WI tour of SL, Oct 5-Nov 12

[mikesiva]

A one-day warm up match against the President's XI....

Russell hit 89 from just 54 balls, and Carlos 113 from just 58 balls...surely, they must start on Sunday.

Windies 318 all out...better than what the Test team did.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Raining. Start delayed.

[Arthur Crabtree]

This is the time of the year that England were there in 2014, and there was a lot of rain around,

[Aidan11]

Feels like England.

[mikesiva]

Here's Sri Lanka's XI: 1 Kusal Perera, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Lahiru Thirimanne, 4 Danushka Gunathilaka, 5 Angelo Mathews (capt.), 6 Shehan Jayasuriya, 7 Milinda Siriwardene, 8 Sachithra Senanayake, 9 Suranga Lakmal, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Lasith Malinga.

West Indies: 1 Johnson Charles, 2 Andre Fletcher, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Jonathan Carter, 6 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 7 Jason Holder (capt.), 8 Andre Russell, 9 Carlos Brathwaite, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Jerome Taylor.

[Aidan11]

Ah they're under way.

A maiden first over.

[mikesiva]

It didn't take long...Charles out lbw to Lakmal for one.

Lakmal gets another...Fletcher gone for three.

Lakmal gets a third...Samuels out for two.

Rain 40-3 off 14.2 overs....

Bravo 19*

Carter 8*

[Aidan11]

WIs will probably be happy if it rains all day now.

Already on the back foot in this game.

[mikesiva]

8.25pm Play will resume at 8.30. We'll have a 26-overs-a-side match, with one bowler getting to bowl six overs, and four bowlers five overs each.

Carter out for eight...did anyone seriously expect him to score more?

Russell out for a quickfire, T20 innings of 41 from 24 balls....

Lil Bravo out for 38...the sheet anchor role.

Mendis gets rid of Carlos for nine....

Holder run out for 36 off just 13 balls....

Ramdin not out nine. 159-8....

Sri Lanka need 163 to win in 26 overs.

[Aidan11]

SL 163 to win from 26 overs. 6.27 runs per over.

[mikesiva]

Run out of Kusal by Carter...one down!

Russell hurt...carter to finish his over.

Dillshan gets his half-century....

Carlos gets rid of Thirimanne for 17...two down. Dilshan out for 59...Carlos gets his second.

Taylor strikes...Matthews out.

[The Professor]

Braithwate not looking terrible with the ball today....and his economy (for what is now a T20 game) isn't awful either.

[mikesiva]

Braithwate not looking terrible with the ball today....and his economy (for what is now a T20 game) isn't awful either.

and takes a catch too...Sunil with the wicket. Five down....

the West Indies have lots of good T20 players but can they make the transition to 50 overs cricket?

Sunil bowls the debutant.. Six down. And another! Sunil bowls the other debutant...seven down.

Sunil 3-21.

[dan08]

Thought it was pretty much over when i checked 20 mins ago. Now WI are favourites!

[Aidan11]

WI's are making a game of it.


Gonna be tight.