The 1st match of the ODI Series played yesterday between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. In which West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.
Sri Lanka batted first after winning the toss, the entire team all out after scoring 232 runs in 49 overs. Sri Lanka started very well, Danushka Gunathilaka and Dimuth Karunaratne came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a century partnership of 105 runs, 1st wicket fell in 105 runs, Dimuth Karunaratne dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 61 balls, next batsman Pathum Nissanka came to bat, meanwhile second wicket also fell in 112 runs, Danushka Gunathilaka dismissed after playing brilliant half-century inning of 55 runs with the help of 7 boundaries in 61 balls, next batsman Angelo Mathews came to bat, he dismissed just for 5 runs in 7 balls as the third wicket, next batsman Dinesh Chandimal came to bat, meanwhile fourth wicket also fell in 126 runs, Pathum Nissanka dismissed just for 8 runs in 16 balls after that Ashen Bandara came to bat and handled the inning, the fifth wicket fell in 151 runs, Dinesh Chandimal dismissed after playing 12 runs in 24 balls, next batsman Kamindu Mendis came to bat, and he dismissed just for 9 runs in 21 balls as the sixth wicket after that Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat, and he also dismissed very quickly just for 3 runs in 5 balls as the seventh wicket, next batsman Dushmantha Chameera came to bat, and he also dismissed just for 8 runs in 15 balls as the eighth wicket, next batsman Lakshan Sandakan came to bat, and played well with Ashen Bandara, meanwhile, 9th wicket also fell in 224 runs, Ashen Bandara dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 50 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 60 balls, next batsman Nuwan Pradeep came to bat, and he also dismissed as the last wicket just for 1 run, and Lakshan Sandakan played an unbeaten inning of 16 runs in 20 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka batted first after winning the toss, the entire team all out after scoring 232 runs in 49 overs, and set a target of 233 runs in front up West Indies.
West Indies bowlers performed brilliantly, Jason Holder and Jason Mohammed took 2-2 wickets, Jason Mohammed,
Kieron Pollard and Fabian Allen got 1-1 wicket.
West Indies chasing 233 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily just losing 2 wickets in 47 overs and won the match by 8 wickets. West Indies started brilliantly, Evin Lewis and Shai Hope came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with century partnership of 143 runs, the first wicket fell in 143 runs, Evin Lewis dismissed after playing brilliant half-century inning of 65 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in 90 balls, next batsman Darren Bravo came to bat, and he also played brilliant half-century partnership with Shai Hope, the second wicket fell in 215 runs, Shai Hope dismissed after playing brilliant century inning of 110 runs with the help of 1 six and 12 boundaries in 133 balls after that Jason Mohammed came to bat, and handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Darren Bravo, Darren Bravo played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 37 runs with the help of 1 sixes and 2 boundaries in 47 balls, and Jason Mohammed also played an unbeaten inning of 13 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 15 balls. In this way, West Indies chasing 232 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily just losing 2 wickets in 47 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
West Indies batsman Shai Hope selected for Man of the Match, he played a brilliant century inning of 110 runs with the help of 1 six and 12 boundaries in 133 balls.
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