March 1, 2003	Saturday	Zul Hijjah 27, 1423

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CAPE TOWN, Feb 28: Sri Lanka edged out West Indies by six runs in a thrilling World Cup Group ‘B’ day-night match on Friday.

West Indies, chasing 229 for victory, finished on 222-9 with Ramnaresh Sarwan unbeaten on 47. He had returned to complete his innings after being struck on the helmet and forced to leave the field.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul top-scored with 65. Chris Gayle (55), Ridley Jacobs (0) and Ricardo Powell (one) were earlier dismissed in quick succession to put Sri Lanka in charge.

Sri Lanka made 228-6 from their 50 overs, captain Sanath Jayasuriya top-scoring with 66.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES:

C.H. Gayle lbw b Vaas 55

W.W. Hinds c Jayasuriya b Vaas 2

B.C. Lara c Sangakkara b Vaas 1

R.R. Sarwan not out 47

C.L. Hooper lbw b Fernando 0

S. Chanderpaul c Atapattu b de Silva 65

R.D. Jacobs c Sangakkara b Vaas 0

R.L. Powell b Muralitharan 1

V.C. Drakes c Vaas b Jayasuriya 25

M. Dillon run out 4

P.T. Collins not out 1

EXTRAS : (LB-6, W-12, NB-3) 21

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 222

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-27, 3-62, 4-121,

5-121, 6-122, 7-169, 8-186, 9-219.

BOWLING: Vaas 10-3-22-4 (1w); Gunaratne 6-1-41-0 (4w); de Silva 10-0-48-1; Fernando 6-0-33-1 (2nb, 2w); Muralitharan 10-1-26-1 (1nb, 2w); Jayasuriya 8-0-46-1 (1w).

RESULT: Sri Lanka won by six runs

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Chaminda Vaas. —Reuters