00:00Sri Lanka took first strike for the third time in the series but on this occasion the
00:04Wendy's women struck in the first over.
00:08But it took them 10 overs to snap up their second as skipper Hayley Matthews struck another
00:13victim on 44.
00:15Hashita Samawikrama has been one of the standouts for the Asians and continued her good batting
00:20form.
00:24She and Vishmi Gunaratna added 78 more to the total before the latter fell on 26.
00:30Hashita nudged another half-century before falling to a blinder on a top score of 70.
00:43Kavisha Delhari though kept the runs flowing with an unbeaten 44.
00:48West Indies pick up a flurry of late-order wickets including a run-out.
00:57But Sri Lanka closed on their second highest total of the series finishing on 217 for seven.
01:04Former skipper Stefani Taylor admitted West Indies batters haven't been at their best.
01:07sky high has not looked confident Kiana Joseph and it's an easy catch in the end.
01:12And that trend continued as two wickets fell with 12 runs on the board in the run chase.
01:19That meant the current and former skippers had to take responsibility to repair the innings.
01:26Matthews offing the fulcrum of West Indies success was the key figure once again.
01:34Stefani Taylor was more subdued but was steady as Matthews notched her half-turn.
01:38Matthews looking at her pre-eminent best in this knock so far strides to a half-century.
01:46Well played to Haley Matthews.
01:47Taylor's knock ended on 38 but the Windy's women were clearly in front at 136 for three.
01:53And the skipper finally back in nick converted her 50 into a milestone ODI turn.
02:17Matthews also surpassed 6,000 runs but held out soon after reaching her milestone.
02:23Deandra Dutting joined Chenelle Henry and started polishing off the remaining 49 runs.
02:31Henry finished on 32 while Dutting's 24 of 29 took the Windy's women home on 218 for four.
02:40The Caribbean women avoiding the ODI sweep with a six-wicket win in Grenada.
02:45Terence Clark, TP6 Sport.
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