Match Coverage

Save our hearing please
The cricket was fine despite the storm. If only the emcee had turned down the volume on them loudspeakers
The flamingo uppercut and Bravo's boundary magic
Plays of the day for the semi-final between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Mirpur
Sri Lanka book another final spot; holders out
West Indies banked on a frenetic finish, but Sri Lanka's bowlers had choked the chase to suffocation-point before heavy rain, then marble-sized hail, cut the innings short and sent Sri Lanka to yet another major final
Sammy defends wait-and-watch approach
Darren Sammy said it was disappointing to go out under the rain rule, and refused to answer when he was asked whether West Indies could afford Gayle and Samuels taking as much time as they did
Sri Lanka thrive before the storm
Before the rain arrived, Sri Lanka showed an intensity while bowling and fielding that West Indies could not deal with

The D/L deal

No. of runs Sri Lanka are ahead by when the storm stopped play, according to Duckworth-Lewis.

West Indies had scored 17 off the first over. They then scored only 17 off the next six overs and lost two wickets

141

Chris Gayle's runs in three T20I knockouts. He has hit two fifties and has been dismissed only once

6.06

West Indies' economy rate in the last-five overs in this World T20 is the best among all the teams

147

Runs scored by Dilshan in knockout matches in T20Is before today, the most for any Full Member batsman

This was Mahela Jayawardene's second diamond duck in T20Is, he is the only batsman with two diamond ducks

SL's previous best opening partnership in this World T20. These two had added 61 runs in four innings before today

5-1

It's massively in Sri Lanka's favour. But the one match West Indies won was the 2012 World T20 final

The team batting first in Mirpur has won three of the last four matches here. Bangladesh lost batting first to Australia