1st Match · ODI

West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in the 1st Match

Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, 13 Oct 1999. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

West Indies won by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Match report

From the scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 178, Romesh Kaluwitharana 36 from 41 balls and Aravinda de Silva 31 from 55 balls. Nixon McLean took 2 for 40.

West Indies reached 181 for 7 in 49.2 overs, Jimmy Adams 74 not out from 124 balls and Wavell Hinds 35 from 58 balls. WPUJC Vaas took 2 for 22.

West Indies won by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining).

Key performers

JA74*Jimmy AdamsWest Indies. 124 balls, 4 foursPlayer of the match NM2/40Nixon McLeanWest Indies. 8.3 overs, 1 maiden RK36Romesh KaluwitharanaSri Lanka. 41 balls, 3 fours

2/22WPUJC VaasSri Lanka. 9 overs, 2 maidens

Sri Lanka innings

178(49.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattuc RL Powell b M Dillon	c RL Powell b M Dillon	10	51	0	0	19.61
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)c †RD Jacobs b CEL Ambrose	c †RD Jacobs b CEL Ambrose	28	52	3	1	53.85
Aravinda de Silvac †RD Jacobs b SL Campbell	c †RD Jacobs b SL Campbell	31	55	1	0	56.36
Russel Arnoldb SL Campbell	b SL Campbell	20	38	0	0	52.63
Mahela Jayawardenerun out (S Chanderpaul)	run out (S Chanderpaul)	6	8	1	0	75.00
Chamara Silvac †RD Jacobs b JC Adams	c †RD Jacobs b JC Adams	4	11	0	0	36.36
Romesh Kaluwitharana †b NAM McLean	b NAM McLean	36	41	3	0	87.80
WPUJC Vaasc RL Powell b NO Perry	c RL Powell b NO Perry	11	28	0	0	39.29
Pramodya Wickramasinghenot out	not out	4*	6	0	0	66.67
Nuwan Zoysarun out (RL Powell/†RD Jacobs)	run out (RL Powell/†RD Jacobs)	6	7	0	0	85.71
Muttiah Muralitharanb NAM McLean	b NAM McLean	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 6, w 15, nb 1)	(lb 6, w 15, nb 1)	22
Total49.3 Ov (RR 2.70)	49.3 Ov (RR 2.70)	178

Fall of wickets: 39-1 (MS Atapattu, 14.3 ov), 55-2 (ST Jayasuriya, 19.2 ov), 90-3 (RP Arnold, 29.4 ov), 104-4 (DPMD Jayawardene, 31.4 ov), 110-5 (LPC Silva, 34.4 ov), 118-6 (PA de Silva, 37.3 ov), 162-7 (WPUJC Vaas, 46.1 ov), 169-8 (RS Kaluwitharana, 47.3 ov), 178-9 (DNT Zoysa, 49.2 ov), 178-10 (M Muralitharan, 49.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nixon McLean	8.3	1	40	2	3.58	-	-	-	3	0
Curtly Ambrose	10	5	5	1	0.38	-	-	-	0	0
Mervyn Dillon	7	0	23	1	2.46	-	-	-	2	0
Nehemiah Perry	6	0	29	1	3.63	-	-	-	2	0
Jimmy Adams	10	1	23	1	1.73	-	-	-	0	0
Sherwin Campbell	8	0	52	2	4.88	-	-	-	8	1

West Indies innings

181/7(49.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbellhit wicket b WPUJC Vaas	hit wicket b WPUJC Vaas	1	7	0	0	14.29
Brian Lara (c)c †RS Kaluwitharana b WPUJC Vaas	c †RS Kaluwitharana b WPUJC Vaas	0	3	0	0	0.00
Jimmy Adamsnot out	not out	74*	124	4	0	59.68
Wavell Hindsc PA de Silva b M Muralitharan	c PA de Silva b M Muralitharan	35	58	4	0	60.34
Shivnarine Chanderpaulc MS Atapattu b PA de Silva	c MS Atapattu b PA de Silva	22	49	0	0	44.90
Ricardo Powellb M Muralitharan	b M Muralitharan	15	17	1	1	88.24
Ridley Jacobs †run out (ST Jayasuriya)	run out (ST Jayasuriya)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Nehemiah Perryc ST Jayasuriya b RP Arnold	c ST Jayasuriya b RP Arnold	21	28	1	0	75.00
Nixon McLeannot out	not out	3*	7	0	0	42.86
Extras(b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 1)	(b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 1)	10
Total49.2 Ov (RR 2.76)	49.2 Ov (RR 2.76) · Target 179	181/7

Did not bat: Mervyn Dillon, Curtly Ambrose

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (BC Lara, 0.4 ov), 4-2 (SL Campbell, 2.3 ov), 52-3 (WW Hinds, 16.4 ov), 89-4 (S Chanderpaul, 30.5 ov), 114-5 (RL Powell, 36.3 ov), 115-6 (RD Jacobs, 37.2 ov), 164-7 (NO Perry, 45.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
WPUJC Vaas	9	2	22	2	1.83	-	-	-	0	1
Nuwan Zoysa	6.2	1	24	0	2.88	-	-	-	0	0
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	6	0	26	0	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	10	1	24	2	1.80	-	-	-	1	0
Russel Arnold	10	1	36	1	2.70	-	-	-	0	0
Aravinda de Silva	6	0	28	1	3.50	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	1	0	9	0	6.75	-	-	-	2	0
Mahela Jayawardene	1	0	7	0	5.25	-	-	-	0	0