COLOMBO: West Indies ended their dismal tour of Sri Lanka with a consolation victory after Dwayne Bravo’s all-round brilliance secured a series-levelling 23-run win in the second and final Twenty20 International on Wednesday (partly reported in Thursday’s edition).

Blanked in the preceding Test and one-day series and beaten in the first Twenty20 International on Monday, West Indies posted 162-6 before bowling out the hosts for 139 to salvage a bit of pride.

Bravo blasted a run-a-ball 31 before returning to claim four wickets at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

For Sri Lanka, Tillakaratne Dilshan top-scored with a breezy 52, and Shehan Jayasuriya made 30 before Ravi Rampaul (3-20) and Bravo wrecked their middle and lower order.

West Indies won the toss and opted to bat, scoring 162-6. Johnson Charles and Denesh Ramdin top-scored with 34 runs each while Bravo notched 31 as the tourists amassed a decent total.

Sri Lanka swept the three-match ODI series 3-0 and also won the preceding Test series without loss, taking it 2-0. They then won the first T20 in Pallekele by 30 runs before Wednesday’s defeat resulted in 1-1 draw.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES:

A.D.S. Fletcher lbw b Siriwardana 23 J. Charles lbw b Siriwardana 34 M.N. Samuels run out 1 D.J. Bravo c Mathews b Malinga 31 A.D. Russell c Chandimal b Chameera 9 D. Ramdin not out 34 K.A. Pollard b Malinga 5 D.J.G. Sammy not out 12

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-7) 13

TOTAL (for six wkts, 20 overs) 162

FALL OF WKTS: 1-62, 2-65, 3-75, 4-97, 5-138, 6-147.

DID NOT BAT:

BOWLING: Malinga 4-0-16-2 (1w); Kulasekara 4-0-22-0 (1w); Senanayake 3-0-38-0’ Chameera 3-0-36-1 (2w); Siriwardana 3-0-17-2 (2w); Jayasuriya 3-0-27-0.

SRI LANKA:

M.D.K.J. Perera c Bravo b Taylor 12 T.M. Dilshan c sub b Rampaul 52 S. Jayasuriya c Russell b Bravo 30 L.D. Chandimal c sub b Rampaul 1 A.D. Mathews c sub b Bravo 5 M. Siriwardana st Ramdin b Narine 15 C. Kapugedera c Charles b Pollard 2 S. Senanayake c Pollard b Bravo 3 N. Kulasekara c Narine b Bravo 4 S.L. Malinga b Rampaul 2 P.V.D. Chameera not out 3

Extras (b-1, lb-4, w-3, nb-2) 10

Total (all out, 20 overs) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-93, 3-94, 4-102, 5-117, 6-126, 7-129, 8-133, 9-135.

BOWLING: Narine 4-0-24-1 (1w); Rampaul 4-0-20-3; Taylor 2-0-22-1 (1w); Pollard 4-0-23-1 (1w); Sammy 2-0-17-0; Bravo 4-0-28-4 (1nb).

RESULT: West Indies won by 23 runs.

UMPIRES: R.E.J. Martinesz and R.R. Wimalasiri (both Sri Lanka).

TV UMPIRE: R.S.A. Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka).

MATCH REFEREE: D.C. Boon (Australia).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Dwayne Bravo.

MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Tillakaratne Dilshan.

FIRST MATCH: Pallekele, Sri Lanka won by 30 runs.

Published in Dawn, November 13th, 2015

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