Sri Lanka slumped after opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka was given out for obstructing the sphere and misplaced by eight wickets to the West Indies within the first one-day worldwide.
Gunathilaka made 55 and placed on 105 in a gap stand with captain Dimuth Karunaratne, which appeared to place Sri Lanka heading in the right direction to a commanding complete after it misplaced the toss and had been despatched in.
Karunaratne was out for 52, caught and bowled by West Indies captain Kieron Pollard along with his second supply.
The match turned ill-tempered when, within the twenty first over, Gunathilaka was judged to have obstructed the sphere when he trod on the ball whereas Pollard was making an attempt to have an effect on a run out.
Pollard bowled a brief ball which Gunathilaka fended away. Pathum Nissanka set off for a single however Gunathilaka, after advancing down the pitch, despatched him again and stepped again into his personal crease. As he did so, he stepped on the ball and knocked it backwards.
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Pollard instantly appealed and on-field umpire Joe Wilson gave a delicate sign of out earlier than tv umpire Nigel Guguid dominated that Gunathilaka had intentionally tried to foil the run out. There appeared to be little proof the batsman had acted intentionally.
The Sri Lanka innings misplaced its manner from then on and the vacationers have been all out for 232 in 49 overs. The West Indies surpassed that complete with Shai Hope making 110 and his opening companion Evin Lewis including 65.
“We got a nice start but but we lost a couple of wickets,” Karunaratne mentioned. “In the end we were short of 30-40 runs. If me and Danushka could have batted longer it would have been a different story.”
Karunaratne mentioned 232 was insufficient on a superb batting pitch.
“They could just get singles and rotate the strike,” he mentioned. “Shai got a start and he batted well. We kept losing wickets in our innings.”
Pollard acknowledged the dismissal of the Sri Lanka openers in fast succession with the overall 105, and 112, which modified the course of the innings and the match. Angelo Mathews (5) adopted at 119 and Nissanka (8) when Sri Lanka was 126-4.
A half century by Ashen Bandara lifted the Sri Lanka complete however he lacked assist. Dinesh Chandimal (12) and Lakshan Sandakan who was left 16 not out have been the one different Sri Lanka batsmen to achieve double figures.
“They were 100 without loss and we were looking at a chase of 300,” Pollard mentioned. “We thought we needed to up the intensity in the field. “They lost a couple of wickets and it started the slide.”
Pollard praised Hope’s match-winning innings.
“For us in white-ball cricket, Hope is the guy,” he mentioned. “He’s been given a role and he gives us the foundation and others can bat around him.”
