The An Yue Jiang had attempted to make delivery to landlocked Zimbabwe, where violence continues in a dispute over election results, via South Africa but was blocked by a court ruling preventing transport of the arms across the country.

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The paceman had earlier struck at either end of his opening spell as Upul Tharanga top-edged an attempted pull and Kumar Sangakkara clipped a rising delivery off his hips to short midwicket.

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