WI tour of SL, Oct 5-Nov 12

[mikesiva]

Sri Lanka Team
MDKJ Perera†, TM Dilshan, AD Mathews, TAM Siriwardana, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga*, LD Chandimal, PVD Chameera, CK Kapugedera, SMSM Senanayake, DSNFG Jayasuriya

West Indies Team
J Charles, ADS Fletcher†, D Bishoo, MN Samuels, JO Holder, SP Narine, AD Russell, DJ Bravo, DJG Sammy*, KA Pollard, JE Taylor

Kusal and Dilshan bring up the SL opening 50 in just over five overs....

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SL on course for 200.

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SL 215/3!

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Fletcher has hit 4 sixes in 5 balls!

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This boundary is tiny.

[dan08]

Pollard gone. Game over.

[mikesiva]

An impressive win by SL....they look hard to beat at next year's World T20 Champs.

[mikesiva]

Sri Lanka: 1 Kusal Perera (wk), 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Shehan Jayasuriya, 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Milinda Siriwardana, 7 Chamara Kapugedara, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Sachithra Senanayake, 10 Lasith Malinga (capt), 11 Dushmantha Chameera

West Indies: 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Andre Fletcher, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Jerome Taylor, 11 Ravi Rampaul

[meninblue]

Good start for SL.

[meninblue]

Gayle must be injured

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22 runs off that Sena over.

[mikesiva]

Gayle is recovering from back surgery....

Charles...three sixes and a boundary! Off that Senanayake over....

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Another 22 run over

[Aidan11]

Wow, Johnson.

[mikesiva]

Fletcher out for a run-a-ball 23...that was useful, compared to our previous opening partnerships.

Samuels run out for one....

Charles out for 34 after a good start...34 from 25 balls. His feet stopped moving....

Russell out for nine...four down.

Bravo out for a run-a-ball 31...surely, Pollard must come in now.

Pollard out for five...well, so much for that!