WI-Sri Lanka clash in T20 series decider
WEST Indies coach Phil Simmons said his bowlers have been producing the goods in the T20 series against Sri Lanka in Antigua, but said the batsmen can't be too tentative against the spinners in the third and deciding contest at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, on Sunday, from 6 pm.
West Indies won the opening match on Wednesday by four wickets in a match that had all the excitement fans could have asked for. West Indies captain Kieron Pollard became just the second batsman to hit six sixes in an over in T20 International cricket when he struck off-spinner Akila Dananjaya for six maximums. India batsman Yuvraj Singh struck England's Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Dananjaya also grabbed a hat-trick in the match when he dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran.
On Friday, Sri Lanka levelled the three-match series with a 43-run win behind their spinners.
On Saturday, speaking to the media on Zoom, Simmons said, "I think in both games the bowlers have been excellent. I think the first six or seven overs yesterday the (Sri Lanka) guys played well and they chose their shots really well, but after about the ninth or tenth over we just pulled back everything...to keep them to 160 was a great effort."
West Indies won the opening match on Wednesday by four wickets in a match that had all the excitement fans could have asked for. West Indies captain Kieron Pollard became just the second batsman to hit six sixes in an over in T20 International cricket when he struck off-spinner Akila Dananjaya for six maximums. India batsman Yuvraj Singh struck England's Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Dananjaya also grabbed a hat-trick in the match when he dismissed Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran.
On Friday, Sri Lanka levelled the three-match series with a 43-run win behind their spinners.
On Saturday, speaking to the media on Zoom, Simmons said, "I think in both games the bowlers have been excellent. I think the first six or seven overs yesterday the (Sri Lanka) guys played well and they chose their shots really well, but after about the ninth or tenth over we just pulled back everything...to keep them to 160 was a great effort."
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