ICC World Twenty20 2nd Semi Final, Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Live Streaming
Another unbeaten side Sri Lanka, meet the West Indies in the second ICC World Twenty20 semi final at the Oval on Friday.
ICC World Twenty20 2nd Semi Final
Sri Lanka are 2nd favourites to win the tournament. Both sides came through the group of death which saw Australia tumble out of the tournament at the first hurdle.
When the sides met at Trent Bridge in match #11, Sri Lanka won by 15 runs. West Indies, who were without captain Chris Gayle, chose to field after winning the toss and then witnessed Dilshan (74 off 47) and Jayasuria (81 off 47) pile on the runs. Part time bowler Lendl Simmons was alone in escaping punishment as he took 4 wickets for 19 in his 3 overs as Sri Lanka posted 192/5.
In reply, West Indies struggled to keep up with the rate but it was a spirited chase, much of it played in pouring rain. Bravo top scored with 51 off 38 balls and even Malinga went for 11 an over. The spin of Murali and Mendis was key to shackling the West Indians and proved the key factor in Sri Lanka winning the game.
Gayle will be back for the semi final and West Indies will hope to have Fidel Edwards in the side after he was forced to miss the recent win over England when he went down with a back strain in the warm up.
The men in form:
Dilshan is leading run scorer in the tournament with 221 runs averaging 44.2. Dwayne Bravo is West Indies leading run scorer with 154 closely followed by simmons who has 150.
Malinga and Mendis have 21 wickets between them and are 3rd and 4th on the wicket takers log. Bravo, with 8 wickets is the only West Indian in the top 10.
The Verdict:
West Indies may struggle to shackle the Sri Lankan top order and their bowling clearly looks second best. The West Indian batting has performed surprisingly well even when Gayle has missed out and if conditions are good, we could be in for a high scoring as the Oval is the venue which has suited batsmen most.
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