Live Match West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Pallekele, Mar 4, 2020 Live Score

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West Indies 196/4 (20.0 Overs) RR: 9.8
Sri Lanka 171/10 (19.1 Overs) 8.92
West Indies won by 25 runs

Batsman	R	B	4s	6s	S.R
Kusal Perera (lhb)	66	38	6	3	173.68
PWH de Silva (rhb)	44	34	4	0	129.41

Bowller	O	M	R	W	Econ
Oshane Thomas (rf)	3.0	0	28	5	9.33
Rovman Powell (rf)	4.0	0	31	2	7.75

RECENT W | 1 1 1 . . W | 6 1 W 6 1 1 | 1 1 . W 4 1 | 1 1 1 W 1 1 | 6 1 4 1 1

Ball by Ball Live Score Commentary

End of Over No.19 Sri Lanka 171/9 Last Over (3 runs)
Right, it’s an unassailable one-nil lead for West Indies and a win for Kieron Pollard in his 500th T20 match. We’ll be back for the second T20I on Friday. Until then, this is Ankur Dhawan signing off on behalf of Andrew Fernando. Kieron Pollard: Total team effort, Oshane Thomas brilliant, he has been doing hard work back home and it’s showing. We had an unsung hero in Rovman Powell with the ball late in the innings. I’ll tell you our plan to Kusal Perera after the next game, he’s obviously their mainstay. Lasith malinga: After ODI tournament, the team had good confidence. Unfortunately we lost five wickets very early, those wickets were very crucial, we didn’t get partnerships in the top order. We are a young unit, I think we’ll learn and deliver in the next match. Oshane Thomas is the player of the match Sri Lanka fall short but they go down fighting. A commendable recovery after Oshane Thomas’ opening burst left them tottering. Short, fast, sometimes erratic but mostly nasty, Thomas pretty much killed the chase (or at least should have) in the Powrplay with a five-for, and strangely did not return to bowl his final over. Spare a thought for Kusal Perera, Sri Lanka’s miracle man. His outrageous knock kept Sri Lanka in the hunt when they had no business doing so – with excellent support from Hasaranga – but once Andre Russell castled him with an inch-perfect yorker, there was far too much left to do for the tail. That’s a sixth straight T20I loss for Sri Lanka.
19.1	W	Cottrell to Malinga cleans him up and that’s pretty comfortable in the end, it was a length ball angled in from around the wicket, Malinga swung all around it and missed but the ball didn’t miss the stumps. West Indies go one-up OUT SL Malinga b Cottrell 8 (6b 0x4 1×6) SR: 133.33


18.6	1	Bravo to Malinga full on leg stump, swings and gets a thick inside edge to deep square leg 1 run


18.5	1	Bravo to Sandakan full on leg stump, Sandakan makes room and pushes it to long-on 1 run


18.4	1	Bravo to Malinga slower one the pads, flicked away to fine-leg for one 1 run


18.3	0	Bravo to Malinga yorker that follows him, just manages to keep it out no run


18.2	0	Bravo to Malinga full outside leg with Malinga making room, he swings and misses no run


18.1	W	Bravo to Udana full toss from around the wicket, Udana has a swing but mistimes it towars long-on, Pollard comes charging in before diving forward to grab it inches from the turf OUT I Udana c Pollard b Bravo 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60.00

End of Over No.18 Sri Lanka 168/8 Last Over (15 runs)

17.6	6	Powell to Malinga misses his length and Malinga clears the long-on fence! Just cleared his front leg and swung at this, found the middle of the bat as it sailed over long-on SIX


17.5	1	Powell to Udana full around off, squeezed out to long-on for one 1 run


17.4	W	Powell to NLTC Perera picks out deep square leg! Credit to the bowler, for bowling to his field, saw Perera back away and followed him, Perera clipped it nicely but in the air and straight to the fielder, and you’d think West Indies can breathe easy now OUT NLTC Perera c Cottrell b Powell 11 (7b 0x4 1×6) SR: 157.14


17.3	6	Powell to NLTC Perera that’s a juicy full toss and Perera gets hold of it, hammers this deep into the stands at deep midwicket, can’t bowl there SIX


17.2	1	Powell to Udana fullish delivery on the stumps, Udana loses his shape as he has a swing, gets a thick inside edge towards deep square leg 1 run


17.1	1	Powell to NLTC Perera full toss on off, Perara swings but gets it high on the bat, one bounce and straight to long-on 1 run

End of Over No.17 Sri Lanka 153/7 Last Over (7 runs)

16.6	1	Russell to NLTC Perera full and straight, drilled down the ground to long-off for one 1 run


16.5	1	Russell to Udana length around off, Udana extends his arms and times it well but one bounce and straight to long-off 1 run


16.4	0	Russell to Udana short and fast, Udnana ducks no run


16.3	W	Russell to MDKJ Perera inch-perfect yorker ends a near perfect innings! It was full, fast and in the blockhole, Perera was a little late bringing his bat down on it and slid under to crash into middle, End of a brilliant innings from Perera, and the equation gets tougher for Sri Lanka OUT MDKJ Perera b Russell 66 (38b 6×4 3×6) SR: 173.68


16.2	4	Russell to MDKJ Perera overpitched outside off, Perera clears his front leg and hammers it flat and hard over the bowler’s head, bisecting long-on and long-off FOUR


16.1	1	Russell to NLTC Perera full on leg stump, clipped to deep midwicket for one 1 run

End of Over No.16 Sri Lanka 146/6 Last Over (5 runs)

15.6	1	Powell to NLTC Perera full and angled in, Perera drills it down the ground but that was a brilliant over in the circumstances 1 run


15.5	1	Powell to MDKJ Perera full and angling in, clipped to deep square leg for one 1 run


15.4	1	Powell to NLTC Perera another yorker length ball, clipped towards deep midwicket for one 1 run


15.3	W	Powell to de Silva Hasaranga was shuffling, Powell went full and straight and hit him on the full. Was it sliding down? It was crashing into leg stump, replays suggest and that’s the end of a spirited innings from Sri Lanka’s bright, new allround sensation. He has to go for 44 and West Indies have finally broken through OUT PWH de Silva lbw b Powell 44 (34b 4×4 0x6) SR: 129.41
West Indies have reviewed an lbw call

15.2	1	Powell to MDKJ Perera yorker, follows him, gets an inside edge on to his boot after which it deflects to the keeper’s left for one 1 run


15.1	1	Powell to de Silva full toss on middle and leg, Hasaranga swats it away to deep midwicket for one 1 run

End of Over No.15 Sri Lanka 141/5 Last Over (15 runs)

14.6	6	Bravo to MDKJ Perera Perera puts this away to make it 15 from the over! Bravo missed his length with the slower one, it was around leg stump and Perera helped it along to deposit it over deep square leg SIX


14.5	1	Bravo to de Silva Hasaranga made room and wanted to target extra cover, Bravo followed him with a slower one outside leg, Hasaranga sliced it in the air but away from cover 1 run
Fine leg goes back, mid-off comes up

14.4	4	Bravo to de Silva full again but it’s not a yorker,, in fact, it’s in the slot with a bit of width, he makes a little room and blasts this through extra cover for four FOUR


14.3	1	Bravo to MDKJ Perera full and fast on leg stump, Perera misses the flick again 1 leg bye


14.2	1	Bravo to de Silva dipping slower ball, full toss, Hasaranga was deceived but manages to get some bat on it for a single to long-off 1 run

Score Cards

Batting

Batsmen	R	B
Avishka Fernando	7	5
Kusal Perera	66	38
Shehan Jayasuriya	0	1
Kusal Mendis	0	2
Angelo Mathews	10	8
Dasun Shanaka	2	8
PWH de Silva	44	34
Thisara Perera	11	7
Isuru Udana	3	5
Lasith Malinga	8	6
Lakshan Sandakan	1	1

Bowling

Bowler	O	R	W
Sheldon Cottrell	2.1	14	1
Oshane Thomas	3	28	5
Andre Russell	4	33	1
Kieron Pollard	2	25	0
Dwayne Bravo	4	30	1
Rovman Powell	4	31	2

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
SS Cottrell	2.1	14	1	6.46	(1w)
O Thomas	3	28	5	9.33	(7w)
AD Russell	4	33	1	8.25
KA Pollard	2	25	0	12.50
DJ Bravo	4	30	1	7.50	(1w)
R Powell	4	31	2	7.75

Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	16	WIA Fernando 7	MDKJ Perera 6
2nd	0	GSNFG Jayasuriya 0	MDKJ Perera 0
3rd	1	BKG Mendis 0	MDKJ Perera 0
4th	24	AD Mathews 10	MDKJ Perera 11
5th	15	MD Shanaka 2	MDKJ Perera 11
6th	87	PWH de Silva 44	MDKJ Perera 33
7th	8	MDKJ Perera 5	NLTC Perera 3
8th	10	NLTC Perera 8	I Udana 2
9th	7	I Udana 1	SL Malinga 6
10th	3	SL Malinga 2	PADLR Sandakan 1

Batting		R	B	4	6
WIA Fernando	caught wk	7	5	1	0
MDKJ Perera	bowled	66	38	6	3
GSNFG Jayasuriya	caught	0	1	0	0
BKG Mendis	caught wk	0	2	0	0
AD Mathews	caught	10	8	2	0
MD Shanaka	bowled	2	8	0	0
PWH de Silva	lbw	44	34	4	0
NLTC Perera	caught	11	7	0	1
I Udana	caught	3	5	0	0
SL Malinga	bowled	8	6	0	1
PADLR Sandakan	not out	1	1	0	0
Extras	(lb 10, w 9)	19
Total	(all out; 19.1 ovs)	171

Team Squads

Sri Lanka

Avishka Fernando

Kusal Perera

Shehan Jayasuriya

Kusal Mendis

Angelo Mathews

Dasun Shanaka

PWH de Silva

Thisara Perera

Isuru Udana

Lasith Malinga

Lakshan Sandakan

West Indies

Lendl Simmons

Brandon King

Nicholas Pooran

Andre Russell

Kieron Pollard

Fabian Allen

Shimron Hetmyer

Rovman Powell

Dwayne Bravo

Oshane Thomas

Sheldon Cottrell

What is it?

West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Pallekele, Mar 4, 2020.

When is it?

Match will be played on Mar 4, 2020.

What time does it start?

Starting time of match 2020-03-04 13:30:00 GMT, 2020-03-04 19:00:00 local

In Which Ground is it Playing?

The match will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Who will Win West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v West Indies ?

With ten nearly equally matched groups, the importance of every game can’t be understated in this tournament. Both sides are expected to emerge out packaged full-strength against each other in what claims to be a cracker of a competition. Contemplating that the 2 sides on newspaper,West Indies are somewhat more power-packed unit whereas Sri Lanka possess the benefit of being a steady side. For this and another above-mentioned motives, we believe the West Indies are far more likely to emerge victorious in what will be among the most crucial experiences for either side.

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