Roneil Walcott
Sri Lanka cruised to an emphatic nine-wicket acquire in the third and closing Twenty/20 versus the West Indies on the Rangiri Dambulla Global Stadium on October 17 to entire a 2-1 sequence victory.
After shedding the first T20 to the West Indies on October 13, Sri Lanka roared inspire in the 2nd match after they rolled over the guests for a paltry rating of 89 to gain a 73-creep triumph on October 15.
The Windies batsmen offered more resistance in the closing match as they bought to an even rating of 162 for eight, with captain Rovman Powell (37 off 27 balls) and Gudakesh Motie (32 off 15) main the rate. Opening batsman Brandon King chipped in with 23 from 19 balls earlier than being cleaned up by Maheesh Theekshana (two for 19) in the sixth over.
West Indies’ whole did little to pain the Sri Lankan high picture, though, because the hosts raced to 166 for one with two overs to spare to wrap up the comeback victory in the sequence.
After a good vitality play, the Windies laboured to 55 for four on the ten-over impress because the Sri Lankan spinners had their capacity in Dambulla all all over again.
With the Windies slipping to 62 for five after the dismissal of Sherfane Rutherford (six), Powell discovered an doubtlessly not ally in Motie because the pair acquire on 54 runs in rapid time. Within the 15th over, the left-handed Motie transform self sustaining from when he carted Dunith Wellalage for three consecutive sixes.
Motie became pushed apart by Sri Lankan ace Wanindu Hasaranga (two for twenty-four) in the following over, though, with both Powell and current batsman Romario Shepherd (18 off 13) falling on the inspire pause as they went boundary-attempting.
Within the 2nd T20, the Sri Lankan spinners proved too stable for the regional batsmen as they defended a 163-creep goal.
The West Indies spinners didn’t maintain the identical build on the Sri Lankan personnel, though, as Pathum Nissanka (39 off 22), Kusal Mendis (68 not out off 50) and Kusal Perera (55 not out off 36) all bought caught in to vitality the hosts’ a hit creep.
The Sri Lankans had the lone blemish when Nissanka became bowled by Motie (one for 31) in the sixth over.
Mendis and Perera had been medical of their capacity and they stitched collectively an unbeaten 106-creep stand as they both bought past the 50-creep milestone.
Mendis struck 5 fours and three sixes in his knock, with Perera hitting seven fours – one of which sealed victory as he flicked Alzarri Joseph to the ravishing leg boundary in the 18th over.
The teams will lickety-split swap consideration to the three-match One-day global sequence which is prepared to bowl off on October 20 on the Pallekele Global Cricket Stadium.
Summarised Scores:
WEST INDIES: 162/8 from 20 overs (Rovman Powell 37, Gudakesh Motie 32; Maheesh Theekshana 2/19, Wanindu Hasaranga 2/24) vs SRI LANKA: 166/1 from 18 overs (Kusal Mendis 68 not out, Kusal Perera 55 not out; G Motie 1/31). Sri Lanka won by nine wickets.
