Sri Lanka top table with convincing win

Jul 08, 2013

West Indies decided to bowl first and had early success with Jason Holder picking up the first wicket•AFP

Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne steadied the innings but rain intervened after 19 overs, pushing the match to the reserve day•WICB Media

Angelo Mathews gave the innings a push as Sri Lanka looked for quick runs after another rain delay•Associated Press

Roach finished with figures of 4 for 27•AFP

Bravo and Lendl Simmons gave West Indies hope with a fifth-wicket stand of 123•AFP

Kemar Roach jolted Sri Lanka's top order to leave them struggling at 29 for 3•AFP

The news wasn't good on Monday, with rain delaying the resumption of play•AFP

Sangakkara held the innings together with a fifty•AFP

West Indies began poorly, losing their first four wickets for 31•AFP

As West Indies looked to be on par with the Duckworth/Lewis score, Simmons perished and Bravo couldn't hide his disappointment•AFP

Thirimanne made a laboured 23 off 73 balls before he was bowled by Marlon Samuels•AFP

Sangakkara feasted on some poor death bowling to lift Sri Lanka to 219, setting a revised target of 230 in 41 overs•AFP

Darren Bravo held firm and looked for boundaries as West Indies looked to mount a fightback•AFP

Mathews then got rid of Bravo as Sri Lanka proceeded to close out the match and win by 39 runs•AFP