Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 1st T20I at Kandy, WI in SL, Mar 04 2020 - Match Result

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Pallekele, March 04, 2020, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka
(19.1/20 ov, T:197) 171

West Indies won by 25 runs

Player Of The Match
5/28
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Cricinfo's MVP
123.06 ptsImpact List
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Scores: Ranjith P | Comms: Ankur Dhawan
Scorecard summary
West Indies 196/4(20 overs)
Sri Lanka 171/10(19.1 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
WI123.06--05/287.22123.06
SL106.8466(38)89.1106.84--0
SL90.0244(34)50.5446.391/331.3943.63
WI89.3935(14)47.2163.221/331.4526.16
WI50.867(51)60.8950.8--0

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, OUT

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

Lasith Malinga b Cottrell 8 (6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 133.33
end of over 193 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 171/9CRR: 9.00 RRR: 26.00
Lasith Malinga8 (5b 1x6)
Lakshan Sandakan1 (1b)
Dwayne Bravo 4-0-30-1
Rovman Powell 4-0-31-2
18.6
1
Dwayne Bravo to Malinga, 1 run

full on leg stump, swings and gets a thick inside edge to deep square leg

18.5
1
Dwayne Bravo to Sandakan, 1 run

full on leg stump, Sandakan makes room and pushes it to long-on

18.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Malinga, 1 run

slower one the pads, flicked away to fine-leg for one

18.3
Dwayne Bravo to Malinga, no run

yorker that follows him, just manages to keep it out

18.2
Dwayne Bravo to Malinga, no run

full outside leg with Malinga making room, he swings and misses

18.1
W
Dwayne Bravo to Udana, OUT

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

Isuru Udana c Pollard b Bravo 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60
end of over 1815 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 168/8CRR: 9.33 RRR: 14.50
Lasith Malinga6 (1b 1x6)
Isuru Udana3 (4b)
Rovman Powell 4-0-31-2
Andre Russell 4-0-33-1
17.6
6
Powell to Malinga, SIX runs

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

17.5
1
Powell to Udana, 1 run

full around off, squeezed out to long-on for one

17.4
W
Powell to Perera, OUT

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

Thisara Perera c Cottrell b Powell 11 (7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 157.14
17.3
6
Powell to Perera, SIX runs

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

17.2
1
Powell to Udana, 1 run

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

17.1
1
Powell to Perera, 1 run

full toss on off, Perara swings but gets it high on the bat, one bounce and straight to long-on

end of over 177 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 153/7CRR: 9.00 RRR: 14.66
Thisara Perera4 (4b)
Isuru Udana1 (2b)
Andre Russell 4-0-33-1
Rovman Powell 3-0-16-1
16.6
1
Russell to Perera, 1 run

full and straight, drilled down the ground to long-off for one

16.5
1
Russell to Udana, 1 run

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

16.4
Russell to Udana, no run

short and fast, Udnana ducks

16.3
W
Russell to Perera, OUT

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

Kusal Perera b Russell 66 (38b 6x4 3x6) SR: 173.68
16.2
4
Russell to Perera, FOUR runs

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

16.1
1
Russell to Perera, 1 run

full on leg stump, clipped to deep midwicket for one

end of over 165 runs • 1 wicket
SL: 146/6CRR: 9.12 RRR: 12.75
Thisara Perera2 (2b)
Kusal Perera62 (36b 5x4 3x6)
Rovman Powell 3-0-16-1
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-27-0
15.6
1
Powell to Perera, 1 run

full and angled in, Perera drills it down the ground but that was a brilliant over in the circumstances

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
LMP Simmons
67 runs (51)
7 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cut shot
13 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
73%
MDKJ Perera
66 runs (38)
6 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
23 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
61%
Best performances - bowlers
O Thomas
O
3
M
0
R
28
W
5
ECO
9.33
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
R Powell
O
4
M
0
R
31
W
2
ECO
7.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
TossWest Indies, elected to bat first
Series
Season2019/20
Player Of The Match
Series resultWest Indies led the 2-match series 1-0
Match numberT20I no. 1075
Match days4 March 2020 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Win Probability
WI 100%
WISL
100%50%100%WI InningsSL Innings

Over 20 • SL 171/10

Lasith Malinga b Cottrell 8 (6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 133.33
W
West Indies won by 25 runs
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