Sanath Jayasurya blazed Sri Lanka to a 15 run win with enormous score of 81 runs of 47 balls. The opening partnership took away the match from West Indies. With both the openers scoring more than 70 runs and having a partnership of 124 runs in this format of a game means a huge score is on plate. Sri Lanka went ahead to score 192 runs against a Gayle minus team with a in experienced captain in Ramdin. West Indies were to blame themselves due to their sloppy fielding which they will require improvement to perform well in the Super Eight round of the ICC T20 World Cup.
The West Indies batting line up did manage to get some runs on the board in the absence of their captain and hard hitter Chris Gayle. They managed to reach 177 for 5 wickets with Bravo leading the flosk and other contributing with 10’s and 20’s. Being a dead rubber it had been a competitive game of Twenty 20 cricket.
Brief synopsis of the match:
Sri Lanka 192 for 5 (Jayasuriya 81, Dilshan 74, Simmons 4-19) beat West Indies 177 for 5 (Bravo 51, Mendis 2-25) by 15 runs
The captain’s speech during the presentation ceremony:
Ramdin: "We needed a good start, but we lost Fletcher early. We are looking forward to the Super Eights, we want to play hard cricket, and we would have liked to continue our winning ways. Gayle should be fit for the next game."
Sangakkara: "Jaysuriya is a genius, and with the help of Dilshan and the others we put on a big score. We would like to brush up on our fielding though."
The West Indies batting line up did manage to get some runs on the board in the absence of their captain and hard hitter Chris Gayle. They managed to reach 177 for 5 wickets with Bravo leading the flosk and other contributing with 10’s and 20’s. Being a dead rubber it had been a competitive game of Twenty 20 cricket.
Brief synopsis of the match:
Sri Lanka 192 for 5 (Jayasuriya 81, Dilshan 74, Simmons 4-19) beat West Indies 177 for 5 (Bravo 51, Mendis 2-25) by 15 runs
The captain’s speech during the presentation ceremony:
Ramdin: "We needed a good start, but we lost Fletcher early. We are looking forward to the Super Eights, we want to play hard cricket, and we would have liked to continue our winning ways. Gayle should be fit for the next game."
Sangakkara: "Jaysuriya is a genius, and with the help of Dilshan and the others we put on a big score. We would like to brush up on our fielding though."
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