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Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2024/25, SL vs WI 1st T20I Match Report, October 13, 2024
West Indies 180 for five (King 63, Lewis 50, Pathirana 2-27) beat Sri Lanka 179 for 7 (Asalanka 59, Kamindu 51, Shepherd 2-39) by 5 wickets
They’d loads of batting to see the chase via, and Sherfane Rutherford completed it off with a 4 off the primary ball of the ultimate over.
King, Lewis blast the powerplay
Lewis struck the primary boundaries, launching Chamindu Wickramasinghe for a six and 4 on the finish of the primary over, but it surely was King who made the best impression whereas the fielding restrictions had been in play. King’s normal transfer was to run on the bowlers and blast them down the bottom. So good was his hand-eye coordination, that he did it twice towards seamer Asitha Fernando within the second over, earlier than taking goal on the spin of Maheesh Theekshana within the third over.
By the top of the powerplay, King had eight fours (a few of them edged, to be truthful), and 39 runs off 20 balls. Lewis, who had blasted boundaries off Wickramasinghe virtually solely, had 31 off 16 balls. And West Indies had 74 off the primary six.
They stored swinging, and by the top, Lewis made 50 off 28, and King 63 off 33. The requirement was pretty easy after their onslaught.
When Kusal Mendis was additionally bowled by a superb faster supply from Gudakesh Motie, leaving Sri Lanka at 58 for 3, it felt as if West Indies had been about to carve open the sport.
Kamindu could also be good at cricket
However then maybe it is time to admit that Kamindu seems to know what he’s doing on a cricket area. Having just lately turn into the quickest batter since 1950 to 1000 Check runs, he produced 50 off 41 right here within the shortest format, outdone in his workforce solely by Asalanka who clubbed 59 off 35, Kamindu would additionally bowl two overs for 14, switching arms when crucial. He took the wicket of the opposition’s high scorer, King, along with his left-arm spin, and picked up figures of 1 for 14.
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