Sri Lanka T20 level series with West Indies and spinners team up to produce eight wikis | Cricket News

Wanindudu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dananjaya and Danushka Gunathilaka came together for eight wikis as Sri Lanka spun their way to victory at series level by scraping West Indies for 117; the tourists posted 160-6 after they first chose to bathe

The Sri Lankan spinners capped the visitors to a 43-run win over the West Indies in the international twenty20 on Friday, advancing the three-game series at 1-1.

Defending a total average of 160-6, Wanindudu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dananjaya and Danushka Gunathilaka caught eight wickets, bowling out of the West Indies for 117 in 18.4 overs.

Sri Lanka rallied the line with four spinners for the game that must be won at Coolidge and the inning paid off on a slow pitch that made a big hit hard. The West Indies could not sustain any scoring momentum as wickets were falling steadily.

Dananjaya, who made history twice in the first game of a series set up a hat-trick and included six sixes in one over the West Indies ’toned tone when he put on all four of his pets. consecutive in power play, taking 1-13.

Sandakan, a narrow left-handed spinner, who lost the first game of the series, took 3-14 from 3.4 petals, including West Indies captain Kieron Pollard’s crucial wicket for 13. Pollard was a earned a place in history two days ago by becoming only the third cricket to hit six sixes in an international match, hitting 38 from 11 balls.

He held himself back on Friday, coming in at No. 7 but it was also difficult for the park to cope with it, managing just 13 out of 15 balls with one six. Sandakan removed it with a wider delivery that Pollard was looking to build over cover but brought a thick edge and its wing to the cover sweeper.

Hasaranga was named man of the match for his 3-17 from four innings and his unbeaten 19 in Sri Lanka innings. He put a bamboo on the West Indies batsman with a combination of his wrist, line and feather spinning, eliminating Lendl Simmons (21), Chris Gayle (16) and Fabian Allen (12). His googly, hard-to-pick, commented Simmons and Allen, who fell lbw.

“The wicket was slow and I was trying to bowl without taking too many boundaries and keeping a good line and length,” Hasaranga said. “Akila (Dananjaya) bowls with the new ball and I will always bowling after the power play so I have to focus on line and distance. I prefer to play that role. “

Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews came to a good decision when he chose a bat to win the toss. Openers Danushka Gunathilaka and Pathum Nassinka gave the visitors a strong start, scoring 95 for the first wicket in the best partnership of the game.

Nissanka ran out for 37 in the 11th over and Gunathilaka advanced to his half-century from 35 balls before falling in the same place with the total 96-2.

The rest of the Sri Lankan batsmen struggled with the best efforts afterwards coming from Ashen Bandara who made 21 from 19 balls and Hasaranga and came 19 from 11 deliveries.

Dananjaya kept the West Indies bats tied early on: the home side struggled to 25-1 after five goals. Hasaranga then sent Simmons and Gayle in the same over the seventh accounting for two of the most dangerous players in the West Indies.

Pollard’s threat hung over the game until late and Sri Lanka rejoiced when he fell relatively free.

Obed McCoy hit 23 from just seven members batting at No. 10, too late to change the outcome of the match.

The final of the T20 series is on Sunday. The teams will also play three one-day games followed by two test matches.