- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.1 Gayle follows Barath, Murali strikes first ball. Gayle comes forward and looks to defend, the ball pops up and hits the top off the bat and goes to gully and Samaraweera takes a good catch. 45/29.5 Barath goes for a low score this time, pitches outside the off stump and coming in, keeps a bit low and Barath trying to pull, gets beaten and gets hit on the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal and given by the umpire. 45/131.4 Malinga strikes, gets Darren Bravo, good reverse swing, strikes him right in front of the stumps. 132/426.1 we have a run out, an unfortunate way to get out, Bravo drives straight back down the track and Herath gets his finger tips to the ball and it goes on to hit the stumps, Sarwan is caught outside the crease. 94/343.3 got him, bowled! Nice ball from Herath, pitches on the off stump and Bravo tries to flick to the onside, misses it completely and the middle stump is uprooted. 175/633.5 another failure for Pollard, the reverse swing doing the trick once again, coming in sharply and beats the outside edge of Pollard's bat and hits the top of the off stump, excellent bowling from Malinga. 138/545.3 Sammy pushes to midwicket and there is hesitation from both the batsmen, Jayawardene quickly in throws it to Sangakkara to run out Sammy. 187/745.4 flicks it in the air straight to Jayawardene at midwicket, a simple catch. 187/848.1 swinging delivery and Rampaul tries it smash it, misses it completely and the off stump is knocked back. 192/950 West Indies are bowled out of the final delivery, on the stumps and Roach tries to smash it, the ball beats the bat and the sound of timber. 203/10Extras18 (b 1, lb 8, w 9)TOTAL203 all out (50 Overs, RR: 4.06)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Adrian Barath, 9.5 ov), 2-45 (Chris Gayle, 10.1 ov), 3-94 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 26.1 ov), 4-132 (Darren Bravo, 31.4 ov), 5-138 (Kieron Pollard, 33.5 ov), 6-175 (Dwayne Bravo, 43.3 ov), 7-187 (Daren Sammy, 45.3 ov), 8-187 (Nikita Miller, 45.4 ov), 9-192 (Ravi Rampaul, 48.1 ov), 10-203 (Kemar Roach, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SL Malinga 10 0 30 3 3.00 2 0 KMDN Kulasekara 10 1 42 2 4.20 1 0 AD Mathews 4 0 20 0 5.00 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 2 42 2 4.20 3 0 TM Dilshan 7 0 27 0 3.85 1 0 HMRKB Herath 9 1 33 1 3.66 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.5 Rampaul strikes, short ball too close to the body fro Dilshan to cut, finds the outside edge and straight to Baugh behind the wicket. 32/125.5 half-volley and Sangakkara drives in the air firmly to short extra cover and Gayle takes the catch. 102/2Extras19 (lb 3, w 16)TOTAL199/2 (42.3 Overs, RR: 4.68)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 8.5 ov), 2-102 (Kumar Sangakkara, 25.5 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00, Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
3 February 2011 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Rain stopped play at 46/1 off 14.3 overs, loss 3 overs
- WU Tharanga 100 in 138 balls, 162 mts (7 x 4)
Match Coverage
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Upul Tharanga's ninth one-day century and his first against West Indies steered Sri Lanka to a convincing eight-wicket win and a 1-0 lead in the three-match one-day series