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Best performances - Batsmen

TM Dilshan
TM Dilshan
59(32) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 32 runs
  • 4x4 - 2x6
1 19 19 1 1 2 8 8
AD Russell
AD Russell
41(24) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
3 1 1 8 3 4 13 8

Best performances - Bowlers

RAS Lakmal
RAS Lakmal
O5
M0
R15
W3
Eco3
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SP Narine
SP Narine
O6
M0
R21
W3
Eco3.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W2W

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)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

1 November 2015 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy

12.10pm: That's that for the presentation, and that's that for us. It's been a long day, but an exhilarating day in the end. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. We certainly enjoyed bringing it to you. Until next time, goodbye, and good night!

Angelo Mathews: "It was a lucky escape. We made a real mess out of the game. We were cruising, and I started the collapse by playing that shot. But lesson learned. All the bowlers bowled their socks off. Suranga bowled magnificently. So did Mendo and Sachithra, but we were cruising. The bowlers have been batting a lot in the nets. In pressure situations, coming up against the best bowlers in the world, Mendo's innings was magnificent today. Danushka batted very well, unfortunately Shehan couldn't pull it through, but they are very talented players."

Jason Holder: "Not too disappointed. Tough loss, coming so close in the end. Russell going off was a big loss for us. They got off to a really good start, we didn't bowl particularly well, but credit to the way we fought back. Credit to Andre Russell, gave the impetus [after the rain break] and myself and Brathwaite carried on from that."

Tillakaratne Dilshan is the Player of the Match: "It was a tricky total, we had to take a chance, and myself and Kushal set the tone in the first five overs. We both gave the momentum. They bowled a little short, I took the maximum out of that. But if they bowled full also I played the Dilscoop, so maybe they were in two minds. It was a very good pitch. After it rained, it was easier to bat."

Anon06: "This is where Jason Mohammed has to come in for the next match. A handy offspinner (better than Samuels judging by stats) and he can not possibly bat any worse than Samuels. Plus, he has earned his chance with a strong domestic season behind him."

Uwaisul Karnain: "Excellent innings under pressure from Mendis after becoming the 3rd fastest bowler to reach 150 ODI scalps earlier in the day deserves the MOM award!"

Rohan: "Fighing win by Lanka, such tenacity! But I have never seen the Windies play with no real 5-6 bowling options, guess the absence of Bravo / Pollard hurts in more ways than one." -- And they didn't use Samuels, even though he's still eligible to bowl. Hasn't had his action tested yet.

Shakeena Samadh: "I will probably fell sleep tomorrow in the school but this match is worth it :)"

11.50pm Mendis didn't even know Sri Lanka had won it. He was walking back to his crease, thinking they needed a couple more runs, before Lakmal ran to him and embraced him. A crazy finish to a crazy match. What a strange chase. Dilshan made his fastest ODI fifty. Sri Lanka were cruising. Then a couple of needless shots, and then three wickets in one over for Sunil Narine. It came down to the last pair, and to the dramatically improved batting of Ajantha Mendis. He just managed to sneak Sri Lanka over the line, but West Indies, remember, were hampered by the fact that Andre Russell was injured and only managed five balls from his five-over quota. Jonathan Carter proved an able back-up, but Johnson Charles (thanks, Rajat Raj, for informing me that his Cricinfo profile page has no bowling style description) overstepped at the worst possible moment to let the match slip out of West Indies' grip.

24.5
6
Charles to Mendis, SIX, bang, and Sri Lanka win it. It's full, it's in the slot on middle stump. Mendis clears his front leg and absolutely smashes that, launches it way over wide long-on

Free-hit coming up.

24.5
3nb
Charles to Mendis, (no ball) 2 runs, no-ball, full on middle stump. Swings it away, in the air. Deep midwicket dives forward, drops it. Wasn't a catch anyway. They run two. Extra ball. Three runs shaved off the target. It's all happening. Huge no-ball, that. And now a free-hit too
24.4
0
Charles to Mendis, no run, back of a length, not short enough, and no swinging room as he goes on the back foot to pull. Can only drag it feebly to midwicket
24.3
1
Charles to Lakmal, 1 run, on the pads, flicked into the square leg region
24.2
0
Charles to Lakmal, no run, full on off stump, jabbed back to the bowler
24.1
1
Charles to Mendis, 1 run, length ball on the pads, tucked away to short fine leg. They take the single

West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2015-16 News

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st46TM DilshanMDKJ Perera
2nd43TM DilshanHDRL Thirimanne
3rd15TM DilshanAD Mathews
4th16AD MathewsMD Gunathilaka
5th12TAM SiriwardanaMD Gunathilaka
6th0MD GunathilakaGSNFG Jayasuriya
7th1SMSM SenanayakeMD Gunathilaka
8th19BAW MendisSMSM Senanayake
9th0SL MalingaBAW Mendis
10th12RAS LakmalBAW Mendis