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Bravo, bowlers set up West Indies win

Having lost the last game chasing, West Indies opted to bat and got a rapid start from Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher. They put on 62 runs in 38 balls  Associated Press
But one wicket got two as Fletcher and Marlon Samuels fell in quick succession  Associated Press
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Dwayne Bravo then struck a run-a-ball 31...  AFP
...building a 41-run partnership with Denesh Ramdin, whose unbeaten 34 steered West Indies to 162 by the end of their 20 overs  Associated Press
In reply, Kusal Perera was dismissed for 12 in in the third over after he after he and Tillarkaratne Dilshan took Sri Lanka off to a flying start  AFP
Shehan Jayasuriya then built a solid 70-run partnership with Dilshan that kept the hosts on course  AFP
But Bravo dismissed Jayasuriya in the 13th over with the score at 92 for 3 and triggered a Sri Lanka batting collapse  AFP
Dilshan was caught in the very next over trying to clear the cover boundary by playing a switch hit off Ravi Rampaul and the score became 102 for 4  AFP
West Indies picked up Sri Lanka's remaining six wickets for just 37 runs, with Bravo taking 4 for 28, to record their first win of the tour  AFP
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