HARARE, DEC 5: Batting collapses and stubborn recoveries experienced by both sides in the third and final cricket Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka left the match finely balanced at close on the second day.When bad light brought proceedings to a halt with 11 overs remaining, Sri Lanka were 159-7 in reply to Zimbabwe's 218, a deficit of 59 with three wickets in hand.Much will depend tomorrow on Russel Arnold, who was at the crease for all but the first hour and he will resume on 65.SCOREBOARD :Zimbabwe (1st innings, overnight 178-8): C Wishart lbw Vaas 1, G Flower c Dilshan b Pushpakumara 13, M Goodwin b Pushpakumara 11, N Johnson lbw Wickramasinghe 70, A Flower c Arnold b Vaas 14, A Campbell lbw Pushpakumara 9, G Whittall c Arnold b Pushpakumara 37, R Price lbw Pushpakumara 2, E Brandes b Vaas 9, B Strang c Atapattu b Vaas 28, H Olonga not out 3; Extras (lb4, nb17) 21. Total: 218.Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-24, 3-33, 4-68, 5-83, 6-143, 7-174, 8-175,9-196.Bowling: Vaas 29.4-10-56-4, Pushpakumara 25-5-56-5, Wickramasinghe 16-6-41-1, Muralitharan 24-6-51-0, Jayasuriya 4-1-10-0.Sri Lanka (1st innings): M Atapattu c Johnson b Olonga 0, R Arnold batting 65, M Jayawardena c Goodwin b Brandes 2, S Jayasuriya c A Flower b Brandes 4, T Dilshan c A Flower b Strang 37, R Kaluwitharana c A Flower b Whittall 7, I de Seram c G Flower b Whittall 38, C Vaas c Campbell b Brandes 0, R Pushpakumara batting 0; Extras (lb1, nb4, w1) 6. Total (for 7 wickets) 159.Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-29, 4-82, 5-90, 6-158, 7-159.Bowling: Olonga 16-2-32-1, Brandes 10-2-39-3, Strang 19-7-50-1, Whittall 14-7-30-2, Price 7-3-17-0.
