WI STRUGGLE

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka –

West Indies again bowled and fielded with vigour, but their inexperienced batting failed to deliver for the second time, and they conceded a 50-run defeat to hosts Sri Lanka in the third match of the three-nation limited-overs international cricket competition on Tuesday. {{more}}

Chasing 242 to win, West Indies were dismissed for 191 in 45.1 overs, and slumped to their second straight defeat in the competition that also involves India.

Dwayne Smith enjoyed a bit of fortune to hit nine fours and two sixes in his highest limited-overs international score of 68 from 90 balls to lead the West Indies’ batting before he was dismissed in the 44th over to kill any hopes of a comeback story.

Smith added 49 from 39 balls for the ninth wicket with

debutant Deighton Butler before Muralitharan bowled him, and Tillakaratne Dilshan had Jermaine Lawson stumped in the 46th over to end the match.

Sri Lanka won the opening match last Saturday against India by three wickets, and India won the second game last Sunday against West Indies by six wickets.

SCOREBOARD – Sri Lanka vs India – Match 1

July 30, 2005

SRI LANKA (maximum 50 overs)

V. Sehwag b Maharoof 14

+M. Dhoni b Lokuhettige 2

Y. Singh c (sub) Thuranga b Lokuhettige 12

*R. Dravid b Chandana 54

M. Kaif c Muralitharan b Fernando 8

S. Raina lbw b Muralitharan 0

V. Rao c wkpr Sangakkara b Muralitharan 38

I. Pathan c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 21

H. Singh not out 20

Z. Khan run out (Chandana) 20

A. Nehra not out 2

Extras: (lb6, w6, nb2) 14

TOTAL: (9 wkts) 205

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-22, 3-44, 4-63, 5-64, 6-122, 7-159, 8-159, 9-202.

Bowling: Maharoof 9-0-27-1; Lokuhettige 10-2-31-1; Fernando 10-1-61-1; Muralitharan 10-1-33-3; Chandana 5-0-26-1; Dilshan 3-0-14-0; Arnold 3-0-7-0.

Overs: 50



SRI LANKA (target: 206 runs off 50 overs)

+K. Sangakkara lbw b Irfan Pathan 14

*M. Atapattu run out (Suresh Raina) 29

M. Jayawardene b Zaheer Khan 15

T. Dilshan lbw b Harbhajan Singh 17

R. Arnold b Harbhajan Singh 22

S. Jayasuriya not out 43

D. Lokuhettige b Irfan Pathan 21

U. Chandana c wkpr M. Dhoni b Z. Khan 11

F. Maharoof not out 23

Extras: (b4, lb3, w7) 14

TOTAL: (7 wkts) 209

M. Muralitharan, D. Fernando did not bat.

Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-55, 3-60, 4-104, 5-112, 6-140, 7-172.

Bowling: Irfan Pathan 10-2-43-2; Zaheer Khan 10-1-32-2; Ashish Nehra 10-1-34-0; Harbhajan Singh 10-0-44-2; Virender Sehwag 8-0-45-0; Suresh Raina 0.2-0-4-0.

Overs: 48.2

Result: Sri Lanka won by three wickets.

Points: Sri Lanka two, India zero.

Toss: India.

Umpires: S. Taufel, A. de Silva (TV Replays: T. Wijewardene).

Match Referee: M. Procter.

SCOREBOARD – India vs West Indies – Match 2

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

July 31, 2005

Toss: West Indies

Umpires: D. Harper, T. Wijewardene

TV Umpire: P. Manuel

Result: India won by 6 wickets

Man of the Match: R. Dravid

West Indies innings

X. Marshall c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 26

R. Morton lbw b Panthan 1

S. Joseph run out (Raina/Dhoni) 3

N. Deonarine lbw b Sehwag 41

*S. Chanderpaul lbw b Raina 22

R. Powell b Sehwag 1

D. Smith c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 20

+D. Ramdin b Nehra 24

T. Best c Raina b Khan 24

D. Powell b Nehra 0

J. Lawson not out 3

Extras: (b 2, lb 6, w 4, nb 1) 13

Total:  (all out, 47.4 overs) 178

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Morton), 2-22 (Joseph), 3-32 (Marshall), 4-84 (Chanderpaul), 5-85 (R. Powell), 6-109 (Smith), 7-140 (Deonarine), 8-172 (Ramdin), 9-172 (D. Powell, 10-178 (Best).

Bowling: Panthan 9-3-29-1 (w 6); Khan 9.4-2-32 -1 (w 1); Harbhajan Singh 10-1-24-2; Nehra 9-2-23-2 (w 2); Sehwag 6-0-39-2 (nb 1); Raina 4-0-23-1

India innings

M. Kaif c Joseph b Best 24

V. Sehwag c Ramdin b Lawson 2

S. Raina c Marshall b Smith 35

*R. Dravid not out 52

Yuvraj Singh b Lawson 28

+M. Dhoni not out 15

Extras: (lb 5, w 18, nb 1) 24

Total:(4 wickets, 36 overs) 180

Did not bat: Y. Venugopal Rao, I. Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Z. Khan, A. Nehra.

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Sehwag, 1.2 ov), 2-68 (Kaif, 11.4 ov), 3-82 (Raina, 14.6 ov), 4-143 (Yuvraj Singh)

Bowling: D. Powell 10-1-44-0 (w 5); Lawson 9-0-58-2 (w 6); Smith 10-0-37-1 (w 1); Best 6-0-34-1 (nb 1, w 1); Morton 1-0-2-0.

SCOREBOARD – Sri Lanka vs West Indies – Match 3

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

August 2, 2005

Toss: Sri Lanka

Umpires: E. de Silva, S. Taugel

TV Umpire: M. Procter

Result: Sri Lanka won by 50 runs

Points: Sri Lanka 6, West Indies 0

Man of the Match: M. Maharoof



Sri Lanka innings

W. Tharanga lbw b Butler 6

*M. Atapattu run out (Butler/Ramdin) 70

+K. Sangakkara c Chanderpaul b Deonarine 79

L. Dilhara st Ramdin b Deonarine 9

D. Jayawardene b Smith 16

T. Dilshan run out (Smith) 4

R. Arnold not out 21

U. Chandana not out 15

Extras: (b 6, lb 4, w 7, nb 4) 21

Total: (6 wickets, 50 overs) 241

Did not bat: M. Muralitharan, C. Fernando, M. Maharoof

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Tharanga), 2-149 (Sangakkara), 3-171 (Dilhara), 4-191 (Atapattu), 5-194 (Jayawardene), 6-205 (Dilshan)

Bowling: Butler 10-2-25-1 (nb 2, w 1); Lawson 10-1-63-0 (w 1); Best 10 1-39-0 (nb 2, w 2); Smith 9-1-39-1; Deonarine 10-0-55-2 (w 3); Powell 1-0-10-0

West Indies innings

X. Marshall c Sangakkara b Maharoof 6

R. Ramdass b Maharoof 1

S. Joseph c Maharoof b Dilhara 9

N. Deonarine b Fernando 23

*S. Chanderpaul c & b Dilhara 14

R. Powell b Maharoof 2

D. Smith b Muralitharan 68

+D. Ramdin b Chandana 29

T. Best lbw b Muralitharan 1

D. Butler not out 13

J. Lawson st Sangakkara b Dilshan 8

Extras: (b 4, lb 4, w 6, nb 3) 17

Total: (all out, 45.1 overs) 191

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Ramdass), 2-18 (Marshall, 3-21 (Joseph), 4-36 (Chanderpaul), 5-39 (Powell), 6-75 (Deonarine), 7-121 (Ramdin), 8-128 (Best), 9-177 (Smith), 10-191 (Lawson)

Bowling: Maharoof 10-5-9-3 (w 1); Dilhara 7-0-30-2 (nb 1, w 1); Muralitharan 10-1-46-2 (w1); Fernando 8-1-33-1 (nb 2, w 1); Chandana 10-0-65-1 (w 1); Dilshan 0.1-0-0-1