Pitch: 5 - Normal
Weather: 4 - Hot and sunny
Toss: West Indies
West Indies won the toss, and though their openers got them off to a good start with the bat, found themselves 74/7 shortly after the halfway mark of their innings.
The loss of Brian Lara through injury was sorely felt at that point, but an unbroken partnership of 66* between Best and Marshall gave them something to bowl at.
Ratnayake and Warnaweera lead the way for the home side, taking two wickets apiece in miserly spells.
Sri Lanka fell to 58/4 in reply, with Ambrose among the wickets, but old heads Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga added 80 for the 5th wicket to settle the match.
Arjuna Ranatuna made an unbeaten 60* and won the Man of the Match award, showing his experience and cool head in the run chase.
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: A.Ranatunga
West Indies 1st Innings 140/7 Closed (Overs 20)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Haynes | c AP Gurusinha | b GP Wickremasinghe | 23 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| PV Simmons | b RJ Ratnayake | 20 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
| RB Richardson* | b CPH Ramanayake | 18 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| C Hooper | b RJ Ratnayake | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| CA Best | not out | 46 | 51 | 34 | 6 | 1 | |
| AL Logie | b KPJ Warnaweera | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| D Williams+ | b KPJ Warnaweera | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| RA Harper | c ST Jayasuriya | b EAR de Silva | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MD Marshall | not out | 23 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | |
| CEL Ambrose | dnb | ||||||
| WKM Benjamin | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b0 lb0 w0 nb0) | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 7 wickets for | 140 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-43(DL Haynes) 2-53(PV Simmons) 3-53(C Hooper) 4-62(RB Richardson) 5-74(AL Logie) |
| 6-78(D Williams) 7-81(RA Harper) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Ratnayake | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| CPH Ramanayake | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| GP Wickremasinghe | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| AP Gurusinha | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| KPJ Warnaweera | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| EAR de Silva | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| PA da Silva | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 142/5 Closed (Overs 18.1)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSBP Kuruppu+ | c CA Best | b CEL Ambrose | 30 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 2 |
| ST Jayasuriya | b MD Marshall | 6 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| AP Gurusinha | c C Hooper | b CEL Ambrose | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Atapattu | b CEL Ambrose | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| PA da Silva | c RA Harper | b MD Marshall | 31 | 53 | 30 | 3 | 1 |
| A Ranatunga* | not out | 60 | 44 | 40 | 8 | 1 | |
| EAR de Silva | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RJ Ratnayake | dnb | ||||||
| CPH Ramanayake | dnb | ||||||
| GP Wickremasinghe | dnb | ||||||
| KPJ Warnaweera | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b0 lb0 w0 nb3) | 3 | |||||
| TOTAL | 5 wickets for | 142 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-26(ST Jayasuriya) 2-41(AP Gurusinha) 3-45(DSBP Kuruppu) 4-58(MS Atapattu) |
| 5-138(PA da Silva) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEL Ambrose | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| MD Marshall | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| WKM Benjamin | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| PV Simmons | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| RA Harper | 3.1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| C Hooper | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Arjuna Ranatunga's unbeaten 60* saw Sri Lanka home to a 5 wicket victory in the first T20 International
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