Sanath Jayasuriya became Sri Lanka's highest run scorer in one-day internationals and helped his side to a nine-wicket victory over weakened Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Thursday.

Zimbabwe were dismissed for 136 after being put in to bat. Sri Lanka replied with a whirlwind 139 for one in 20.5 overs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Veteran left-hander Jayasuriya, out for 31, had gone into his 315th one-dayer needing 28 to pass Aravinda de Silva's milestone of 9,284, scored in 308 matches.

Jayasuriya claimed the record in the ninth over of Sri Lanka's reply when he drove a delivery from medium pacer Douglas Hondo high over the cover boundary for six.

The innings also put Jayasuriya in fifth place on the list of all-time run-scorers in one-day internationals.

The foundations of the win were laid when left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas took four wickets in his opening spell on his way to final figures of four for 38. Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan mystified the lower order with four for 32.

Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu, who made a career-best 96 not out in the first match of the series on Tuesday, escaped being run out for nought and went on to top-score with 35.

Saman Jayantha scored 74 not out off 64 balls with 12 fours and a six to marshall Sri Lanka's reply.

Zimbabwe were again fielding a highly inexperienced side after 15 white players made themselves unavailable as part of a selection-process battle with their board.

They had put up an unexpectedly good display in the first game, scoring 211 for six before being edged out on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Taibu said on Thursday: "It was a different story today. Sri Lanka bowled very well early on, particularly Vaas and (Nuwan) Zoysa, and we didn't have any answers to them."

Sri Lankan captain Marvan Atapattu said: "We knew what to expect from the Zimbabweans this time and we did exactly what the doctor ordered."

The next game is in Harare on Sunday.

Scoreboard:

Zimbabwe:
V.Sibanda lbw b Vaas 0
B.Taylor c Jayantha b Vaas 2
D.Ebrahim c Dilshan b Vaas 16
T.Taibu run out sub (Herath) 35
E.Chigumbura c Jayawardene b Vaas 0
S.Matsikenyeri st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 18
A.Maregwede lbw b Muralitharen 10
M.Nkala b Jayasuriya 6
P.Utseya not out 25
D.Hondo lbw b Muralitharan 12
T.Panyangara b Muralitharan 0

Extras (b-1 lb-2 nb-7 w-2) 12

Total (all out, 36.4 overs) 136

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-20, 3-27, 4-27, 5-76, 6-80, 7-95, 8-108, 9-134

Bowling: Vaas 10-1-38-4 (nb-6), Zoysa 6-2-21-0 (w-1), Chandana 5-0-20-0 (nb-1), Muralitharan 8.4-2-32-4, Jayasuriya 7-0-22-1 (w-1)

Sri Lanka:
S.Jayantha not out 74
S.Jayasuriya c Utseya b Panyangara 31
M.Atapattu not out 21

Extras (nb-1 w-12) 13

Total (for one wicket, 20.5 overs) 139

Fall of wicket: 1-84

Did not bat: K.Sangakkara, M.Jayawardene, N.Zoysa, T.Dilshan, M.Muralitharan, C.Vaas, R.Arnold, U.Chandana

Bowling: Hondo 8-1-51-0 (nb-1 w-1), Panyangara 6-1-40-1 (w-9), Chigumbura 2-0-17-0 (w-1), Utseya 2.5-0-11-0, Matsikenyeri 2-0-20-0 (w-1)

Result: Bulawayo - Sri Lanka won by nine wickets

First match: Bulawayo - Sri Lanka won by 12 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)

Third match: April 25, Harare

Fourth match: April 27, Harare

Fifth match: April 29, Harare