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Consolation win for Caribbeans

ARNOS VALE (St. Vincent) JUNE 12. West Indies gained a consolation win over Sri Lanka as persistent showers stalled the third and final one-day International on Wednesday.

The home team won comfortably by six wickets through the Duckworth/Lewis method by reaching 160 for four off 36.5 overs after the second of two rain interruptions.

Sri Lanka still secured the Cable & Wireless series 2-1, following victories in the first two matches in Barbados last weekend.

On Wednesday, Marlon Samuels smashed three sixes and one four in an unbeaten 45 off 38 balls to power the home team to victory after it slipped to 81 for three before the rains came.

Sri Lanka was bowled out for a modest 191 off 50 overs after being sent in to bat when West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss for the third straight match.

Mahela Jayawardena top-scored with 51, breaking a drought which saw him go without a half-century for 17 matches. .

SCOREBOARD

SRI LANKA
S. Jayasuriya (run out)	8
R. Kaluwitharana c Lara b Collymore	14
M. Atapattu c Hurley b Taylor	25
K. Sangakkara c Lara b Hurley	11
U. Chandana lbw b Taylor	33
M. Jayawardena b Collymore	51
M. Dilshan c & b Samuels	0
K. Dharmasena c Samuels b Collymore	21
C. Vaas (run out)	6
M. Muralitharan b Gayle	4
D. Gamage (not out)	2
Extras (lb-4, w-11, nb-1)	16
	— —
Total (in 50 overs)	191
	— —
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-28, 3-55, 4-63, 5-130, 6-134, 7-176, 8-184, 9-185.

WEST INDIES BOWLING
	O	M	R	W
Powell	9	0	37	0
Collymore	10	0	28	3
Hurley	10	1	25	1
Taylor	10	0	39	2
Gayle	6	0	29	1
Samuels	5	0	29	1

WEST INDIES
C. Gayle b Chandana	21
W. Hinds c Dilshan b Vaas	19
B. Lara c Gamage b Dharmasena	14
R. Sarwan c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	25
M. Samuels (not out)	45
R. Powell (not out)	16
Extras (lb-4, w-10, nb-6)	20
	— —
Total (for four wkts. in 36.5 overs)	160
	— —
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-54, 3-81, 4-126.

SRI LANKA BOWLING
	O	M	R	W
Vaas	8	1	25	1
Gamage	3.5	0	27	0
Muralitharan	9	1	26	1
Dharmasena	7	0	27	1
Chandana	4	0	25	1
Dilshan	1	0	6	0
Jayasuriya	4	0	20	0

— AP

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