Pathum Nissanka scores a century as Sri Lanka beats West Indies by eight wickets in an ICC World Cup qualifier.
Friday's Super Sixes match between Sri Lanka and West Indies saw Pathum Nissanka shine with the bat while Maheesh Theekshana finished with statistics of 4/34. With the victory, Sri Lanka extended their winning streak in the Qualifiers.
Ankush Pandey
Pathun Nissanka scored a splendid hundred as Sri Lanka proceeded with their series of wins in the ICC World Cup qualifiers with an eight-wicket prevail upon West Indies on Friday.
In an ordering show, Sri Lanka's spinners unleashed devastation on the West Indies in the Very Six experience. The West Indies' top request disintegrated against Maheesh Theekshana, with key batsmen Brandon Lord, Shamarh Streams, and captain Shai Trust succumbing to the Sri Lankan spinner.
The harm went on as Matheesha Pathirana and Dushmantha Hemantha guaranteed the wickets of perilous players Johnson Charles and Nicholas Pooran. The West Indies were left reeling as Sahan Arachchige excused Kyle Mayers, trailed by Hemantha requiring his subsequent scalp by catching Roston Pursue before the stumps.
With the West Indies battling at 127/7 by the 30-over mark, Keacy Carty and Romario Shepherd confronted the overwhelming errand of reconstructing the innings. Carty displayed his versatility and assurance, arriving at his 50 years and pushing his group towards a decent complete regardless of losing wickets at the opposite end.
Nonetheless, Carty's bold exertion reached a conclusion on 87 as West Indies were in the end bowled out for 243. Theekshana was the champion entertainer for Sri Lanka, getting done with great figures of 4/34.
Accordingly, Sri Lanka started their pursuit emphatically, with Nissanka showing forceful purpose all along. The objective seemed reasonable for the accomplished Sri Lankan group, as the two openers securely arranged the underlying testing period. Nissanka arrived at his tenth ODI fifty, while Karunaratne offered consistent help.
Profiting from the West Indies' unfortunate handling, Sri Lanka's openers were allowed respites as they kept on building their organization. The pair easily outperformed the 100-run mark and at last set a record-breaking opening stand of 190 runs in the CWC23 Qualifier.
Nonetheless, when it appeared to be that Sri Lanka would journey to triumph with each of the ten wickets unblemished, Kevin Sinclair struck to excuse Nissanka. In any case, the opener had proactively scored his third ODI hundred only three overs prior.
Akeal Hosein eliminated the other opener, Karunaratne, for a nicely done 83. Notwithstanding, Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama guaranteed Sri Lanka securely crossed the end goal like clockwork.
