Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    111.1 drags on! Good length ball on fourth stump, not really the width to cut, but Brathwaite tries to force the issue with Gabriel the last man alongside. It jags in off the pitch a touch to further cramp him for room and the result is an inside/bottom edge onto the stumps. 354/10
    6.6 full, just outside off. Pokes at it, takes the outside edge, and straight to the keeper! Lakmal with the breakthrough 11/1
    8.6 played on! Length ball, on off. Nowhere in position to cut a ball that's coming in. Under-edged onto the stumps instead 15/2
    27.3 taken? Joel Wilson wants the TV umpire to have a look. Soft signal is out. This was overpitched, outside off. Mayers tried to drive, got the edge, and keeper dived diagonally forward to catch. But it's a low catch, so the umpire wants to confirm if the catch was clean. Very clean 86/3
    37.2 smart catch by the keeper! Overpitched, just outside off. Blackwood checks his drive, away from his body. Takes the edge, and Dickwella has to dive to his right to take a low catch. An entertaining innings ends prematurely 120/4
    48.1 strikes first up! Caught at slip! Floated this up full and wide on seventh stump, Holder reaching out a long way without much footwork for a booming cover drive and instead a thick edge flies to Thirimanne's right at chest height. He reaches across his body and takes this comfortably. There looked like a touch of drift from the overspin that took the ball a fraction away from Holder before it pitched and that was enough to produce an edge. 171/5
    57.3 good length, outside off. Flays at it, away from the body, and a thin edge to Dickwella! His fourth catch 185/6
    68.1 slow finger of death! Full, on off. Presses forward to defend. Ball sneaks past the edge and hits the pad. Appeal for lbw given. Joseph reviews Replays show that it's hit the bat and the pad at the same time. Hard to determine whether bat first or pad. But the TV umpire determined pad first, and so Joseph has to go. This was crashing into middle stump otherwise. Joseph can't believe it. Coach Simmons is non reactive in the dug out 222/7
    99.1 length ball from Lakmal on off stump, Cornwall tried to muscle this on the up but miscues it straight to mid-off. Fairly innocuous delivery that needed a simple front foot defense, but Cornwall got a bit carried away. Was not on a driving length. The ball floated ever so gently to Vishwa to take the catch at chest height. Lakmal pumps his fists for breaking this determined stand. 325/8
    109.5 beauty from Chameera! Good length ball on the fourth stump channel angling in toward off stump, Roach pushes at this in defense and gets a healthy edge through to Dickwella at shin height. 351/9
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    5
    7
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    20.00
    Extras
    13 (lb 6, nb 7)
    TOTAL
    354 all out (111.1 Overs, RR: 3.18)
    Fall of wickets: 1-11 (John Campbell, 6.6 ov), 2-15 (Nkrumah Bonner, 8.6 ov), 3-86 (Kyle Mayers, 27.3 ov), 4-120 (Jermaine Blackwood, 37.2 ov), 5-171 (Jason Holder, 48.1 ov), 6-185 (Joshua Da Silva, 57.3 ov), 7-222 (Alzarri Joseph, 68.1 ov), 8-325 (Rahkeem Cornwall, 99.1 ov), 9-351 (Kemar Roach, 109.5 ov), 10-354 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 111.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    RAS Lakmal28119443.3501
    MVT Fernando2747112.6200
    L Embuldeniya2558813.5205
    PVD Chameera21.146933.2500
    DM de Silva1032612.6001
  • BATSMEN
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    8.1 my oh my! Bonner with the air time! Full on off, and angling away. Tries to drive away from his body. Takes the edge, and Bonner dives to his right from third slip to take a stunner! One-handed brilliance 18/1
    35.3 oh dear! Not full enough for the drive. But he goes for it anyway. Inside edge, hits the back leg, rolls onto the stumps. A well compiled fifty comes to a close 77/3
    29.4 swinging in from wide of the crease. Lands outside off and comes in sharply. Defends down the wrong line, hits the front pad, and the umpire raises his finger! But Oshada reviews right away. There's no bat, but it might be a bit high and missing leg. Ball tracking, however, says that it would clip the outside of leg stump. There's the wicket 64/2
    65.5 the short-ball ploy has worked. Another bounce from Gabriel, Chandimal couldn't hold back and went for the hook. Wasn't in control and ended up hitting straight down the neck of substitute Hayden Walsh Jr at deep square leg. West Indies have an early breakthrough 152/4
    79.1 oh my goodness! Lapse in concentration by Dhananjaya! Blackwood just fired this in very quick and flat full on middle and off stump. Innocuous delivery in the grand scheme of things but looks like De Silva was expecting just a gently flighted lollipop and is slow getting the bat down in defense as it turns sharply from fourth stump into middle/leg. Big appeal upheld by Joel Wilson. It was turning quite sharply but De Silva doesn't even consider going for a review and replays indicate ball-tracking was turning it past leg stump! He'd have been saved had he opted for a review. Mickey Arthur is doing Mickey Arthur things on the Sri Lanka balconly. 177/5
    106.4 another short one and Nissanka once again goes for the pull. Gets a top edge and it goes right into the lap of Hayden Walsh at deep-backward square leg. It wasn't a percentage shot, so I feel he should have ducked under those bouncers 258/9
    87.4 An appeal for caught-behind. Denied but West Indies belatedly opt to review it. A length ball around off, this one nips back in to find Dickwella stuck in his crease. Sneaks in through the gap between bat and pad but did it touch the bat on its way to the keeper? It definitely brushed the thigh. The UltraEdge shows there was an inside edge too before that. Dickwella walks back, Sri Lanka in trouble at 203 for 6 203/6
    90.2 loose shot flicked to midwicket/short mid-on. Fullish length ball on fourth stump, Lakmal tried to whip this on the up but miscues it off an inside half of the bat and the ball flutters gently to Brathwaite adjacent to the non-striker for a simple catch at waist height. 214/7
    97.5 an outside edge and taken. Holder finally gets the reward for his consistency. Was a length ball, just around off stump, forcing the batsman ti play at it. Chameera looks to defend but can only manage and outside edge. Da Silva pouches a regulation catch 231/8
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    106.6 and that's it. Roach has wrapped up the innings here. A length ball angling in, Fernando like a typical No. 11 was looking to go towards the leg side while poking his bat at it. Gets an outside edge and a simple catch for Da Silva 258/10
    Extras
    17 (b 4, lb 5, nb 7, w 1)
    TOTAL
    258 all out (107 Overs, RR: 2.41)
    Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 8.1 ov), 2-64 (Oshada Fernando, 29.4 ov), 3-77 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 35.3 ov), 4-152 (Dinesh Chandimal, 65.5 ov), 5-177 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 79.1 ov), 6-203 (Niroshan Dickwella, 87.4 ov), 7-214 (Suranga Lakmal, 90.2 ov), 8-231 (Dushmantha Chameera, 97.5 ov), 9-258 (Pathum Nissanka, 106.4 ov), 10-258 (Vishwa Fernando, 106.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    KAJ Roach1855833.2204
    ST Gabriel1633712.3101
    AS Joseph2246422.9010
    JO Holder2133921.8502
    KR Mayers1171010.9000
    RRS Cornwall1552501.6600
    J Blackwood401614.0000
  • BATSMEN
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    65.5 bowled 'im. Fuller around off and middle, Brathwaite was looking to flick it towards square leg but misses. It keeps a touch low also and shatters into the stumps. Brathwaite was perhaps a bit causal. He isn't happy with himself and slams his bat into the ground 227/4
    6.4 Given caught-behind. A length ball around off, Campbell walks forward and looks to defend. Misses and an appeal for caught-behind. Campbell is having a chat with Brathwaite and belatedly opts to review it. It's clearly from the replays that he got an outside edge. UltraEdge confirms that and Campbell walks back for 10. West Indies lose a review 14/1
    19.5 the short ball plan finally comes off for Chameera! Continued to bang this in short on fourth/fifth stump line, Blackwood is slightly cramped going for an orthodox cut rather than the uppercut/ramp he tried to the same type of ball on the previous delivery. Thin edge goes through comfortably to Dickwella. 58/2
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    43.6 angled into the pads from around the stumps, Mayers goes to pull a good length ball that doesn't bounce as high as expected and he's hit in front of middle, given out by umpire Brathwaite and Mayers calls for the review. This looks pretty out. Only doubt was on height. The ball wasn't nearly short enough to be playing that pull. Ball-tracking shows umpire's call on the height with the ball clanging the top of middle. Mayers has to go. 140/3
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    136
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    80.68
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    125.00
    Extras
    21 (b 2, lb 12, nb 6, w 1)
    TOTAL
    280/4d (72.4 Overs, RR: 3.85)
    Fall of wickets: 1-14 (John Campbell, 6.4 ov), 2-58 (Jermaine Blackwood, 19.5 ov), 3-140 (Kyle Mayers, 43.6 ov), 4-227 (Kraigg Brathwaite, 65.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    RAS Lakmal1436224.4202
    MVT Fernando12.414903.8611
    DM de Silva2838102.8903
    PVD Chameera1807424.1100

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

2-match series drawn 0-0

Match number

Season

Match days

29,30,31 March, 1, 2 April 2021 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

West Indies 20, Sri Lanka 20

Close of Play

  • Mon, 29 Mar - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 287/7 (KC Brathwaite 99*, RRS Cornwall 43*, 86 ov)
  • Tue, 30 Mar - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 136/3 (LD Chandimal 34*, DM de Silva 23*, 61 ov)
  • Wed, 31 Mar - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 250/8 (P Nissanka 49*, L Embuldeniya 0*, 103.1 ov)
  • Thu, 1 Apr - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 29/0 (HDRL Thirimanne 17*, FDM Karunaratne 11*, 9 ov)
  • Fri, 2 Apr - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 193/2 (79 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st101FDM KarunaratneHDRL Thirimanne
2nd45FDM KarunaratneBOP Fernando
3rd47LD ChandimalBOP Fernando