West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets, win ODI collection 3-0

Darren Bravo’s fourth one-day worldwide century steered the West Indies to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Sunday and a sweep of the three-match ODI collection.
Bravo was out for 102 within the forty seventh over when the West Indies wanted solely 26 runs to overtake Sri Lanka’s complete of 274-6. He shared an 80-run partnership with captain Kieron Pollard, who completed 53 not out as the house aspect gained with 9 balls to spare.
Bravo earlier joined with Shai Hope in a 109-run partnership for the third wicket which put the West Indies on the right track to victory after the hosts had been 39-2 within the tenth over.
Captain Jason Holder ended the run chase with a six from the third ball of the forty ninth over as West Indies ended on 276-5.
Bravo’s century was his first in an ODI since June, 2016 when he scored 102 towards South Africa at Bridgetown, Barbados.
“I think today was an important day for me,” Bravo mentioned. “Yesterday my sister celebrated her 30th birthday. I wasn’t there for her celebration so I knew I had to do something special for her. I just want dedicate this one-day hundred to her.”

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Bravo had been hinting on the onset of his greatest type with scores of 58, 19 and 47 within the three-match Twenty20 collection, which the West Indies gained 2-1. He additionally scored 37 not out and 10 within the first two matches of the ODI collection.
He emulated the performances of Hope, who made 110 to assist West Indies win the primary match of the collection by eight wickets, and Evin Lewis, who scored 103 to assist the house crew win the second match by 5 wickets.
Bravo mentioned he took inspiration from the innings by Hope and Lewis which have led a robust West Indies batting efficiency within the collection, saying it gave “us the motivation to go out and do well.”
Once once more, Sri Lanka misplaced the toss and was requested to bat first. Danushka Gunathilaka (36) and captain Dimush Karunaratne (31) received the vacationers off to a strong begin with a 68-run opening stand.
But the center order couldn’t capitalize on the beginning, and Sri Lanka slipped to 151-6 within the 32 over. Ashen Bandara and Winandu Hasaranga revived the innings with an unbroken 123-run partnership for the seventh wicket.
Bandara completed 55 not out, a watchful innings from 74 balls, whereas Hasaranga smashed an unbeaten 80 from 60 balls with seven fours and three sixes.
Hasaranga’s maiden ODI 50 got here from 48 balls and he struck the following 30 runs from solely 12 deliveries.
The groups meet in a two-match check collection beginning on the similar venue subsequent weekend.