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Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 18th Match, Group 1 at Kandy, , Sep 29 2012 - Match Result

RESULT
18th Match, Group 1 (N), Pallekele, September 29, 2012, ICC World Twenty20
(15.2/20 ov, T:130) 130/1

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
65* (49)
mahela-jayawardene
Match centre 
Scores: M Venkat Raghav | Comms: Kanishkaa Balachandran
Scorecard summary
West Indies 129/5(20 overs)
Sri Lanka 130/1(15.2 overs)

Presentation

Sammy: The bowlers bowled really well to us. NZ game is a must-win for us. We are always a boundary hitting team. We bowled too short and wide. The SL bowlers bowled fuller and we didn't do that enough.

Jayawardene: "Overall a very good effort. When they were going after our bowlers I just kept changing the bowlers. Once we got through the first 12 overs I told Kumar we should finish this as quickly as possible."

Jayawardene is also the Man of the Match.

The big one's coming up tomorrow - India v Pakistan. Before that, Australia v South Africa. Your Sunday's packed.

That's it from us. Thanks for the mails and your company. Cheers!

End of match: That's SL's best win in T20 internationals in terms of balls remaining - 28. After Australia yesterday, we've witnessed yet another comprehensive thrashing. Really disappointing from WI's point of view. Their dependence on Gayle was exposed and the rest were never quite good enough to challenge the hosts. There were too many rubbish deliveries.

Not taking any credit away from Sri Lanka. Their fielding was sharp, the bowlers didn't give away too many scoring opportunities and the batsmen never looked in trouble.

15.2
2
Gayle to Sangakkara, 2 runs

overthrow to seal the win! Sangakkara came down the track and chipped it to short extra cover who flung himself to his left and couldn't pluck it, the throw to the bowler's end was wide

15.1
Gayle to Sangakkara, no run

gets across and pushes it to the off side

end of over 1517 runs
SL: 128/1CRR: 8.53 RRR: 0.40
Mahela Jayawardene65 (49b 10x4 1x6)
Kumar Sangakkara37 (32b 5x4)
Ravi Rampaul 4-0-39-1
Daren Sammy 4-0-28-0
14.6
4
Rampaul to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs

nearly finished it off! Pitched up outside off and he lofts crisply down to wide long-off, one bounce and four

14.5
4
Rampaul to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs

Jayawardene at his best! Back to his silent-killing best, makes room and cheekily dabs the ball past the keeper and down to third man, really dents a bowler's confidence

14.4
1b
Rampaul to Sangakkara, 1 bye

slower ball outside the off stump and he swings and misses, the keeper fumbles

14.3
Rampaul to Sangakkara, no run

stays back and punches it towards cover point

14.2
4
Rampaul to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

another "hit me" ball, drops it too short and he had the time to swivel and pull it cleanly down to deep square leg

14.1
4
Rampaul to Sangakkara, FOUR runs

starts off with a juicy half volley from round the wicket, gets under the bounce and he lofts it crisply through the line to long-off

The sooner SL get home the more damaging to WI's NRR

end of over 1413 runs
SL: 111/1CRR: 7.92 RRR: 3.16
Kumar Sangakkara29 (28b 3x4)
Mahela Jayawardene57 (47b 8x4 1x6)
Daren Sammy 4-0-28-0
Andre Russell 1-0-11-0
13.6
1
Sammy to Sangakkara, 1 run

makes a lot of room to heave it away and gets an inside edge past the stumps to fine leg

13.5
1
Sammy to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

fuller delivery and he dabs it down to third man

13.4
6
Sammy to Mahela Jayawardene, SIX runs

bang! He bowls it too short and Jayawardene rocks back and gives it a whack over deep midwicket, clean strike

13.3
1
Sammy to Sangakkara, 1 run

waits for it and dabs it down to third man

13.3
1w
Sammy to Sangakkara, 1 wide

slower ball wide down the leg side and Sanga tried to heave that away but was frustrated he couldn't put it away

13.2
2
Sammy to Sangakkara, 2 runs

stays back and punches it wide of extra cover for a couple

13.1
1
Sammy to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

brings up his fifty! Makes room and slashes on the up and drops short of backward point, sneaks a single

end of over 1311 runs
SL: 98/1CRR: 7.53 RRR: 4.57
Mahela Jayawardene49 (44b 8x4)
Kumar Sangakkara25 (25b 3x4)
Andre Russell 1-0-11-0
Daren Sammy 3-0-15-0

Cris: "The disadvantage for the Windies is that England play the last game of Group 1 and will know exactly what they need to do for qualification. I am praying for a SA win tomo so that Group 2 also remains open till the final game. If Ind beat Pak and SA beat Aus, the final games of Group 2 will be virtual knockouts! However, Pak look a far superior side to India, who have lost 7 Super 8 games consecutively."

12.6
1
Russell to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

fuller delivery on middle and he clips it towards midwicket

12.5
4
Russell to Mahela Jayawardene, FOUR runs

it's Mahela's day today, once again he makes room to unsettle the bowler, carves it just over Gayle's reach at extra cover and it races away

12.4
Russell to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

drops it short and it hurries onto him and he stays back and defends

12.3
1
Russell to Sangakkara, 1 run

gives him too much width outside the off stump and he slaps it straight to sweeper cover

12.2
1
Russell to Mahela Jayawardene, 1 run

drifts on the pads and he clips it down to fine leg

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
DPMD Jayawardene
65 runs (49)
10 fours1 six
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
21 runs
4 fours0 six
Control
88%
MN Samuels
50 runs (35)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
leg glance
26 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
69%
Best performances - bowlers
BAW Mendis
O
4
M
1
R
12
W
2
ECO
3
BMAJ Mendis
O
2
M
0
R
12
W
1
ECO
6
Match details
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
TossWest Indies, elected to bat first
Series
Season2012/13
Player Of The Match
Match numberT20I no. 280
Hours of play (local time)19.30 start, First Session 19.30-20.50, Interval 20.50-21.10, Second Session 21.10-22.30
Match days29 September 2012 - night (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSri Lanka 2, West Indies 0
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