18th Match: West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, Sep 29, 2012
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
SL 130/1 (15.2)
WI 129/5 (19.6)
RR: 8.48
Last 12 Balls: 4 4 . 1b 4 4 | . 2
Current Partnership: 107 runs, 12.4 overs, RR: 8.45 (DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara )
Over 15.2 CH Gayleto KC Sangakkara2 runs
Steps out and drives it in the air to the leaping extra covers who puts down the catch and that will be a single. Hang on, there is an overthrow conceded at the batting end and that will do it for Sri Lanka!
Sri Lanka defeat West Indies by 9 wickets with 28 balls to spare. They inch closer towards making it to the Semi Finals.
Presentation Ceremony
Mahela Jayawardene, the winning Sri Lankan Captain and also the Man of the Match for his unbeaten knock says: "The boys stuck to their guns and asked a lot of questions of the WI batsmen. To top it off we finished well with the bat. If Chris was batting we would have had different tactics. I thought that if I bowl one guy too much they could line him up so I kept changing it. We still have a game to play. After 12 overs me and Kumar decided to try and finish it off quickly to finish with a good run rate."
Darren Sammy, the losing West Indies Skipper says: "We are disappointed. We had momentum coming into the game. Playing the SL bowlers in their own backyard is very tough. We have a must win situation. Today they bowled well, we didn't. We bowled a little too short and wide. We still have one more chance. The way the Sri Lankans used the conditions was good. They varied the pace and did well."
Over 15.1 CH Gayleto KC Sangakkarano runs
Goes back and defends the flighted delivery to point.
Over 14.6 R Rampaulto DPMD JayawardeneBoundary!
Makes room and plays a lovely inside out drive to a length ball over extra covers for a one bounce boundary.
Over 14.5 R Rampaulto DPMD JayawardeneBoundary!
Backs away and Rampaul follows him up with a rising delivery which is upper cut delicately towards fine thirdman for a boundary! And that brings up the 100 of this stand!
Over 14.4 R Rampaulto KC Sangakkarabeaten, 1 bye
Goes back for a pull to a slower rising delivery and gets beaten outside off but a fumble from Ramdin leaks a bye.
Over 14.3 R Rampaulto KC Sangakkarano runs
Goes back and punches it to covers.
