Sri Lanka take series with 26-run win

 

Sri Lanka 277 for 9 (Sangakkara 75, Benn 4-38) beat West Indies 251 (Darren Bravo 79, Mendis 4-46) by 26 runs

Sri Lanka completed what was in the end a comfortable victory over West Indies at the SSC in Colombo to take the series 2-0. West Indies lost both their openers for ducks in chase of Sri Lanka's 277, but Darren Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan kept them in the game with a 125-run partnership.

Sarwan fell after reaching his second half-century of the series, and it sparked a collapse. Shivnarine Chanderpaul added only 3 before edging Ajantha Mendis to slip, and then Thisara Perera struck two blows, including the crucial one of Darren Bravo, who was out for 79.

West Indies were given some hope by their wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh, who scored a quick 49, but the asking rate was always on the rise, and they ended up being bowled out in 49 overs.