Windies thumped in warm-up
Published: Monday | September 21, 2009
Devon Smith and Dale Richards stroked fighting half-centuries, but Sri Lanka emerged comfortable five-wicket winners over West Indies with 15 balls to spare in their ICC Champions Trophy warm-up match yesterday.
Choosing to bat first, West Indies scored 201 all out off 45.1 overs and Sri Lanka replied with 202 for five off 47.3 overs at LC de Villiers Oval.
Smith (67) and Richards (59) were the only significant scorers in the West Indies' innings as spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis equally shared six wickets to torment West Indies, just three days before their opening Champions Trophy match against Pakistan.
Near run-a-ball knock
West Indies recovered from an unsteady start when opener Richards and Smith added 80 runs in 14 overs for the second wicket after Andre Fletcher went cheaply in the third over.
Pacer Nuwan Kulasekara bowled Fletcher (8) with just nine runs on the board, but Richards and Smith lifted the score to 89 before Richards fell to pacer Lasith Malinga, ending a near run-a-ball knock.
Richards thumped 10 fours and two sixes in scoring his 59 off 60 balls in 83 minutes. Without their top-flight players, absent because of a contracts dispute with the board, West Indies plunged to 158 for seven after losing five wickets for 37 runs.
Single-digit scores
Magic spinner Muralitharan cheaply dislodged Travis Dowlin (9), captain Floyd Reifer (2) and Kieran Powell (0) in a three-wicket burst, while Dave Bernard (6) and Chadwick Walton (0) also departed for single-digit scores.
Darren Sammy (20) added 32 for the eighth wicket with No.3 batsman Smith, who was eighth out for a top-score 67 that included six boundaries.
West Indies, tournament winners in England 2004 and runners-up two years later in India, are in Group A of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy alongside Australia, India and Pakistan, who they open against on Wednesday.
Their other first-round fixtures are against Australia on Saturday, September 26, and India on Wednesday, September 30.
Group B is made up of South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England.
WEST INDIES Innings
| D Richards b Malinga | 59 |
| A Fletcher b Kulasekara | 8 |
| D Smith c wkp Sangakkara b Malinga | 67 |
| T Dowlin lbw Muralitharan | 9 |
| F Reifer c Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 2 |
| K Powell lbw Muralitharan | 0 |
| D Bernard b Mendis | 6 |
| +C Walton lbw Mendis | 0 |
| D Sammy c Samaraweera b Mendis | 20 |
| R Crandon c Mendis b Thushara | 6 |
| N Miller not out | 1 |
| Extras: (b4, lb1, w16, nb2) | 23 |
| TOTAL: (all out - 45.1 overs) | 201 |
Did not bat: G Tonge, T Best Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Fletcher, 2.4 overs), 2-89 (Richards, 16.5), 3-121, Dowlin (26.2), 4-127 (Reifer, 30.1), 5-127 (Powell, 30.4), 6-158 (Bernard, 35.4), 7-158 (Walton, 35.6), 8-190 (Smith, 42.4), 9-196 (D Sammy, 43.5), 10-201 (Crandon, 45.1) Bowling: Kulasekara 5-1-33-1; Thushara 8.1-1-26-1 (2w); Malinga 8-0-45-2 (2nb, 6w); Mendis 10-1-31-3 (1w); Muralitharan 6-0-17-3; Mathews 4-0-16-0 (2w); Dilshan 4-0-28-0 SRI LANKA Innings T Dilshan b Sammy | 2 |
| S Jayasuriya c Tonge b Sammy | 21 |
| +K Sangakkara c wkp Walton b Best | 35 |
| M Jayawardene hit wicket b Tonge | 67 |
| T Samaraweera c wkp Walton b Bernard | 9 |
| T Kandamby not out | 44 |
| A Mathews not out | 9 |
| Extras: (b1, lb2, w12) | 15 |
| TOTAL: (for 5 wickets - 47.3 overs) | 202 |
Did not Bat: N Kulasekara, T Thushara, A Mendis, L Malinga, C Kapugedera, M Muralitharan Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Dilshan, 1.2 overs), 2-39 (Jayasuriya, 9.2), 3-83 (Sangakkara, 18.1), 4-109 (Samaraweera, 26.1), 5-172 (Jayawardene, 40.6). Bowling: Tonge 10-0-38-1; Sammy 8.3-0-34-2 (1w); Best 6-1-28-1 (2w); Bernard 10-2-41-1 (9w); Miller 10-0-45-0; Dowlin 3-0-13-0 Result: Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets (15 balls to spare) Toss: West Indies (chose to bat) Umpires: Billy Bowden, Tony Hill.
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