1st ODI: Sri Lanka v West Indies (Winner: No result)
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WI 245/5 (A Barath 113, R Sarwan 75, L Malinga 3/51, N Kulasekara 1/35). Match called off due to rain. |
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| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo (31 Jan,2011) | |
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West Indies chose to bat first but turned out to be a bad idea as Gayle fell early and then after a scratch inning Bravo was run out as they struggled to 45/2 after 13 with COW of 43%. But Adrian Barath and comeback man Sarwan put their heads down and put together a 150 plus stand. Barath went on to score his maiden century. But once again the Batting Power Play proved to be the wrecker in chief as both of them fell in the first over and Pollard followed soon. This seriously dented their hopes of scoring 280+ and in the end they had to settle for 245/5 with a COW of 49%. Sri Lanka’s inning never got going with rain washing out the match. |
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13 Overs: WI 45/2 | SL 57% | West Indies started slow and not too | |||||||||
| confidently as they lost Gayle and Darren Bravo early on. West Indies chances decreased by 6% during this period. | ||||||||||||
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26 Overs: WI 104/2 | SL 55% | Sarwan and Barath, both trying to | |||||||||
| cement their spots started the recovery operation, picking off quick singles and rotating the strike.West Indies chances increased by 2% during this period. | ||||||||||||
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39 Overs: WI 179/2 | WI 51% | West Indies turned thing around with | |||||||||
| both Sarwan and Barath adding a few lusty blows to their repertoire of singles. West Indies chances increased by 6% during this period. | ||||||||||||
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50 Overs: WI 245/5 | SL 51% | Despite a fine century by Barath, | |||||||||
| West Indies lost the momentum during the powerplay losing both set batsman and the explosive pollard, but that scarcely mattered as incessant rain put an end to proceedings.Match called off due to Rain. | ||||||||||||
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