Sri Lanka [290/9] beat West Indies [289/7] by 1 wicket in the first ODI to take 1-0 series lead

[The Viper]

Sri Lanka Squad
Dimuth Karunaratne CPT
Dhananjaya de Silva
Niroshan Dickwella
Avishka Fernando
Wanindu Hasaranga
Shehan Jayasuriya
Lahiru Kumara
Angelo Mathews
Kusal Mendis
Thisara Perera
Kusal Perera WKT
Nuwan Pradeep
Lakshan Sandakan
Isuru Udana

West Indies Squad
Kieron Pollard CPT
Fabian Allen
Sunil Ambris
Darren Bravo
Roston Chase
Sheldon Cottrell
Jason Holder
Shai Hope
Alzarri Joseph
Brandon King
Keemo Paul
Nicholas Pooran WKT
Rovman Powell
Romario Shepherd
Hayden Walsh

 

[sweep_shot]

West Indies are favorites to win.

 

[sweep_shot]

SL won the toss and decided to field first.

West Indies - 72/1 after 16 overs.

 

[Saj]

Brilliant century from Hope.

Tough ask for Sri Lanka.

 

[Mobashir]

Daren Bravo was looking very good before getting run out.

They are really batting Pooran at the wrong position. He should be at 4 and chase at 5.

It seems Pollard like the team to have a platform for 35/40 overs and then launch with plenty of attacking players. But this is not how odi cricket works nowadays.

 

[Markhor]

Very good ODI in progress. Could go either way.

 

[Markhor]

Brain implosion from Tissara Perera. RRR is less than a run a ball and he picks out the fielder in the deep.

 

[Markhor]

Alzarri Joseph has been outstanding today.

 

[Markhor]

Sri Lanka need 27 runs off 26 balls.

West Indies need 2 wickets.

 

[Markhor]

Four from Hasaranga !

Equation back under a run a ball.

 

[Markhor]

Four more !

Another twist in the tale ?

 

[Markhor]

Man, WI losing it at the end.

 

[Markhor]

Gem of a knock from Wanindu Hasaranga.

West Indies exhibiting the same problems for the last 20 years in crunch moments - conceding extras, outfielding not sharp enough and bowlers losing their radar under pressure.

 

[Markhor]

Sri Lanka win by 1 wicket.

Nice little Saturday encounter. Highlights once again you can have a terrific ODI without mammoth scores of 350/400+ being racked up.

Congratulations to Mickey and staff.

 

[nextover666666]

I was able to watch the last ten overs of this game and thought for sure windies where going to win what a game of cricket Congratz to Sri Lanka

 

[DRsohail]

what an end , enjoyed.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

What a match

 

[sweep_shot]

Expected West Indies to win. They are a much better ODI side.

Congratulations to SL and Mickey Arthur.

 

[Hasan123]

What a game this was. Sri Lanka seem a lot more settled under Karunaratne. West Indies don't look a bad outfit under Pollard. Hayden Walsh may have sold their issues in the spin department.