Sri Lanka vs West Indies Match Stats

Flatter and on middle. This is defended. 

Quick and on off. Powell hangs back and blocks. Two dots in a row now. 

Could have been three! On middle. This is pushed to the right of Theekshana, he dives and makes a half stop. A run taken. 

FOUR! Top shot. Good innovation. He brings out the reverse sweep and hits it past point. This races away to the fence. Release the pressure. 

Now takes one as this is worked down to long on. 

On middle. This is blocked. 

A googly this time, around leg. It is full as well. Chase clips it over mid-wicket for two runs.

Quicker and flatter, outside off. Chase taps it to point for a run.

FOUR! Nicely played. Rovman Powell finds a much-needed boundary here. Short one, outside off, a bit slower as well. Powell waits for it, opens the face and guides it down to deep third for four runs.

FOUR LEG BYES! Flights it up this time, full and down leg. Powell tries to flick it away but misses. the ball sneaks past the keeper and runs down to deep third for four leg byes.

Pitched up, around off. Powell stabs it into covers.

Full one, around leg. Powell flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. West Indies need 20 runs in 24 balls.

OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Maheesh Theekshana comes back into the attack and provides his team with a crucial breakthrough. It is a bit short, on middle. Rovman Powell hoicks it across the line but does not middle it. He smacks it towards long on but straight down the throat of Wanindu Hasaranga who makes no mistake in the deep.

Very full, angling across, around off. Sherfane Rutherford puhses it gently into covers off his front foot.

An arm ball, full and on middle. Sherfane Rutherford dabs it out to point.

Angled into the pads once again. Sherfane Rutherford tucks it into mid-wicket. Three dots on the trot. 

It is very full, wide of off. Sherfane Rutherford jams it out towards deep third. The batters take one. 

Tossed up, around off. It grips and turns away. Roston Chase hangs back and eases it to mid off for one. An outstanding over from Maheesh Theekshana comes to an end. West Indies now need 18 runs from 18 balls. A run a ball.

Pathirana starts with a full ball, angled into the pads. Chase stays back and clips it behind square on the leg side. It goes through the gap. They take two runs.

WIDE! Matheesha Pathirana goes for the yorker, but it starts around the leg stump and swings down the leg side. The umpire extends his arms. 

Yorker this time, in the channel. Chase waits for it and squeezes it out towards deep backward point for a run.

BEATEN! Matheesha Pathirana goes for the yorker, but offer no pace this time around. Sherfane Rutherford looks to carve it through the line but misses.

Fuller one, on the pads. Sherfane Rutherford flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Is there a twist in the tale? Matheesha Pathirana picks up a wicket at a very crucial juncture of the game. It is a good-length ball, outside off. Roston Chase throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge. Kusal Mendis dives in front of him and takes a sharp catch. Romario Shepherd is the new batter in.

Matheesha Pathirana nails the yorker this time around, on middle. Romario Shepherd gets his blade down in time and jams it out to safety. West Indies need 13 runs in 12 balls.

Full ball, wide of off. Sherfane Rutherford reaches out and drives it towards sweeper cover. The fielder in the deep does well to make the stop. Two runs taken.

It is a full ball, on the pads. Sherfane Rutherford flicks it to deep mid-wicket. They take two more runs. This is really good running.

A full toss, around off. Sherfane Rutherford swings hard, he wanted to go over the on side, but the leading edge goes towards mid on. There is no one inside the circle. The batters push hard for the second run and complete it safely.

It is full ball, on off. Sherfane Rutherford whips it into mid-wicket for a single. West Indies now a big hit away from victory. They have 8 deliveries in hand as well.

Just another single this time around. Asitha Fernando goes hunting for the yorker, but it comes off as a full toss, on the pads. Romario Shepherd misses out on this one, and just flicks it into mid-wicket for one run.

Very full, on off. Sherfane Rutherford eases it to mid on for a single. West Indies need 4 runs in the final over.

FOUR! Sherfane Rutherford finishes things off in style. Matheesha Pathirana fires in a yorker, in the blockhole. Sherfane Rutherford was ready for it, he picks it up early and lofts it high over mid off. His one hand comes off the bat, but the ball had enough legs on it to touch the ropes. West Indies win by 5 wickets.