Asking West Indies to bat, Sri Lanka struck early when Lasith Malinga had Andre Fletcher caught behind on the second ball of the match Associated Press
They did not allow the visitors to settle down. Jermaine Blackwood fell in the fifth over and just when Darren Bravo stitched a stand of 70 runs with opener Johnson Charles, Siriwardana broke the stand Getty Images
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Charles continued, however, and brought up his fifty off only 32 balls to take West Indies past 100 Associated Press
Charles was also dismissed by Siriwardana - lbw - as the batsman was too late to ask for a review Associated Press
Not surprisingly, rain intervened and the match was reduced to 38 overs a side Associated Press
Once play resumed, the West Indies innings was led by stand-in captain Marlon Samuels, who scored 63 useful runs towards the end Getty Images
Sri Lanka's bowlers and fielders pulled things back again and executed four run-outs in the last six balls to dismiss West Indies for 214 Associated Press
Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 225 and their openers got them off to a flying start before Sunil Narine broke the stand in the fifth over AFP
Kusal Perera on the other hand found an able partner in Lahiru Thirimanne and kept the chase on track with a brisk fifty AFP
The two batsmen made the chase look easy with a solid partnership of 156 runs that nearly took them to 200 AFP
However, Kusal was batting with cramps in his 90s and top-edged a catch off Ravi Rampaul to be dismissed on 99 AFP
With only 29 runs left to get from over seven overs, Thirimanne's unbeaten 81 made sure the hosts did not stutter this time, and sealed a series win AFP
