboard in the opening Sharjah Cup tie between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on Thursday:

ZIMBABWE

G Flower b Zoysa 12

C Wishart run out 32

A Campbell lbw b Vaas 2

D Viljoen st Kaluwltharana b.Dliannasena 17

A Flower b Muralitharan 38

S Carlisle c Tillekaratne b Muralitharan 6

P Strang b Vaas 38

11 Streak tun out 11

E Brandes not out 10

A Wlilttal c Kaluwltharana b Vaas 4 E Matanibanadzo not out 0

Extras: (b-3. lb-7. nb-3. w-4) 17

Total: (nine wickets in 50 overs 187)

Fall of wickets: 1-31: 2-34; 3-65: 4-77; 5-100: 6-139. 7-169: 8-180:9-186.

Bowling: O M R W

Vaas 10 2 25 3

Zovsa 10 0 46 1

Muralitharan 10 1 39 2

De Silva 10 0 34 0

Dharmasena 10 0 33 1

SRI LANKA

Jayasuriya e Wishart b Stiang 56

Kaluwltharana c Wishart b

Brandes 0

Atapattu not out 52

De Silva c Strang b G Flower 60

Ranatunga not out 0

Extras: b-6. R>-3. w-11 20

Streak 7 1 22 0

Strang 10 0 41 1

G Flow 4.4 0 15 1

Result: Sri Lanka won by seven wickets.

avinda de Silva

Friday's match: Sri Lanka v Pakistan

A DE SILVA ... m-o-m

Total: (3 wkts in 45.4 overs) 188

Did not bat: R Mahanaina. H Tillekaratne. K Dharmasena. C Vaas. N Zoysa. M Muralltha-ran.

Fall of wickets: 1-1: 2-80; 3-186.

Bowling: O M R W

Brandes 7 0 33 1

Matambandazo 7 0 38 0

Whittail 10 0 30 0