Sri Lanka Vs West Indies 3Rd Odi
West Indies tour of Sri Lanka - 1993 (1993/94) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 18 December 1993
West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining). Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 34 for Sri Lanka.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Date
- 18 December 1993
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Keith Arthurton
- Captains
- Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka), Richie Richardson (West Indies)
- Umpires
- PT Manuel and WAU Wickramasinghe
- Match referee
- Zaheer Abbas
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 103 for 5. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 34 off 49 balls. Courtney Walsh took 3 for 24 for West Indies. That was well below the 1990s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 206 across 22 ODIs.
Chasing 104, West Indies made 107 for 4. Brian Lara top-scored with 29 off 54 balls.
West Indies won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 103 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roshan Mahanama | c Richie Richardson | 10 | 21 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Keith Arthurton | 1 | 3 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | bowled | 6 | 17 |
| Aravinda de Silva | c Curtly Ambrose | 34 | 49 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | c Jimmy Adams | 7 | 14 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | not out | 26 | 28 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | not out | 6 | 8 |
Did not bat: Dulip Samaraweera, Dulip Liyanage, Don Anurasiri, Pramodya Wickramasinghe
Extras 13 · Total 103 for 5
| Bowler (West Indies) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtly Ambrose | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Courtney Walsh | 5 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Winston Benjamin | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Anderson Cummins | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Phil Simmons | 5 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-14 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 3-25 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-49 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-82 (Aravinda de Silva)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Roshan Mahanama and Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 |
| second | Roshan Mahanama and Hashan Tillakaratne | 12 |
| third | Aravinda de Silva and Roshan Mahanama | 11 |
| fourth | Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva | 24 |
| fifth | Aravinda de Silva and Ruwan Kalpage | 33 |
| sixth | Romesh Kaluwitharana and Ruwan Kalpage | 21 |
WEST INDIES: 107 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond Haynes | c Sanath Jayasuriya | 23 | 30 |
| Brian Lara | bowled | 29 | 54 |
| Richie Richardson | c Dulip Samaraweera | 2 | 8 |
| Carl Hooper | run out | 4 | 11 |
| Phil Simmons | not out | 15 | 14 |
| Keith Arthurton | not out | 24 | 17 |
Did not bat: Jimmy Adams, Anderson Cummins, Winston Benjamin, Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh
Extras 10 · Total 107 for 4
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 4.1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Dulip Liyanage | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Anurasiri | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-42 (Desmond Haynes), 2-58 (Richie Richardson), 3-65 (Brian Lara), 4-67 (Carl Hooper)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Desmond Haynes and Brian Lara | 42 |
| second | Richie Richardson and Brian Lara | 16 |
| third | Carl Hooper and Brian Lara | 7 |
| fourth | Carl Hooper and Phil Simmons | 2 |
| fifth | Phil Simmons and Keith Arthurton | 40 |
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