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West Indies O60s record thrilling tie vs Sri Lanka in their 2nd Official game of the World Cup
Deyal receiving his 2nd consecutive MOM award (left) and Emmerson Jordan receiving his Fighter of the match award.
Kaieteur Sports – West Indies won the toss and decided to send in Sri Lanka to bat on a pitch which they thought had a bit of preparation moisture at the beautiful Amir Mahal sward. WI rested Tony Boyke, Hafiz Mohamed and Pramesh Seheult for this encounter. Sri Lanka got off to a thumping start also against the seamers in the first 4 overs and raced to 41 after 6.4 overs. As soon as the spinners were introduced the brakes were placed on the scoring rate with the wicket of Johann Pieris. Sri Lanka were 83 for 3 at 15.2 overs just after the 1st power play but then enjoyed a brilliant 80 run partnership between Lasantha Perera and Keith Jansz which stabilized the innings.
Perera got out just after the 2nd power play was concluded at 163 for 4 at the 30.4 overs mark. Keith Jansz marshaled the tail end batters to a very formidable 254 for 8 and recorded a well-played 64 off 80 balls peppered with 7 boundaries. Zamin Amin was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 34 whilst Richard Sieuchan took 2 for 53.
In reply, West Indies quickly lost their in-form opener, Mike Heeralall in the 3rd over with the score on 12. Deonarine Deyal then joined Keith Lawrence and they did a repair job to the innings with a partnership of 68 in 17.4 overs. Lawrence departed for a very slow 26 off 52 balls with 3 boundaries. Mukesh Sookram did not last long before he was bowled at 82. Roy Singh and Deyal then took charge of the innings with some sensible batting putting together a partnership of 66 in 10 overs. When they were together, things looked quite easy for the Windies masters but Roy was unfortunately run out at the non-striker’s end off a straight drive from Deyal which clipped the fingers of the bowler with Roy a few yards out of his crease. Roy made 29 off 28 balls with 3 boundaries.
Deonarine Deyal was shortly out for a well-played 83 laced with 10 well-timed boundaries. Richard Sieuchan was then joined by Keith Seale who was clearly unhappy with his LBW decision at 195 from Sharma. Skipper Zamin Amin then came into the crease with a lot resting on his shoulders but did not last very long as he was bowled behind his back for 10 with West Indies still needing 43 in 5 overs but they had lost 7 big wickets. Richard Sieuchan then departed a little after making it 216 for 8. Emmerson Jordan and Howard Jordan added 21 valuable runs to take them within striking distance with 18 runs needed from 11 balls when David Ramsingh joined Jordan.
In the end Jordan struck the final delivery for a comfortable couple but upon prompting by a few of the Sri Lankans the ruling umpire decided to signal 1 short. Jordan’s contribution was a brilliant 39 off 17 balls with 3 @4s and one maximum.
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