Cricket Highlights, 07 July: Super Sixes, ICC Qualifier – Sri Lanka vs West Indies (Match 9)

Sri Lanka vs West Indies (Match 9)

Sri Lanka and West Indies met in the 9th match of the ICC Qualifier, Super Six yesterday. Batting first in that match, West Indies set a moderate target in the fight to reach the final. Chasing that target, the Lankan players reached the target before the end of the scheduled over. On the other hand, West Indies had to leave the field with a big loss of 8 wickets. Also, Maheesh Theekshana won the man of the match title by bowling brilliantly for Sri Lanka. Besides, the Netherlands will face Sri Lanka in the final on July 9.

Sri Lankan Captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and chose to bowl first and invited the West Indies to bat. Batting first, Brandon King and Johnson Charles started well. The two put on a partnership of 36 runs in 6.2 overs. But then Brandon King had to leave the field. He scored 10 runs off 18 balls with 1 four before getting out.

After Brandon King left the field, Shamarh Brooks entered the field. But he could not stay in the field for long. He also left the field after scoring only two runs off 4 balls. Then skipper Shai Hope was trapped in LBW for just two runs and left the field. After scoring 39 runs off 38 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes, Johnson Charles also left for the dressing room.

After playing 20 balls, Nicholas Pooran was caught out for only 14 runs. At that time it seemed like a collapse had descended on the West Indies. Keacy Carty saved them from that predicament. But even that did not stop their wickets from falling, even though KC Carty was playing on one side, wickets kept falling on the other side.

Kyle Myers left the field for 18 runs after playing 36 balls. Then, Roston Chase returned to the dressing room after three balls. Romario Shephard and Kevin Sinclair then came to the field and saw the face of the run. Romario Shepherd scored 26 runs off 21 balls with the help of 3 fours and Kevin Sinclair scored 25 runs off 36 balls with the help of 2 fours. On the other hand, in the end, Keacy Carty scored 87 runs off 96 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six and Aqeal Hossain remained unbeaten on 6 runs off 13 balls.

In the end, their innings stopped at 243 runs in 48.1 overs with 13 runs extra. Maheesh Theekshana took 4 wickets for 34 runs in 10 overs for Sri Lanka. Dushan Hemantha took two wickets. Besides, Dilshan Madushanka, Dasun Shanaka, Mathisha Pathirana, and Sahan Arachchige got 1 wicket each.

Batting for 244 runs, the Lankans reached the target in 44.2 overs. They had a great start. They went down to bat in the opening pair and scored 190 runs in 33.3 overs. Pathum Nissanka scored the most runs for them. He scored 104 runs off 113 balls with 14 fours. He paired well with Dimuth Karunaratne. He scored 83 runs off 92 balls with the help of 7 fours. 

When they both left the field Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama took the win and then left the field. Kusal Mendis was unbeaten on 34 off 43 balls with the help of 3 fours. On the other hand, Sadeera Samarawickrama was unbeaten on 17 runs from 18 balls.

Kevin Sinclair and Aqeal Hossain took 1 wicket each for West Indies.

Sri Lanka vs West Indies Scoreboard

West Indies – 243/10 (48.1)

Sri Lanka – 244/2 (44.2)

Result – Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

Player of the match – Maheesh Theekshana

Sri Lanka vs West Indies Playing Xis