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  • 1 year ago
Well the West Indies were beaten by Sri Lanka in the first of three One Day Internationals today by five wickets on the Duckworth Lewis method. The Windies recovered from a rough start to post 185 for four before Sri Lanka was given a revised total of 234 to chase. They did so with 31 balls to spare.
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00:00West Indies took first strike in this encounter with the intention of getting
00:03a win and moving up the rankings. Alec Athanese and Brandon King took first
00:08strike. King was the first to go with a score of 34. Seven runs later and
00:13Athanese would join him in the pavilion. Shea Hope was then given LBW for five
00:19and things were looking shaky for the visitors. However, Kessie Carthy and
00:24Shefane Rutherford put things back on target for the Windies. It took them 25
00:29overs to reach 100 before Carthy got out for 37.
00:38Rutherford and Ruston Chase then began to moto along. The Guyanese batsman
00:43getting to his half century and eventually 74 not out while Chase was on
00:4733 when rain caused the delay. West Indies reaching 185 for four from 38.3
00:54overs. Sri Lanka had to chase a revised the total of 232 from 37 overs with eight
01:01overs in the power play. Well the Windies struck first removing Avishka Fernando
01:06for five. Hussain Mendes got out for 13.
01:15Koda Kishmoti grabbed the three wickets in the match and this was his first.
01:20However, Nishan Mudaksa scored 69 from 54 balls and Charith Asalanka top
01:26scored with 77 as Sri Lanka easily chased 234 for the loss of five wickets.
01:32They win the match in 31.5 overs and take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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