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Chigumbura literally demolished the visitors with 6-24 in nine overs as the visitors slumped to the tournament’s lowest total of 81 all out inside 26 overs.
Emerging pacemen Brian Vitori and Tendai Chatara also took two wickets apiece to give the batsmen the pleasant task of chasing an easy target well below the 100-run mark.
Mangongo said he was pleased by the team’s overall performance after bouncing back from the two losses to South Africa A in their last games and singled out Chigumbura for his good spell. Chigumbura was drafted in the A side to help him prop up his flagging form in the senior team.
The home team had an easy task yesterday as they recovered from a five wicket defeat to South Africa A the previous day to send the Asians home empty handed in the four games they have played at the tournament.
Zimbabwe A won two games over the Lankans and will now meet their neighbours in the final on Sunday. Chatara (227) set the platform for his colleagues when he claimed a brace in the eighth over after removing Udara Jayasundera (15) and Dilruwan Perera (0) in a space of two deliveries with only 25 runs on the board for the Sri Lankans at 7.3 overs.
They were soon three wickets down after adding only four runs when Chigumbura had opener Dimuth Karunaratne caught by Craig Ervine, to start the slide that saw the Zimbabwean all-rounder claiming six wickets in succession.
Online Reporter