West Indies vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
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West Indies vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
Sri Lanka will play 3 ODIs and 2 Tests during the West Indies tour starting March 17, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Guyana President's XI v Sri Lanka, Practice Match at Guyana: 17-19 March 2008
- West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Guyana: 22-26 March 2008
- West Indies A v Sri Lanka, Practice Match at Tobago: 29-31 March 2008
- West Indies v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Trinidad: 03-07 April 2008
- West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Port of Spain: 10 April 2008
- West Indies v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI at Trinidad: 12 April 2008
- West Indies v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI at St Lucia: 15 April 2008
West Indies vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
West Indies vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI at Port of Spain
WI v SL, 1st ODI, Port of Spain: West Indies beat Sri Lanka with six off last ball
April 10, 2008
Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck a six off the last ball to seal a remarkable one-wicket win in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka.
With nine wickets down chasing 236 for victory, West Indies needed 10 to win off two Chaminda Vaas balls and, even when Chanderpaul struck the first of those for four, that looked an unlikely ask. But Vaas bowled a full toss and the Guyanese batsman swung the ball over a despairing Mahela Jayawardene at wide mid-on for an astonishing match-winning maximum.
Chanderpaul (62 not out) was the mainstay of a stuttering innings which began with 52 from Chris Gayle and featured contributions from Dwayne Bravo (36) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (35).
Earlier, Chamara Kapugedera and Chamara Silva amassed a record partnership as Sri Lanka recovered from a terrible start to post 235 for seven. Three early wickets for man of the match Bravo (four for 33) saw the tourists reduced to 49 for five but Kapugedera (95) and Silva (67) compiled 159 - a Sri Lankan record for the sixth wicket in ODIs.
WI v SL, 1st ODI, Port of Spain: West Indies 236-9 beat Sri Lanka 235-7 by one wicket
West Indies vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
West Indies vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI at Port of Spain
Scores
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
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235 for 7 (50.0 overs)
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236 for 9 (50.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tharanga | b Bravo | 10 |
31 | 1 | 0 | |
| Udawatte | b Edwards | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sangakkara | c Bravo | b Taylor | 23 |
24 | 4 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c Chanderpaul | b Bravo | 1 |
8 | 0 | 0 |
| Silva | c Gayle | b Bravo | 67 |
96 | 7 | 0 |
| Dilshan | c Browne | b Bravo | 2 |
9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapugedera | lbw | b Edwards | 95 |
117 | 7 | 3 |
| Vaas | not out | 10 |
9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kulasekara | not out | 1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 10w 16lb | 26 | ||||
| Total | for 7 | 235 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gayle | lbw | b Mendis | 52 |
81 | 8 | 1 |
| DS Smith | lbw | b Kulasekara | 14 |
31 | 1 | 0 |
| Sarwan | c Sangakkara | b Kulasekara | 35 |
54 | 4 | 0 |
| Samuels | lbw | b Kulasekara | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chanderpaul | not out | 62 |
63 | 5 | 1 | |
| Bravo | run out | 36 |
37 | 3 | 2 | |
| Browne | c Mendis | b Dilshan | 15 |
17 | 0 | 1 |
| Sammy | b Mendis | 1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Taylor | c Silva | b Mendis | 9 |
6 | 0 | 1 |
| Benn | run out | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edwards | not out | 2 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 9w 1lb | 10 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 236 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: C R Duncan, S J A Taufel
West Indies: Gayle, DS Smith, Sarwan, Samuels, Chanderpaul, Bravo, Browne, Sammy, Taylor, Benn, Edwards
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Udawatte, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Dilshan, Silva, Kapugedera, Vaas, Kulasekara, Mendis, Amerasinghe