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October 27, 2024
West Indies prevail on Evin Lewis’ thunderous ton and Rutherford’s 50

Sri Lanka Cricket


BY Srian Obeyesekere

West Indies won a rain shortened typical 23 over shoot out of the third ODI on the twosome thunder of opening batsman Evin Lewis’ unbeaten 102 off 61 balls and Sherfane Rutherford’s 26-ball half century in a West Indian clanging of 156 for 3 with an over to spare in overhauling Sri Lanka’s 154 for 3 off 23 in a consolation take of a 2-1 series triumph by the hosts at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium.

Indeed, a lost series was not to dent Lewis and Rutherford rekindle the West Indian powerhouse might world reign of a bygone era the Calypsos are striving to win back from decades long rock bottoming, the gloom of which has though yet not impaled the great days of the famous three W’s – Weeks, Walcott and Worrell to the legendary days of Garfield Sobers, Rohan Kanhai to the world cup winning might of the Clive Lloyd-Vivisn Richards era.
Sri Lanka’s loss yesterday by no means dimmed the host nation’s batting image given the handsome 154:for the loss of just three wickets with Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis firing half centuries. Mendis’ 56 off 22 was high stuff only to be blown away by the gigantic with Lewis’ 4 sixes and 9 boundaries outweighing Mendis and Nissanka’s lesser quotas of 9×4 and 1×6 and 5×4 and the 1 six.

Sri Lanka might be ruing the decision of omitting the lethal spinner Dunith Wellalage with the magical ability to shackling opposing teams.

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