West Indies defeat Sri Lanka in T20

Oshane Thomas took five wickets for 28 runs as West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 25 runs in their first Twenty20 international on Wednesday. Lendl Simmons hit an unbeaten 67 as West Indies, who chose to bat, made 196-4. Thomas's bouncer-laden fast bowling devastated the Sri Lankan batting and they were all out for 171 in the final over. Kusal Perera top-scored with 66. The second and final match of the series is in Pallekele on Friday.

Scoreboard

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West Indies
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L. Simmons not out                            67
B. King c Hasaranga b Sandakan                33
N. Pooran c Fernando b Hasaranga              14
A. Russell b Malinga                          35
K. Pollard (c) c Fernando b Udana             34
F. Allen not out                               3
Extras: (b2, lb2, w6)                         10
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Total: (4 wkts, 20 overs)                    196
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Did not bat: S. Hetmyer, R. Powell, D. Bravo, O. Thomas, S. Cottrell

Fall of wickets: 1-74 (King), 2-106 (Pooran), 3-145 (Russell), 4-190 (Pollard)

Bowling: Malinga 4-0-37-1 (w1), T. Perera 3-0-27-0, Mathews 2-0-16-0, Udana 3-0-41-1 (w1), Sandakan 4-0-38-1 (w2), Hasaranga 4-0-33-1 (w1)

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Sri Lanka
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A. Fernando c Pooran b Thomas                  7
K. Perera b Russell                           66
S. Jayasuriya c Cottrell b Thomas              0
K. Mendis c Pooran b Thomas                    0
A. Mathews c Russell b Thomas                 10
D. Shanaka b Thomas                            2
W. Hasaranga lbw b Powell                     44
T. Perera c Cottrell b Powell                 11
I. Udana c Pollard b Bravo                     3
L. Malinga b Cottrell                          8
L. Sandakan not out                            1
Extras: (b0, lb10, w9)                        19
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Total: (19.1 Ov)                             171
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Fall of Wickets: 1-16 (Fernando), 2-16 (Jayasuriya), 3-17 (Mendis), 4-41 (Mathews), 5-56 (Shanaka), 6-143 (Hasaranga), 7-151 (K. Perera), 8-161 (T. Perera), 9-168 (Udana), 10-171 (Malinga)

Bowling: Cottrell 2.1-0-14-1 (w1), Thomas 3-0-28-5 (w7), Russell 4-0-33-1, Pollard 2-0-25-0, Bravo 4-0-30-1 (w1), Powell 4-0-31-2

Result: West Indies win by 25 runs, lead two-match series 1-0

Toss: West Indies

Umpires: Prageeth Rambukwella and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)

Third Umpire: Lyndon Hannibal (SRI)

Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (IND).