West Indies' bowlers delivered tight lines and intelligent variations of pace on a slow Khettarama surface to force a Sri Lanka collapse and prise a 23-run victory to end an otherwise barren tour. Dwayne Bravo collected four wickets, and Ravi Rampaul three, in the visitors' defence of 162 for 6 which, like their bowling, had also been a collective effort.

The victory gives West Indies a share of the series, though Sri Lanka keep the top T20 rank. Bravo, who hit a run-a-ball 31 in addition to his 4 for 28 with the ball, was named Man of the Match.

Tillakaratne Dilshan struck his second fifty of the series but - although his own strike-rate was nearly 137 - his 70-run stand with Shehan Jayasuriya drew some of the momentum from Sri Lanka's innings. Jayasuriya was out for 30 off 32 balls. His wicket set in motion a capitulation that cost nine wickets for 46 runs. Incoming batsmen attempted to hit out immediately, mindful of a climbing required rate, but managed only to find secure pairs of hands in the outfield.

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It must be noted that for years the shortest format of the game in the Region , was not run by the WICBC . It
was run by former great Players in the Region .

I cite this so that People are fully aware of the fact that any credit to the success of Our Players in this version of the game was & is not due to the people in the WICBC .

It is mainly due to the efforts of these former Great Players , who harnessed ; enhanced & honed the talents of their Players in this version of the game that produced the
Players who humbled England in the infamous Twenty / 20 Match versus England ; & then went on to win the
World Cup in this version of the game .
So any thoughts that the WICBC was responsible for the performances of Our Players in the shortest version of the game is a fallacy . Credit must be Rightfully given to those who made Our Players in this format of the game , fully competitive in the International Cricket Arena .

I therefore wish to congratulate those Former Great Players for the
Work that they did in Harnessing Enhancing & Honing the Skills of their Players , to the point where they are fully Competitive in the International Cricket Arena .

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West Indies one, leh we see wha go happen next game

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In reply to Kay

Let me spell it out for you because
You appear to be Mentally Challenged . Stanford an American knew little or nothing about Cricket or the Intricacies of the Game .

Obviously if he was knowledgeable ,
he would not have had to employ the
Former Great Players to run the Regional Tournament in the shortest version of the Game .