Daily Observer (Jamaica)

To give Windies series lead

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sixth wicket with Kamindu Mendis (9), before he was ninth out in the 48th over caught at midwicket off pacer Jason Holder (2-39).

Faced with an undemandin­g run chase, Hope and Lewis then put Sri Lanka to the sword in a partnershi­p which allowed West Indies to canter.

The right-handed Hope, who contracted COVID-19 last January and missed most of the recent Regional Super50, looked fluent from the start as he punched a dozen fours and a six.

He reached his half-century off 47 balls in the 19th over by driving left-arm spinner Lakshan Sandakan through mid-off for four, and brought up three figures off 125 balls in the 41st over. He deposited a free hit from the same bowler over the ropes at long on to move to 99 before ambling a single to long on off the next delivery.

Lewis, meanwhile, clubbed four fours and two sixes before he was yorked by new ball pacer Dushmantha Chameera (2-59) in the 29th over and Hope added a further 72 for the second with Bravo before finally departing in the 43rd over, bowled off-stump also by Chameera at 215 for two.

There was little fanfare from Bravo and Jason Mohammed (13 not out) as West Indies strolled the remainder of the run chase.

SCOREBOARD SRI LANKA

D Gunathilak­a obstructin­g the field 55 *D Karunaratn­e c & b Pollard 52 P Nissanka run out 8 A Mathews run out 5 +D Chandimal c sub (H Walsh) b Allen 12 A Bandara c Hosein b Holder 50 K Mendis c Allen b Mohammed 9

H de Silva c Holder b Mohammed 3 D Chameera c wkp Hope b Holder 8 L Sandakan not out 16 N Pradeep c Shepherd b Joseph 1 (lb5, w8) 13 (all out, 49 overs) 232

1-105 (Karunaratn­e), 2-112 (Gunathilak­a), 3-119 (Mathews), 4-126 (Nissanka), 5-151 (Chandimal), 6-183 (Mendis), 7-189 (Hasaranga), 8-207 (Chameera), 9-224 (Bandara), 10-232 (Pradeep)

Joseph 10-0-49-1 (w2), Holder 10-1-39-2 (w2), Hosein 8-0-44-0 (w2), Shepherd 5-0-30-0, Mohammed 4-1-12-2, Pollard 5-0-15-1 (w2), Allen 7-0-38-1

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TOTAL

Fall of wickets: Bowling: WEST INDIES

E Lewis b Chameera +S Hope b Chameera D Bravo not out J Mohammed not out (lb3, w5, nb3) (2 wkts, 47 overs) 236 N Pooran, *K Pollard, J Holder, F Allen, R Shepherd, A Joseph, A Hosein

1-143 (Lewis), 2-215 (Hope) Pradeep 8-1-46-0 (w1), Chameera 10-050-1 (w1, nb1), Mendis 3-0-21-0 (w1), Hasaranga 10-1-26-0 (nb1), Gunathilak­a 5-0-25-0, Sandakan 10-0-57-0 (w1, nb1), Bandara 1-0-8-0

West Indies won by eight wickets

West Indies lead three-match series 1-0 Shai Hope

Extras TOTAL

Did not bat:

Fall of wickets: Bowling: Result:

Series: Man-of-the-match: Toss:

Umpires:

65 110 37 13 11

Sri Lanka

Gregory Brathwaite, Joel Wilson; TV – Nigel Duguid

 ??  ?? Shai Hope of West Indies hits a boundary during the first ODI match between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, yesterday.
Shai Hope of West Indies hits a boundary during the first ODI match between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, yesterday.
 ??  ?? Fabian Allen of West Indies celebrates the dismissal of Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka during the first ODI match between West Indies and
Sri Lanka at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, yesterday.
Fabian Allen of West Indies celebrates the dismissal of Dinesh Chandimal of Sri Lanka during the first ODI match between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, yesterday.

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