– Pollard sixes lead West Indies to T20 win

(ESPNCRICINFO) – In one of the more ridiculous T20 run-chases you will witness, Kieron Pollard became just the third player to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket off the same bowler, Akila Dananjaya, who had rocked West Indies’ chase just an over earlier with a hat-trick. It felt like it was either sixes or wickets for most of West Indies’ innings as an opening stand of 52 in 3.2 became 52 for 3 when Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle (on his comeback) and Nicholas Pooran fell in three balls to Dananjaya. Eight balls later Lendl Simmons also departed, lbw to the impressive Wanindu Hasaranga, before Pollard’s immense response. Facing the next over from Dananjaya he joined Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh in having taken 36 off an over with some of the shots almost going out of the small ground. West Indies’ Powerplay tally of 98 was also a new record and the wild ride continued when Pollard was also lbw to Hasaranga before relative calm was brought to the conclusion by Jason Holder.

SCOREBOARD

SRI LANKA
+N Dickwella b Holder 33
D Gunathilaka c Pollard b Sinclair 4
P Nissanka st Pooran b Allen 39
D Chandimal c Holder b McCoy 11
*A Mathews c Simmons b Edwards 5
T Perera c Bravo b McCoy 1
H de Silva c Allen b Bravo 12
A Bandara run out 10
A Dananjaya not out 9
D Chameera run out 2
Extras (lb2, w3) 5
TOTAL (9 wkts, 20 overs) 131
Did not bat: N Pradeep
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Gunathilaka), 2-71 (Dickwella), 3-83 (Nissanka), 4-96 (Mathews), 5-97 (Chandimal), 6-106 (Perera), 7-111 (de Silva), 8-126 (Bandara), 9-131 (Chameera)
Bowling: Sinclair 3-0-26-1, Edwards 4-0-29-1 (w1), Holder 4-0-19-1, McCoy 4-0-25-2 (w2), Bravo 4-0-26-1, Allen 1-0-4-1.
WEST INDIES
L Simmons lbw b de Silva 26
E Lewis c Gunathilaka b Dananjaya 28
C Gayle lbw b Dananjaya 0
+N Pooran c wkp Dickwella b Dananjaya 0
*K Pollard lbw b de Silva 38
Jason Holder not out 22
F Allen lbw b de Silva 0
D Bravo not out 3
Extras (lb4, w4, nb1) 9
TOTAL (6 wkts, 13.1 overs) 126
Did not bat: K Sinclair, O McCoy, F Edwards
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Lewis), 2-52 (Gayle), 3-52 (Pooran), 4-62 (Simmons), 5-101 (Pollard), 6-101 (Allen)
Bowling: Mathews 1-0-9-0, Dananjaya 4-0-62-3, Chameera 3-0-29-0, de Silva 4-0-12-3, Bandara 1-0-2-0, Pradeep 0.1-0-6-0.
Result: West Indies won by four wickets.
Series: West Indies lead three-match series 1-0.
Man-of-the-Match: Kieron Pollard.
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