{"id":41557,"date":"2021-03-06T05:18:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T06:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=41557"},"modified":"2021-03-06T06:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T06:56:28","slug":"spinners-lead-sri-lanka-to-series-levelling-win-over-windies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=41557","title":{"rendered":"Spinners lead Sri Lanka to series-levelling win over Windies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua:\u00a0Sri Lanka’s spinners bamboozled world champions West Indies to claim a 43-run win in the second Twenty20 International at Coolidge\u00a0Cricket\u00a0Ground on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having lost by four wickets in the opening game on Wednesday, in a game where West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard launched six sixes in an over, the tourists successfully defended 160 on Friday to level the three-match series.<\/p>\n

West Indies were all out for 117 in the 19th over as Sri Lanka ended an eight-game losing streak in T20. The final match is at the same venue on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga finished with 3-17, off-break bowler Akila Dananjaya, who was the victim of Pollard’s midweek assault but also claimed a hat-rick, had 1-13.<\/p>\n

Wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan took 3-10, including Pollard who made just 13.<\/p>\n

“The wicket was a bit slow. I tried not to give away any boundaries. That’s why I was able to bowl well,” man-of-the-match Hasaranga told the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n

West Indies were 45-1 before five wickets fell for just 21 runs.<\/p>\n

Chris Gayle, who was out for a first ball duck on Wednesday in his first appearance in two years, made a patchy 16 when he fell to a catch by Ashen Bandara off Hasaranga.<\/p>\n

Opener Lendl Simmons (21) was next out, lbw failing to pick a Hasaranga googly.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder and Dwayne Bravo all followed quickly for single figure scores.<\/p>\n

Dananjaya had earlier dismissed opener Evin Lewis for six. His impressive figures of 1-13 were in stark contrast to his 3-62 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Hasaranga, just 23, added Fabian Allan to his list of victims with the West Indies then struggling on 89-7 in the 16th over.<\/p>\n

With more than 22 an over required, Sandakan then got the big prize of Pollard, caught in the deep for just 13 having surprisingly opted to bat at number seven.<\/p>\n

Sandakan then halted Obed McCoy’s late cameo of 23 from seven deliveries with the tail-ender proving to be his team’s top scorer.<\/p>\n

Earlier, veteran all-rounder Bravo slammed the brakes on Sri Lanka with two wickets and a run-out.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka got off to a flying start after winning the toss and deciding to bat.<\/p>\n

Openers Danusha Gunathilaka and Pathum Nissanka put on a blistering 94 off the first 10 overs.<\/p>\n

But then 37-year-old Bravo was called into action and he responded by running out Nissanka for 37.<\/p>\n

Gunathilaka followed just four balls later in the 11th over, caught by Kevin Sinclair off Bravo at mid-off.<\/p>\n

The Sri Lankan opener went for a top score of 56 which featured four boundaries and two sixes.<\/p>\n

Bravo also claimed the third wicket to fall when Simmons caught the experienced Dinesh Chandimal for just three. The runs then dried up for Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

Having hit eight fours and three sixes in the first 10 overs, they managed just three more fours and one six in the second half of the innings.<\/p>\n

That included an eight-over stretch where the ball never crossed the boundary ropes.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0Pollard hits six sixes off hat-trick man Dananjaya in T20 triumph<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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