Darren Bravo’s fourth one-day international century saw the West Indies win by five wickets over Sri Lanka and a clean sweep in a three-match series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday. Set another challenging target of 275, Bravo faced the home team’s reaction with the help of four fours and four sixes in five balls of 102 off 132 balls. He was the clear choice as man of the match with Shai Hope, an equally straight choice as the man of the series with the opener, 84 with a former score of 110 and a beautiful 64 on his way to his team. To set the way. Sri Lanka, who made three changes to their team from a nail-biting defeat in the second match two days earlier, struggled to stop a powerful West Indies batting, but in the end they were undone by a wealth of home talent experience.
Captain Kieron Pollard ensured that there would be no delay even after the end of Bravo with only Suranga Lakmal out.
He was unbeaten on 53, standing with Bravo for the fifth wicket of 80 and looked on with satisfaction at the end of the non-striker as the man he had replaced as captain more than a year earlier, Jason Holder hit a six. Lakmal formalized the result with nine balls.
In winning the series 3–0, the West Indies reversed the result of the same campaign in Sri Lanka 13 months earlier.
Pollard recorded a 2–1 T20 International series win at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, led by the West Indies, a week earlier in Antigua, and would now focus on the two-match Test series starting next Sunday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. is.
Hsranga all round price
Vanindu Hasranga batted first in the Sri Lankan season, scoring an unbeaten 80-run knock to take Sri Lanka to 274 for six seasons.
Two days after scoring an unbeaten 47, Hasranga pitched for an unbroken seventh wicket stand of 123 with Ashen Bandara, who was on 55 as a non-striker, and Hasranga hit three fours and a six in Holder’s final over. Shift.
Their partnership was a record for the seventh wicket for Sri Lanka against the Caribbean team, while Hasranga’s personal score came from 60 balls with seven fours and three sixes, a record for Sri Lankan batting at number eight in ODIs.
More notable was Hasranga’s innings, in that he was greatly affected by a left foot injury, which affected his effectiveness as a total bowler.
The West Indies were in complete control of the match before the pair came together in the 32nd over as the spectators failed to capitalize on the middle order again on a good stage.
Danushka Gunathilaka and captain Dimuth Karunaratne were topped after scoring 68 runs.
However, Gunathilaka’s paceman Alzarri Joseph’s demise for 36 led to a 151-wicket loss with left-arm spinner Akil Hosin for six, while Jason Mohammed bowled Karunaratne for 31 to take his sixth wicket of the series .
Promoted
Sri Lanka brought in Sikar Lakmal and Asita Fernando along with Dasun Shanaka in place of Dushamantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep and Oshada Fernando to avoid their sweep and earn their first points, scoring their first points of the 2023 World Cup qualification table.
West Indies made the debut of fast bowler Anderson Philippe at the cost of Romario Shepherd.
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