Sri Lanka vs West Indies Match Stats

Wide! Floated full ball down the leg side, Pooran tries his best to sweep but misses.

OUT! Mathews takes a blinder! He rolls back the years and shows that the fire is still burning. Big smile on the face of the veteran. Sandakan serves a flighted full ball outside off, spinning away after landing, Pooran kneels down for the slog sweep but fails to middle his shot. It finds the top edge and balloons in the air towards mid-wicket. Mathews in the vicinity quickly moves across to his right and completes the catch with a full length dive. Final nail in the West Indian coffin, only formalities left in this run chase now.

Flatter ball on middle, Keemo helps it behind square leg for a single.

Tossed up ball on off, defended from the back foot.

Loopy and full on middle, Allen sweeps it to fine leg for one.

Googly outside off, shorter in length, Paul reaches out for it and slaps it past mid off for a couple of runs.

Flatter and shorter outside off, Paul is on the back foot in defense. End of a successful over for Sandakan.

FOUR! Not entirely from the middle of the bat! Back of a length ball on off, Allen turns on the back foot and drags his pull wide of mid on for a boundary.

Pitches it up and around off, Fabian strokes it off his front foot to covers.

Pradeep surprises the batsman with a pacy bouncer around off, Allen tries to hook but it goes over his bat.

Slower one this time, on a length around middle, Allen is early into the shot and chips it back. Doesn't carry to the bowler.

Good variation in pace from Pradeep. Returns to bowling a speedy short ball around off, Allen swings his bat and misses. Second for the over, signals the square leg umpire.

Pradeep takes the pace off this one and delivers it short and wide outside off, Allen plays a mistimed punch to sweeper cover for a run.

Shortish and on off, Fabian moves back and punches it to covers where the fielder makes a good diving stop.

FOUR! Finds the gap! Tossed up ball around off, too full in length, Allen drives and finds the gap at extra cover for a glorious boundary. Sandakan has also overstepped and we will have a Free Hit now...

Very full in length and around off, Fabian drives but finds the mid off fielder.

NOT OUT! Missing leg. Loopy full ball landing on middle and it spins in after pitching, Paul tries to flick but misses and is rapped on the pads. They appeal but the umpire shakes his head. Karunaratne takes the referral after the request from his bowler. The replays roll in and Snicko detects no involvement of bat. Ball Tracker takes time to generate... We all wait and once it comes on the screen, the ball is seen to be spinning down and missing the leg stump.

Flighted delivery on middle, Paul works it in front of square leg for a single.

Too full in length on off, Allen is on the front foot as he drives it to covers.

SIX! STOP THE PRESS! Fabian Allen has hit the first maximum of the match. A flighted full ball landing around off, Fabian finds it in his zone and launches it all the way over wide long off for a biggie.

Good length ball around off, Paul stays back to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

FOUR! Aerial but wide of short mid-wicket! Short in length and around off, Keemo rides the bounce and hammers his pull to the deep mid-wicket fence.

OUT! Pradeep destroys the stumps with his back of the hand variation. He lands it on a length around off, Paul is way too early into his shot and as a result, he fails to make any connection. Wicket number 8 goes down and the end is nigh for West Indies.

Spears in a full ball on off, Joseph tries to drive but it takes the inner half, strikes him on the front pad and rolls back to the bowler.

Digs in a short ball on off, Joseph tries his best to pull but misses.

OUT! Pradeep strikes with a corker of a yorker. Nails it at the base of off stump, little bit of tail in the air and Joseph is late in bringing his bat down. The off stump goes for a walk and Sri Lanka are just one wicket away from taking an unassailable lead in the series.

OUT! End of the story! Sandakan serves a flighted full ball around leg, Allen aims to go downtown and clear long on but fails to get enough distance behind his shot. Thisara Perera takes a simple catch and SRI LANKA WIN BY 161 RUNS!