WI vs SL Ball by Ball Commentary

That's it, West Indies have done it! Sherfane Rutherford takes the single and that will be enough for the Windies to get across the line. Full toss from Shanaka, just outside off. Rutherford tries to slog it away to get the win with some style, but miscues the shot. The ball loops and drops in the vacant mid off region, where the batter gets a single. West Indies beat Sri Lanka by five wickets and win the series 2-1.

FOUR! That will bring up FIFTY for Sherfane Rutherford and level the scores as well. Full-length delivery, outside off, Rutherford plays the cover drive but uses his bottom hand to take the aerial route, over cover. Wanindu Hasaranga runs to his left from the sweeper cover region and tries to flick it, but fails to get the job done completely. The ball drops and spins away to hit the boundary ropes.

WIDE! Back of a length, but sprays wide outside off. Sherfane Rutherford lets it travel to the keeper.

Another dot! Yorker, wide outside off, Sherfane Rutherford looks to jam it away, but induces an inside edge and the ball bumps back to the bowler.

A dot to start! Full and slow, wide outside off, Sherfane Rutherford tries to spank it through cover, but gets beaten on the inside edge due to lack of pace.

SIX! Jason Holder, you beauty! Pitches it up, wide outside off, Jason Holder crouches a bit and lofts it nonchalantly, over the wide long off fence for six more runs.

SIX! 12 runs off 7 balls now! Dushmantha Chameera is on pressure and fails to execute the yorker, spilling a low full toss, on the stumps. Holder goes for big swing and clears the long on fence for six more runs.

Full and wide outside off, Jason Holder opens the face of the bat to steer it away, but gets the inside edge, before the ball rolls to the vacant mid-wicket region. Brace taken by the batter.

SIX! That is the biggie that the Windies were searching for. 20 runs needed off 9 balls. Slower delivery from Chameera, well outside off, Jason Holder clears his front foot and smokes it downtown for a massive six.

Another fuller delivery, just behind the yorker length, on middle, Sherfane Rutherford jams it to long on for a single.

Much fuller, around the pads of the batter, Sherfane Rutherford clips it through the vacant mid-wicket region and gets a couple of runs.

Full toss, but offering a lot of width, Sherfane Rutherford punches it to deep backward point and takes a single.

FOUR! Nicely played! Short of a length, leg cutter as well, at the stumps. Sherfane Rutherford swats it to the backward square leg fence and gets the boundary.

Another crucial dot! Slower delivery, wide outside off, Sherfane Rutherford drives it to extra cover.

Excellent bowling from Malinga! Much fuller and wide outside off, but keeps the line just inside the guideline. Sherfane Rutherford lashes it away but fails to get near to the delivery.

Full, outside off, Holder clips it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single.

Much fuller, angling it wide across the batter. Sherfane Rutherford drills it straight at the point fielder, who fails to field it cleanly. The ball gets deflect off toward his right and the batter gets a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Dushmantha Chameera finally gets a hold of his nerves and restores a bit of parity. Chameera bowls a leg cutter, just back oif a length and outside off. Rovman Powell throws his hands at it but ends up slicing it over the cover region. Wanindu Hasaranga runs back and takes a fine catch under pressure. Powell's blitz ends and West Indies now need 36 runs off 18 balls.

WIDE! Change of pace but spills it away from the tramline outside off, fuller in length. Rovman Powell throws kitchen sink at it, but fails to connect the shot.

SIX! With that biggie, 23 runs have come off this over so far. A low full toss yet again, wide outside off, Powell says thank you and lashes it with all his strength to clear the sweeper cover fence for half a dozen.

Another angled in delivery, around the pads of the batter, fuller in length. Sherfane Rutherford clips it to deep mid-wicket for one.

WIDE! The free hit continues. Much fuller, but sprays down the leg side. Sherfane Rutherford misses his flick.

NO BALL AND SIX! Dushmantha Chameera is in deep trouble here. He looks for a yorker but spills out a low full toss, on off. Sherfane Rutherford smashes it downtown and gets six runs. After that the camera pans on the umpire who signals No Ball, as Chameera has overstepped. Free hit coming up...

Sharp fielding! Back of a length, outside off, Romario Shepherd cuts it hard to point, but the fielder in the region dives to his left and makes a good half stop. Single taken.

SIX! High and handsome! Full-length delivery, outside off, Rovman Powell bends his back leg and lofts it over the long off fence for six runs.

Dushmantha Chameera goes wide of the crease and angling in, around the pads of the batter. Sherfane Rutherford misses his flick and gets pinged on the pad. The ball rolls to short fine leg and the batter gets a leg bye.

Short, wide outside off, Sherfane Rutherford slaps it to deep cover for one run. 60 runs needed off 24 balls for West Indies!

A touch fuller, outside off, Rovman Powell pushes it to the rigth of the bowler and gets a single.

Pitches it up, does Theekshana, on the leg stump, Rovman Powell looks to clip it to square leg but offers his shot early. He gets the leading edge, before the ball rolls back to the bowler.

Short, wide outside off, Sherfane Rutherford cracks a cut shot to cover-point for one.

SIX! Sherfane Rutherford gets another lifeline. Short and around off. Sherfane Rutherford gets on his back foot and pulls it uppishly, to wide long on. Dasun Shanaka is the man who moves to his right and tries to reverse scoop the catch but it brushes through his hands and falls beyond the boundary cushion.

Carrom ball to start, wide outside off, Rovman Powell slaps it to the left of the cover fielder for a single.

A dot to end a fine spell from Wanindu Hasaranga. Flatter one angled across off, Rutherford hangs back and cuts it down to backward point. Hasaranga finishes with figures of 4-0-17-2.

Good length on off, turning back in. Powell rocks back and punches it across to deep cover for one. 100 up for West Indies.

Nicely tossed up, a bit fuller and around off, Powell leans on and plays it back to the bowler.

Another flatter one, wide outside off, stays low as well. Rutherford reaches for it and slshes it through covers for a single.

WIDE! Floated up outside off, but a bit too wide for the umpire's liking.

Flatter googly, angled across off. No foot movement again from Rutherford as he just dabs it late towards short third.

Darted in on the pads, tucked away behind square leg for a single.

WIDE! Short and wide outside off, turns past the tramline outside off for a wide.

Full and straight, jammed down to long on for a single.

DROPPED! Oh, what have you done, Eshan Malinga? You bowl three perfect yorkers, then follow it up with a fine bumper, but you fumble such an easy catch? This could be a costly miss. A quick bumper over middle, rushes the batter. Rutherford looks to pull but miscues it badly. The bowler moves to his left but spills it and the batters get a single.

This is sensational bowling. Malinga nails the quicker yorker again, just outside off, Rutherford fails to lay a bat on it yet again.

That's well bowled. Slower one, yorker-length again and well outside off. Rutherford reaches out without moving his feet and fails to get any bat on it.

A yorker, just outside off, Rutherford looks to squeeze it away but the ball sneaks under the willow.

Malinga rolls his fingers over the ball and darts it full and wide of off stump. Rovman Powell goes hard at it but gets an inside edge down to deep backward square leg for a single.

SIX! Another one, and 19 runs come off that over. Fired in on the pads, Rutherford is quick to sit down and uses those quick hands to slog it over deep square leg for another huge six. 78 needed now off 42 balls.

SIX! Clean as a whistle! Full-pitched delivery outside off. Sherfane Rutherford steps across and reaches for it, clobbering it well over the cover fence for a biggie.

On a length and around off, played with a vertical bat down to long off for a single.

Quicker through the air, on a length and around leg. Rutherford rocks back to pull but gets rushed and snatches it through mid-wicket for just a single.

Nagging length, flatter and outside off, tapped away through square covers for one.

FOUR! Full and sliding into the pads, Rovman leans forward and tickles it down to fine leg for a welcome boundary.

Length again, in the channel, dabbed away late and down to short third. Just 2 off the over.

Good length, turning it into the pads. Powell rocks back and fails to get it away. The ball goes off the pads to short fine leg and they get a leg bye.

Flatter this time, in and around off, nudged away behind point for an easy single.

Floated up again, this time a bit straighter, Rutherford leans on and pushes it back down the pitch.

Beauty! Flighted up, fuller and drifted into middle. Rutherford leans on to block but the ball grips and turns past the outside edge.

Gets away with it, does Theekshana. Dragged flat and short down leg, Rutherford swivels to pull, but wears it on the pads instead.

Dragged length around off, punched off the back foot and towards cover.

Floated up on the stumps, Powell comes forward and pushes it to mid on. The batters think about the single but decide against it.

Quicker through the air, full and flat outside off. Rovman goes on the back foot and edges it down to short third.

SIX! Fighting fire with fire. Just short of a length, Rovman Powell waits back on it and powers the pull flat towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

On middle and leg, worked away in front of mid-wicket for a single.

A better throw and Sherfane Rutherford could have been in trouble. Full and around off, Rutherford lunges and pushes it to the right of cover, taking off for the single but Powell rightly sends him back.

Fullish, on the pads, Rutherford clips it to deep mid-wicket for a comfortable single.

FOUR! That's some placement from the batter. Overpitched, just behind the yorker length, well outside off. Rutherford covers the stumps, opens the face of the bat and steers it into the gap between short third and backward point for four runs.

Full, outside off, Rovman Powell lofts it from the inner part of his bat to long off for a single.

On a length, outside off, Rovman Powell rocks back and punches it to cover.

WIDE! Short, but sprays down the leg side, Rovman Powell swivels to pull but misses.

Full, at the stumps, Sherfane Rutherford pushes it to long on for one.

Much fuller, wide outside off, pace off as well. Sherfane Rutherford looks to stab it to cover, but gets beaten due to lack of pace.

Full, on middle, Sherfane Rutherford looks to defend it on his front foot, but inner edges it to backward sqaure leg for one.

Short, at the stumps, Rovman Powell mistimes his pull to short mid-wicket fielder. Rutherford sets off early to take a single but is sent back by the striker. The fielder picks up the ball and scores a direct hit at the bowler's end. The replay shows that Rutherford is well inside the crease.

Another huge appeal for LBW, but turned down by the umpire. After a long discussion between Wanindu Hasaranga and Mendis, they chose not to take the review. A touch shorter, angling in, around leg. Rovman Powell rocks on his back foot and looks to push it to cover, but misses on the inside edge and hits the back pad. The replay shows that it just might miss the leg stump.

Short of a length, on off, turning in a shade. Sherfane Rutherford hangs back and nudges it to long on for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man in the deep and that's a huge wicket in the context of this game as Shimron Hetmyer throws it away. Wanindu Hasaranga tosses the ball up slower and fuller around off. Hetmyer leans ahead and looks to smack it flat down the ground but ends up snatching it down to long off, where Dushmantha Chameera takes a simple catch. West Indies are now 53/4.

On a nagging length, outside off, Shimron Hetmyer rocks back and pats it back to the bowler.

Full, outside off, Romario Shepherd clips it to mid-wicket from his front foot. A maiden wicket for Maheesh Theekshana!

Oh, is it a dropped chance? No, but it misses the outside edge by a whisker. A tad fuller with a carrom ball, outside off, Rovman Powell rocks back and looks to defend, but just gets beaten on the outside edge, before Kusal Mendis wobbles it away.

Pitches it up, does Theekshana, just outside off. Rovman Powell lunges halfway and blocks it down.

OUT! TIMBER! Another one bites the dust and again it is a batter getting bowled. Maheesh Theekshana smartly slows it up and lands it fuller on leg stump. Ackeem Auguste is drawn forward but he is beaten in flight and the ball turns away to smash into the off stump.

Full-length delivery, around off, Ackeem Auguste gets on his front foot and drives it to the right of the bowler.

Carrom ball, a touch fuller in length, pitching it outside leg. Ackeem Auguste looks to flick it from his back foot but misses and wears on his pad.

Short and wide outside off. Ackeem Auguste goes deep into the crease and rolls his wrists to clip it to square leg and gets a single.

An appeal for LBW, turned down. Wanindu Hasaranga and Kusal Mendis have a discussion and the review is taken. This is bowled from around the wicket, floated up on a nagging length and outside off. It is the leg break to which Ackeem Auguste leans on to flick but misses and wears it on the pads. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking shows the stumps as missing and that's a review lost for Sri Lanka. It stays Not Out.

Pitches it up, outside off, Ackeem Auguste tries to block it but gets beaten on the outside edge yet again.

Oh, that just missed the stump, and Hasaranga cannot believe it. Also, it's a missed stumping as well. Another googly, just outside off. Ackeem Auguste gets on his front foot to flick it across the line, but loses his balance and falls on his front foot and gets beaten on the outside edge. Kusal Mendis couldn't read it as well and failed to glove it.

OUT! TIMBER! For the second time in three matches, Wanindu Hasaranga cleans up Brandon King and Windies lose a wicket against the run of play here. Hasaranga bowls a fuller googly on off stump, King has a big swipe across the line but ends up getting beaten all ends up. The ball turns back into middle stump and King has to walk back.

Pitches it up, on middle, Shimron Hetmyer clips it to square leg for one.

Length-delivery, outside off, Brandon King punches it to cover from his back foot.

SIX! Shot of authority! Half-volley with a bit of flight, on middle. Brandon King prods and launches it downtown for half a dozen.

Maheesh Theekshana drags his length back, just outside off, Shimron Hetmyer camps back and heaves it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Short, on off, Brandon King pushes it to long on for one.

On a nagging length, at the stumps, Shimron Hetmyer punches it to deep mid-wicket for one.

SIX! That has been miles. Full-length delivery, on off and middle. Shimron Hetmyer gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it up and over the deep square leg for half a dozen.

Slower one, full and wide outside off. King looks to cover drive but gets an inside edge back onto his body. 134 needed now off 90 balls.

Pitched fuller this time on leg, worked away down to long on for a single.

FOUR! Hettie is on the charge now! Short and at the batter, Shimron Hetmyer stands tall and nails the pull well in front of mid-wicketfor another boundary.

FOUR! When you flash, flash hard! A fraction short, and a fraction too wide. Hetmyer gets forward and just throws his hands at it, slashing it through backward point for a boundary.

Malinga pulls the trigger wide and bowls it short outside off, slower too. King drags it across and in front of mid-wicket for a single.

Malinga starts with a full and wide one, King reaches out and slaps it square through the off side, picking up a couple of runs.

SIX! The extra delivery costs Chameera dearly and Hetmyer is up and running now. Another cutter, on a length and just a bit too straight. Hetmyer gets inside the line of the ball and helps it handsomely over long leg for a biggie, the first one of the chase.

WIDE! Well, that's some cry of anguish from Hetmyer, and he feels he should have put it away. Slower one, full and down the leg side. Hetmyer gets on one knee, and swings hard atit, but fails to connect.

FOUR! Finally, Shimron Hetmyer gets one away. Overpitched around off, Hetmyer gets forward and punches it hard into the turf, and past the bowler, into the long on fence for a much-needed boundary.

Change of pace again, and the batters just can't pick it up. Slower one, pitched fuller around off. Hetmyer gets low to wallop it leg side but is well beaten.

Good change-up again from Chameera. A quick bumper over middle, flying in around head height. Shimron Hetmyer looks to take it on but is beaten for pace and bounce.

Half an appeal for LBW, nothing more. Chameera gets the leg cutter spot-on this time. Pitching it a bit full on middle and leg, and Brandon King plays all around it. The ball goes off the pads into the off side and it will be another leg bye. King is now on 6 off 13 balls.

WIDE! The attempted slower ball, comes out wrong and is sprayed full and down the leg side.

Hard length around leg, at over 139 clicks. Hetmyer fails to get it away and the ball goes off the thigh pad to the off side. The batters jog across for the leg bye.

Good length on leg, swung away firmly but straight to deep mid-wicket for just another single by Hetmyer. West Indies are 10/1 after 3 overs.

Dunith sees King backing away and follows him with a flatter one. The ball stays low as King drags it wide of mid on for a single.

Four dots in a row now. Flighted ball on the stumps, King leans on and plays it back to the bowler.

King is just unable to find the gaps right now. Fractionally short again and outside off, hit aay straight to cover.

Lovely bowling. Slower and a bit fuller, around off, turns a bit as well. King opens the bat face and angles it behind point.

Short and wide, there to be hit. Brandon King misses out as he taps it down in front of covers.

A very low full toss, angled into the leg pole. King backs away a fair bit and jams it between mid off and extra cover for one more.

Good hustle from the batters in the end. Fullish length on off, swung away off the inner half of the bat to the left of mid on and Hetmyer picks up a single.

Fuller than a good length, over 140 clicks, on middle. Hetmyer with a short-arm jab, but straight to mid-wicket.

The leg cutter now, at 108.6 kph, landed full around middle. King pushes it down to long on and turns the strike over.

Crunched but the fielder gets a good hand on it. Hard length outside off, sliding on. King stands tall and smacks it down in front of point where Kamindu Mendis lets it through the hands and the batters pick up a couple of runs.

Good-length delivery over middle, hit away off the inside half of the blade and through mid-wicket for a run.

Excellent fielding off his own bowling, just 2 runs and a wicket off Dunith's first over. Fuller one on off, King to the left of the bowler. Wellalage springs across and dives in to make the stop.

Oh, that's angled in a long way. Dunith goes wider on the crease, bowls it into the pitch and darts it into the batter. King punches it out to mid on.

Good length on leg, Shimron Hetmyer presses across to the off side and taps it down to mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! What a massive wicket and the silence across the ground says it all. Dunith Wellalage keeps the length full and around off, floats it up and gets the ball to dart back in sharply off the deck. Shai Hope rocks back to a full ball and tries to cut but the ball slides on quickly and crashes into the stumps. Wellalage can do no wrong at the moment and he sends the Windies skipper packing for a golden duck.

Full again, darted in at the stumps, King plays it on the up and through mid on for a single.

Nice and full to begin with. Brandon King gets on the front foot and nails the drive but straight to short extra cover.