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| August 7, 2005 | Sunday | Rajab 1, 1426 |
West Indies shock hosts to revive final hopes
COLOMBO, Aug 6: Seamer Dwayne Smith and spinner Omari Banks shared four crucial wickets to shape the West Indies’ stunning 33-run victory over Sri Lanka in the triangular one-day series match on Saturday. Smith grabbed two wickets off successive balls and Banks took two scalps in three overs as the West Indies dismissed Sri Lanka for 193 after scoring a modest 226-7 in the day-night game.
Russel Arnold top-scored with a gutsy 59, but his effort failed to stop the West Indies from posting their first win in three matches. The win kept alive the West Indies’ hopes of qualifying for the final. India and the West Indies clash in the last league match here on Sunday to decide Sri Lanka’s opponents in the final. Both sides have one win in three games.
The West Indies are without their stars following a contract dispute between players and their cricket board. The hosts, who had qualified for the final before this match, suffered their first defeat in the series to finish their league engagements with three wins from four games.
Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya missed out on becoming the fourth batsman, after Indians Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly and Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq, to complete 10,000 runs.
Jayasuriya, returning from a shoulder injury, needed 33 more runs to join the 10,000-club but could manage only 23. Earlier, the West Indies posted their highest total following Sylvester Joseph’s career-best 58 and skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 57, but still failed to set a stiff target.
Poor running between wickets dashed the West Indies’ hopes of reaching a challenging total as four batsmen were run out. But the West Indies showed they had the bowlers to defend a small total. Smith and off-spinner Banks swung the match in the West Indies’ favour when they reduced Sri Lanka from a comfortable 64-1 to 107-6.
Smith began the slide when he bowled Upul Tharanga (25) and then trapped Tillekeratne Dilshan leg-before with his next delivery. Banks got the prize wicket of stand-in captain Mahela Jayawardene (22), caught in the deep by Daren Powell while attempting a big shot. His next victim was Upul Chandana, caught by substitute Runako Morton.
Smith and Banks were well-supported by seamer Daren Powell (2-28) and spinner Narsingh Deonarine (2-18), who completed the win when he bowled Arnold in the 47th over. The West Indies crossed the 200-mark for the first time in the series, thanks to Chanderpaul and Joseph.
SCOREBOARD
WEST INDIES:
X.M. Marshall run out 8
S. Chanderpaul c Maharoof b Chandana 57
S.C. Joseph run out 58
N. Deonarine lbw b Chandana 21
O.A.C. Banks run out 33
D.R. Smith lbw b Muralitharan 13
R.L. Powell run out 8
T.L. Best not out 12
D.C. Butler not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, W-9) 16
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 226
FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-97, 3-152, 4-165, 5-189, 6-206, 7-224.
DID NOT BAT: D. Ramdin, D.B. Powell.
BOWLING: Zoysa 8-0-47-0 (2w); Maharoof 9-3-35-0, Fernando 9-2-34-0 (2w); Muralitharan 10-2-31-1 (1w); Chandana 10-1-49-2; Dilshan 4-0-23-0.
SRI LANKA:
W.U. Tharanga b Smith 25
S.T. Jayasuriya lbw b Butler 23
K.C. Sangakkara c Marshall b D. Powell 7
D.P.M. Jayawardene c D. Powell b Banks 22
T.M. Dilshan lbw b Smith 0
R.P. Arnold b Deonarine 59
U.D.U. Chandana c sub b Banks 4
M.F. Maharoof c Ramdin b Best 20
D.N.T. Zoysa b Deonarine 9
M. Muralitharan c Marshall b D. Powell 1
C.R.D. Fernando not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-10, NB-7) 20
TOTAL (all out, 47 overs) 193
FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-64, 3-73, 4-73, 5-92, 5-92, 6-107, 7-140, 8-163, 9-171.
BOWLING: Best 8-0-40-1 (6nb, 3w); Butler 7-0-39-1 (1nb, 2w); D.B. Powell 9-1-28-2 (2w); Smith 9-0-41-2; Banks 10-1-24-2.
RESULT: West Indies won by 33 runs.
UMPIRES: E.A.R. de Silva (Sri Lanka) and S.J.A. Taufel (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: P.T. Manuel (Sri Lanka).
MATCH REFEREE: M.J. Procter (South Africa).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Omari Banks.
NEXT MATCH: India v West Indies at Colombo (D/N) on Sunday—Agencies
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