Sri Lanka Vs West Indies 39Th Match
ICC Cricket World Cup in England - 2019 (2019) · Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street · 1 July 2019
Sri Lanka won by 23 runs
Sri Lanka won by 23 runs. Nicholas Pooran top-scored with 118 for West Indies.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
- Date
- 1 July 2019
- Toss
- West Indies, chose to field
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 23 runs
- Player of the match
- Avishka Fernando
- Captains
- Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Jason Holder (West Indies)
- Umpires
- BNJ Oxenford and PR Reiffel
- Match referee
- DC Boon
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
West Indies won the toss and chose to field.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 338 for 6. Avishka Fernando top-scored with 104 off 103 balls, and Kusal Perera made 64. The innings was built on a 93-run stand for the first wicket between Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Perera. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Riverside Ground, 271 across 9 ODIs.
Chasing 339, West Indies made 315 for 9. Nicholas Pooran top-scored with 118 off 103 balls, and Fabian Allen made 51. Lasith Malinga took 3 for 55 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 83-run stand for the seventh wicket between Nicholas Pooran and Fabian Allen.
Sri Lanka won by 23 runs. Sri Lanka's 338 is the highest total at Riverside Ground.
SRI LANKA: 338 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimuth Karunaratne | c Shai Hope b Jason Holder | 32 | 48 |
| Kusal Perera | run out (Sheldon Cottrell, Carlos Brathwaite) | 64 | 51 |
| Avishka Fernando | c Fabian Allen b Sheldon Cottrell | 104 | 103 |
| Kusal Mendis | c & b Fabian Allen | 39 | 41 |
| Angelo Mathews | b Jason Holder | 26 | 20 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | not out | 45 | 33 |
| Isuru Udana | c Jason Holder b Oshane Thomas | 3 | 6 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | not out | 6 | 3 |
Did not bat: Jeffrey Vandersay, Kasun Rajitha, Lasith Malinga
Extras 19 · Total 338 for 6
| Bowler (West Indies) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Cottrell | 10 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
| Oshane Thomas | 10 | 1 | 58 | 1 |
| Shannon Gabriel | 5 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Jason Holder | 10 | 0 | 59 | 2 |
| Carlos Brathwaite | 7 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Fabian Allen | 8 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-93 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 15.2 ov), 2-104 (Kusal Perera, 18.1 ov), 3-189 (Kusal Mendis, 31.5 ov), 4-247 (Angelo Mathews, 39.1 ov), 5-314 (Avishka Fernando, 47.2 ov), 6-327 (Isuru Udana, 48.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Dimuth Karunaratne (32) and Kusal Perera (58) | 93 | 92 |
| second | Kusal Perera (5) and Avishka Fernando (3) | 11 | 16 |
| third | Kusal Mendis (39) and Avishka Fernando (41) | 85 | 83 |
| fourth | Angelo Mathews (26) and Avishka Fernando (30) | 58 | 46 |
| fifth | Lahiru Thirimanne (32) and Avishka Fernando (30) | 67 | 50 |
| sixth | Lahiru Thirimanne (9) and Isuru Udana (3) | 13 | 11 |
| seventh | Lahiru Thirimanne (4) and Dhananjaya de Silva (6) | 11 | 6 |
WEST INDIES: 315 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | c Jeffrey Vandersay b Kasun Rajitha | 35 | 48 |
| Sunil Ambris | c Kusal Perera b Lasith Malinga | 5 | 6 |
| Shai Hope | b Lasith Malinga | 5 | 11 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | run out (Dhananjaya de Silva) | 29 | 38 |
| Nicholas Pooran | c Kusal Perera b Angelo Mathews | 118 | 103 |
| Jason Holder | c Jeevan Mendis b Jeffrey Vandersay | 26 | 26 |
| Carlos Brathwaite | run out (Isuru Udana) | 8 | 15 |
| Fabian Allen | run out (Kasun Rajitha, Isuru Udana) | 51 | 32 |
| Sheldon Cottrell | not out | 7 | 10 |
| Oshane Thomas | lbw b Lasith Malinga | 1 | 6 |
| Shannon Gabriel | not out | 3 | 7 |
Extras 27 · Total 315 for 9
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasith Malinga | 10 | 0 | 55 | 3 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| Isuru Udana | 10 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| Kasun Rajitha | 10 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
| Jeffrey Vandersay | 7 | 0 | 50 | 1 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Angelo Mathews | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-12 (Sunil Ambris, 2.2 ov), 2-22 (Shai Hope, 4.6 ov), 3-71 (Chris Gayle, 15.2 ov), 4-84 (Shimron Hetmyer, 17.5 ov), 5-145 (Jason Holder, 28.2 ov), 6-199 (Carlos Brathwaite, 34.3 ov), 7-282 (Fabian Allen, 44.1 ov), 8-308 (Nicholas Pooran, 47.1 ov), 9-311 (Oshane Thomas, 48.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Chris Gayle (5) and Sunil Ambris (5) | 12 | 14 |
| second | Chris Gayle (3) and Shai Hope (5) | 10 | 17 |
| third | Chris Gayle (27) and Shimron Hetmyer (21) | 49 | 62 |
| fourth | Nicholas Pooran (4) and Shimron Hetmyer (8) | 13 | 14 |
| fifth | Jason Holder (26) and Nicholas Pooran (27) | 61 | 63 |
| sixth | Carlos Brathwaite (8) and Nicholas Pooran (39) | 54 | 38 |
| seventh | Nicholas Pooran (29) and Fabian Allen (51) | 83 | 57 |
| eighth | Sheldon Cottrell (4) and Nicholas Pooran (19) | 26 | 18 |
| ninth | Sheldon Cottrell (2) and Oshane Thomas (1) | 3 | 8 |
| tenth | Shannon Gabriel (3) and Sheldon Cottrell (1) | 4 | 9 |
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