WI vs SL 3rd T20I Live Commentary - Kingston (15 June 2026)

Carrom ball, a touch fuller in length, pitching it outside leg. Ackeem Auguste looks to flick it from his back foot but misses and wears on his pad.

No run.

OUT! b Maheesh Theekshana.

Pitches it up, on middle, Shimron Hetmyer clips it to square leg for one.

OUT! TIMBER! For the second time in three matches, Wanindu Hasaranga cleans up Brandon King and Windies lose a wicket against the run of play here. Hasaranga bowls a fuller googly on off stump, King has a big swipe across the line but ends up getting beaten all ends up. The ball turns back into middle stump and King has to walk back. 

Oh, that just missed the stump, and Hasaranga cannot believe it. Also, it's a missed stumping as well. Another googly, just outside off. Ackeem Auguste gets on his front foot to flick it across the line, but loses his balance and falls on his front foot and gets beaten on the outside edge. Kusal Mendis couldn't read it as well and failed to glove it. 

Pitches it up, outside off, Ackeem Auguste tries to block it but gets beaten on the outside edge yet again.

An appeal for LBW, turned down. Wanindu Hasaranga and Kusal Mendis have a discussion and the review is taken. This is bowled from around the wicket, floated up on a nagging length and outside off. It is the leg break to which Ackeem Auguste leans on to flick but misses and wears it on the pads. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking shows the stumps as missing and that's a review lost for Sri Lanka. It stays Not Out.

Short and wide outside off. Ackeem Auguste goes deep into the crease and rolls his wrists to clip it to square leg and gets a single.

SIX! That has been miles. Full-length delivery, on off and middle. Shimron Hetmyer gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it up and over the deep square leg for half a dozen.

On a nagging length, at the stumps, Shimron Hetmyer punches it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Short, on off, Brandon King pushes it to long on for one.

Maheesh Theekshana drags his length back, just outside off, Shimron Hetmyer camps back and heaves it to deep mid-wicket for one.

SIX! Shot of authority! Half-volley with a bit of flight, on middle. Brandon King prods and launches it downtown for half a dozen.

Length-delivery, outside off, Brandon King punches it to cover from his back foot.

Malinga starts with a full and wide one, King reaches out and slaps it square through the off side, picking up a couple of runs.

Malinga pulls the trigger wide and bowls it short outside off, slower too. King drags it across and in front of mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! When you flash, flash hard! A fraction short, and a fraction too wide. Hetmyer gets forward and just throws his hands at it, slashing it through backward point for a boundary.

FOUR! Hettie is on the charge now! Short and at the batter, Shimron Hetmyer stands tall and nails the pull well in front of mid-wicketfor another boundary.

Pitched fuller this time on leg, worked away down to long on for a single.

Slower one, full and wide outside off. King looks to cover drive but gets an inside edge back onto his body. 134 needed now off 90 balls.

Hard length around leg, at over 139 clicks. Hetmyer fails to get it away and the ball goes off the thigh pad to the off side. The batters jog across for the leg bye.

WIDE! The attempted slower ball, comes out wrong and is sprayed full and down the leg side.

Half an appeal for LBW, nothing more. Chameera gets the leg cutter spot-on this time. Pitching it a bit full on middle and leg, and Brandon King plays all around it. The ball goes off the pads into the off side and it will be another leg bye. King is now on 6 off 13 balls.

Good change-up again from Chameera. A quick bumper over middle, flying in around head height. Shimron Hetmyer looks to take it on but is beaten for pace and bounce.

Change of pace again, and the batters just can't pick it up. Slower one, pitched fuller around off. Hetmyer gets low to wallop it leg side but is well beaten.

FOUR! Finally, Shimron Hetmyer gets one away. Overpitched around off, Hetmyer gets forward and punches it hard into the turf, and past the bowler, into the long on fence for a much-needed boundary.

WIDE! Well, that's some cry of anguish from Hetmyer, and he feels he should have put it away. Slower one, full and down the leg side. Hetmyer gets on one knee, and swings hard atit, but fails to connect.

SIX! The extra delivery costs Chameera dearly and Hetmyer is up and running now. Another cutter, on a length and just a bit too straight. Hetmyer gets inside the line of the ball and helps it handsomely over long leg for a biggie, the first one of the chase.

Short and wide, there to be hit. Brandon King misses out as he taps it down in front of covers.

Lovely bowling. Slower and a bit fuller, around off, turns a bit as well. King opens the bat face and angles it behind point.

King is just unable to find the gaps right now. Fractionally short again and outside off, hit aay straight to cover.

Four dots in a row now. Flighted ball on the stumps, King leans on and plays it back to the bowler.

Dunith sees King backing away and follows him with a flatter one. The ball stays low as King drags it wide of mid on for a single.

Good length on leg, swung away firmly but straight to deep mid-wicket for just another single by Hetmyer. West Indies are 10/1 after 3 overs.

Good-length delivery over middle, hit away off the inside half of the blade and through mid-wicket for a run.

Crunched but the fielder gets a good hand on it. Hard length outside off, sliding on. King stands tall and smacks it down in front of point where Kamindu Mendis lets it through the hands and the batters pick up a couple of runs.

The leg cutter now, at 108.6 kph, landed full around middle. King pushes it down to long on and turns the strike over.

Fuller than a good length, over 140 clicks, on middle. Hetmyer with a short-arm jab, but straight to mid-wicket.

Good hustle from the batters in the end. Fullish length on off, swung away off the inner half of the bat to the left of mid on and Hetmyer picks up a single.

A very low full toss, angled into the leg pole. King backs away a fair bit and jams it between mid off and extra cover for one more.

Nice and full to begin with. Brandon King gets on the front foot and nails the drive but straight to short extra cover.

Full again, darted in at the stumps, King plays it on the up and through mid on for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! What a massive wicket and the silence across the ground says it all. Dunith Wellalage keeps the length full and around off, floats it up and gets the ball to dart back in sharply off the deck. Shai Hope rocks back to a full ball and tries to cut but the ball slides on quickly and crashes into the stumps. Wellalage can do no wrong at the moment and he sends the Windies skipper packing for a golden duck.

Good length on leg, Shimron Hetmyer presses across to the off side and taps it down to mid-wicket for a single.

Oh, that's angled in a long way. Dunith goes wider on the crease, bowls it into the pitch and darts it into the batter. King punches it out to mid on.

Excellent fielding off his own bowling, just 2 runs and a wicket off Dunith's first over. Fuller one on off, King to the left of the bowler. Wellalage springs across and dives in to make the stop.