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 2nd ODI at Trinidad
WI v SL, 2nd ODI, Trinidad: West Indies claim series victory (2:0)
April 12, 2008
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels hit unbeaten half centuries Saturday to pilot West Indies to a series-clinching, seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the rain-shortened second one-day cricket at Queen's Park Oval.
Veteran Chanderpaul, hero of the opening match win, struck 52 not out off 42 balls and shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 107 off 88 balls with Samuels. The West Indies, chasing a revised target of 125 off 25 overs, reached the mark with 4.3 overs to spare.
Samuels returned to form with an undefeated 54 off 49 deliveries. The right-hander hit three sixes and three fours. The pair rescued the home team from 18 for three in the sixth over as Nuwan Kulasekara (three for 28) sliced through the top order.
Sri Lanka had earlier limped to 112 for five off 30.3 overs either side of an hour-long rain delay. Upul Tharanga topscored with 40 off 81 balls but the visitors were stalled by the rain at 83 for two off 24.1 overs. On resumption, Sri Lanka lost three quick wickets before heavy rain returned and caused a delay of almost four hours.
Captain Chris Gayle grabbed two cheap wickets as the home team seized the advantage before the second delay.
WI v SL, 2nd ODI, Trinidad: West Indies 125-3 beat Sri Lanka 112-5 by seven wickets (D/L method)
West Indies vs Sri Lanka Cricket Series 2007-08
West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI at Trinidad
Scores
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
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112 for 5 (30.3 overs)
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125 for 3 (20.3 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tharanga | c Taylor | b Bravo | 40 |
82 | 5 | 0 |
| Udawatte | c Chattergoon | b Taylor | 14 |
20 | 3 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | c Sarwan | b Gayle | 28 |
51 | 2 | 0 |
| Weeraratne | c Bravo | b Sammy | 15 |
20 | 0 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | not out | 4 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silva | b Gayle | 2 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1w 8lb | 9 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 112 | (30.3 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gayle | c Weeraratne | b Kulasekara | 11 |
20 | 1 | 0 |
| Bravo | b Kulasekara | 2 |
7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sarwan | lbw | b Kulasekara | 1 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chanderpaul | not out | 52 |
42 | 3 | 2 | |
| Samuels | not out | 54 |
49 | 3 | 3 | |
| Extras | 2w 3lb | 5 | ||||
| Total | for 3 | 125 | (20.3 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: C R Duncan, S J A Taufel
West Indies: Gayle, Chattergoon, Sarwan, Samuels, Chanderpaul, Bravo, Ramdin, Sammy, Taylor, Powell, Edwards
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Udawatte, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Kapugedera, Vaas, Weeraratne, Kulasekara, Mendis