West Indies Pulls Off Surprise Win Against Sri Lanka in ODI Series

Sri Lanka vs. West Indies ODI Series Overview

A three-match ODI series was played between Sri Lanka and West Indies. Sri Lanka’s dominance was seen in this series. The series was pocketed by winning the first two matches. So the third match was only a formality. There was a chance to give a whitewash by defeating the Windies in the third match. But that didn’t happen Windies won in the last match.

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Match Summaries

Due to rain interruption, Sri Lanka managed 23 overs. Sri Lanka scored 156 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 23 overs. However, according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule, the Windies were challenged to 195 runs. West Indies reached the challenge of 195 runs by losing 2 wickets in 22 overs. Sherfan Rudford scored an unbeaten 50, while Evin Lewis scored an unbeaten 102 off 61 balls.

Meanwhile, the first two matches were also attended by rain. So there too the target was fixed according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule. West Indies scored 185 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 38.4 overs in the first match. But Duckworth Lewis had given a challenge of 232 runs. Sri Lanka completed this challenge in 31.5 overs.

In the second match, the batting came in the way of the West Indies. Then scored 189 runs in 36 overs. The match was played in 44 overs due to rain interruption. Sri Lanka completed the challenge of 190 runs in 38 overs.