{"id":143862,"date":"2024-10-24T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=143862"},"modified":"2024-10-24T18:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:44:43","slug":"sri-lankans-smother-windies-comfortably-in-odi-at-pallekelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lankans-smother-windies-comfortably-in-odi-at-pallekelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankans Smother Windies Comfortably in ODI at Pallekelle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lankans Smother Windies Comfortably in ODI at Pallekelle<\/span><\/h2>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Fidel Fernando<\/strong>\u00a0in ESPNcricinfo,\u00a023 October<\/a>\u00a02024, where the title reads\u00a0\u201cHasaranga and Theekshana spin West Indies out and seal Sri Lanka series win\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rutherford and Motie put on a WI record ninth-wicket stand but it was in vain.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Theekshana celebrates \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Mote and Alzarri Joseph struck once apiece inside the powerplay. Aside from these stretches of dominance though, Sri Lanka ran away with the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wanindu Hasaranga<\/a>,\u00a0Maheesh Theekshana<\/a>, and\u00a0Asitha Fernando<\/a>\u00a0had sent West Indies crashing to 58 for 8, before that ninth-wicket resistance came. Then, after the loss of two early wickets, Sri Lanka recovered through a 62-run partnership between Sadeera Samarawickrama and Nishan Madushka, before the in-form\u00a0Charith Asalanka<\/a>\u00a0came in to produce a fluent half-century, and take Sri Lanka to a substantial victory, and another series victory under his fledgling captaincy.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Though the pitch for this 44-over match \u2013 drizzle had delayed the start by two hours \u2013 was exceedingly spin friendly (it was the same track used for Sunday\u2019s game), 190 was always going to be a challenge to defend. Where Sri Lanka\u2019s spinners were able to be consistently menacing, often getting significant turn even off faster deliveries, West Indies\u2019 slow bowlers did not quite have the same impact.<\/span><\/div>\n
Motie was their best slow bowler, conceding only 18 from his nine overs, and taking the wicket of Kusal Mendis. But legspinner Hayden Walsh was underwhelming, guilty of pitching far too short and being picked off \u2013 he went for 41 runs off his five overs. Roston Chase was also only moderately effective. In fact it was seamer Alzarri Joseph who collected the innings\u2019 best figures of 2 for 30.<\/span><\/div>\n
Although Hasaranga would go on to get more wickets, it was Theekshana who was the best of Sri Lanka\u2019s slow bowlers, and Theekshana who set the collapse in motion with a gorgeous offbreak that beat the outside of left-hander Alick Athanaze\u2019s bat and clip off stump. The offbreak turned big on this surface, and he threatened both right-handers and left-handers with it, going to the carrom ball only occasionally. The lines Theekshana bowled were mostly impeccable.<\/span><\/div>\n
Later, a big offbreak would sneak between Keacy Carty\u2019s bat and pad and rattle his stumps as well, before a slider beat the wild reverse-swipe that Walsh attempted off Theekshana in the 15th over. He collected figures of 3 for 25 off nine overs.<\/span><\/div>\n
Hasaranga\u2019s googlies were doing their usual damage, with Chase suckered in by one that was flighted beautifully. Hasaranga had to work less hard for the wickets of Romario Shepherd, and Alzarri Joseph, who didn\u2019t fancy picking him. He\u2019d take the final wicket of the innings too, getting Jayden Seales caught and bowled, and took home the game\u2019s best figures of 4 for 40.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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