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08-Jul-2013 02:44:00 GMT
West Indies v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Port of Spain

Rain Pushes Match to Reserve Day

Port of Spain: Rain played spoilsport as the crucial ODI match between Sri Lanka and West Indies in the tri-nation series was pushed to the reserve day tomorrow, at the Queen's park oval on Sunday.

Riding on fast bowler Kemar Roach's two quick wickets, West Indies had reduced Sri Lanka to 60 for three in 19 overs when heavens opened up and interrupted the play.

With rain refusing to abate, the play was called off for the day and it will now resume on the reserve day tomorrow with Sri Lanka at 60 for three in 19 overs.

Earlier, after winning the toss, West Indies stand-in skipper Kieron Pollard elected to bowl first and his bowlers didn't disappoint as they put Sri Lankan openers Mahela Jayawardene (7) and Upul Tharanga (7) under pressure right from the start.

Both Roach (2/19) and Jason Holder (1/20) extracted good bounce from the pitch at the Queen's park oval to make life difficult for the batsmen.

Earlier, three changes in West Indies squad. Devon Smith comes in for Dwayne Bravo, Narine misses out and Holder comes in. Lendl Simons in for Ramdin and Johnson Charles will keep wickets.

Sri Lanka makes a couple changes. Jeevan Mendis and Shaminda Eranga in. Kushal Perera and Herath are out.

Teams

West Indies:
Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles (wk), Devon Smith, Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard (Captain), Darren Sammy, Jason Holder, Kemar Roach, Tino Best

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews (Captain), Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sachithra Senanayake, Lasith Malinga, Shaminda Eranga

Brief scores
Sri Lanka
60 for 3 (Thirimanne 13*, Sangakkara 11*, Roach 2-19)


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